430 inch deer for sale....on CL

[Thatsbait]

Here is the link, to bad the antlers are replicas.  $3500.00

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/spo/1590417239.html

[huntnphool]

Not a very eye appealing rack.

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

What kinda rack is that?
Captive, High Fence, Steroid and supplement influenced genetics.....
Now if that was a wild animal, from free range, at half the size.......
I still wouldn't buy a replica that I had no connection/history to/with....
or claim a connection to just to attract questions I couldn't answer truthfully....

[7mag.]

Why would somebody buy a mount that somebody else shot? Especially a replica. Besides, the only time the size of the rack counts is when you ethically took the animal, fair chase.

[Red Dawg]

there is definitely a huge market out there for replica animals no matter where they were shot. I think that fair chase public land hunters are the minority anymore and lots of people buy these for there place of business or whatever. I wouldn't buy something like that but many out there would for sure.

[Buckmark]

I may be wrong, but are not a large amount of the mounts in the cabelas stores repo's??

[7mag.]

I may be wrong, but are not a large amount of the mounts in the cabelas stores repo's??

I never thought about that, but they would probably have to be. They have several state record animals in various stores. I would assume that state record animals would be hard to talk a hunter out of. I would never sell a state record for any price, if I shot it.

[boneaddict]

Cabelas strives to purchase the real thing, so MANY of their mounts are real, and often are local.  HOWEVER, the ex- sportsmans whorehouse was filled with replicas.  You could  see the same animals in all of their stores.   I see no need for replicas and am not impressed AT ALL.   I can use alot of bondo for 3500 bucks

[Magnum_Willys]

Just don't get the whole replica thing......   I might take the real deal for cheap if it was something like this:

[7mag.]

Cabelas strives to purchase the real thing, so MANY of their mounts are real, and often are local.  HOWEVER, the ex- sportsmans whorehouse was filled with replicas.  You could  see the same animals in all of their stores.   I see no need for replicas and am not impressed AT ALL.   I can use alot of bondo for 3500 bucks

That's good to know, Bone. I wonder how much money they spend on purchasing mounts for each store? There are some impressive trophy's in Cabela's.

[patton1]

That thing is hideous!  Whitetail racks aren't supposed to look like that.  I wish people would quit trying to grow these "trophy" bucks.  I wouldn't pay $3500 to shoot that ugly thing, let a lone buy a replica of it.

[Michelle_Nelson]

That rack is a reproduction off a deer named Goliath.  He died on Dec 6th 2004.  Here is a link to more info.

http://www.northamericanwhitetail.com/trophybucks/tr_1103goliath/index.html

As far as reproductions go there is a sizable market for them.  Lot of times Lodges, private collectors etc buy them for display.  I see no problem in buying a reproduction and having it mounted.  Especially if it is going to display in a place of business.

I have a 203" Double Drop tine reproduction in my shop right now that I bought to mount up as a display when I was in GA.  For the last 4 years it has been sitting in a box unfinished because I don't have the time.  Am I doing it so I can tell my customers look at this awesome deer I shot.  NO, it is just something cool and when it is mounted it will be something cool and nice to look at. 

I am not going to mount it and hang it in my house. 

I knew a guy back east that every other year he bought a reproduction of a whitetail Rack.  Mostly Former Records and had them mounted.  I think he had a separate building behind his house that he displayed them. 

There are a couple nice reproductions in the Cabela's store down here.

[halflife65]

Any idea why a replica would cost that much?  Are the antlers made out of gold? 

[Pathfinder101]

Why would somebody buy a mount that somebody else shot? Especially a replica. Besides, the only time the size of the rack counts is when you ethically took the animal, fair chase.

Only if I had a sporting goods-type business to get people to come in the door...

[Michelle_Nelson]

Any idea why a replica would cost that much?  Are the antlers made out of gold?  

Because it came off of a real animal and wasn't fabricated.  It is the largest WT known in the U.S.  Also because something like that would be a real pain in the rear end to make a mold of.  Big Deer like that back east are in demand.

Out here in the West we have a great deal more variety of animals to hunt.  Out East basically Whitetail, Turkey, Wild Boar, and Bear.  So Whitetails are a BIG thing back there.  Who can grow or produce the biggest is a big thing.