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Double Dropper Blacktail with a story (BlackRiver Taxidermy)
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Just completed this double dropper blacktail buck. This project had a special place for me because it was shot by my great-grandfather in 1950's.
The story goes that my great-grandfather was hunting with his son-in-law, my grandfather near Bucoda, Washington. They jumped this buck in the timber and my great grandfather got a shot off and knocked it down. When they approached the downed buck it jumped up and ran off again and my grandfather was able to get a finishing shot to it as it ran, putting it down for good. Both of them were able to dress the animal and haul it through a swamp to the railroad tracks near the town of Bucoda. There happened to be a railroad crew on a two-person pump railroad car near where they came through. The two workers offered to give them a ride into the town of Centralia by way of the hand/pump car. They arrived at a small mercantile/general store where Lincoln Creek Lumber on Reynolds Road now sits. There was a scale at this store and they weighed the buck which was 207lbs dressed out. They later transported the buck to my grandfathers house in Galvin in the back of a pickup.
Both my great-grandfather and grandfather have passed on, but this rack was passed down to my uncle who brought it to me last year to be mounted and passed on to his sons. I had quite a few spare black-tail capes, however the cape I chose is from a very old buck with a large split in the ears and his jowls were tremendous. The form was built-up to accommodate the size of, in particular, the face for this cape which I thought reflects a good idea of what this buck may have looked like.
Sorry for the book, but wanted to share these pics of this buck as both an avid outdoorsman, a love of family and history, and as a taxidermist. Enjoy...Joel-BRT
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Looks Awesome
Cool background story on the rack as well!!
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Im sure I have hunted in that bucks home a time or 2!
Thanks for sharing!
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Very cool buck and story . Its great when someone knows the stories behind the old racks hanging in the rafters .
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Very nice BT!!
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July 20, 2016, 05:47:07 PM »
awesome and with the history you have with it triple awesome...not to jack the thread but i saw one back in 2001. I was working on McNeil Island and drove by an 8x6 blackie with double drop tines in full velvet eating blackberries. i was literally 20 feet from it and it was the greatest buck that i've ever saw
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Beautiful buck. Great work and great story! Thanks for sharing!
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WOW!!!!!!! A worthy wall hanger,nice mount too
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Thank you for all the compliments!
Brew....No way, youre not 'jacking the thread', there are some impressive animals on the Islands. I have a friends and a brother that live on Fox, McNeil, and Bainbridge Islands that see STUDS all the time....too many people and private land that keep them from being harvested! These 'friends' send pics to me all the time of them...
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First off that is a beautiful mount. Second that is one of the coolest looking bucks I have ever seen.
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Put that info in an envelope stapled to the back of the mount. Your people who come later will thank you.
My family has an large elk mount that was sent home to Ireland from Montana in the 1800's and that was done w/it and it goes a long way toward keeping the story straight.
It's pretty ratty looking, but actually surprisingly good for it's age. I suspect that it is me who is going to have to send over a replacement cape and enough cash to get it freshened up one of these days.
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that's a Monster! looks great
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awesome buck and great story thanks for sharing
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