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My Grandpa’s Other Bench Leg Bucks.
« on: November 28, 2022, 08:13:44 PM »
These are just the big ones he got over the years, he got deer every year when he was a young man. If it wasn’t a exceptional one I didn’t take pics.

If you think I ruined a hunting area with these pics, and locations I didn’t . The area now has lots of ranchets with homes on the land, and the deer just aren’t there like this anymore. Progress sucks for ungulates.🤯

Hope you enjoy.

1st pic 1967 McClanahan thicket buck Burdoin Mtn, notice the sticker on the left side rear fork.

2nd pic buck was killed in the Snowden area 1952.
« Last Edit: November 28, 2022, 08:43:17 PM by Boss .300 winmag »
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Re: My Grandpa’s Other Bench Leg Bucks.
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2022, 08:14:30 PM »
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 1st pic Yellow tag buck 1957 he crawled thru a thicket and caught the buck sleeping in his bed.

2nd pic Lock Lake buck unknown year.

« Last Edit: November 28, 2022, 08:29:56 PM by Boss .300 winmag »
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Re: My Grandpa’s Other Bench Leg Bucks.
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2022, 08:16:41 PM »
Very cool. Wish you had the stories to go with them

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Re: My Grandpa’s Other Bench Leg Bucks.
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2022, 08:21:11 PM »
Back when bucks weren't all shot out their first year of life.  Nice to see some age class.

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Re: My Grandpa’s Other Bench Leg Bucks.
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2022, 08:31:53 PM »
Very cool. Wish you had the stories to go with them

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Re: My Grandpa’s Other Bench Leg Bucks.
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2022, 08:36:24 PM »
Great bucks! Thanks for sharing.
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Re: My Grandpa’s Other Bench Leg Bucks.
« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2022, 08:37:39 PM »
Bumping River elk he got, don’t know the year. It was shoulder mounted and hung over the fire place in the homestead log cabin on Burdoin mountain. Grandpa sold off the ranch and left the mount, went back later and the hide had gone bad, so he just took the antlers.
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Re: My Grandpa’s Other Bench Leg Bucks.
« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2022, 08:49:22 PM »
Those are some really cool old bucks.  Thanks for sharing.  Would be fun to mount a few of those on the old trapper packs.  Can't believe the mass when bucks got some serious age on them back in the day.

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Re: My Grandpa’s Other Bench Leg Bucks.
« Reply #8 on: November 28, 2022, 09:14:06 PM »
Wow, awesome bucks!  Mass on the one buck is unreal!

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Re: My Grandpa’s Other Bench Leg Bucks.
« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2022, 09:18:21 PM »
Thanks for sharing! Benchleg bucks are all that i've hunted for over the years!

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Re: My Grandpa’s Other Bench Leg Bucks.
« Reply #10 on: November 28, 2022, 09:22:43 PM »
Very cool Boss, that’s what our heritage as hunters is made of and will continue to be made of…….. pictures…….stories ……….memories 👍

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Re: My Grandpa’s Other Bench Leg Bucks.
« Reply #11 on: November 28, 2022, 10:39:34 PM »
 Those are incredible! :tup:
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Re: My Grandpa’s Other Bench Leg Bucks.
« Reply #12 on: November 28, 2022, 11:06:24 PM »
Your grandpa killed some whopper Benchlegs.

Thank you for sharing.
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Re: My Grandpa’s Other Bench Leg Bucks.
« Reply #13 on: November 29, 2022, 04:39:01 AM »
Your Grandpa did well. I love the massive one.

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Re: My Grandpa’s Other Bench Leg Bucks.
« Reply #14 on: November 29, 2022, 04:46:14 AM »
Studs!! Sounds like your grandpa was as well. Great animals and stories to go with them.

 


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