2009.02.26
More great suburban bucks
This is one of two shots Dennis Stevens sent me earlier this week. These bucks are suburban bucks and were seen in the same area of Roanoke County where the big non-typical and 10-pointer we have pictures (and sheds) from are wandering around.
Dennis said he's been out looking for sheds in the area with no luck. But no doubt there's a better likelihood of finding a good shed in the suburbs than out there in the wide open woods.
As for the second picture Dennis sent, anyone care to guess what deer it was?
If you want to see the picture, you're going to have to pick up tomorrow's Roanoke Times. I'm using the shot on my outdoors page story about last fall's deer kill totals -- even though the deer in the picture wasn't one of the more than a quarter million deer that hunters killed this past fall.
I sure hope the paper is on time in the moning.Niether one of these deer were in the first pics so I am hoping its ol drop tine. I'm going to bed early so the morning will come quicker:)
Alfie
Comment by Alfie — February 26, 2009 @ 8:14 pm
what alfie doesnt know is that there are two in his neighborhood that dwarf these two.... steve
Comment by steve grubb — February 28, 2009 @ 8:53 am
I just seen the sat. times pic of the big non-typical from roanoke co.are you sure that pic. is from around here?it sure doesnt look like something from around here.though I have heard of a monster seen around hunting hills and buck mtn road. hes proably the one tearing up those big cedars next to the parkway on buck mtn rd. lets hope he s spread his genes around before he becomes roadkill
--Believe it or not, that buck is really from the Roanoke Valley. mt
Comment by andy stevens — February 28, 2009 @ 10:00 pm
Mark,what are the 2 big bumps on the back of the buck on the left?
Iv'e never seen any thing like them before.
--Hmmmm. I noticed those, too. I'll ask a couple deer biologists and see what they think. mt
Comment by Alfie — March 2, 2009 @ 9:39 pm