Congratulations, and hopefully the first of many more to come.
Bambi Whacking 2022-2023
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DaveP
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Congrats to those who scored!
I've had little stand time this season, hardly any bow time, but I did get out yesterday and tagged a decent buck. Not the biggest on I've seen this season on the farm, but he just stood there and dared me too long.. it was a long shot, 170yds, but he dropped in his tracks thankfully!!
Congratulations!
Nice buck. Not the biggest on the farm? Wow, we should all be that ‘unfortunate’.
wilcam47
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Nice, congrats!
Congrats
That’s a poke
Brickman301
Ultimate Member
Nice buck! Congratulations
Nice buck there!
I hear you. I should have no complaints because I’ve barely been out. Two full days, one evening and a garbage trip to the street is all of the hunting I’ve done. But I have an ugly button buck, a mature doe and a giant 6 in the freezer on top of a bunch that was already in there. I am still hoping my buddy wants to go hunting on the eastern shore late season. Or heck, if anyone wants a hunting buddy those two days.
I am done solo hunting for the year. Hunting with someone else, I can always donate the deer. Or well, a Sika I’ll find the space :-)
COVID, in-laws, and good luck kind of got in the way of a lot of time afield.
BTW someone was asking how the Euro mount came out. I skinned the head, hit it with a screw driver and hose to get as much brains out as I could. I then cooked it at probably 200F a little below a simmer for around 6-7hrs. Pretty much everything came off. I popped the ear canals/bones off and out. Hosed out the brain box and everything else scraped or hosed off. I used some 6” forceps to get most of the nasal natter out and then hit it with a high pressure hose.
No pressure washer needed. I did not peroxide or otherwise bleach it.
The result is on the left. On the right was my first deer ever. Everything else has been does, buttons, a spike and a couple okay sized 5-pts. I thought one was big until this giant 6.
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To add, it’s certainly some work. I’d probably only do it again on a nice sized buck. Zero regrets, I like how it turned out. And it gives me confidence if I got a rather nice deer or other animal I could do it again.
But a buck that was much smaller I’d probably skull cap the antlers and call it a day. Of course a fantastic animal I’d pony up for a taxidermist to do a head and shoulders mount. I’ll find a way to live with my wife’s ire.
But a buck that was much smaller I’d probably skull cap the antlers and call it a day. Of course a fantastic animal I’d pony up for a taxidermist to do a head and shoulders mount. I’ll find a way to live with my wife’s ire.
Thanks all and I too opt for euro mounts for most of my good bucks over the past years. I did do a full shoulder mount of my elk from last year, but that was special. I have even used the shed mount fake skulls to mount sheds and they come out pretty well.
The first and second pic are of a buck I targeted last season after I found his sheds. The first pic was the buck I shot on opening day of shotgun season, the second is his sheds that I found earlier in the spring. I mounted them on a fake skull to get an idea of the difference. He was clearly a little more busted up and probably on his way downhill the fall that I shot him. I have pics of him through the summer before he broke some of his stickers, but he was still better the year before. Never got a pic of him that year tho, only after I found his sheds in the spring.
The other is just another euro mounted on a plaque, but I like the looks of it as compared to just mounting a skull cap. I do the lesser racks by just capping them and mounting them on a plaque and that's what I'll do with this one.
The first and second pic are of a buck I targeted last season after I found his sheds. The first pic was the buck I shot on opening day of shotgun season, the second is his sheds that I found earlier in the spring. I mounted them on a fake skull to get an idea of the difference. He was clearly a little more busted up and probably on his way downhill the fall that I shot him. I have pics of him through the summer before he broke some of his stickers, but he was still better the year before. Never got a pic of him that year tho, only after I found his sheds in the spring.
The other is just another euro mounted on a plaque, but I like the looks of it as compared to just mounting a skull cap. I do the lesser racks by just capping them and mounting them on a plaque and that's what I'll do with this one.
ffrobbyrob
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Nice!
Congrats
Congrats!!!
Nice buck!
Nice buck there. Wide and tall, cool. Congratulations.
Congrats
Muzzleloader season starts the 17th.
Muzzleloader season starts the 17th.
ffrobbyrob
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Thanks
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