Backyard Buck...Need a ruling

He looks young to me based on his back and belly.

3.5yr old at the most.

Why use a lock on? I'd set up shop in the kids playhouse and shoot him from the clubhouse.

LOL Watched him last year late at night (1-2 am) feed on some corn we put out for the does that visit every evening.

These were the first pics of him we got this year. He's a 4 1/2 or 5 1/2 yr old, best guess. Probably @ 175 field dressed. He showed up two nights in a row this past week checking out does, even though the rut SHOULD be just over a month away. Good news is he showed up within an hour after dark, so he can't be bedding too far away. (1/4 mile or less IMHO) He was an 8 last year , but has put on mass and some tine length.

And FWIW...the set up..LOL



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Shoot him -Jacob

Shoot him! How could she be mad when she's enjoying a nice piece of backstrap?

Are you prepared for him to run 500 yards all over everyone else's property while spraying blood everywhere?

I'd give him the Ole Josey Wales if I had some Levi Garrett

I don't like the tree you're set up in. Doesn't look sturdy enough to hold you.

Step1: Call the power company and get a street light put in the back right corner.
Step2: Put up feeder under light and fill with corn.
Step3: Raise the window

Favorite part about my childhood home was watching all the deer in the back yard at night. We never shot any at night but I did kill a few with my bow right out the back yard including a 11 point on Christmas Day that I have on my wall. He was chasing a doe across our yard. Our carport was around the back side of the house and when I was hunting I used to make my mom and dad park in the front yard by the street and use the front door to the house. It would ruin a hunt when the neighbors decided to come out and use a leaf blower, they would wave at me sometimes when I was in the stand. Now all the woods that held the deer is now another sub division. We still see a few at from time to time but nothing like it was when I was a kid.