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Nice deer, Scott! Who is the young guy standing beside it?
If we live long enough, we all have regrets. But the ones that nag at us the most are the ones in which we know we had a choice.
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Quit giving away my spots!
Camp is where you make it.
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Maine. You can stay in the states and not need a passport. Never scored? I'd say about 140".... Good thing he had 200gr bullets to penetrate all that forest growth.....TFF.
Luck....is the residue of design...
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No scale, but the neck came back from the taxidermist at 29 inches about 4 inches below the ears. It is the biggest deer I've ever seen in TX. Taxidermist thought it might go 250 live weight, we will never know though.
But that was a rare deer IMHO.
Northern deer sure seem to be on average not small. Makes sense, to survive teh winter. And if you were that big/fat here you'd die of heat stroke in January.
I always read, seems like that Canadian deer have been pretty big bodied. So much so the antlers seem small in relation.
Last story... went to taxidermy school in WI. Driving one weekend to some place, like Gander mountain or such a deer walks out, I comment, thats big for a doe. Local guy laughs, says thats a fawn. I says BS. Then the mother steps out next to the fawn... LOL. Somewhere around Janesville WI
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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Maine. You can stay in the states and not need a passport. Never scored? I'd say about 140".... Good thing he had 200gr bullets to penetrate all that forest growth.....TFF. 140" seems about right. Never scored and obviously never really weighed.
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Maine. You can stay in the states and not need a passport. Never scored? I'd say about 140".... Good thing he had 200gr bullets to penetrate all that forest growth.....TFF. 140" seems about right. Never scored and obviously never really weighed. Maybe that guy is only 5' 1"......
Luck....is the residue of design...
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Does this one qualify?
It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.
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- Greg
Success is found at the intersection of planning, hard work, and stubbornness.
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Photo shop much? Dudes got spider monkey fingers...Seriously 🤔
Curiosity Killed the Cat & The Prairie Dog “Molon Labe”
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Does this one qualify? Real Deal Mule! That would hang both from my rafters and then wall...Love the big Muley’s 😎
Curiosity Killed the Cat & The Prairie Dog “Molon Labe”
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I think was it my goal to shoot a heavy deer, I'd hunt East Central Minnesota. We have big deer all over the state, but there seems to be a little higher percentage of those tall spread out deer that mature out really heavy on the east side. Oddly, I have shot two big deer in NW Minnesota and have so far only killed a 200 lb doe in ECM. The doe I shot last fall went 180 dressed and given another year or two she'd have cleared 200 I expect. I wouldn't look for big antlers in ECM though. It's not at all unusual to have deer over 200 dressed that have small racks. If I had to give it my best shot coming back with a 300 lb dressed deer, I know places where I might could find one, but I want nothing to do with getting it out in one piece so it could be weighed. Better I think to hunt where one of them MIGHT eventually give you a shot but also in places where you can get them out with an ATV. Find all the places that have big buck contests and find where they're killing the most of them.
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That thing doesn't even look real. +1 The guy is behind the deer, farther away from the camera than the deer, this makes the deer look bigger than it actually is. It is a big deer though.
"Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, you'll be a mile from them, and you'll have their shoes."
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Photo shop much? Dudes got spider monkey fingers...Seriously 🤔 Bwahahahahaha!!!!
It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.
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Biggest bodied Whitetails? Go North young Man!........Hb
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Biggest bodied deer I have taken. Northern MN. Did not get him on a scale but the wife and I had a heck of a time getting him out of the woods.
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There are some really big deer in northern Maine. It's great hunting but poor finding.
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Last story... went to taxidermy school in WI. Driving one weekend to some place, like Gander mountain or such a deer walks out, I comment, thats big for a doe. Local guy laughs, says thats a fawn. I says BS. Then the mother steps out next to the fawn... LOL. Somewhere around Janesville WI
My first deer as a kid was northern MN nubbie. Field dressed 103#. My cousin shot the doe that was with it. I don’t remember the weight of his but it was considerably bigger. If I can remember, I’ll post a pic of the doe my son shot this fall in northern WI. We didn’t weigh it but it’s easily 160#. Easily.
Camp is where you make it.
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Does this one qualify? No. They need a neck to qualify.
Camp is where you make it.
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Does this one qualify? Oh god damn Johnny, I love those big ol salamander necked bucks!!! You guys ever kill him?
Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
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