Post by: Craig on June 25, 2009, 08:32:05 PM
Say with the busted points he scores about 330. if the fixed him he would be a 350+ bull.
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Post by: fishcrazy on June 25, 2009, 09:56:51 PM
that was a nice repair job. Is that the same one you showed me a few weeks back when I was @ yer place. It was amazing how well that turned out. The pics don't do it any justice, a guy needs to see that in person to really see the detail you put into it. Again some great work. Not bad for a guy that don't know what he's doing. ;)
Kris
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Post by: Pat/Rick on June 25, 2009, 09:59:33 PM
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Post by: zackmioli on June 26, 2009, 08:19:54 AM
Somehow or another my Dad managed to shoot the horn off the biggest of his two caribou bulls the year me and my brother and him went to Quebec, not sure if he was excited or what the hell happened, strangest damn thing I even seen him do, shooting that horn off, right above the bez tines. Anyway, he fixed it, and I don't blame him for fixing it. But if your gonna fix just plain old broken tines that the bull got or buck got naturally, then why not add a drop tine, or split brows, or that 7th tine you always wanted on an elk. For me if it broke during the hunt, shot off, broke during the fall, something like that then it's fine to fix. If you don't like the way he looks when you shoot him, then don't shoot him.:yeah:
Post by: tmike on June 26, 2009, 08:34:54 AM
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If you don't like the way he looks when you shoot him, then don't shoot him.That is if your primary objective is horn. I like big animals but my like eating them better. In Az I saw 5 bulls in 7 days and took one on the last day. Some of you guys crack me up. Sorry I don't think by fixing a couple broken tines it makes you a liar, cheater, trying to get away with something etc. It means you want to preserve the memory of the hunt and you can do that any way you want. :twocents:
Post by: WDFW-SUX on June 26, 2009, 08:36:59 AM
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Post by: Dipsnort on June 26, 2009, 10:06:25 AM
Its like fake boobs, some people love them , some can do with out :chuckle:Yeah, fake boobs may look great but the real things are much more fun to play with. Wait, we were supposed to be talking about horny...uh, I mean horns...no wait...antlers, right? Sorry, got a little off track there. :chuckle:
Post by: Pathfinder101 on June 26, 2009, 10:16:30 AM
I have talked to a couple of guys that had a busted antler fixed, and they came right out and said it. Both of them brought it up as a way of saying what a good job the taxi had done.
...so, what if you shot a bull with a busted mainbeam, and you found the antler later? Would you have it reattached?
Post by: EastWaViking on June 26, 2009, 10:36:20 AM
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Post by: GoldTip on June 26, 2009, 11:02:00 AM
Its like fake boobs, some people love them , some can do with out :chuckle:
Hmmmmm, no it's not. Guys like Boobs. Period. :)
And I agree, I would shoot a busted up bull to fill my tag on a hunt I have $5,000, that meat is going in the freezer for me as well. I just wouldn't fix the horns is all.
Post by: Hunter Henry on June 26, 2009, 12:06:17 PM
The bull that Charlie fixed is my dads, it was caught on video during the archery season all in one piece, machting the unbroken side. It was also bull # 28 out of 28,last day at 9:am. It took 9pts and $6500.00 to complete this hunt.
Post by: Alchase on June 26, 2009, 12:24:54 PM
Its like fake boobs, some people love them , some can do with out :chuckle:
But like fake boobs, they may look nice but they do not have the same feeling or reaction. :rolleyes:
Post by: bucklucky on June 26, 2009, 12:27:52 PM
Its like fake boobs, some people love them , some can do with out :chuckle:
But like fake boobs, they may look nice but they do not have the same feeling or reaction. :rolleyes:
For you maybee :chuckle:
Post by: Alchase on June 26, 2009, 12:31:25 PM
lolIts like fake boobs, some people love them , some can do with out :chuckle:
But like fake boobs, they may look nice but they do not have the same feeling or reaction. :rolleyes:
For you maybee :chuckle:
Post by: bucklucky on June 26, 2009, 12:32:27 PM
lolIts like fake boobs, some people love them , some can do with out :chuckle:
But like fake boobs, they may look nice but they do not have the same feeling or reaction. :rolleyes:
For you maybee :chuckle:
Im just sayin :chuckle:
Post by: Pathfinder101 on June 26, 2009, 06:04:26 PM
lolIts like fake boobs, some people love them , some can do with out :chuckle:
But like fake boobs, they may look nice but they do not have the same feeling or reaction. :rolleyes:
For you maybee :chuckle:
Im just sayin :chuckle:
My motto is: "If I can touch them, they're not fake..."
BTW, this is long overdue: :jacked:
Post by: popeshawnpaul on June 26, 2009, 06:21:51 PM
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Post by: elkaholic on June 26, 2009, 07:05:40 PM
Post by: huntnphool on June 26, 2009, 08:41:21 PM
:twocents: I leave as I shot him. If he broke them in the fall then I'd debate it. :twocents:
This guy took a tumble down a steep hill after I shot him, busting off his right side main and g4, they were about the same length as the left side before the tumble
Post by: furbearer365 on June 26, 2009, 09:21:59 PM
Post by: bucklucky on June 27, 2009, 12:07:24 AM
If you fix them just for score you better understand that none of the clubs will score anything that has been tampered with and they have seen it all so you better be good. Besides, it is your animal that you kill and you are the one that knows the real score of it the day he was killed so how insecure do you have to be to have it fixed just to say it was bigger than it really is. Every night you go to bed and look at him you will always know about how you cheapened your trophy. :bdid:
Who the heck said he fixed it to give it a score?? He could care less about the score :bash:
Post by: Hunter Henry on June 27, 2009, 06:59:13 AM
Ditto........know one said anything about fixing them to have them scored for any book or club :
Post by: coachcw on June 27, 2009, 07:23:58 AM
Post by: Hunter Henry on June 27, 2009, 07:27:59 AM
sound like your the one with money issues
Post by: Craig on June 27, 2009, 10:42:22 AM
I am going on a guided hunt. I don't consider myself someone that hunts from their wallet. I drew a great limited entry elk tag in Utah. I have saved my money to have a great hunt and make the best of a tag. I am far from wealthy and 99 percent of the time it's DIY for me.
Post by: Pathfinder101 on June 27, 2009, 11:14:35 AM
That bull went through some tough times and probibly lost his woman , leave him as you killed him .
Love that line of thinking coach. That's downright poetic. 8)
Post by: Austrian Hunter on June 27, 2009, 11:49:50 AM
Somehow or another my Dad managed to shoot the horn off the biggest of his two caribou bulls the year me and my brother and him went to Quebec, not sure if he was excited or what the hell happened, strangest damn thing I even seen him do, shooting that horn off, right above the bez tines. Anyway, he fixed it, and I don't blame him for fixing it. But if your gonna fix just plain old broken tines that the bull got or buck got naturally, then why not add a drop tine, or split brows, or that 7th tine you always wanted on an elk. For me if it broke during the hunt, shot off, broke during the fall, something like that then it's fine to fix. If you don't like the way he looks when you shoot him, then don't shoot him.
:yeah:
Post by: bucklucky on June 27, 2009, 12:14:48 PM
Post by: mrgoodwrench on June 27, 2009, 01:07:42 PM
Post by: Hunter Henry on June 27, 2009, 04:16:23 PM
Well put Craig!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: LongTatLaw on June 28, 2009, 04:51:29 PM
Its about what the hunter likes/feels. Theres a big damn difference between making an animal look his best (as in replacing a horn that he really did grow that year) versus adding a extra tine or more horn than he ever had.
Ive fallen all over this issue depending on the situation!
I shot a mississippi WT deer that rammed a tree head on after the shot and he broke off one eye guard. No question, I had it replaced!
Michelle Nelson is doing my Rosey archery elk from 2007 right now and although I LOVE the bugling pose...he never made a sound on the way in..so it felt like a lie even though it was pre-rut and some were already sounding off!
I took a Oregon mulie in 2007 and looked it over pretty good and was really happy with him...until i walked up to a missing 13 inch G2 (assuming it matched the other and it was pretty well matched all over)..guess what, it had been gone for a while and its now back!
My 2007 WA bear was retarded and didnt have any upper canines... i got michelle nelson to mount the rug and the skull. The skull shows the missing upper canines....but the rug has all its teeth!
Two weeks ago I killed a wild boar in GA with a bow... the arrow blew through both sides of my pig and then passed completely through the left side lower jaw bone making a large hole in it. She is now bleaching it for me and could probably fix it if I wanted... i wouldnt dream of hiding that character!
Ive got several pigs and deer mounted that are scratched up...ripped up...ears torn..ect! Ive almost always left that kind of character alone!
Sooooo, as Tmike said... depends on the situation. I feel like they are my trophies and its up to me as the hunter to choose how I get the taxi done in a way to represent the animal I killed in a way thats accurate to me! But, Im not at all opposed to getting a deer/elk tine fixed...although one must remember it will screw up any score in any book.
Then again, I shoot such small little suckling animals that they need all the help they can get!
;) :twocents:
Post by: tmike on June 28, 2009, 07:06:51 PM
Post by: LongTatLaw on June 28, 2009, 07:48:52 PM
it just depends on the situation to me! I go both ways....on this issue :bdid:
now stop talking to me...dont want people to think we are friends!
tmike smells like cabbage! :o
Post by: catwithboost on June 28, 2009, 07:51:59 PM
brother...i live in the dark side! ;):yike: :chuckle:
it just depends on the situation to me! I go both ways....on this issue :bdid:
now stop talking to me...dont want people to think we are friends!
tmike smells like cabbage! :o
Post by: furbearer365 on June 28, 2009, 07:57:44 PM
Post by: bucklucky on June 28, 2009, 08:03:22 PM
Hey Bucklucky, read what the original post said. It said, would you fix the busted horns if it scored 330 but could potentially score 350. Was referring to the original question not what someone posted later on. I never referred to a quote from anyone that had their horns fixed. No need for :bash:
I was banging my head for nothing ......... :bash: :chuckle:
Post by: elkoholic1 on July 01, 2009, 01:08:38 PM