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Community => Photo & Video => Topic started by: shanevg on October 29, 2012, 08:34:54 PM

Title: What to do with your barely legal buck...
Post by: shanevg on October 29, 2012, 08:34:54 PM: We had one of our worst years (deer number wise) in nearly 15 years of hunting the same spot. (And we were hunting the now famed Tripod Fire!) We did end up with one barely legal buck but we decided to make things a bit more interesting for the pack out of camp.

Here's my buddy's buck:
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lonegoatmedia.com%2FHunting%2F2012%2Fi-2qRVGZg%2F0%2FM%2FIMG1980-12-M.jpg&hash=33549e6625b12c327b2bfd9064a601a4c3ce0d51)

Here are the sheds I found up at 6000 feet elevation.
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lonegoatmedia.com%2FHunting%2F2012%2Fi-tgs7qpd%2F0%2FM%2FIMG1992-16-M.jpg&hash=3863295e0049a7f2ddca3df2b6ea7e0fedc08445)

Here is our "GIANT" buck! :chuckle:
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lonegoatmedia.com%2FHunting%2F2012%2Fi-tt2qzKp%2F0%2FM%2FIMG2003-17-M.jpg&hash=24eab8d72dad9def1552b71aacc3c03b6ee722cb)

We take our camp out with bike trailers behind our bikes. On the way out, we passed 4 or 5 different groups of hunters. It was hilarious hearing all the comments as we rode by. ("WOW!!! Nice buck!!!")
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lonegoatmedia.com%2FHunting%2F2012%2Fi-tNrXzk4%2F0%2FM%2FIMG2020-22-M.jpg&hash=e9328273f38e3928da397a21840ecf6359c54b94)

Buddy who shot the buck:
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lonegoatmedia.com%2FHunting%2F2012%2Fi-Lz3zRzR%2F0%2FM%2FIMG2008-18-M.jpg&hash=9a8067e31a356f3b5d6b59643a0d39338d67d79e)

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lonegoatmedia.com%2FHunting%2F2012%2Fi-9w5TCLf%2F0%2FM%2FIMG2014-20-M.jpg&hash=9956dd81d6b65b22d37f10519d74dfd04b594efa)

Unfortunately, it takes so long to load everything in the truck, by the time we got out of there at least half the hunter's we'd passed had made it out to the car and learned the real story... :chuckle:

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lonegoatmedia.com%2FHunting%2F2012%2Fi-949c2NK%2F0%2FM%2FIMG2024-23-M.jpg&hash=a07a0be54740176e639cc1c8cda3f295f3b4af30)

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lonegoatmedia.com%2FHunting%2F2012%2Fi-XQMfNr3%2F0%2FM%2FIMG1983-13-M.jpg&hash=7aaf9f9706a5350b831e5a3293be5f50fe3c546d)
Title: Re: What to do with your barely legal buck...
Post by: Kola16 on October 29, 2012, 08:36:27 PM: There you go :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: What to do with your barely legal buck...
Post by: CedarPants on October 29, 2012, 08:37:53 PM: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: buckmaster_wa on October 29, 2012, 08:38:39 PM: Thats good stuff right there. lol
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Post by: Caseyd on October 29, 2012, 08:40:37 PM: :chuckle: love it
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on October 29, 2012, 08:46:32 PM: barely legal, this thread is misleading. :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: RB on October 29, 2012, 08:50:15 PM: Cool :tup:
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Post by: lokidog on October 29, 2012, 10:02:36 PM: Fun exercise, but nothing to be ashamed of with that buck. :tup:
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Post by: X-Force on October 29, 2012, 10:22:45 PM: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: h2ofowlr on October 29, 2012, 10:47:06 PM: Cool pics. Looks like a good fun hunt despite not filling all the tags.
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Post by: deadwoodbuck on October 30, 2012, 11:26:56 AM: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:looks better than my screw on spikes
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Post by: quadrafire on October 30, 2012, 11:32:36 AM: I would do a euro and keep the appendages on. That is awsome ! !
Just a few deductions :chuckle:
Title: Re: What to do with your barely legal buck...
Post by: BiggLuke on October 30, 2012, 11:40:12 AM: Simply.... awesome.
Thanks for the actual Laugh out Loud.

And Good work on the Photos.
Very nice quality.

My brother tried the same thing..... but White sun bleached antlers look a little wierd on a buck.
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Post by: elkoholic1 on October 30, 2012, 11:43:14 AM: nothing better than having a little fun with some fellow hunter, good stuff there!!! :tup:
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Post by: Ripper on November 01, 2012, 07:29:23 AM: :chuckle: Good job guy's, that made me smile!
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Post by: 400out on November 01, 2012, 07:33:23 AM: :tup: to bad all those other hunters are going to tell their friends about the monster they saw getting packed out :chuckle: just increased the number for next year ;) ;)
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Post by: wilsongideon on November 01, 2012, 07:25:06 PM: Thats awesome...lol
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Post by: bearhunter99 on November 01, 2012, 07:37:59 PM: :chuckle: :chuckle:
That was a good one.
Title: Re: What to do with your barely legal buck...
Post by: Jonathan_S on November 07, 2012, 04:14:57 PM: Yep that seals it for me too. That's two big bucks out of the Tripod in one year, I am going back to modern and hunting the tripod.
:chuckle:
thanks for posting
Title: Re: What to do with your barely legal buck...
Post by: C-Money on November 07, 2012, 04:25:28 PM: Nice! I think I would have used another 50' of cord to tie those antlers on with. :chuckle:
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Post by: huntnnw on November 08, 2012, 12:25:31 AM: U may wanna not hunt there next year after that mag article :chuckle: