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Usually I don’t have an issue doing this but this guys rack doesn’t fit what the body tells me and what I know. He has much smaller body than other deer in the area and never has had much of a swollen neck either.

I believe I have/had this guy on camera for 3 years. First year… I left the camera up with the original SD card that had pictures of him and then the place burned down so don’t have the pictures for that year.

2016. Small/similar body to 2017/2018. Rack was hard to tell what he was as he was broken but similar beams to 2016. Had longer G2’s, a busted G3 on one side and at least 1 broken point on the other. Going off memory but at least 90% sure it was the same deer as it had very similar beam mass, shape and width. Only deer in the area with these wide sweeping beams.

2017. Maybe gained a point? Hard tell because he was busted previous year. There was a really bad draught the 2016-2017 winter and then the whole region burned spring of 2017 so he probably didn’t have great forage.

2018. Gained more points. Body about the same so far but a touch better. Lots of rain and good forage this year. Comparing him to the feeder head puts him at about 24.5" outside width. Feeder from bottom to where it meets the PVC is 24" and measuring him and comparing put him slightly wider than 24". Camera about 7 yards away so it should negate any perspective angle illusions.

Now going over it, he had to be a minimum of 2.5 in 2016. I personally guessed him at 3.5 in 2016 based on pictures. Using 2.5/3.5 puts him a minimum 5.5/6.5 this year.

Here’s what gets me. I see his pictures this year and keep thinking that’s a 3.5 or possibly a 2.5 with great genetics but I don’t see 5.5 or 6.5. He is much smaller bodied than other 3.5 to 4.5 deer around. What do you guys see?

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I found this archery kit in my garage. I know nothing about archery. Looking over some posts and this site, you all seem like a really great group. I’m a bowler but archery could be in my future.
The kit I found is from Indian industries Inc. Model is #402 Cherokee
54" Glass flex bow,25lbs draw,(4)24"Arrows,side quiver,arm guard,finger tab,target and instruction booklet.
Everything is in original box. Some of the plastic that covers kit is missing.
I’ve looked for information about this and came up with nothing. I’m hoping you nice folks can give me some information on this. My email is slohr12000@yahoo.com
Thanks in advance for any and all help.
Have a great weekend!
Scott

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what do you think these two would score?

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Little help aging and scoring this deer please? I’m on the ropes with this guy. Thanks alot

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Was inspecting my arrows and came across this one. Flex test didn’t make any sounds, but once I ran my fingernail on the shaft, I noticed this spot.

I really didn’t take it seriously until I decided to break out my camera and have look. It really shows the crack better. These images have been cropped and resized, and zooming in isn’t as clear as the actual image.

It’s not very big at all, but enough to put doubt into shooting it. To the trash it goes.

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How old do you think he is and about what he scores? Trying to compare guesses. He’s got four on one side and five on the other, and yes not the best pics I know.

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I bought one of these sniper outlaw tripod stands at Menards last year when they were clearing them out. Hunted out of it once and the seat is awful. I’m wondering if anyone here has one or if they have done any modifications to it. I’m wondering about just taking the whole seat out and using a camping chair. They seat is in the center so you have enough room to turn completely around but it puts you to close to the edge. Being able to sit back further in a more comfortable chair would be good I think.

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With all the rain early and tons of heat the beans (and corn) are doing amazingly well here in Iowa this year. What that means to us bowhunters is that the protein and carbs will be there in spades and the deer can travel when ever they want and still be almost completely covered up.
Not hard to see what mini "kill" plots aren’t much use here in Iowa when your whole state is food plot. Here are a couple of pics to show what I mean. Now neither deer is has a huge body but still, see how well covered even a 3 year old buck is, and this is just the beans!

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