2 $$ (bucks)

[Western]

Ron, I'd say I can get around 1500 on max. Mine uses 6 "D" size. Biggest limiting factor for me I think, is 75% are at night and use the flash, so I assume more battery drain.

Here is a couple more photos. 1st is 9 deer in the back yard again, get more as the country is baking away and there is little to nothing for forage. 2nd is a decent buck for here, with a broke drivers side antler.

 

[pacerron]

Ron,Here is a couple more photos. 1st is 9 deer in the back yard again, get more as the country is baking away and there is little to nothing for forage. 2nd is a decent buck for here, with a broke drivers side antler.

It is good a lot of folks are feeding them. They look a bit thin.
Here is one from last year showing the dark color in November. He is looking over into the next field watching a guy climb into a tree stand.

 

[Western]

It is good a lot of folks are feeding them. They look a bit thin.
Here is one from last year showing the dark color in November. He is looking over into the next field watching a guy climb into a tree stand.

A bit thin is an understatement! We had a new doe with a fawn show up yesterday we have not seen before or got photos of, really sad sight. I could count the ribs on both of them, they were weak to the point the others bullied them off the feed, so today I put out "extra" rations in various places. Corn, Alfalfa hay, and 16% deer pellets and of course cleaned the water tank and added new electrolytes.

Ron, that buck seems to be thinking about that hunter "sucker" " your busted":laughing:

 

[pacerron]

A bit thin is an understatement! We had a new doe with a fawn show up yesterday we have not seen before or got photos of, really sad sight. I could count the ribs on both of them, they were weak to the point the others bullied them off the feed, so today I put out "extra" rations in various places. Corn, Alfalfa hay, and 16% deer pellets and of course cleaned the water tank and added new electrolytes.

Ron, that buck seems to be thinking about that hunter "sucker" " your busted":laughing:

The Skat must really build up around the feeder and water trough with all those visitors. Do you just leave it or try to clear some out from time to time?

Up here the rain takes care of it if the dog doesn't eat it first!

 

[Western]

Haven't seen any near the feed area, My dieing oat plot has allot though, which is ok. Anything they can put back into the ground is good with me! May be like cattle and don't like to eat where they poop.

 

[pacerron]

Haven't seen any near the feed area, My dieing oat plot has allot though, which is ok. Anything they can put back into the ground is good with me! May be like cattle and don't like to eat where they poop.

The big oak next to the house has shed most of it's acorns so the deer are checking but not spending all night there as before. They have left a lot of skat. There was a group of 6 buck together along the edge of the woods watching me mow an 8 acre field a couple nights ago.
Do you consider the buck you have pictured to have "brow points"?
Do you subscribe to the theory that the bigger the pile, the bigger the deer?
Ron

 

[Western]

Do you consider the buck you have pictured to have "brow points"?
Do you subscribe to the theory that the bigger the pile, the bigger the deer?
Ron

I usually go with the standard rules, If it's 1" in length , it's a "tine" or horn, Texas game laws call it " a protrusion of the skin"

I take the size of the pellet more so than the pile size and of course the diet has allot to do with it, I have seen piles 10' long where the deer was walking and going, when they are just standing around you get the whole "bag of marbles"