Some Big Whities For Ya...

[Ourea]

They are starting to get in the grove around here.......











Cold snowy weather for a couple days, the cold and clear for the weekend....plus the full moon. The "talking Heads" say the next week, Nov 4-12, is supposed to be prime time.....
Lots of scrapes and rubs showing up and lots of does around, should be a good month!!

What I have noticed this year is that the bucks have been hanging together a lot longer than normal, up to 4 days ago they were still tolerable of each other. The does are not liking the young bucks hanging around and are even pushing them around and due to the amount of fawns around seem bitchy!!

Will add more as the month progresses!!

Keep up the good work Ourea!!

Cheers

SS

Thanks SS.
Your input and advice is appreciated on this thread as always.
The spirit in which this thread was created was to share incite and real field time experience on chasing big WT bucks.....never ego driven opinions..... just observation.
Everyone learns in that environment

Things are about to go OFF!

[one-shot-wonder]

The predator load in 2017 is like nothing seen before, been running cams since 2012.

Couple of juveniles lions running together


https://i.imgur.com/CGipS8H.mp4

https://i.imgur.com/WmpWDdH.mp4

https://i.imgur.com/1GxDquz.mp4

Bucks and does were showing fairly consistently until these began cruising through, both have slowed dramatically. Cams are 500 yds apart

[rudysteelhead]

Number 3 is a real gem!!!! thanks for the pump up!

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Grandpa is back. This is the 6th year in a row of pictures of him. He's got to be in the 10 year old range.

Love to see him out there outwitting hunters of all kinds particularly in a cat infested area. It will be a sad year when he finally doesn't show up on cam.

[358mag]

Grandpa is back. This is the 6th year in a row of pictures of him. He's got to be in the 10 year old range.

Love to see him out there outwitting hunters of all kinds particularly in a cat infested area. It will be a sad year when he finally doesn't show up on cam.

Great to see him back , now go out there and cut a tag !!

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Great to see him back , now go out there and cut a tag !!

Pretty sure I'll never kill him in this location. Have to get mobile and figure out where his daytime hiding place is. Bet it's thick and nasty.

[HarryToolips]

Pretty sure I'll never kill him in this location. Have to get mobile and figure out where his daytime hiding place is. Bet it's thick and nasty.

Most likely, and I'll bet all his movements are nocturnal...

[PKernohan]

Has he started regressing yet?

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Has he started regressing yet?

Antler-wise, I think he best year was in 2012 which makes me think he may actually be older? Who knows?




He's never been anything special in that department. Body-wise, I think he was in his prime in 2014.

[guest]

Still LOVIN this thread, great posts throughout.

So very informative ...... Thanks to a few I consider experts. Thanks for your contributions.

Hey SSS ...... Great to se the OLD BOY Lives!!! Sure not a absolute Cranker, but how cool to see he's survived and obviously thrived. Now ..... go get him and honour his contributions to your hunting efforts and entertainment .

CT