Do you name the bucks you have on camera?

[NW_Arkansas22]

I have named a few public land bucks I have on camera this year. Do any of you guys do the same?

1. "Skin Tag" - Brow tines are so short they look like skin tags.


2. "Arthritis" - Brow tines look like my grandma's fingers.


3. "Pink Eye" - Loves to make eye contact with the camera when he poops.


4. "Biggie Smalls" - Big mature deer but won't score good.

 

[e1han]

I’m not huge into naming deer but with names like those I might have to give it a try

 

[elk yinzer]

No...

Deer
Doe
Buck
Shooter
Desperation time shooter

Frankly I find it annoying and there was a time in life when I made fun of it. But I really don't really care anymore.

 

[dalton916]

I name every buck I see Chuck Mangione and therefore I name my custom blends I put in my food plots Managione Mix. I have two, Managione Mix Punisher and Managione Mix Bruiser with the latter being the far preferred blend as far as my deer are concerned.

 

[CRogers]

Not unless there's something unique about them that makes them easy to identify. I'm not a tv hunter.

 

[Nutterbuster]

Only one I ever named was "Gimpy." 3 legged buck that we had on camera for 3 seasons. Kilt him back in January. Wish I'd have kept his broke-off leg bone.

Other than that, nope. Unless you count conversations like, "So which 6 did you see, the wide one or the dinky one?" as naming bucks.

 

[dpierce72]

Only for a very small percentage that I am actively after. Just helps me distinguish between them...

Moose, Crooked Tine, Wide Guy, Mr Big are the only 4 (of 100s) over the last three seasons and different properties. One of the four is on my wall but the other three have eluded me.

I'd guess it's less than 5% of mine that rise to 'name category'. Perhaps it's something I do to not only distinguish, but create a more personal connection to the ones I'm trying to outsmart.

 

[Bwhana]

Might as well go on the tv circuit if you name them specifically. Other than a descriptor like the big 8, tight 8, 3 legs, don't name my deer, other than Dead!

John H., Hickory, NC

Keep your nose to the wind, and your eyes along the skyline.

 

[NATHAN]

Yes a little. I usually only talk about them to myself though. I’m very selfish

 

[fbwguy]

My wife names them for me. She has a hit list, The Prince, Croaker, and The Twin are on the top of her list
Edit: I almost forgot the Obnoxious Unicorn

 

[shwacker]

This is George

This is Andrew

This is Steven


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[Squirrels]

I find it odd and annoying to be honest but more power to those who do. Ranchers don’t name slaughter calves. But I guess I do name them in a sense.
Pass
Next year
Two years
Maybe
***
Where’s my bow/gun


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[KYHunter]

Nope.. more power to ya if you do tho! It just makes me think of all the TV “hunting” shows. I also try to approach it with the viewpoint that the deer aren’t mine but they are everyone’s. If I get a crack at a good buck then great, and if the neighbor kills him then great as well!

 

[EricS]

I’ve never been that creative. Also never had enough good deer on camera that I had to name them to keep it from getting confusing. I haven’t really had many on camera several years in a row. Usually I get them on camera about a week or two before they get shot somewhere else.

 

[flinginairos]

I name some of them. But who really cares? Not sure why some guys get all worked up about it lol.

 

[Bwhana]

I'm cool with it if you feel so inclined, minus one... Swamp Donkey. I've hunted many swamps and seen many donkeys in my days, but never seen a friggin donkey in a swamp. Primos and the TV boys that came up with that should be flogged with a Tethrd linesman rope!

John H., Hickory, NC

Keep your nose to the wind, and your eyes along the skyline.

 

[ImThere]

Breakfast, lunch and dinner! Lol


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[cb750]

I don't set out to name them. But I find I do almost subconsciously at times. I would find myself saying "there's a forky," then.."there's that forky", then "there's forky", or similar. Most creative I got was lucky 7 for a 7 pointer who made it through the winter. So I guess I named him but never ended up hunting him..

Sometimes I find when speaking with others who hunt the area it's a shortcut for description. As opposed to "you know the brown one with the antlers." I apparently shot "5 Star" last year wasn't my name for it, it was their's and he was the one they were after all season. I understand they have since lost permission. Best part...He was a 6 pointer, had a spike on one side. I think I called him: " Come on man just one more step I'm losing light you bastard, just one more step, don'tlook at the antlers pick a spot aim small, just step already!." Or something like that.

Also for the OP. I think #3 should be brown eye... seems more accurate.

 

[dpierce72]

Just saying...

 

[cb750]

Anyone else have a flashback to WKRP? after that.