Hicks,
We cant disclose any information regarding our "exstensive research"....Its a legal thing....Sorry buddy:smiley_bril:
Actually..We have no concrete evidence. However..The only buck to actually live in that little woodlot was the halfrack buck..My buddy would see him all the time..Jump him here..jump him there..he never left that woodlot..My buddy fed him through the winter and then he found his sheds..50 yards from the cam in a thicket...He was the only 2.5 year old to call this spot home..That 9 point pictured above is doing the same thing..He lives in the same thicket..wont leave. It makes sense..that 9 point looks like a 3.5 year old...and that would be the age of the half rack now...However..we did study the angles of the tines and the shape of the left side and it appears to be him. The only characteristic i question are the short G1's of the 9 point and there's a notch out of the right ear of the half rack but it looks there's no notch out of the right ear of the 9 point..Do they grow their ears back?? heheh.....Genetics is a funny thing..who really knows.??
Side note..The half rack left the area for about 2 weeks..We thought he died..got shot..whatever. Hell.we almost started bawlin about his dissapearance lol..he was kinda our buddy..Anyhows..he left for 2 weeks in mid November. He came back after those 2 weeks and never left again...He lived in that little patch of woods during gun season and survived.
Here is our first picture of him when he returned from his 2 week adventure...Like a lost dog who returns..ya wanna whip and hug em at the same time..we kinda felt the same lol..
Notice how run down he looks..wherever he was from mid November until Dec 1 ..his health def . declined alil..and he lost his right main beam..all 4 inches of it lol.