Jul 2nd 2017, 03:24 PM
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Apr 2009 Columbia, MO Cervid: Deer Farm Manager | Payoff
Those Brows are INSANE Travis. Never seen anything like it...That long and clean!
On Monday night the 26th of June 2017 it was a high of 68 so we decided to knock Payoff down and cut off the club. Whenever you knock a buck down in velvet you worry about him breaking something off so we decided to dart and immediately leave the pen hoping he would just go to the back and lay down. We used M/K and he went down perfectly. Laid his head gently on the ground and went to sleep. When I walked up on him he took my breath away! He was big! We used a stretcher and took him to the barn to work on him.
We had the vet start an I.V. and then started on the club. We bungy corded it first and then pre-cut with a scalpel and then cut with a saws-all. Then we banded it with a bander the vet brought and removed the bungy cord. As it bled we cauterized it and put blood-stop and aluma-shield on it. We also gave him a shot of antibiotics as a precaution. It went perfect and we took a few measurements. We put him back in his spot, reversed him, and laid lots of towels under his antlers for when he woke up.
We have had a few big deer including his sire payday. But this is the largest deer we have ever had at 3 years old, and by far the largest in June. He was 36 inside and had all kinds of round mass. His g2 on the right was 13.5 and the left was 12.5. And they haven't begun to grow. His beams were nearly 30 inches already. He had an 8x8 mainframe and was 29x29 total. I would say he was at least in the mid 400's gross already.
Brian reported today that he was pushing again. He said he looks like he has put a couple inches on his tines. I will get more pics in a couple weeks. If he gets the Payday tine length he is gonna be pretty nice!
Last edited by SJames; Jul 2nd 2017 at 03:34 PM.
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