2025 Whitetail Meatpole

[Flben]

 

[iwearshorts]

Archery button buck and rifle doe. Pa public land.

 

[cktraider]

Target buck down! Broke off a crab claw, 11 pts.

 

[Subs]

Pocono Mountain buck. PA

 

[MannyMedeiros21]

Full freezers over here. It’s been cool having my son along with me for a bunch of hunts this year. He absolutely loves it

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[Timbers]

My 13 year old son iowa bow buck

 

[MannyMedeiros21]

Another one this morning


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[tylobear52]

After still-hunting the ridge I knew he was bedding on from sun up to about 1:00pm, he stood up with his girlfriend at 40 yards. My biggest VA public land buck so far.

 

[ColPenguin]

I hadn't seen much deer activity the first week of WV firearm season until the evening of Black Friday. Seemed they started post-rut feeding more aggressively that evening and were hitting acorns. Had really thick fog the first morning, and had a miserable rainy sit second day. Only saw smaller spikes and does through Thanksgiving.

It was 22F at 7 AM on Saturday. The sun was not risen, but it was legal shooting time. I heard heavy pawing at leaves, I assumed to get at acorns, on the knob behind the tree stand. It was too dark to see what was making noise in the woods.

Eventually, a deer stepped into the overgrown jeep trail and I could see its body profile. I tried to get binos on it, but they were half steamed up from the cold. I was eventually able to see his head gear and confirm it was a buck.

He stopped to browse acorns about 20 yds from my stand. Waited for him to step out from behind a tree and took my shot. He ran down the hill and heard him stop and crash. Waited until sunrise to trail him.

I found a very unique heavy bodied non-typical 2 x 4. It appeared his right tine has split off and has metallic residue embedded in the antler break. Possibly someone shot at, and broke off an antler.

 

[OXN939]

 

[SirChooCH]

MI "Muzzleloader" season buck. They opened it up for straight wall as well in my area and worked out. 34 yards with the new 400 legend RA gen 2 and he flopped maybe twice.

 

[Bigboone1988]

IL 11/02 came in following a few does.

 

[TopherDave]

a torn ear.

Game Farm!
(joking)

 

[TopherDave]

2025 Hunting Highlight!
I got my 8 yo niece of these two. She harvest 4 deer opening day, 3 does and the buck. Snuck her out of school middle of the week and got her another doe!
I use to trash talk my brother’s 6.5 and competition shooting rifles, but they have now found a place in my heart. Pretty special day and memories I will take to my death bed.