Benchleg Buck?

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

White all over on the belly in the picture=Whitetail.  Would like to see the buck's tail though.

The one place I was not looking...

[bobcat]

Most people I know who aren't on this forum, if I were to say "I killed a benchleg yesterday" .... they would have no clue what I was talking about.

I think there are enough members on this forum to give a good cross section of the hunting community in this state. Just because you and your friends don't use the term doesn't make it meaningless or wrong.

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I say it's meaningless because the term itself doesn't describe the way they look. "BENCH" "LEG".  What exactly is that? Now BLACK TAIL deer, that's something people can understand. Even non-hunters who know nothing about deer.

[Curly]

So what term should we use for a muley/whitetail cross?.........chairleg?

[2labs]

Swamp Donkey

[bobcat]

Well this thread has spun out of control nicely. Carry on 

The title is "benchleg buck?"  Seems that's still what we're talking about.

[Woodchuck]

Out of control?  Seems like it is right on track. We may finally find out the origins of the term benchleg.

That will just get argued into oblivion as well. Somebody will have a misspelled word in the explanation, One will say it is pre-Custer Native American. Someone else will say it's post-Custer. There will be a few that say early Anglo. A few more will suggest it is a jedi mind trick being played on us by Muslims. Don't even get me started on whether it was Bush or the Dem's...

[grundy53]

Most people I know who aren't on this forum, if I were to say "I killed a benchleg yesterday" .... they would have no clue what I was talking about.

I think there are enough members on this forum to give a good cross section of the hunting community in this state. Just because you and your friends don't use the term doesn't make it meaningless or wrong.

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I say it's meaningless because the term itself doesn't describe the way they look. "BENCH" "LEG".  What exactly is that? Now BLACK TAIL deer, that's something people can understand. Even non-hunters who know nothing about deer.

Well I killed a raghorn bull this year. I'm sure you know what that term means. However I've never actually seen a bull with rags on it's antlers.

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[Woodchuck]

Well this thread has spun out of control nicely. Carry on 

The title is "benchleg buck?"  Seems that's still what we're talking about.

Apparently not, you said the term was made up and nobody knows what it means.

[2labs]

Wow, take it easy Woodblock.

[kirkl]

Most people I know who aren't on this forum, if I were to say "I killed a benchleg yesterday" .... they would have no clue what I was talking about.

I think there are enough members on this forum to give a good cross section of the hunting community in this state. Just because you and your friends don't use the term doesn't make it meaningless or wrong.

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I say it's meaningless because the term itself doesn't describe the way they look. "BENCH" "LEG".  What exactly is that? Now BLACK TAIL deer, that's something people can understand. Even non-hunters who know nothing about deer.

Well I killed a raghorn bull this year. I'm sure you know what that term means. However I've never actually seen a bull with rags on it's antlers.

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ya that lol, do your buddies know what a raghorn bull is bobcat?

[Woodchuck]

Wow, take it easy Woodblock.

Oh I am, in fact I like "swamp donkey" the best so far. 

[2MANY]

Swamp Donkey is racist.

[blackveltbowhunter]

Most people I know who aren't on this forum, if I were to say "I killed a benchleg yesterday" .... they would have no clue what I was talking about.

I think there are enough members on this forum to give a good cross section of the hunting community in this state. Just because you and your friends don't use the term doesn't make it meaningless or wrong.

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I say it's meaningless because the term itself doesn't describe the way they look. "BENCH" "LEG".  What exactly is that? Now BLACK TAIL deer, that's something people can understand. Even non-hunters who know nothing about deer.

I have had plenty of non hunters question the term "muley" as well. I don't see Benchleg as being any different.

[bobcat]

Most people I know who aren't on this forum, if I were to say "I killed a benchleg yesterday" .... they would have no clue what I was talking about.

I think there are enough members on this forum to give a good cross section of the hunting community in this state. Just because you and your friends don't use the term doesn't make it meaningless or wrong.

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I say it's meaningless because the term itself doesn't describe the way they look. "BENCH" "LEG".  What exactly is that? Now BLACK TAIL deer, that's something people can understand. Even non-hunters who know nothing about deer.

Well I killed a raghorn bull this year. I'm sure you know what that term means. However I've never actually seen a bull with rags on it's antlers.

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[bobcat]

Swamp donkey is a moose. I thought?