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CRAZY Washington Mule Deer Euro
« on: August 02, 2022, 02:15:12 PM »
Don't usually post too many euro pics....but this one is nuts! Glad to get it out of the shop as everyone wants to know where it's from and my lips are sealed. It is a Washington mule deer, mounted up a barn board cut from the owner's family homesteaded house which is no longer being lived in but added some great heritage to this project. Pics are decent but this thing is so much bigger in person. Palmated, mass, and a skull with some of the most calcifications I have seen on a mule deer skull showing the age of this incredible buck. Took extra-long in the degreasing tank to get it fully rid of grease before whitening. Congrats to the owner and thank you for the work.
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Re: CRAZY Washington Mule Deer Euro
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2022, 02:17:30 PM »
Oh my, nice job.  How big are those bases?
Look man, some times you just gotta roll the dice

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Re: CRAZY Washington Mule Deer Euro
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2022, 02:20:06 PM »
Big ol warrior, wish we could see him a couple years prior.

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Re: CRAZY Washington Mule Deer Euro
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2022, 02:28:59 PM »
Oh my, nice job.  How big are those bases?

Just under 8" bases
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Re: CRAZY Washington Mule Deer Euro
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2022, 03:04:45 PM »
Did they send a tooth in to get aged?  Or were there any left?

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Re: CRAZY Washington Mule Deer Euro
« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2022, 04:07:59 PM »
Amazing. 

I'd love to know how old he was.
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Re: CRAZY Washington Mule Deer Euro
« Reply #6 on: August 02, 2022, 04:53:05 PM »
great work as always Joel
beer---it's whats for dinner

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Re: CRAZY Washington Mule Deer Euro
« Reply #7 on: August 02, 2022, 05:35:51 PM »
Man that thing looks old. Thank you very much for sharing, I'll think about this one and remember it alot longer than most of the monster bucks I see taxidermied. Very very cool deer.

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Re: CRAZY Washington Mule Deer Euro
« Reply #8 on: August 02, 2022, 08:29:47 PM »
Nice work. :tup: Never thought I'd see that buck posted here.

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Re: CRAZY Washington Mule Deer Euro
« Reply #9 on: August 02, 2022, 09:30:05 PM »
Big ol regress buck, the true trophy!
Go hawks

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Re: CRAZY Washington Mule Deer Euro
« Reply #10 on: August 03, 2022, 05:14:05 AM »
turned out very nice!!

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Re: CRAZY Washington Mule Deer Euro
« Reply #11 on: August 03, 2022, 07:10:25 AM »
What an awesome buck!  Great mount job!  :tup:

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One does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted. If one were to present the sportsman with the death of the animal as a gift he would refuse it. What he is after is having to win it, to conquer the surly brute through his own effort and skill with all the extras that this carries with it: the immersion in the countryside, the healthfulness of the exercise, the distraction from his job. ~ Jose Ortega y Gasset

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Re: CRAZY Washington Mule Deer Euro
« Reply #12 on: August 03, 2022, 01:54:48 PM »
Oh my, nice job.  How big are those bases?

Just under 8" bases

Damn near a coke can
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Re: CRAZY Washington Mule Deer Euro
« Reply #13 on: August 03, 2022, 01:55:59 PM »
Now whos gonna try to guess the score on this one???  :chuckle:
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Re: CRAZY Washington Mule Deer Euro
« Reply #14 on: August 03, 2022, 06:04:07 PM »
Rarest buck of all in this state.  Always my favorite

 


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