The time has come to enter this years Dinkothon sponsored by Ingwe.

If you know where a dink is hiding, throw your name in the hat.

At the end of the season the winner will be immortalized here on the 24Hr.Campfire and will recieve the coveted title of

2010 Grand Poohbah Of Dinks

JM

I'm in. I have the tasty little morsel below staked out.

Winning that contest would cost me money. My club has fines for dinkery.

Just drop out of that club and hunt public land.

Good Lord man! This is a National Award we are talking about!

Hopefully, it will be judged by a famous outdoor writer...

I'm sure I can find a little button head somewhere. The winner of this coveted award won't be required to wear a thong and get a mullet with they?

[quote=JohnMoses]I'm in. I have the tasty little morsel below staked out.

Heck, I'd spend big bucks (pun intended) to have that mounted!

Mule Deer has agreed to judge the competition.

This could go worldwide.

I guess this would qualify? Too bad it's from a few years ago!

I'm in but do you guys really think you stand a chance against skills like this. Theses three were just last year.

Yeah its a 300 wby them dinks can be mean.

Toggle switch head.

This kind of skill takes years of practice.

That middle one would be tough to beat.

The lucky winner may be the topic of a feature article done by JB.

The Art Of Dinking

You guys got nutin' on my dinkage abilities. I've been accused of passing up several Boone and Crockett bucks in order to shoot a dink. Of course these stories were in direct proportion to the amount of rocket fuel consumed the previous night. All I can remember was that I was forever associated with the Legend of the Green Toothed Hag, otherwise known as the barmaid. I'm sure she had at least 3 teeth, but as for the green part, well that's another story for another time. Just give me the title now-cuz if there's one button buck left in the state of Minnesota, you can bet I'll be the one to shoot it. "Jeez, it sure looked bigger than that before I shot it-the worst case of shrinkage I've ever seen!"

I've perfected the art of ground shrinkage... and I purposely hunt for a calf on antlerless elk hunts... spots are good... milk on the lips the pinnacle...

Beware the dude that owns just half a gun, he shoots half sized dinks... just say'n

Kent

I'd win, but I don't have a macro lens to show the rack.

You phuggers have your work cut out for you.....

All except Ruger M77270......that boy is a Rising Star!


Ingwe

He is defintely gonna challenge you for the title this year.

I's have to say M77270 is the no. 1 contender.

Dudes...be aware..I have a "Honey Hole"....killed three bucks in there...this one was the biggest...



Poor Bastids......


Even got my new " Dink Gun" ready...a .223AI...but I'll resort to the TC Icon .243 again, if I have to...to beat you bastids...




Ingwe

That thing is a giant, compared to what we have in Michigan now.

I'm in. I'll kill even more dinks this year thanks to professional training from Ingwe

Uh-oh...a couple contenders...and pretenders to the throne....


Ingwe

Anyone that actually has a picture of their dink loses...wasn't embarrassing enough.

Kent

Anybody too embarassed to enter a photo of their dink can avoid doing so by having their "trophy" measured by a B&C, P&Y or SCI measurer, and submitting the score sheet.

Dunno if that will really help the embarassment, though.

Good hunting,
Mule Deer (Da Judge)

If the official B&C score is less than one's boot size, it's officially a dink.

Hunting in a 'low fence' enclave is perfectly acceptable... if they are to small to get out... they are a dink...

Kent

And no photoshopping/expanding the milk stain on their lips, for the sympathy vote.

Is there extra credit for DRT with an air rifle... just ask'n

Kent

Mine is so small he can crawl thru hog wire...standing up.

If you are that embarrassed, just put a bag over your head for the pic.

I was thinking more of a 'backside' picture instead of my face...

The ultimate shame...

Kent

Hell, I will even try to get in on this years contest.

The dink I shot last year wasn't even known to me that it was a buck. I thought I was shooting a decent sized doe. It wasn't until I got him back and strung him up on the pole that I realized the plumbing wasn't right. You could barely feel two nubs under the hide on his skull.

Pics weren't taken

Even the picture's a dink, continued cropping so it's visible... the ears aren't though, maybe he'll grow into'm.

Ingwe will win. He showed me this in his super secret spot.

Hold on Now..

Are spots allowed? The judge needs to make a ruling here.



JM

My uncle killed that one's twin last year. Cost him $200, and the rest of his season on the estate he hunts. Tasty little fugger, though.

If there is, then 1deuce will win. EASILY.

you guys are freaking lightweights.

this will be my entry for contest purposes. i may rethink that before opening day, as it might be considered unfair to the other contestants. maybe there should be a handicap system instituted?

will there be points deducted if i kill it with a bow?

that's right, a unicorn. read 'm and weep...

sorry but i will be unable to enter in this years contest.

damn 4 point rule.

dink and 1/2

Breaking off horns is NOT allowed!

Some guys will do anything for the title......

Remember, it's not about winning, it's about being a contender.

Notice spots... Taken this year, so it should qualify. First bow kill, and a dink at that!

Oh man. You guys are in capital-t Trouble!

I am a dink whacker of some repute.

Seems to be a lot of dink whacking in this thread.

That is one huge bow!!

Hey... waitaminute....

Alright lets set some rules.

1. Broken horns don't count.
2. Button heads don't count (to easy) the antlers must measure at least 1".
3. Pictures of you and the deer are required for entry.


How does that sound.

Wow you can put that thing in the crockpot whole.

no broken horns that's how they grew

You's guys are so lucky I finally drew a Dec muley rut tag this year, instead of my normal Coues tag... a Coues has no rival for dinkdom...

Kent

I don't like your dink rules.

The Judge (please note the capital J) hereby accepts:

1) Spots count. I dunno how much, will have to see 'em. (there's an old tradition in Europe that the general conformation of the "trophy" counts for a subjective something--and shooting dinks is definitely a tradition over there).

2) You must be able to "hang a ring" on one antler. This was the old standard, before B&C got into our heads and muddled things up with their 1" stuff.

3) Size matters--not only of antlers, but of the overall deer. I know this is a foreign concept to "score" hunters, but it's also an old tradition. Only recently has a 160 B&C Texas buck field-dressing 97 pounds been considered BIGGER than a 150 B&C Maine buck field-dressing 297 pounds.

4) A photo of hunter with deer must be submitted--and if the weight requirement is a consideration, then the height and weight of the hunter must also be provided.

And NO photos of the hunter well in front of the dink deer, especially taken with a wide-angle lens. We have all seen the effect of standing well behind the deer in hunting magazine shots, which used to be called the PHP ("Petersen's Hunting pose"), in order to exaggerate the size of the antlers. The hunter must be pretty much beside the deer, or be subject to a Lee24 BS allowance.

The Judge will hear amendment suggestions, and probably accept them if they are accompanied by a fifth of good whisky, of any nationality.

Combo weight for hunter and game?

I think I could still beat some of these guys out with a spike on my raghorn elk tag...

Kent

I accept this, and all your rules set forth for the Dinkothon.....

Indeed, as you are well aware, I green scored mine last year...he grossed 13....and netted 11

Im going for single digit net this year....

Ingwe

I accept MuleDeer's rules and his office as Dink-O-Thon Judge.

Uh-oh...my major contender....


Ingwe

If only the contest was retroactive... sigh... I have a veritable deer kindergarten hanging out in my shop (aka, the "Wall of Dinks").

I shot a button buck in the head with a .358 last year that was the size of a German shepherd. The meat was like veal. I put both boned-out "shoulders" in the crockpot just a couple days ago. Really.

With my chitty luck, I'll nail a bruiser this year.

What do you get out of a yearling-ish blacktail.. 35lbs of meat?

May I suggest that only dinks shot with iron sights be allowed? No optics (scopes, bins or spotters) allowed in the quest for the holy *dinky* grail!

Not 100% certain if this guy is trying to sprout some antler stubble or not, but if he is I may be a contender too!

Any consideration for those of us who hunt in a "minimum fork-spike" zone? Ya know...sort of a handy cap system?

MT DD FAN,

I think we might accomodate different categories, such as:

1) Any method of taking (including vehicles)
2) Unlimited rifle (any rifle, any sight)
3) Iron sights
4) Bow

I refuse to consider a special category for muzzleloaders, since many are so close to being centerfires these days--unless, of course, I am bribed.

I think the size and quantity of the spots should be measured. This is a definite indicator of true dinkology. I'm really liking my chances here. Question to the judges-if I accidentally shoot a small dog, or any pit bull, can they be measured, scored, and dinkisized?

I like the generous term you offer.

Elk category? I have a raghorn and antless tag, either/both I'm going for the dinkiest... I can bribe with dink meat... just say'n.

Kent

dont shot no danged calfs now - at least a 2 yr ole so some of the sinew strands can actually get some meat on them - justa sayin geeze

az

I don't have pictures, but does (will) anyone else claim a deer that fits behind the rear seat of a Jeep CJ-7?

Oh yeah. My lil' dude was CJ-worthy.

Mr. Barsness, is there a career achievment award for sad sacks who can provide photographic evidence of lots of DAMN small horns? I'm just.... uh... asking for a friend.

Calves are good eats... and dinky...

Kent

but did you pick it up with one hand, while the other was giving your buddies the finger????

so, to classify for a dink are we looking at headgear or body weight?

last deer i got had a decent rack compared to some of the ones pictured, but it was only 58 pounds dressed out.

Hmmm, there's some serious dinker's here.

Kent

I can seriously win this... The season doesn't even start here til the first weekend in November...

Ah, you mean no Reverse Craig Boddington photos allowed! I think he is the acknowledged master of the "hunter 20 yards behind the dead critter" picture...



John

I'd love to participate, but I enrolled in Sensitivity Training this morning...

Oh, come on Seafire...

A reduced load with Blue Dot in the .223..

And a Mini-deer...


Match made in heaven!

Ingwe

In answer to some posts:

I think we should limit the contest to deer-only, as otherwise we will be dinking around with a whole menagerie of tiny animals, including bear cubs.

Ironeagle, please look at the rules a few posts before your question. They plainly state that weight will be a consideration, as long as your own height and weight are revealed and you're posed correctly next to your dink. The photo you posted is perfect for that purpose.

What do people think about allowing sub-categories for deer taken where there's a minimum legal tine-count?

Oh well, leaves me and my trash talk out this year, no dink deer tag. Maybe next year.

I'm pulling for my buddy Ingwe... kinda like the Arnold Palmer of dinkdom... so much history and tradition.

Kent

Kent, that kind of show of support leaves me all chokey..( sniff, sniff...)

Thanks dude...really......


As for a sub-category for those in antler restriction areas...I say do the best with what you have to work with.....if it is a four point restriction...then just state that when you post your pic...

Oh.....and Scenarshooter can completely forget about entering.....

Ingwe

There has to be a sub-categorie for those us with those damn point restrictions. I plan on winning the 4 points on one side division...

Dink

never thats my sub class. i could be shooting at a 160 class deer and miss it and hit the dink 20 yards away from it. thats my luck

I've pondered this since this thread started. Coming up with an equitable solution could get complicated - multiple categories to be judged for the entry that is closest to the respective minimum legal buck.

Also, I want to confirm that no one gets favorable consideration just because they have a screen name particularly suited to this contest! What safeguards are in place to assure the independence of the judging authority??

No safeguards at all. The entire contest is subject to whims and corruption.

In that case let's go back to your four types of kills; Does number one have to be killed by my vehicle, or can I use someone else's vehicle (I'm trying to avoid the use of the word roadkill here)?

You can even steal the vehicle. Roadkill 'em like you stole 'em!

Are style points to be granted, or deducted, for "way overpenetrating"?

Important question.

Can a bigger deer be turned into a dink if a very large caliber super high velocity framenting bullet is used and in particular with a close range rear shoulder shot?

That'd cut down on salvagable meat fer sure.

Does that a dink make?

Jeff,

Sorry, no extra points for way over-penetrating deer you can load in the pickup with one hand.

Alot of you people are over-thinking this whole thing....


Then again, I am a "natural"....


BTW: glad to hear the judge is open to corruption...if word gets out, JB could be our next president.









And I don't mean of the 'fire...



Ingwe

To who and where do I send my entrance fee?

Where will the end of the season/awards banquet be held this year?

Will my spouse be invited?

Will any photographers from SCI be there?

Sorry for all the questions.

Just send your entrance fee...$500 to me...

Thats spelled I-N-G-W-E....

Ill answer the rest of your questions later...

Right now all you need to know is that the Judge and I are out of Buffalo Trace.......


Ingwe

Can't enter it since I shot it last year but here's a head-only shot of my antlered WT last year. I guess not a contender for dink since SHE was a full-grown doe! I don't think she ever would have lost that velvet.

Dang dude...with that kind of luck you should go ahead and enter...

Send your $500 to me......


Ingwe

I have a shell vest with a game bag that should do nicely to haul this years monster out. I also have Mucho Herradura for Da Judge

Send me the bottle and you win! Unless, of course, somebody else sends a bigger bottle.

I will wait until all bottles are in so I can send a big enough bottle

Wouldn't that be cheating?

All's fair in love and dink contest, besides you are the judge

If I could have gotten my truck stopped on highway earlier today there was a contender on the shoulder of the roadway....Damn it.

Dink

i had to put one down last year. the OSP trooper couldnt pull the trigger on a fawn some guy hit and left to die in the road. i was dragging it off the road when he stopped and asked me if i could shoot it. it couldnt have weighed more than 30 pounds.

sad day.

I've got a little something for the judge...........







Nothing like a 30 year old piece of FINE writing by the one and only JB. He must have been 15 when he wrote this piece!

The open bottle stays with me, the keg-O-bourbon goes out USPS.......(keep me in mind when judging)

My submission... delivery or pickup?




There's a dink in there somewhere I promise...

Kent

that makers sure sounds good right now. straight, no chaser.

John....dooooood.....

I've got this guy on retainer.....




Ingwe

I'm out........

If John goes for that guy's legs over the one's I offered... he officially caught the gay... just say'n.

On closer inspection he does have a tat on the knee... call Dan A...

Kent

I'm out

This has gotten way out of hand, and even the Judge admits that cheating is ok.
Count me in!

Is that Ray Atkinson the well known Oregon photogapher?

Wonder if he has any "dink" images? LOL

I knew we could count on you....

Ingwe

I'm back in

Bish...




Ingwe

See? One reason I accepted the prestigious Dink-Judge assignment is that I knew it would bring out the competitive best in Campfire members.

I love altruistic motives...





Ingwe

I'm a professional Dinker,..you guys is in trouble.

Last Years Dink.



This years Dink. I think he'll grow 1"ers by season...

I'd quit feeding it. That'll just make it bigger...

My i suggest uniqueness and character of the dink's head gear be given consideration in scoring.

This is a true dink trophy.



I do have this one waiting in the wings should the above dink prove to large.

This fellow has a shoo-in if deer from across the pond are eligible to vie for the crown of dinkdom . . .

A few years ago, a fellow in our hunting party shot one that weighed 39 lbs dressed. I just need to find another one

This little fella' just made the hit list.

Laffin'

I can see now the confusion and disappointment in State Game agencies nationwide when they realize that the average age for harvested bucks dropped 3 years in 2010.

DANG! I didn't know I had so much competition....

Ingwe

Thru exhaustive research and dna analysis, I have established that the dink in my 1st photo is the Hanson buck's daddy.

for real...

With Ingwe's and the Judge's permission, We need a scoring club name, the opposite of Boone & Crockett of course.

Like Tender & Vittles...

You could still call it the B&C...

Bambi n Crockpot...



dinks of yore, their legends live on.




notice the easy one hand lift...




This could come down to ounces at the weigh in.


Just a reminder of my submission and bribe... dink on...



Kent

The word Crock comes to mind...

No fair catching them and carrying them around alive until you find a smaller one!

I've never even seen a Jackalope that small!

If this goes International, I'm out.

This dink might get a honourable mention...

I thought I was in the running with this little fella from 2008, but got to get serious now and go littlier earlier this season.

I've got game cam pics from last week with three separate deer still in spots.

Will these count?

I LIKE it!

Wish I'd thought of that......


Ingwe

That is a good name.

Don't feel bad Poobah, you'll think of something one day...

This one was so dinky, I didn't even know he was a buck. The one little stub is all he had. I dunno if he even knew he was a buck.....

Better yet, I managed to kill him with a Pac-nor barreled "blue" rifle in a wildcat chambering, spinning turrets, and shooting a moly-coated Accubomb that "failed".

Purchasing such equipment should have guaranteed me a page in the B&C book. I think that all the cool gear had given me such an unfair advantage that the good Lord decided to humble me......

I know I will regret this. I'm in.

I am secretly hoping that the complete disregard for large antlered critters will bring them to me in droves this year.

I will persevere and shoot for the spots and try no to damage the "milk teeth" in the process. Besides, it is getting to be chilli time and my freezer is full of fish, so a deer that fits into the crock pot whole will work for the time being.

I officially submit my entry form....Ingwe my "checks in the mail"

J.B. I humbly submit a plane ticket to visit my cousin in Dufftown, Scotland at the Glenfiddich factory with an envelope full of nonsequential multidinominational bills in local currency for consideration as an offering for "the Judge".

Don't make me post my dink.

Post it...


Uhhh, you are talking about your deer... right?

Kent

If you don't post pics...it didnt happen....


Ingwe

Dink-o-licious.

Oh yeah!!!

Dats a BnC buck!!!!


Ingwe

It's not even as long as the rifle. Gooooood eatn' tho.

WOW!!! that could be a once in a lifetime achievement dink...

If you can repeat or better that Ingwe better start watching his backtrail... just say'n

Kent

Gentleman,

I humbly submit that it is easy to kill the small dinks. O.K. easier for some than others. Having said that, young bucks with limited nutrition can't get any better than that.

How about we try something really hard for a side competition. Smallest antlers on the largest bodied buck? What could be harder than to find a 200+ pound buck with less than 10 inches of antler? That way we could compare our cull bucks and leave the unproven bucks be?

I just hate to take what could be a good buck so young. With limited buck tags it is hard to burn one.

Just a thought.

I think JM needs a co-judge to "help" with certain aspects of the judging. I'd move to MT for that job. Yowsa!

I'm in & I'd also like to suggest, to JB, that all rifles must be adorned in blue tape at the muzzle, dink must be shot while hunter is wearing blue jeans & denim jacket, with contrasting hunter orange vest & ball/knit cap.

Mine'll have to have spots to compete, everybody knows Canadian deer are bigger !

Paul.

I might award style points for blue tape, Elmer Fudd hats, biggest difference between weight and antlers, whether or not shooting out a window is involved, etc.

As noted in an earlier post, some of the criteria will be subjective.

Thanks for the clarification JB.

Nice to "establish" the pay off criteria with the judges beforehand !
[img]http://www.thestarphoenix.com/life/2671445.bin?size=620x400[/img]

I have secretly coded this pic, so only you can see my offer !

Paul.

Just had a PM from Mathman.

He says don't you dare add ice to it !!

Paul.

See, right there... rules... automatic disqualify...

Dink hunting is not for siss'ies...

It's all day trash... all day talk... all the time...

Bring it on...



I plan on winning this even though I won't kill a dink... how... well, no one's beaten my submitted bribe yet... here it is again.

And if that doesn't sway the vote I'm thinking...

Twins will...

Kent

Kent, you seem to have forgotten that John is a happily married man, supported by a wife that is far more famous & makes much more mulla than he does !

I'm betting your ante of "girl/girls" will have no bearing on JB. He seems like a sensible guy.

Hence, my own offer of a barrel of the worlds oldest Scotch Whiskey.



Paul.

I'll be back...I've got to go find a dictionary.

"Each bottle will be beautifully presented in a tear-shaped hand-blown crystal decanter with an elegant silver stopper. The decanter nestles in a stylish silver base and is framed in a handmade Brazilian Rosewood box, created using wood from Forest Stewardship Council (FS C) Certified sources.

Mortlach 70 Years Old was matured in a Spanish oak, ex-bodega sherry hogshead cask, which yielded 54 full-size and 162 small decanters bottled at cask strength (46.1% ABV). The recommended retail price in the UK is �10,000 per 70cl decanter and �2,500 for the 20cl version."


Paul.

Back trail or blacktail?

Or perhaps a red plaid jacket with a matching hat with a tie down for ones ears?

Most of us are happily married.

Didn't think this thread was a real world serious endeavor.

If JB was sensible he'd never involved himself.

I should have been sensible myself.

rectified...

Kent

Paul.

There's always one guy.

Tzone,

?

fyshbum

Is there anything in the rules that states..."if ones cat leaves a dink on the door mat it may or not be entered in the contest"?

Just giving you [bleep] for the "let em grow" stuff. Some times I do, but if I don't have venny, I shoot the dink if that's what I see. No harm meant.

I think it should be worth style points if your cat catches the dink for you

To tex n cal: You are right on about cats!

You can get " style points"....?


Cool...then I'm back to being a shoo in....



Ingwe

He said "style" as in "class"...not "bile", as in where you shoot them. Sorry.

that was mean...

You're just jealous.....






Ingwe

I plan on entering a fetus.

I wonder if you could cook that like a soft shelled crab ?

A cigarette lighter and some aluminum foil works good.

But, if you do that & eat "it", on stand, in the woods, how would you prove your dink status ?

Paul.

Just take a pic of it sitting in your hand before you eat it.

Oh, like this ?

does it have to be a deer?

I have this in the barn right now.

I was going to suggest that if I entered you guys could all go home, game over. But honestly - some of you guys have my best dink beat by a mile...

Great and Honorable Judge, If I use a 300 wby loaded with a TSX and shoot a 80# dink can I get a better score?

I s�pose �style points� are awarded for using a bird to catch a dink, same as a cat? . . .



http://www.aila-falcons.cz/EN/index1.html

Bite sized morsel!

It sees you coming---look at the tail.

Probably---because there's only going to be about 20# left to weigh in with.

It's a good thing I put down the bottle of Bell's Brewery 25th Anniversary Ale before opening this thread. There would certainly be spewage on the monitor. Too funny!

It would work and might just BBQ it in the process!!

That handful of venison needs some Dink Dunking Sauce.

By Jov, I think you just came up with a great new produst name. I can hear the ad now.

"If you ARE NOT a "Bone Collector" this is the BBQ sauce for you!!!"

"New Dink Dunking Sauce, or DDS for the reading impaired, will make even YOUR buck taste like the "Big One" that always gets away."

RugerM77270,

After giving your question full and dutiful consideration, no.
The TSX would way-over-penetrate. Style points will be awarded for bullets that end up under the hide on the far side.

On the other hand, if you killed multiple dinks with one way-over-penetrating TSX then...?

Great stuff here.

What about the eagle? How far do they penetrate?

Is this eligible for entry?

It really has very skinny antlers, and was killed in Montana

I have a new goal.....



Ingwe

This guy probably has to much mass to impress you experts, but just so you know even for you winning is not going to be easy.

Shot him with my LR rifle: A Jarrett .280AI at all of 30+ yards with those old style NBTs, that always WTH on the shoulder. In and out.

I think I can handle that.

Gees I am embarrassed that I have read this far I hope know one is looking over my shoulder you dink guys are in class all to your selves

I was just happy to learn that...er...my friends weren't alone. I, on the other hand have never shot a dink... I always let them go to grow bigger.
Yeah, that's it.

John Moses I'm in and I plan on winning the Damn thing! I'm not letting Ingwe continue to embarass us. Some of us have some pride. Please put my entry fee on my MASTER CARD br549. powdr

Does this one count? My wife got this 1-1/2 year old dink this morning an hour before legal shooting light with her Honda Accord doing 55 mph.

Way too big.

I'm wondering if we get extra points for shooting a dink when we would have sworn it was a doe.

NeBassman,

That definitely counts in the "vehicle" category, and apparently is the first entry in the Ingwe Dink-O-Thon.
Thanks for the ballistic details, which may be part of the final judging.

So far we haven't discussed the cut-off date for this year's IDIOT (I-ngwe DI-nk O T-hon). As THE JUDGE, I declare it will continue until the last legal season ends this winter, even for road-kill.

Almost had one this morning. Could not see a fork in the horn but I am 90 percent sure it was there. His rack did not clear his ears. My hunting partner was moving to much and he bailed before I could crank my scope up to see the fork.

Double scoring points if you can lift your deer with one hand, quadruple points if it fits on a bun!

This isn't going to elevate into pictures of buns, is it?

How about for shooting one you swore was a doe and it had a....dink. 2" polished pokers.

Here's hopin'

Is there extra points if you have to shoot them in self defense? Killed this one as he charged my ground blind a few years ago - yeah, I waited until I was sure he wasn't kidding. Got a tower blind now to avoid his revenge minded relatives, but could take the ground blind out again...

"I call that a brave charge for a dink-racked buck".

I LIKE the Acronym!

But you guys might as well sit back...hunting season doesnt start here for a couple weeks, and the Master has yet had a chance to work his Magic.....


Ingwe

Do I need to post pictures again to remind you, you have competetion? Huh? do I? Check over your shoulder grandpa.

No need to get mean...

Besides, remember that Ruger270 dude is biting at our heels!!!!


Ingwe

You guys are just ametuers. I got one week and the games begin.

I'll throw my hat in the ring,but season for me won't start for three more weeks. Just too much growing time 'tween now and then. Maybe I could trap a small one and starve him till black powder season.

I still plan on winning the four points on one side division in four weeks....

Dink

Perfect. What is the grand prize?

RULES....? we don't need no stinking Rules.......

Ingwe

Rules? And what's this about no broken horns? You mean I can't use the "big gun", the F-250? I have to drive the Toyota? Argh!

The horse power to dink ratio has to count for extra credit. Ie. A half dozen rounds of 338 Lapua at 15 yards, including one or two in the paunch and one in the arse.

I like that. Also, extra credit for miles per hour.

More dead needs to finally count for something.

Any points awarded for consistency?? If I can kill a dink this year, it'll be my third in a row....

I think I should be able to retire the trophy....

I'm just sayin.....

ingwe

Wouldn't you qualify for the "Life Time Achievement Award"?

I'm working on it! Lifes not over yet!!

Ingwe

Swampy is going for " Miss Congeniality"....



Ingwe

He probably should shoot those things when it is more daylight. Just sayin...

Why d'you think spotlights were invented?:)

swamptroll looks mighty clean.Might not even be his deer.

Stop shooting them then and let them grow.

Apparently I should not have let the one antlered spike walk...

On the other hand, he may mature to a 5x5!

This is one contest I won't feel bad about losing........

I have encountered a problem in competing in the Dink-a-thon. The state of Minnesota, in it's infinite wisdom, has chosen to jeopardize my chances of winning this prestigious title by not giving me a doe tag. Will there be a separate class for the smallest legal spike buck? There should be for those of us not legally able to shoot true dinks.

No worries...spike bucks make excellent entries...ask me how I know....

Ingwe

Ingwe.....I have one scouted out that will give you a run for the title this year. He MIGHT be a legal buck, but it doesn't matter, because have an antlerless tag (less than 3" antlers - nothing) and I've seen him on two occasions now.

Dang you T-Zone! That's just not fair! I know that just because I don't have a doe tag I'll be seeing dinks so small I'll have the turn the scope up to 9X just to make sure they're not chihuahua's!

I'll be in 178 the first weekend. We never used to even get doe tags there, now they pass em out like candy.

I guess I screwed up when I passed up a nub the other weekend!

I wish I could shoot a dink. But I guess the 6 pointer I saw last week will have to work.

Next week I will try for some sorta deer.

No worries Winnie...you have to get a great deal of experience and "mature" into hunting dinks!!!

Ingwe

Winnie....You shouldn't shoot dinks on your first couple years out. You have to work your way into it. Its a marathon, not a sprint.

You shoot that six pointer. Take lots of pictures and show them to us. I wish you luck.

ROR!

Ingwe
I guess it be years before I can have enough experience to shoot a dink.

I hope to see that 6 pointer and get him to go broadside for a few seconds.

Also thanks Tzone

Hang in there kid, dinking ain't easy

Winnie..it also helps to be old and fat so you dont want to climb the mountains anymore and drag down the big heavy boys...

But you need your share of non-dinks first...

Go get that six point!

Ingwe

Oh and ya gotta drag big ones for all the old guys when you are young too.

Basically everything heavy that hits the ground you gotta drag it no matter if you shot it or not. That's what young guys do.

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Hey, wait a minute.... How come I'm still doin that chit?

Hey kid, you gotta remind yourself to stop all that free dragin when you get older

You shouldn't be draggin nuthin at Chicknebuck man...there is those two young boys, that 19 year old one looks like he could pull the cabin if we needed him to, and all those wimmin folk around there, jeesh, you wouldn't think we'd even haffta open our own beer.


oh crap.

I could haul a big deer out.

At least I know I can haul a hog to a truck.

I hit the range last week and saw a fella shooting a 700. Too bad his bolt fell off after the first shot.

Winnie:

Cut your teeth of the biggest deer you can "throw hands on".

Dedicated dink drilling takes much effort. Lots of scouting, frayed nerves, blurred vision, sore feet, etc. Only the real masters know that scouting for a place to shoot them close to the road on the uphill side of a steep one can be excruciatingly difficult and a very delicate task.

You are much too young to have to suffer these indignities.

Find the six pointer and shoot him well. Then post pics.

Thank you for the laugh Karnis.

That sounds way too hard for me.

The rules have us Wisconsin boys at a disadvantage. Bucks have to have a 3 inch spike to be legal. We can put a doe tag on a buck with less than 3 inches if we have one.

There are about 20 buck only units this year so anyone that hunts those units would be SOL.

How big a bribe does Mule Deer want to look the other way?

I vote that you win the dink-o-thon with that 6pt buck, being it would be your first deer and all.

No doe tag Bill? You could shoot a dink and use the doe tag if you get a small enough one.

I thnk it was said a few pages back that dinkdom would be graded upon the minimum restrictions fo the area being unted. ie - a 3" minimum with no doe tag = 3.5" dink is a mighty fine contender depending on how much "style" was employed in the harvesting method.

I was only on page 12 when I posted. Should have waited.

Got the doe tag covered Tom. Our unit (19) issued a very limited number of antlerless tags (Just over 600) and I was lucky enough to get one.

Winnie....if this is gonna be your first deer, you'll get style points out the wazoo!!! ( regardless of size...)

Ingwe

Ha ok ingwe. I will try to score some points next week

You all might as well pack up and go home now; the winner of this was a fore gone conclusion

You guys are doing it wrong. You have to plan it out so you kill the deer (no matter the size) where you can get to it with a tractor with a bucket. I've killed three BIG old deer in handy spots where you could drive right up to them, roll them into the bucket, drive to the pickup and drop them right in the bed. That's how it's done in farm country! I'd never, ever lie about such matters, either.
Witness this old thing, shot in 2004, I think it was. I popped him within a quarter-mile of my stepbrother's shed, where he keeps his tractor. THEN I GOT HIM OUT OF BED TO HELP ME LOAD UP THE DEER. (we gutted and washed out the carcass while we had it hanging from the bucket). I hardly laid a hand on him. It isn't quite a dink, but it was a fine old 5x5 buck. Huge for our part of Missouri.

Uh-oh...competition from "across the pond"....

We arent familiar with Muntjac here...how do we know you didnt photoshop those Swarovskis to make them look bigger and the deer smaller...?


Sheesh...some people will do anything for "points"....



Ingwe

Giant rifles as well?



If the going gets really nasty, I have a picture of a Muntjac "slinky" (fetus) some where....Accept defeat graciously!!

Yep...dats a giant rifle..

Hope those little buggers don't taste like their name sounds...


Ingwe

I think a 2x7 Leupy on a three wood is more sporting..

I think a slingshot with a marble would kill one of those.

It would get you more "style points"....

Ingwe

Think maybe a tray of Dcon on a long string would work..well maybe only a half tray... Sorry Pete!!!

Maybe one of those sticky pads they put their feet on, and can't get off....

Ingwe

Here is the style point winner.

DooooooooD!

Ingwe

Does the movie "Caddy Shack" come to mind...???..

I said it last year and I'll say it again now. 4' x 8' sticky traps

No fair, I think you stole an eagle's kill

The video shows an eagle taking a Roe deer, which are usually considerably bigger than Muntjac...But we can do Roe if you want

Again with the "giant rifle"

I think we are at a disadvantages here in the colonies...having to use standard sized rifles etc...

Ingwe

Can I enter?

I have to confess to cheating anyway, as the pics are not from this year...

Actually Muntjac are tough little buggers and the bucks are often quite badly scarred up from fighting.

The bucks and the does will often turn the table on a dog if they get cornered, and its not unusual for a dog to get badly gashed on the flank and stomach during such encounters...

And I should add Muntjac excellent to eat, although they are a bugger to skin as the skin is alomost bonded direct to the muscle underneath, with no airspace/membrane seperating them as with most other species of deer...

Nope......

You don't have a chance in hell at winning with that thing.....



Ingwe

Pete,all kidding aside you're a GOOD sport about all the ribbin !!!Just wondered do they taste like venison or something else??

Wouldn't have posted them if I couldn't take some ribbing!

As to taste, they are definitely "venison" although I wouldn't say they are as strong as say Red deer. But taste is very difficult to describe and very subjective.

I read so many people hear taking about different ways to get rif of the "gamey" flavour ie leaving the carcass in ice water for a few days..I find that a bit odd as I like by venison to taste of venison and not to be bland like supermarket bought beef..

For instance, I always found Roe venison just "ok", but quite bland. On a recommendation from somebody I hunt with, I started hanging them for 7 to 10 days rather than my usual 3 to 5, and the difference was marked and the flavour much better.

These days I prefer to hang a carcass for 10 to 14 days (or longer if its possible without the risk of loosing it)

Another species we have, but I've never taken, is Chinese Water Deer, and the venison from those is said to have a taste and texture approaching lamb, but less fatty...

I think we just found another use for the 17HMR

Oh, dooooood! the .17 would be a perfect Muntjac rifle!

Ingwe

Funnily enough .22 Center fires have only just been legalised for Muntjac and CWD; prior to that the minimum caliber was .243Rem...

O'man I'm in the presence of pros, and I thought this guy was a trophy dink.