Another great situation to name bucks: I was fortunate enough to take a really nice buck in the '09 season. Well as a gift my grandfather had it mounted. Now the issue, I have twin 3 year old little girls (just turned 2 then) and this mount was going in the dining room which is main thoroughfare at our house. Well the girls were scared to death to go through the dining room. My parents were over 2 days later and were looking at it, the girls were still scared to death, then my dad names it "Bubba"... Ever since then, it's been like a pet to the girls. By naming it, it basically turned it into a pet to them.
I agree with you also. Although I have yet to have a big buck to name, I will name the first one Buford. I chose this name due to the first dog I had a great relationship with. He was my cousins dog and the way he moved around reminded me of the way I always thought a big buck would. He was big and older. He moved with caution every time he moved around from being stepped on a few times as a pup. Even though he was old he still liked chasing tail. When females were in heat in the area he was on the hunt for them. I always thought this was similar to the way a buck would act. Since I started hunting last year and heard of naming bucks, his name and memories of him came to mind. That will be my first big bucks name.
I'm thinking about naming my target bucks after people that I don't like. I figure that additional little bit of animosity might push me a little bit harder. This post could've been a LOT more entertaining, but in the interests of common decency (and hedging against any risk of a libel lawsuit), I decided to delete the hit list and play that one close to the vest, for my own personal amusement. I'll have all of you know that I just deleted all of the text/pics from one of my best posts ever. It was hard, but I had to do it.
Don't really ever name my bucks except for the descriptive value........ the wide 10, the narrow 9, the weird horn buck etc.
I do the same as far as naming the bucks in my area. Once a guy builds a little history with them, seeks them out, and then takes them out, it only seems appropriate to get personal with them and give them a name.
Its truely the only way I can remember the inventory on each animal. If I didnt have bucks named and they were just giants I prob would forget all about them when finding sheds and keep tabs & inventory on trail cams. Each buck I name is completely different, could be something about them, the area they live in, or just something totally random!
It's good to name the bucks on your properties just because you gain a drawn out relationship with these animals especially practicing good management qualities for letting less mature bucks grow into absolute studs! I had one buck who I named 'Mr. T' who I don't know if he is still alive but was a monster main frame 10 pointer with a sticker the first season I seen him. The second season only had him on trailcam one night and was still a big 10 but with a split brow on his left side. After shooting my 164 class buck on oct. 1st of 2010 I had one illinois bow tag left, so I wanted to hold out for Mr. T if he presented himself. I passed on a 150 class 11 pointer on oct. 29th due to a broken G-2 on his left side. I now named that deer 'lucky' because I had him dead to rights at 10 yards. Like rutin said, it helps you keep track of the deer on your properties.
Have never scored on the deer that I capture on camera that have names. Unfortunately, some members of our group have on a couple of the young, immature bucks. As someone mentioned previously, a name makes the deer more personal as it is nice to talk about "Alf" versus the split-brow 9.
I have only given names to a couple of bucks I have captured on camera. There has to be something unique about them for me to do that. Here are pics of the 3. Split Brow Pitchfork Dagger
gutone4me, you have a good point. I like the name by the way. Pretty cool looking guy even if his rack is small its still really unique.They shouldn't have to be big to get a name. It would be pretty neat to watch one grow up and give them a name at a young age. I guess in some unexplainable way you would over time have some sort of a relationship with the buck even if he doesn't know it. Anyone ever name does?? Seems like it would be more difficult but, why should they not get names. After all they do have a big part in the buck population. Is it because identifying them is way more difficult?
I tag a lot of bucks that I hunt with names. Most of which are defined by a distinct physical trait or two. I like to name bucks for a couple reasons, it builds a history, keeps my inventory organized and the names serve as good conversation encouragers.
While I like your thinking Fran... I just don' have it in me to name a buck Fran or The King or Wanna-Be-Lawyer ( WBL for short ). Actually WBL sounds kind of cool. I might just have to go with that. :D Seriously... if we name a buck it is either characteristics of the rack or where he hangs. Tim
Meet Hercules, Norm, and Apollo. Ive also harvested Buck Rogers. Wendell, Brownie, Morris, Wendell jr are all still out there (i hope). Only time and the trail cam will tell. Also EVERY doe is named Martha.
