Growing the bone an inch at a time - big surge on minerals

[JHbowhunter]

Went to check my new mineral site a week ago, after a 4 week avoidance period. Typical me - didn't turn the cam on .  Oh well it was on for the past week, and only got 993 pics!    Just a lot of deer and bucks hitting the A&W Mineral Magnet  really really hard, like best I have ever seen.  (rimmed with lucky buck,  but have already weaned them off that to the A&W).   A little disappointed that there do not appear to be any mature bucks around or hitting minerals yet. 

I will bore you with a bunch of pics now... 

 

Edited May 11, 2018 by JHbowhunter

[JHbowhunter]

ah - just noticed why "two white flags up"  - do you see the fox walking by?

[SPEARFISH]

Saw it.  Those deer need to eat some food.  What is that a diet supplement you put out?

[JHbowhunter]

12 minutes ago, SPEARFISH said:

Saw it.  Those deer need to eat some food.  What is that a diet supplement you put out?

A&W Mineral Magnet - powdered minerals, and yes it's a good healthy diet supplement.  The deer always look thin after a long winter and beat up because their coats are in transition right now. 

[rocky]

Awesome pics thanks for sharing.

[Devil Horns]

the buck on the left on 5/7 @ 5:19 looks like he is growing out rather than up. May be a wide one.

[JHbowhunter]

2 hours ago, Devil Horns said:

the buck on the left on 5/7 @ 5:19 looks like he is growing out rather than up. May be a wide one.

yes it does appear that one got the width gene, I am hoping his 10pt daddy shows up, as he was 3.5 years old last year and I purposely avoided hunting him to see what he turns into. I thought he made it - had him with half-shed after deer seasons stopped, but that doesn't mean he made it.  I don't think there is a buck in any of those pictures over 2 years old, but I could be wrong, they all look pretty thin and small right now. 

[Live to Hunt]

Love the pics Jack keep them coming.  Just wondering where the cat pic is 

[Rusty]

Very nice Jack.   

[Buck154]

Nice pictures Jack. See you are fatten up the ground hog too

[3Blade]

Nice pics.

That big wide eyed doe looks like she is super cautious, you may have to take her for a ride to the butcher once the season opens before she ruins some of your hunts.

[_X7]

I see they talk to the turkeys now and then, too. As far as food goes, it is a time of plenty for the deer. I had a pair of little bucks here that were eating everything from the little white flowers in the grass to nipping buds off of the shrubbery. They chewed for the whole time.

[JHbowhunter]

2 hours ago, 3Blade said:

Nice pics.

That big wide eyed doe looks like she is super cautious, you may have to take her for a ride to the butcher once the season opens before she ruins some of your hunts.

we have a love hate relationship we know each other well. I let her win, she protects the herd....  Its just better that way