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re: Anybody have a guesstimate on the size of this deer?

Posted on 11/28/17 at 3:14 pm to
Posted by Chad504boy
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Posted on 11/28/17 at 3:14 pm to
threads like this remind me to appreciate bapple's hands
Posted by TheDrunkenTigah
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 11/28/17 at 3:17 pm to
quote:

Also, I've never seen or heard anything about hogs around this part of Alabama. Talladega county to be exact. Our family has 1500 acres in the foothills of Cheaha, and never had a single hog on it.


Hogs have been confirmed in every county in AL.

You either have a group of massive deer (given you said there are other tracks that are bigger) transplanted from Saskatchewan that haven't adjusted to local browse and have resorted to digging in mud for food.

Or you have a group of average sized hogs.
Posted by Thib-a-doe Tiger
Member since Nov 2012
36544 posts
Posted on 11/28/17 at 3:59 pm to
I don’t know about the deer size, but you apparently have Wolverine at your place
Posted by X123F45
Member since Apr 2015
29460 posts
Posted on 11/28/17 at 4:12 pm to
Couple things baw.

We have to get you some sun.

You're dehydrated.

Some nail clippers wouldn't hurt you.

Deer could be bamboo with big feet or a buck with baby feet.

Down here, that's a big buck.
Posted by UpToPar
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2008
22849 posts
Posted on 11/28/17 at 4:16 pm to
Those are hog tracks and the ground is torn up from the hogs rooting for grubs.
Posted by HogsWillRiseAgain
Central LA
Member since Dec 2013
921 posts
Posted on 11/28/17 at 4:18 pm to
Also the ground looks to be wet/soft, which can make it hard to judge size by tracks alone. If you think you might have the new state record go by a cheap game camera and find out for sure.
This post was edited on 11/28/17 at 4:19 pm
Posted by White Bear
AT WORK
Member since Jul 2014
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Posted on 11/28/17 at 4:42 pm to
Looks like hog dew claws, Powder.
Posted by Yellerhammer5
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 11/28/17 at 5:10 pm to
Congrats on the sex.
Posted by LZ83
La
Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 11/28/17 at 5:25 pm to
I raise and hunt hogs. That’s a hog broski.
Posted by JamalSanders
On a boat
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Posted on 11/28/17 at 6:09 pm to
quote:


I have an average size hand.


I don't believe you
Posted by yudaman
Central Texas
Member since Aug 2005
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Posted on 11/29/17 at 6:16 am to
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Congrats on the sex.


Posted by jorconalx
alexandria
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 11/29/17 at 7:53 am to
Hog. Not a deer
Posted by Boat Motor Bandit
Member since Jun 2016
1891 posts
Posted on 11/29/17 at 8:01 am to
That would be a Hog probably about a 150lb boar since it looks to be by itself. Good luck
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
60657 posts
Posted on 11/29/17 at 8:53 am to
That is a hog track.
Posted by Chuker
St George, Louisiana
Member since Nov 2015
7544 posts
Posted on 11/29/17 at 10:06 am to
Probably between 180-185lbs on the hoof.
3.5 years old maybe 4.5 .
Likely an 11pnt non-typical with drop-tine scoring 148-152". Maybe more if your wife wears a low-cut blouse while the person is measuring.
Posted by VaBamaMan
North AL
Member since Apr 2013
8041 posts
Posted on 11/29/17 at 10:11 am to
Is everyone simply ignoring where I said there is deer scat everywhere, and the ground isn't torn up enough for hogs? I used the wrong phrase by saying the ground was "all torn up". There were a few spots something had pawed at the ground, but in the last post on pg.1 I posted a picture of the deepest "hole", and it was tiny. It was the inly spot something had actually dug, the other spots dirt was simply pulled back slightly. There was nowhere near enough ground over turned for hogs.


Deer scat at edge of garden.

This post was edited on 11/29/17 at 10:13 am
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
60657 posts
Posted on 11/29/17 at 10:17 am to
I’m not ignoring anything. But you showed a hog track. There may be a metric shite ton of deer there, but that appears to be a hog track
Posted by SportTiger1
Stonewall, LA
Member since Feb 2007
29856 posts
Posted on 11/29/17 at 10:33 am to
quote:

I have an average size hand.


Maybe length-wise
Posted by UpToPar
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2008
22849 posts
Posted on 11/29/17 at 10:37 am to
quote:

Is everyone simply ignoring where I said there is deer scat everywhere,


Deer and hogs are not mutually exclusive. You could have deer and hogs in your field. The track you posted is a hog track.
Posted by Purple Spoon
Hoth
Member since Feb 2005
20191 posts
Posted on 11/29/17 at 11:55 am to
I wish they made some type of tracking device or camera that you could set out and try to capture images of things like this.




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