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ORMuley,

Earlier in the thread I was ambiguous because intentions were not to dive so deep. But whitetails are an enjoyable topic for me so the more the thread progressed the deeper I dove. Lets go a little deeper still.

You pose a very interesting question regarding the younger two year old crop.

More details on the beginnings.

2018 Fall. All native deer were removed. Twenty bred does and three breeder bucks were brought in. All of these does were first AI'd before delivered, with the breeder bucks serving as backup (this year). Two of the breeder bucks were not "freaks" but good bucks in the 180-200" range. One was a freak. As for the AI genetics, I honestly have no idea. We knew and trusted the breeder.

These fawns hit the ground in the summer of 2019. From the 20 does, 9 bucks made it to 2.5 years old in the fall of 2021. Two were culled out in 2021 leaving 7. Two more were culled this year, the fall of 2022, leaving 5 remaining (pictured in this thread) which we intend to let live and breed indefinitely.

2019 Fall. All breeding done by the three breeder bucks. As of fall of 2022 there are 7 bucks 2.5 years old from this class. One was culled due to tumors/warts all over him. The remaining deer are clean slick typicals. No freaks. Remember two breeder bucks were normal and one was a freak. But none of the offsprings were freaks.

2020 Fall. Same as 2019. As of fall of 2022 these bucks are 1.5 and appear to be on the same course as the previous class. I estimate 5 to 8 bucks in this class but they are hard to distinguish on the hoof and believe it or not, we do not set up game cams. Cams got to be too much like work and this is for fun.

The two non freak breeder bucks were harvested in the fall of 2020 (after the rut) leaving the freak as the one remaining breeder.

2021 Fall. Breeding was handled by the one breeder and the 2.5 year old 2019 class (the class pictured in this thread). These were 0.5 year old button bucks this year (fall 2022) so no way of determining potential.

2022 Summer. The freak breeder buck died of natural causes.

2022 Fall. All breeding done by the bucks pictured in this thread and opportunistic younger bucks.

I do not predict many freak bucks like pictured in this thread, the AI'd 2019 class. I believe most will be typicalish 200" class when mature.

One side of the below the pictured buck has dropped this year, been found, and scored. I have used this to estimate the other side. Any guesses? Hint, it blew my mind.

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One side of the below the pictured buck has dropped this year, been found, and scored. I have used this to estimate the other side. Any guesses? Hint, it blew my mind.

Poor abused bucks. LOL

270"+

I've greatly enjoyed reading this thread.
Keep it going if you could. Would love to see updates each year .

Cheater.

Thanks! Will keep it up, God willing.