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My Pops 350 Remington Magnum Model 670, 22" inch barrel with laminated stock and my 7mm Remington Magnum BDL with 4.5X14X50 were stolen from our home in 2002 and sold to a guy in Mammoth according to the Sheriff's dept. My Pop purchased his 350 Rem. Mag from Kmart in 1964....what a shame. The gun(s) have never been recovered. I know its been a while since they were stolen but I figure it doesn't hurt to put it out there.

Thank you! I am proud to share a picture of my buck. I shot this deer in AZ on public lands during the November hunt. I will post some more pics and the story once I get a few more minutes to sit down at the computer. Thanks again!

Your right, and this type of analysis is critical for successful all open season deer hunts in your area. It will give you the comparative advantage over the novice in your area. ( although the novice do get lucky)

Not necissarily, the deer are rarely in that area during the time of year they shed their antlers. When referencing the area where I'm currently seeing the deer and have historically seen deer (this time of year), and if I look at a map, I'm seeing an area of about 200 acres. One square mile is 640 acres. Theoretically speaking, if coues whitetail are said to inhabit an area of approx 4 square miles, then thats 2560 acres. Thats a quite a bit of ground that these particular deer may have to shed their antlers. But, where does the four square miles begin? That 200 acres could be part of each of the four corners of four square miles, which would give you an area of 16 square miles or 10240 acres to shed their horns. So the deer in this location could be comming from a total of up to 10,240 acres. Realistically I don't believe thats practical in this given case, although I do believe that the deer do migrate to this area from each of their four square mile habitats to some extent. Maybe this should be posted under the Biology forum?

Last week, I sat at my water hole and watched the same buck come in for water, three evenings in a row between 6:00-6:30 P.M.. Soon following a doe would come in, maybe five minutes later. The two deer didn't associate with each other. It would take the buck about 15 minutes to go approx 75 yards to get to the water. After a drink he would quickly get out of there. Since the rains Iv spotted him at least three times this week. He's within a 1/4 of a mile from the water hole, but not comming in. Have also been watching several other bucks. Two smaller bucks don't leave each others side. And the five more mature bucks also stick together. The doe are also there but keep their distance from the bucks. From what I have witnessed, in the last 15 years, at about this time of year, mature bucks run with muture bucks, younger bucks run with younger bucks, and doe most generally keep to themselves but also run with doe. Each heard of deer are always within two or three hundred yards of each other. During these hot summer months, the deer seem to bed extremely close to their water source. I almost forgot, this is the shed horn forum....Have never found shed horns located near where I see the deer in the summer.

Have been watching six whitetail bucks just about every evening. All are very nice.

Just puchased a 7mm Rem Ultra Mag and a 4.5 X 14 X 50 Leupold, can't wait for my late whitetail hunt.

I have seen several bucks where the main beams are starting to take shape.