Overall,Florida is a freak’in zoo.Thats def a "Florida Woman" shirt...
Srsly, Looking forward to learning new plants and animals in FL.
Do they have "alligator and iguana" dog-aversive trainings there?
Asking for a dobe friend...
My VERY first trail camera was a Cuddleback, with FILM!! That was back in 2006, Haha, SO disappointing to send off the film, get it back and only have photos of the treesWe have these and I'm amazed how long the batteries last.
HyperFire 4K Ultra HD Trail Camera
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We used to have Cuddybacks and they were costing a fortune in D cell batteries.
I graduated to Moltrie, the ones that used D batteries, white flash, SD cardsI loved them. Time lag was a little slow, 1 minute. In the winter I'd use an old car battery to power it, the D cells didn't last long in the cold. Then those started dying off and I bought new Moltries, still with the white flash, the new ones had a 15 second trip, used C batteries. Those started dying off, I was down to 2, and they were acting hinky. My husband found the ones I use now, in July. Darn, no white flash anywhere on any of the newer cameras, but these are affordable, take a photo, or, a video, or BOTH. They come with batteries, an SD card, and a mount, so you can mount them on a pole.
Oh gosh I didn't know those ever came in film but I can imagine the frustration since it's pretty hit and miss with some of the things that trigger it. One of our cameras had about 1500 pictures of trees blowing in the wind a couple years ago. If you sped it up you could even see the sun rising and setting. LOL
Noble False Widdow
In Calif only one side of the antlers is counted, so that, looks like, would be a 4 pointer. Eye guards don't count as a "point". Interesting that the entire skeleton is still intact, no coyotes, fox, mt lion, bear savaging on it.Asha found this deer the other day which I posted in the Photos thread, but @Ddski5 had a question which prompted me to ask more questions...
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Question was is it a 10 pt buck - I'm not sure how that's counted, so I looked at this website to learn more... and now there's more information and I'm more confused... Is it counting points alone that tells you? The "score" is based on measurements?
Field Judging - Whitetail Deer
The first thing you will notice about a large whitetail buck’s rack is the overall height and width, followed by the number of points, and mass. When assessing a potential trophy’s score, we need to look at the lengths of the main beams, lengths of the points, the inside spread of the main...www.boone-crockett.org
We have Whitetail and Mule deer here, and Coues deer also, though I don't think I've seen a Coues, I have found a tiny skull with anters which I was told was Coues. Also told they don't share territory with the larger deer but there are definitely WT and Mulies here. And when they look like this one that Asha found - no ears or tails or even skin, how do you know what it is (was)???
Looking to learn. I'll get a photo of the head so you can look at the antlers a little better. I also have many skulls with antlers that I've collected, some were hunted and cleaned, others were found. Years ago I worked at a private ranch almost 90.000 acres and we were allowed to keep what we found, so I got a little addicted to finding bones of any kind.
3 legs were gone. We do have every one of those critters here and all the bones were pretty much picked clean, but ribs were very much attached to the spine. Asha worked really hard to chew one off, I'm guessing it takes a while to really get scattered. Zero meat guts or skin anywhere, just bones and sinew that was holding it together.
If it's a whitetail both sides count including the brow tines in MN. So it would be a 10 point according to the scoring rules in this state.
Same as here in Louisiana. From the picture, I only count 7 points which is kinda unusual for such a large rack. Although, I would not be surprised if looked at from a better angle, it’s a really nice 8 or 10pt. Count all the points including the brow times, but I see no brow tines.
I know it's legal in the state since we have a friend who is a shed hunter and if he finds a carcass he is allowed to cut them off and take them as long as it's not on private property.
It's on National Forest, so not allowed. Also, it was a long ways from home, no way for a vehicle to get to it. But I know where it is and may go back to check on it.
