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Whelen Nut: Thanks! Not often I get one of those LOL!

Dogslife: That is the truth. One of the toughest deer hunts a guy can go on. The place will make you talk to yourself. They are hard to find and slippery when you do!

JG: Thanks! He is a good one for sure.


I heard of a couple taken that dressed in the 270-280 pound range,earlier this season. Picture mine, but 60 pounds bigger....

troutfisher: Central part of the state not far from Moosehead.

Nice Bob!

gunswizard I have hunted the Umcolcus Deadwater country. Big bucks there,too! I used to stay with a friend at his Camp in the Oxbow, not far from there,and hunted clear up to Wadleigh Mtn.

5 over 200 good grief!!


Oh yeah - these are BobNH's pics of their deer.


Jerry

Azar: In Maine, if you kill a buck that field dresses in excess of 200 pounds, the State of Maine gives you a red patch,shaped like Maine. It says "Biggest Bucks in Maine Club".

The only way into the club is to kill a 200 pound plus buck.

It's a Maine hunting tradition going back for years,the emphasis always having been on the weight of a buck. Every Maine deer hunter knows about this and the Holy Grail of Maine deer hunting is killing a buck big enough to qualify for The Patch.

There is also a yellow patch provided by the Maine Antler and Skull Trophy Club,giving emphasis to the size of the antlers. This is not state sponsored,but is like B&C with minimum scores in the typical/NT category.

People sew these patches onto their hunting jackets and keep them for years.

My last patch buck qualified on both counts;232# dressed and the 10th largest typical taken in the state that season. That was awhile back.

I have no idea what percentage of the harvest each year is comprised of bucks dressing over 200 pounds.....but it is small. A patch is very hard to get.

What will kill you is how many bucks dress in the 175-190 pound range and are certainly "big" by any standard.

But they aren't 200 pounds....

Cool. I did some bear hunting in Benedicta back in early September.

Jerry thanks for posting those!

Top photo is my buddy's buck. 274 OTH and 228 dressed.

They use chains and block and tackle to hoist those deer.

Bottom photo: 5 bucks, all dressing over 200 pounds.You don't see that often.

Thanks Greg!

My biggest is a "MN Patch Buck" dressed at of 227#. My last buck was 204#. I'd like to get one in Maine someday.

tzone those are big anywhere! MN has them....plus the headgear to boot!

Congrats Bob VERY nice Buck !!!! I have to make it to Maine for a deer hunt someday.

Kinser: Thanks! Fun place o hunt.

Congrats on a great buck Bob! I still wish the .280 carbine would have taken it.

Excellent, looks like a fun hunt and a successful season.

good job Bob

Congratulations. Getting a nice buck like that in Maine is definitely an accomplishment. Those Bucks hanging sure brings back memories. Tom.

Great buck Bob. Is that some of the country the Benoit's hunted? powdr