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dropper
« on: November 27, 2017, 04:05:39 PM »
I filmed 2 different two points with droppers this fall.  Here is the little one.  The other is Mr. September. His rack was cool and I got really close shots of him.  This guy didnt want me within 500 yards of him.   


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Re: dropper
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2017, 04:06:24 PM »
Nice! How often do you see a WA deer with any type of dropper?

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Re: dropper
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2017, 06:16:03 PM »
Mounter! :chuckle:
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Re: dropper
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2017, 08:26:04 PM »
Nice! How often do you see a WA deer with any type of dropper?

Pretty rare

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Re: dropper
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2017, 03:17:22 AM »
Nice! How often do you see a WA deer with any type of dropper?

Pretty rare

Definitely rare, but they are out there.  I have seen pictures of one that was taken this year.

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Re: dropper
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2017, 06:50:35 AM »
Nice! How often do you see a WA deer with any type of dropper?
I saw a muley in Idaho with a drop on one side this year.  Real nice buck, I thought he was a bull when I first saw his rack coming through the brush.  That's the only one that I've seen in my life.

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Re: dropper
« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2017, 06:53:49 AM »
I think out of all the sheds I have, I have two that have true droppers and out of all the bucks I’ve killed, I thought I had one.  That turned out to be a point damaged in velvet and bent down.   They considered it a point, not a dropper

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Re: dropper
« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2017, 06:55:34 AM »
I did get pics of a buck with a foot long corkscrew dropper. This fall.   I haven’t posted him yet.   He was a cal buck until he got bumped

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Re: dropper
« Reply #8 on: November 28, 2017, 07:01:44 AM »
I think out of all the sheds I have, I have two that have true droppers and out of all the bucks I’ve killed, I thought I had one.  That turned out to be a point damaged in velvet and bent down.   They considered it a point, not a dropper

I feel like I remember that buck/thread.   Montana?   Dig a pic up for us.

Mine is a weird one as well.  Mine kind or originates above the main beam, but then drops... I’m not sure if it qualifies as a drop or not. I think it must completely originate from the main beam?

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Re: dropper
« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2017, 07:06:12 AM »
I remember yours as a dropper.   Post a pic


Here is mine, and I guess even if it was a dropper, he isn’t from WA


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Re: dropper
« Reply #10 on: November 28, 2017, 07:28:23 AM »
I hope to take a dropper someday before I die, I've never even seen one on the hoof. Thanks for sharing the pic, can't wait for the calendar  :tup:
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Re: dropper
« Reply #11 on: November 28, 2017, 07:35:48 AM »
I remember yours as a dropper.   Post a pic


Here is mine, and I guess even if it was a dropper, he isn’t from WA


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Blurry pic, but it’s all I have access to at the moment.
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Re: dropper
« Reply #12 on: November 28, 2017, 07:51:42 AM »
I've only seen two with substantial droppers while hunting.   They were both big, mature deer.   I'm killing the next one that I see.   I attained a trail cam picture of the buck I passed last year.   He was hard horned when I had my encounter.   It was a tense couple of minutes sizing him up and trying to make a go - no go decision.   :chuckle:

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Re: dropper
« Reply #13 on: November 28, 2017, 11:43:08 AM »
Killer dropper Miles. 

Ya JJ, he’d be on my hitlist

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Re: dropper
« Reply #14 on: November 28, 2017, 07:37:40 PM »
This buck will get his own thread, but check a sneak at this dropper.  I filmed him this fall


 


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