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This is still my favorite deer that I have personally taken, he was actually an 8x9, but the newspaper called it a 6 point, I got it the year after I graduated high school before I got so busy guiding hunters every fall.That was back in my disco days, LOL.
Quote from: bearpaw on November 01, 2024, 01:20:55 PMThis is still my favorite deer that I have personally taken, he was actually an 8x9, but the newspaper called it a 6 point, I got it the year after I graduated high school before I got so busy guiding hunters every fall.That was back in my disco days, LOL.WOW! I love this! Thanks for sharing!
One of my best
Quote from: bearpaw on November 01, 2024, 01:20:55 PMThis is still my favorite deer that I have personally taken, he was actually an 8x9, but the newspaper called it a 6 point, I got it the year after I graduated high school before I got so busy guiding hunters every fall.That was back in my disco days, LOL.Thats a dandy bearpaw, as well as all the others folks are posting. What’s your age estimate on that beaut of a white tail bearpaw? Looks like he may have the ole Roman nose along with the white face.The one dead center in this picture is the Muley buck my dad killed in 1967, 11 by 9 that dressed(guts out) in the low 400’s they estimated him at 13 1/2 years old. It’s the skull mount with the spent casings above the rack. I think I told the story before but we’ve killed 4 huge non typicals in this route, a 13 by 9, an 11 by 7 and a 9 by 8 and this one. All in a 10 year span, all built like government mules, stocky and heavy bodied. Genetics? You bet!👍
Quote from: bigmacc on November 01, 2024, 01:54:42 PMQuote from: bearpaw on November 01, 2024, 01:20:55 PMThis is still my favorite deer that I have personally taken, he was actually an 8x9, but the newspaper called it a 6 point, I got it the year after I graduated high school before I got so busy guiding hunters every fall.That was back in my disco days, LOL.Thats a dandy bearpaw, as well as all the others folks are posting. What’s your age estimate on that beaut of a white tail bearpaw? Looks like he may have the ole Roman nose along with the white face.The one dead center in this picture is the Muley buck my dad killed in 1967, 11 by 9 that dressed(guts out) in the low 400’s they estimated him at 13 1/2 years old. It’s the skull mount with the spent casings above the rack. I think I told the story before but we’ve killed 4 huge non typicals in this route, a 13 by 9, an 11 by 7 and a 9 by 8 and this one. All in a 10 year span, all built like government mules, stocky and heavy bodied. Genetics? You bet!👍I don't know what his age was and didn't even pay attention to his teeth, but he was old and smart, I was lucky to get him. We saw 22 deer that morning while still hunting, saw them all before they saw us, but those three bucks saw us first and jumped up running. I don't know if I could make that shot today, but I used to do a lot of coyote hunting and that refines your shooting skills. He was the heaviest whitetail I've ever seen, of course they don't get as big of bodies here as in the midwest or northeast.Those are some nice mulies, great that you have your father's deer. I have my father and grandfather's best deer too.
Here’s a few that’s hanging at my son’s place, all family bucks. We have pictures, mounts and plain old antlers scattered over 4 different properties. Some know about the hundreds my great grandparents donated to the Boy Scouts. Yes, hundreds of racks.