Benchleg Buck?

[Taco280AI]

Reminds me of high fenced hunt photos I've seen, from the area it's in to the rack itself. Not saying that is the case, but it just looks like some of those "Midwest" ranch photos.

[pianoman9701]

Lots of birch and maple. Odd rack with the forks but I don't believe it's photo shopped. If I had to guess I'd say it was taken at least in the midwest or back east.

[SuperX]

man you guys are good!  It's from a farm in Michigan according to the post I saw.  Short ears are also a give-away, but as far as I know it isn't photoshopped.

[lewy]

It almost looks like the antlers are photo shopped from just above the g-1's on up, idk

[coachcw]

great buck even with the long arming !

[JakeLand]

Can't stand the term "benchleg."   

 Why? Does the term stud Blacktail sound better

[bobcat]

Can't stand the term "benchleg."   

 Why? Does the term stud Blacktail sound better

Because it's a made up word that nobody knows where it came from, or why someone would choose to call a blacktail/mule deer cross a "benchleg." Do their legs look different than any other deer? No, they do not. Do their legs look like benches? No they don't.

Yes, I say call them blacktails. Or, if you want, call them mule deer. Just pick one! But a "benchleg?" What the heck is that?

[JakeLand]

Well I got 3 generations of loggers and outdoorsman  in the family that have taken a few big ( stud Blacktails) that are big bodied deer that didn't fit the legs and my paps would call them "Benchleg " bucks because they were short compared to the body size so I always accepted it as that.

[2labs]

Take it easy Bob. Benchlegs and Bigfoot drive a man crazy!

[bobcat]

I guess they never looked any different to me.   

Any biologists on here who can confirm that "benchlegs" have shorter legs than other deer?

[Jonathan_S]

Not unless they do.

[2MANY]

Appears the hunter has been chasing parked cars.

[Curly]

I guess they never looked any different to me.   

Any biologists on here who can confirm that "benchlegs" have shorter legs than other deer?

Some people say benchlegs appear to have longer legs than a deer that is not a cross. 

[2labs]

I guess they never looked any different to me.   

Any biologists on here who can confirm that "benchlegs" have shorter legs than other deer?

Some people say benchlegs appear to have longer legs than a deer that is not a cross. 

Just the left legs.

[pianoman9701]

I guess they never looked any different to me.   

Any biologists on here who can confirm that "benchlegs" have shorter legs than other deer?

Some people say benchlegs appear to have longer legs than a deer that is not a cross. 

Funny, I'd been told they had bigger bodies and shorter legs.