The preserve is looking like a jungle right now with all of the wet warm weather. Everything is green and lush from the food plots to the briars and trees. The deer are also doing great and their growth is coming right in line with the abundant food supply. We saw our first fawn following mom last night night. It was keeping pace very well and also showing off and playing while she grazed. I would guess that within the next couple of weeks there will be more and more fawns moving around and joining in the daily rituals.
The bucks were out in full force last evening and it looks like we are going to have a great group of trophy bucks this fall! It is still way to early to predict any scores as there are still three months of growth but the antlers are really coming into the potential. We saw three exceptional bucks last night. They all three have heavy mass and ranged from about 18-20″+ in width. The tines are still on the short side but you could see that there were two with g4’s and another that was showing a potential drop tine. We are far enough along now to be able to start identifying bucks that we see fairly regular. Single Brow, Double Brow, and Wide Rack are just a few that we know when we spot them.
I have been having some issues with my trail cameras but I hope to be getting that worked out sometime in the near future so that I can add additional pictures to the photo gallery. I am also going to start spending some stand time with my camera to see if I can get some early evening shots or video.