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Offline D-Rock425

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would have been a shooter!
« on: December 18, 2011, 01:37:45 PM »
This morning I went for a little hunt before my in-laws showed for a lovely family X-MAS gathering  :puke:.  I didn't see any deer on the hunt but I did come across this

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Re: would have been a shooter!
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2011, 01:50:20 PM »
looks like the rack is in really good shape???  Like it was this years dear, but the skull is clean???  I'm so confused, was the rest of the carcass there? 

Anyhow, really cool find and heck of a nice deer. :tup:

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Re: would have been a shooter!
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2011, 01:59:03 PM »
Looks like a great deal on a euro mount  :tup:

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Re: would have been a shooter!
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2011, 02:07:53 PM »
Dandy BT there D-Rock.  Be sure there some others around with that same set of genes.  Maybe you'll find one them this next season...

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Re: would have been a shooter!
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2011, 02:21:43 PM »
I'm sure you left it lay  :chuckle:
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Re: would have been a shooter!
« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2011, 02:27:27 PM »
I'm sure you left it lay  :chuckle:
I sure did to take it would have been illegal.

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Re: would have been a shooter!
« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2011, 02:50:39 PM »
I'm sure you left it lay  :chuckle:
I sure did to take it would have been illegal.
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Re: would have been a shooter!
« Reply #7 on: December 18, 2011, 07:57:32 PM »
I'm sure you left it lay  :chuckle:
I sure did to take it would have been illegal.

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Re: would have been a shooter!
« Reply #8 on: December 18, 2011, 07:58:10 PM »
good answer. I would have too.

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Re: would have been a shooter!
« Reply #9 on: December 18, 2011, 08:22:55 PM »
  D-rock.  Have you seen droopy this year?year

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Re: would have been a shooter!
« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2011, 08:26:13 PM »
I did see him in August.   I wish I could be hunting him now but he's in a closed unit. :bash:

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Re: would have been a shooter!
« Reply #11 on: December 19, 2011, 08:57:05 AM »
So what do you guys think is this a young deer with good genes or an old deer on his way down.  Its one of the biggest 2pts I've ever seen.

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Re: would have been a shooter!
« Reply #12 on: December 19, 2011, 09:00:59 AM »
So what do you guys think is this a young deer with good genes or an old deer on his way down.  Its one of the biggest 2pts I've ever seen.

Looks like an older deer.... Island?
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Re: would have been a shooter!
« Reply #13 on: December 19, 2011, 09:05:06 AM »
Yes it is an island deer.

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Re: would have been a shooter!
« Reply #14 on: December 19, 2011, 09:37:59 AM »
So what do you guys think is this a young deer with good genes or an old deer on his way down.  Its one of the biggest 2pts I've ever seen.

Looks like an old deer.  Not necessarily on its way down... could be in its prime with bad genetics.  :dunno:

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Re: would have been a shooter!
« Reply #15 on: December 19, 2011, 10:01:08 AM »
Question for all you more experienced hunters.  Why would picking up the skull and taking it home have been illegal?  I've always read the regs to say that it is legal to pick up antlers that have been naturally shed.  In this case it just appears to me that the deer shed the skull with the antlers.  That isn't necessarly what is meant in the regs but I don't recall it being expressly banned either.  Granted I could see it being illegal if you come across an obviously shot deer or road kill but a totally clean skull with no carcase?  Just never heard that would be illegal.  Can anybody point me to the WAC or RCW or Game regs where it says you have to leave a skull lay where you find it.  What about other bones?  I found a coyot chewed deer scapula this season and looked around for the rest and found nothing.  If I had found it could I have been ticketed for picking a piece of clean bone up and carrying it out?  Sorry if this is a highjack. 

It was a nice looking 2 point.  Good mass. 
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Re: would have been a shooter!
« Reply #16 on: December 19, 2011, 10:16:06 AM »
That's just how this state is.  I believe you have to leave the skulls because it prevents people from poaching animals and then coming back a year later to take the head and saying "they found it". I found a big 2 point muley a few years ago that I think someone shot thinking it had to be at least a 3-point  :bash: :bash: I don't know about keeping bones though.

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Re: would have been a shooter!
« Reply #17 on: December 19, 2011, 10:16:35 AM »
Question for all you more experienced hunters.  Why would picking up the skull and taking it home have been illegal?  I've always read the regs to say that it is legal to pick up antlers that have been naturally shed.  In this case it just appears to me that the deer shed the skull with the antlers.  That isn't necessarly what is meant in the regs but I don't recall it being expressly banned either.  Granted I could see it being illegal if you come across an obviously shot deer or road kill but a totally clean skull with no carcase?  Just never heard that would be illegal.  Can anybody point me to the WAC or RCW or Game regs where it says you have to leave a skull lay where you find it.  What about other bones?  I found a coyot chewed deer scapula this season and looked around for the rest and found nothing.  If I had found it could I have been ticketed for picking a piece of clean bone up and carrying it out?  Sorry if this is a highjack. 

It was a nice looking 2 point.  Good mass. 
Thats a good question. Would it be illegal if I picked up two femurs to make a Jolly Roger? (skull-n-cross bones)

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Re: would have been a shooter!
« Reply #18 on: December 19, 2011, 03:50:13 PM »
how long did it take you to clean that one up d-rok? i just cleaned up a buddy of mines thats been outside since general rifle season...still has hide and meat and lots of maggots!
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Re: would have been a shooter!
« Reply #19 on: December 19, 2011, 05:31:52 PM »
how long did it take you to clean that one up d-rok? i just cleaned up a buddy of mines thats been outside since general rifle season...still has hide and meat and lots of maggots!
as you see it is how I found it.  I didn't clean it at all.

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Re: would have been a shooter!
« Reply #20 on: December 20, 2011, 11:24:36 AM »
i'm gonna have to drop my heads off out in the islands then! that thing cleaned up nice!
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