Turkey Day Archery Buck

[Rainier10]

Pretty brutal year hunting in Swakane.  Tons of does, not many bucks.  Got this guy on Thanksgiving day, he was the biggest deer I had seen to that point.  Didn't realize he was broke off on the right side until I got up on him. Things got a little better the last few days of the season, but only saw two bucks bigger than this one.

I was way down in a hole when I got him, last photo is where he piled up.  I drug him out of that mess, up onto the rock landing for photos.  Not a very big flat spot to work but it was the best I could find.  Set the camera on timer for the one with me in it., I was shocked out how well it worked out.

Skinned, caped and quartered him with out gutting him, then took all the meat off of the bone for the pack out.  First time I have done the gutless thing and it really worked great by myself.  I remembered the tenderloins about halfway up the hill but wasn't going back for those. Couple of my buddies got to me before I was done and helped get the rest of the meat off of the quarters and with the pack out.  My Bullpac packboard is a real dream for hauling.

I am just doing a Euro mount with the skull and antlers. I take the capes to my taxidermist so he can use them for people who damage theirs on the drag out or cut them short.  He gives me credit for the cape if it is in good shape and the type he is looking for.

The orange safety panel on my pack from Orange Aglow works great to keep you visible from the back so if we are on different ridges I turn my back to my partner so he can see where I am at.  As I am approaching animals I am still camouflaged.

We put the tape to him in camp and he would have scored better without the broken off point.

What are some of the guesses on score?  These are the only photos that I have of him but I think it should give you decent idea of what he was.

I will post what we came up with tomorrow evening.

[2MANY]

Bet the Bull Pac scored 100%.

[Timberstalker]

Dandy buck.

I see a 150" buck, without the broken G4.

[Widgeondeke]

Congrats on the buck     
bet that pack out hurt the next day

[Muleyslyr]

Nice work Rainier! I spent four days up there by myself the weekend before Thanksgiving. I'd say you did good up there.

[Mark251]

Beautiful buck 

[jae]

Great Buck, Congratulations!

[Rainier10]

Thanks guys, the bull pac was worth it's weight in gold for the photos and the pack out.  By myself it was hard to get the deer positioned for the field photos, the pack worked great to prop the head up until I could get into position.

I turned the head into the taxidermist already.  I will try to find my notes from camp to show you the dimensions that we used to come up with the gross and net score.

Looks like Timberstalker will be the closest and farthest away if he is the only one going to venture a guess.

For reference I am 5'9" and 175 pounds.

[cbond3318]

Sweet buck! Good job on getting it done! 

[kirkl]

NIce buck. 147 without missing point.

[Watimberghost]

Great buck Rainier! Looks like a solid mature buck. Well earned

[DOUBLELUNG]

I'll go 150 gross with the broken tine, and 131 net.

[cmiller85]

I'd say 144" net w/ missing G4.

132" net as is.

Nice looking deer!   

[jstone]

Great Job in a tough year

[BLDtraLR]

Nice buck   congrats