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here are a couple of still pics of the wide buck taken from my video of him.

here is one i found a couple of years ago. CB

and here is a pic of the smaller twin. you cant really see it but he also had a small crab clawed 3rd on his right antler. later. CB

here is a pic of the bigger of the two twins. if you look close you can see his crab clawed 3rd on his right beam. CB

we went back and ranged these spots. the bigger buck was 850 yards away and the smaller buck was 500.

come on scout'm tell them the rest of the story! we called the first bucks the twins because they had very similar antler genetics. 2X3 with the 3rd on both being on the right antler and being very crab clawd. don't know if they were twins or just brothers. the one was bigger than the other so it is possible he was a year older. we found the bigger buck at 4:45. we left at 6:00 and he ate pretty much non stop the whole time we were there watching him and keeping an eye one him. as you can see he was very wide but he only lifted his head up in our direction a couple of times and unfortunately we were not able to get any pics. we do not know if he was recovering from the rut or if he knew a storm was rolling in. either way he was chowing hard core. I will probably have some video of him up next weekend because I am going to be out of town this week for work. later. CB

for video, I have a panasonic tape camcorder that I use through my Nikon spotting scope. the camera has a 30X optical zoom which is good if animals are close. Scout'm also recently found a doubler that gets attached externally to a camcorder and would make mine 60X. still need to try it out. I also use a Nikon digital camera that is attached to my Nikon spotting scope. This really is what you need to look into. There is an adaptor you can get for your swaro spotter. I think it allows you to attach most digital cameras. YoungHunter has one and posted a pic of the whole setup. If you get a 2gig card, you should be able to video about 12 minutes. I think you get about 3 minutes per 500K. To get the tape to photobucket, I use the software that came with my camcorder to download the footage to my computer. than it is just a matter of uploading it to photobucket. hope I was able to answer your questions. chris.

heading out again tomorrow for the weekend. hopefully we will find a big one for next year. chris.

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now that pic is HILARIOUS - laughed so hard I cried!!!

finally - a scouting trip pecary

first one - sunset over javelina camp (a little fuzzy - almost not enough light to capture the picture) second one - turkey camp snow - brrrrr

Thanks Amanda. I will remember that the next time I accidentally shoot a spike.

thanks for the edification. man that third buck sure has got a big ole fat neck - looks like something from saskatchewan. NICE. Thanks for posting. Chris.

here is the best pic of him facing us. chris.

unfortunately the clearest pic I got of the big buck was of him looking away. chris.

here is a pic of a little 2 point we also saw. chris.

Does a 2 point with eye guards get 4 mass measurements? I have historically only scored 3 mass measurements on 2 points. Kind of like a 3 point with no eye guards would only get 3 mass measurements (I think - could be wrong). Does the non typical point coming off the G2 effect whether there are 3 or 4 mass measurements made? Dont know either. Please dont get me wrong, it is still an incredible buck. Just interesting conversation and always nice to learn things. Chris.

Those are some NICE bucks Jim. Congrats! I imagine everyone was well prepared for hunting in the snow. Being a native desert rat, I would be a fish out of water having to hunt in conditions like that. Pretty cool though. I had 2 questions. Is the left side of your dad's buck scored as a 2 point with a nontypical point coming off from the back of the G2? Also, on the left antler of your buck, do you measure that nontypical point on the inside of the main beam from the top or the bottom of the antler? Or does it matter? Just curious. Congrats again. Chris.

christian, they are different bucks. the right G2 on the bottom buck is longer than on the buck above it. CB.

One of the things I have always found helpful in juding deer in the field is comparing them to another buck you have taken, measured and know the score of. It is pretty easy to look at a buck in the field and say: its main beams are longer/shorter, eyeguards, g2s, g3s, mass, width, etc. Of course you really probably need to have bagged a buck that is over 90 inches to use as a reference. Good luck. CB

one pretty simple thing that I have found is that if the G3s are as long or longer than the G2s you are pretty good to go. CB

Here is a still pic of him. He was hangin with a doe. Never got more than 25 yards or so away from her. There also was another smaller 3X3 and a spike hangin around but they were careful not to get to close. He sure was a good mature buck with a big ole swollen neck. Dont know if he breaks 100 - if not he is pretty close. Later. CB

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