Been home from the Wild West Trip for a month.  Decided it was time to go check on this years crop of Whitetails.  Rut is still 2-3 weeks away and saw no bucks chasing does yet.  I was able to find (Little Drop Tine) LDT.  He looks way better after getting rid of his summer coat and rubbing off his velvet. No other mature bucks found yet.  Seems to be a ton of small bucks, but the big boys aren’t showing up yet.

8/11/25 still in Velvet

10/23/25  Beefing up for Rut.  Neck and chest filled in nicely.

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Kent