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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - 2016 Indiana Whitetail(s)...lots of pics!

Posted: 11/26/2016 3:12:10 PM EDT

It took a while, but I finally had some luck

I've watched this particular buck for a few years, and based off the past several years of trail cam photos of him I assume he is 5 1/2 years old. I'm not an official measurer, but he should gross in the upper 170s pretty easily.

I also posted below some pics of the one my father in law took from the same farm from the exact same stand. After going back through old photos, I actually think his buck is 6 1/2 years old. It is hard to appreciate the mass of either buck from the photos.

It is honestly pretty bittersweet to see both of these bucks go. I run cameras year round and enjoy much more to the deer hunting than merely killing them. For me, it is a year-round affair and it is knowing bucks like this exist that motivate me to put the time and the effort in. I absolutely love the whitetailed deer, and feel extremely blessed to get to spend the time with one of God's most wonderful creatures in their natural environment.

Good luck to all of you still trying to fill a tag

Posted: 11/26/2016 3:23:29 PM EDT

[#1]

Couple more pics...

Posted: 11/26/2016 3:27:59 PM EDT

[#2]

I also thought I'd share a couple pics of ones I let walk. I thought the pics were pretty neat. It's nice to know there a couple left out there that will be really nice bucks next year.

Posted: 11/26/2016 3:29:36 PM EDT

[#3]

Very nice

Posted: 11/26/2016 3:35:33 PM EDT

[#4]

My father in law also shot this one, from the exact same stand, 5 days prior to mine. It is also a deer I had a several year long history with

Posted: 11/26/2016 3:37:49 PM EDT

[#5]

well done! congratulations!

Posted: 11/26/2016 3:45:05 PM EDT

[#6]

Well done OP.

It's hard waiting for those year after year to get that big.

Posted: 11/26/2016 7:24:02 PM EDT

[#7]

Shew!! Very nice.

Posted: 11/26/2016 7:37:33 PM EDT

[#8]

Posted: 11/26/2016 9:54:00 PM EDT

[#9]

Awesome bucks!!

Posted: 11/27/2016 11:16:55 AM EDT

[#10]

Those are both amazing bucks.

Posted: 11/27/2016 12:49:37 PM EDT

[#11]

nicely done. The only buck I saw like that in Indiana when I lived there was hit by a mini van a few miles from where I lived.

Posted: 11/27/2016 12:59:38 PM EDT

[#12]

We need to swap hunts. Wanna hunt some hogs?

I've had 5 good shooter bucks on camera all fall. Two have been taken so far that I know of. Had I been in my stand this morning instead of offshore, I'd have taken one of them.

Big Daddy is still walking as far as I know.

Posted: 11/27/2016 8:21:57 PM EDT

[#13]

Congrats
Both are incredible deer.

Posted: 11/28/2016 5:40:35 AM EDT

[#14]

Those are great looking deer. Ive only taken 2 does so far but I'm up at 4:30am to head out to McCormick's Creek state park for their late deer reduction hunt. I'll post pics if I get anything decent.

Posted: 11/28/2016 1:38:46 PM EDT

[#15]

Spectacular bucks. Hell, I've been to SK 3 times and never even got to see a book buck. I've been doing QDM for 6 years now and it's really starting to help the age structure. If I could just get the neighbors no board it sure would be better.

Congrats!

Posted: 11/28/2016 1:49:19 PM EDT

[#16]

Congratulations. Those are some nice looking bucks.

Posted: 12/5/2016 10:10:33 PM EDT

[#17]

Dang Oh, those are some nice bucks. Is that your land, or do you go through a guide? If your land, you are doing a heck of a job with herd management.

Posted: 12/5/2016 10:42:16 PM EDT

[#18]

I lived and hunted in Indiana for over 20 years, took a lot of bucks but none this nice congrats!

Posted: 12/7/2016 11:12:06 AM EDT

[#19]

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Dang Oh, those are some nice bucks. Is that your land, or do you go through a guide? If your land, you are doing a heck of a job with herd management.

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I'm the OPs father-in-law. Together we own a little over 400 acres of river bottom ground with about 120 acres of corn and soybeans, 80 acres of CRP and the rest in hay and woods. He does a great job of herd management. He puts corn and mineral in front of the trail cameras every week starting in late summer and we only harvest the best bucks. Some years we don't shoot anything. He has been watching both these for about three years and we let them both walk last year.

Another friend shot a very nice buck from the same stand the day after I got mine.

Posted: 12/7/2016 11:45:11 AM EDT

[#20]

Attached File

That's a VERY nice buck!

Here's another nice Indiana whitetail,taken by a friend in Southern part....

Posted: 12/8/2016 12:28:05 AM EDT

[#21]

WOW!

Posted: 12/15/2016 9:05:51 PM EDT

[#22]

Quote History

Quoted:

I'm the OPs father-in-law. Together we own a little over 400 acres of river bottom ground with about 120 acres of corn and soybeans, 80 acres of CRP and the rest in hay and woods. He does a great job of herd management. He puts corn and mineral in front of the trail cameras every week starting in late summer and we only harvest the best bucks. Some years we don't shoot anything. He has been watching both these for about three years and we let them both walk last year.

Another friend shot a very nice buck from the same stand the day after I got mine.

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Awesome work! those are almost high fence quality. Goes to show what devotion and patience can lead to. Now if we could just get the neighbors to stop shooting 4pts and button bucks we might start pulling some bigger deer.

Posted: 1/11/2017 9:06:35 AM EDT

[#23]

Those big Indiana bucks are the ones I grew up chasing. When I moved away as a young adult, I was astonished that not everywhere I went had these bruisers running around. Good on you OP, congrats for putting in the effort and I hope you enjoy your reward.

Posted: 1/11/2017 9:41:27 AM EDT

[#24]

Damn impressive deer OP.

I am way jealous

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