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Whats a bench leg buck?
« on: January 23, 2009, 12:48:56 AM »
I have seen where some of you guys talk about and show pics of bench leg bucks. I have never heard any body say anything about bench leg bucks before i came to this site! So whats a bench leg? :dunno:
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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2009, 01:58:03 AM »
Mule Deer / Blacktail cross.

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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2009, 04:00:31 PM »
Mule Deer / Blacktail cross.
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Basically most of the deer in Klickitat and western Yakima counties are benchlegs.

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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2009, 06:56:03 PM »
it's very rare to find a "purebred" or even mostly purebred muley west of Yakima anymore.  Check out the tail...dead give away, so to speak.

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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2009, 10:00:10 AM »
In the Washington state record books, they are called Cascade Blacktails. Boone and Crocket does not recognize them and cannot be entered in their book. It's too bad too, there are some whopper benchlegs out there.
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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2009, 10:18:10 AM »
Seen two of them in the Methow, which is new for me.
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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2009, 11:29:58 AM »
Looks like the whitetails and blacktails are gona take over the Muley areas.  :'(

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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2009, 11:56:25 AM »
I shot a 3x3 Blacktail/Mulie cross this year and I have heard of them in the past also called "Pacific Deer". This was my first cross Buck as I usually hunt in pretty much Blacktail areas.........Les

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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2009, 05:42:24 PM »
I don't think a benchleg will ever score that high in the muley record books, but I think they are the coolest looking deer there are.

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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2009, 06:02:52 PM »
i saw one this year that most definitely would without a problem. He was a monster. The huge ones are few and far between but they do exist.

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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2009, 06:04:57 PM »
i saw one this year that most definitely would without a problem. He was a monster. The huge ones are few and far between but they do exist.
How big do you think he was?

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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2009, 06:10:06 PM »
You've seen my big one haven't you 270.

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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2009, 06:12:32 PM »
i am being very conservative here but an easy 190+. I have never seen a buck this big before. I almost had a heart attack. He stood up 10 yards from me. Oct. 31 2008. that day will haunt me the rest of my life. His forks were at least a foot long or better and he was a heavy, wide, black antlered 28 inches wide and very tall.

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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2009, 06:12:43 PM »
You've seen my big one haven't you 270.
I don't think so.

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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #14 on: January 24, 2009, 06:12:58 PM »
lets see it

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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #15 on: January 24, 2009, 06:13:24 PM »
i am being very conservative here but an easy 190+. I have never seen a buck this big before. I almost had a heart attack. He stood up 10 yards from me. Oct. 31 2008. that day will haunt me the rest of my life. His forks were at least a foot long or better and he was a heavy, wide, black antlered 28 inches wide and very tall.
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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #16 on: January 24, 2009, 06:15:20 PM »
ya i am still doing that  :yike: I see him everynight I try to close my eyes

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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #17 on: January 24, 2009, 06:20:49 PM »
Well mine ain't nearly that big :yike:

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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #18 on: January 24, 2009, 06:30:39 PM »
you can bet that I will going hard for him this next year. Although chances are slim since this area is very thick and hard to hunt but I will give her hell. Lets see your bench bone. I have heard you talk about it before but I have not seen a pic yet.

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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #19 on: January 24, 2009, 07:04:22 PM »
Ya would love to see a pic if you have one bone. I really like the mass on red dawg's buck too.

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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #20 on: January 24, 2009, 07:09:05 PM »
I'll try to find it.  Hes on here.

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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #21 on: January 24, 2009, 07:12:33 PM »
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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #22 on: January 24, 2009, 07:19:23 PM »
Nice buck bone what is he 170 class? Love that cape he's got. ;)

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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #23 on: January 24, 2009, 07:19:49 PM »
wow that is a real nice buck bone. I have seen a few that are about that size. I have not seen one like that with the cheaters though. Double eyeguards look familiar. Is that a general buck. We have shot about 4 bucks about his size maybe not quite as wide though. we seem to get into the old regressed massive bucks that tend to stay at te 20'' mark.

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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #24 on: January 24, 2009, 07:44:12 PM »
Shot him in the general (rifle) with my bow.

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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #25 on: January 24, 2009, 07:52:05 PM »
whoooo even better. To bad that the heards arent doing so great these days, they will come back.

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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #26 on: January 24, 2009, 07:56:28 PM »
Not so bad around our neck of the woods.  I've seen nicer bucks down here lately than I have elsewhere in the state.  Most don't measure up,but I like big ole bucks with mass, and thats what these big benchlegs like yours have.

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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #27 on: January 24, 2009, 08:02:04 PM »
ya they are my fave. They do get some of the coolest racks around.  I have seen quite a few whopper 3 points. I like the ones that have that red color to the antlers. We hunted true mulies for the first time this year in Idaho and after that I prefer my bench bucks even though they typically dont get as big.

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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #28 on: January 24, 2009, 08:39:54 PM »
I saw more deer this year west of yakima than I have ever seen. Granted I have only been deer hunting for 4 years. Saw one big buck but he was in the oak trees and was gone before I got a good look at him. :bash:

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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #29 on: January 24, 2009, 09:25:20 PM »
Great buck Bone.  I dig that cape with the double throat patch too.  You do some of your own taxidermy, don't you?
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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #30 on: January 25, 2009, 02:51:40 PM »
heres a good example of a bench leg buck

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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #31 on: January 25, 2009, 04:23:25 PM »
Nice buck henry. 8)

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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #32 on: January 25, 2009, 04:34:45 PM »
Nice buck Henry.  Yes Pathfinder I do it all

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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #33 on: January 25, 2009, 05:27:08 PM »
ya good buck

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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #34 on: January 25, 2009, 10:40:33 PM »
Nice Benchleg Henry!

Bone, I do a little taxidermy too.  Lots of birds and small game when I was in high school and college.  A few years ago I started doing big game a bit.  It was, shall we say, a learning process.  I made plenty of mistakes on my first one, crooked mouth, ears in the wrong position, etc... I call him Ape-Deer.  Second buck was a little better, still a bit bug eyed and the ears aren't quite right... Neanderthall-Deer.  Third buck's eyes are a little deep set, ears kind of shaggy,...Cromagnon-Deer.  Last one I did looks almost like something you would hang on your wall without having to quickly explain "I am learning taxidermy"... I call him Modern-Deer. 
So my game room currently looks like one of those evolutionary charts in a science classroom with the monkey turning into the man.
I need to build a bar in my basement so I can move all the f$#@ed up ones down there were no one will see them sober...
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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #35 on: January 25, 2009, 11:06:28 PM »
Nice buck Pathfinder...beauty cape on him.
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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #36 on: January 25, 2009, 11:10:59 PM »
Not mine Coastal... if you are talking about the head mount, that's Boneaddict's. 
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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #37 on: January 25, 2009, 11:14:52 PM »
Meant Hunter Henry....my apologies.
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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #38 on: January 26, 2009, 06:17:08 AM »
 :chuckle:  Yep....sounds familiar Path

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Re: Whats a bench leg buck?
« Reply #39 on: January 26, 2009, 08:03:49 AM »
Nice bench bucks guys!

 


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