Can you spot the buck

[dust in the wind]

Got back from a week out west. We didn't fill any tags but had a good time exploring this area.
So lets see how good some of you are. Can you spot the bucks.

To be fair, I did see another one up before I saw this one. There were 3 in this spot though.

so here is pic 1.

 

[johnr]

I can not find the buck

 

[dust in the wind]

I have more pictures. Here's another one.

 

[johnr]

Might be in the shadow in the middle of the picture towards the top.

 

[DirtyMike]

Might be in the shadow in the middle of the picture towards the top.

That's what I was thinking too. A deer per shadow towards the top. Not a good sign with four days between now and my badlands bow hunt.

 

[dust in the wind]

Here's another one guys. Just to see if you think you are on the right track.

 

[DirtyMike]

I've come to the conclusion that you need a better spotting scope.:::

 

[Allen]

I think I see him right in the middle of the pic, but I need a vision check as it gets quite pixel'ish for me when I zoom in and it could be my optimism.

Or you just need to invest some more coin into your camera.

 

[dust in the wind]

I've come to the conclusion that you need a better spotting scope.

I think most of the issue is with the camera I was using. It is an older camera and I didn't have the mount with to attach the camera to the scope.

Plus these deer were around 3/4 to 1 mile away from us.

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Or you just need to invest some more coin into your camera.

Haha - I've been taking my older digital camera with. One that I'm not afraid of losing or getting beat up. I may have to retire that old thing.

 

[sweeney]

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[dust in the wind]

DirtyMike and Johnr are correct though - he is in a shadow so he isn't real clear regardless.

I know looking through the scope myself, the image was much clearer than what the pictures show. For that I apologize. I know they aren't the greatest pics.

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Your circle is correct but your crosshairs are off. You're aiming at a bush.

 

[sweeney]

whatever i don't know how to work paint or post a pic with the picture button i guess

 

[dust in the wind]

Here he is.



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Correct!

 

[sweeney]

yea i thought i could move the crosshairs after i drew them and i couldn't, So i had to make another one,then i grabbed the wrong one to post, i blame my class b schooling and monday.

 

[DirtyMike]

Now I feel better. That was fun!

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so are there there deer in this picture? Or just the one?

 

[johnr]

That's more work than I have put into my paying work today...haha

 

[dust in the wind]

Now I feel better. That was fun!

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so are there there deer in this picture? Or just the one?

There are 3. 2 were laying right in the circled spot. One was a real small buck and I could only pick him occasionally when the other moved his head in a certain direction. There's a valley right in there and the 3rd one was off to the left and out of sight when I got these taken.

One buck was missing one side of his antlers and the other side had 3 points. Another buck was a 3x3 with a 14 to 16 inch spike coming up off the base and the other was a small 2x2.

It wasn't until they all got up and out in the open when I figured out the antlers on them. I tried to get a pic of them at that point but that one didn't turn out real well. They were moving out of that area pretty quickly.