Here's my entry. It's probably way too big, but I'm going to give Sakoluvr a run for his money. However, it looks like he might get extra points for killing a Piebald.
I got him Saturday night. I thought it was a doe. Only a couple of minutes of shooting time left and almost dark. Had a doe and a Bambie walking across the field at about 75 yards. I was getting ready to shoot her when another deer walks up from my right and about 25 yards. Didn't see the horns. I used the old "high shoulder shot" on his ass and folded him like a wet rag. Got down out of the tree and went over to him and about schit myself when I saw the horns. My wife told me I needed to get my eyes checked.
It's Early Muzzle Loader season right now. I use a 50 cal. 295 gr. Power Belt with three 50-50 Triple 7 pellets.
Brian: I don't think you truly understand the spirit in which the dinkathon is conducted. Don't be bringing in pics of bucks with B&C scores over net 3.
Brian: I don't think you truly understand the spirit in which the dinkathon is conducted. Don't be bringing in pics of bucks with B&C scores over net 3.
Lmao!
We may be a contender this year pobah!
My boy is after his first...and we have a piebald nubbie on a trail cam!
You guys are in deep trouble this year. I drew a doe tag and the first deer that comes in front of me will get a severe case of lead poisoning from one of MILES58's handloads for my good ol' 99. The Poobs has all ready been contacted, and the appropriate bribes are sitting here ready to go out...........
Charles--Have you tried that moose yet? Best venison there is IMO. Bob
We have had burgers a few times. Roast Sunday night and then I cooked a couple of steaks on the grille tonight. Everything has been fantastic definetly better than whitetail and a little better then Elk I have always liked elk meat as well. I calculate that with what I have in the Moose meat im at $45 per pound. Kinda like caviar on the hoof.
Brian: I don't think you truly understand the spirit in which the dinkathon is conducted. Don't be bringing in pics of bucks with B&C scores over net 3.
My apologies. It was a total accident shooting it, so I had to post it anyhow.
I'm sure I'll screw up again this season and shoot a Bambie with buttons somewhere along the line. He'll be in the wrong place at the wrong time when I'm in the wrong mood.
You guys are in deep trouble this year. I drew a doe tag and the first deer that comes in front of me will get a severe case of lead poisoning from one of MILES58's handloads for my good ol' 99. The Poobs has all ready been contacted, and the appropriate bribes are sitting here ready to go out...........
It cannot be a doe, and by the way things went last year, Da Poobs is wanting pictures of "Junk".
I'm trying to think of the explanations I will have to come up with, you know, with my buddies rolling up and I have a dead deer....and my pants down and camera in hand.....
Looks like a little bid rigging !! Does that buck have an infection from that antler? Looks puffy. What are all those blotches on it's hide? Looks like he's sick to me.
Day before coming home after chasing elk this year (ate that tag) and deer (the 4point put the slip on me again) I took this 3point running with the 4point. Hanging weight of 89lb, but guessing some of that due to what he was packing around in his tailbone for a year.
For the dinkathon, thats a monster. But you get style points for putting a buck down that a bowhunter couldn't. What would possess someone to shoot the deer in the ass?
For the dinkathon, thats a monster. But you get style points for putting a buck down that a bowhunter couldn't. What would possess someone to shoot the deer in the ass?
Giving somebody the benefit of doubt, I hope it turned just at release. Very surprised that it didn't hit a spec of flesh. As to being a monster, my brother took a 2point that weighed in 30lb more than my 3point. The thing was fatter than I am.
Originally Posted by War_Eagle
Originally Posted by ingwe
For the dinkathon, thats a monster. But you get style points for putting a buck down that a bowhunter couldn't. What would possess someone to shoot the deer in the ass?
You ain't got any pictures of small bucks. All I have seen are monsters
Cookie's fallen a couple times and her camera went off. I think we have one sad sack that might at least "show." If Photo bucket will come back on line, I'll make at least one submission.
You ain't got any pictures of small bucks. All I have seen are monsters
Cookie's fallen a couple times and her camera went off. I think we have one sad sack that might at least "show." If Photo bucket will come back on line, I'll make at least one submission.
You ain't got any pictures of small bucks. All I have seen are monsters
Cookie's fallen a couple times and her camera went off. I think we have one sad sack that might at least "show." If Photo bucket will come back on line, I'll make at least one submission.
OK. Hardware is not in hand, but here's my submission. Is this a goofy looking face or what? Obviously some plumbing/hardware issues there.
You ain't got any pictures of small bucks. All I have seen are monsters
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This.
You guys need to step up your game. Visible antlers? Sheesh...
Yes, this has gotten entirely out of hand. This ain't "Monster bucks are us" by any means, and you guys keep posting these huge bucks with 6" antlers.
This is not a local-area contest. It is not a state-wide contest.
This contest is world-class, and here is what is expected. By the way, this one DIDN'T win.
For you guys that don't have the fortitude or ability to harvest world-class dinks like that, either develop that ability, or revert to the alternative.....Poobs'll let you know where to send....
You ain't got any pictures of small bucks. All I have seen are monsters
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This.
You guys need to step up your game. Visible antlers? Sheesh...
Yes, this has gotten entirely out of hand. This ain't "Monster bucks are us" by any means, and you guys keep posting these huge bucks with 6" antlers.
This is not a local-area contest. It is not a state-wide contest.
This contest is world-class, and here is what is expected. By the way, this one DIDN'T win.
For you guys that don't have the fortitude or ability to harvest world-class dinks like that, either develop that ability, or revert to the alternative.....Poobs'll let you know where to send....
Mn. gun season opens next weekend, and I've got a doe tag. There's got to be a nubbin' buck out there with my name written all over it, and I'm warming up the family truckster to run for a case or two or ten of Blanton's......
Well I spent a week in unit 20B for my muzzle loader hunt last week. I saw does, fawns, yearlings, quail, mourning dove, woodpeckers, squirrels, a king snake, tarantula, turkeys everything but a BUCK. Oh, also had a bunny rabbit eating about 15' from me. I didn't have a .460 and didn't think the 250 grn barnes out of the .50 cal would do the job.
Eating tag soup this year again.
How much Blatons would it take for you to imagine that I got a dink with nubs just breaking the skin???
What would possess someone to shoot the deer in the ass?
There's an avalanche of answers to that question.
Winch one would you like first?
I shot an arrow into a doe's ass once. Would have blasted the heart/lungs if she hadn't spun at the shot (recurve, late season, jumpy deer). Recovered 250 yards away, no blood (found and shot again). Sucked. No more jumpy deer shots late season. None earlier too.
Well I spent a week in unit 20B for my muzzle loader hunt last week. I saw does, fawns, yearlings, quail, mourning dove, woodpeckers, squirrels, a king snake, tarantula, turkeys everything but a BUCK. Oh, also had a bunny rabbit eating about 15' from me. I didn't have a .460 and didn't think the 250 grn barnes out of the .50 cal would do the job.
Eating tag soup this year again.
How much Blatons would it take for you to imagine that I got a dink with nubs just breaking the skin???
What would possess someone to shoot the deer in the ass?
There's an avalanche of answers to that question.
Winch one would you like first?
I shot an arrow into a doe's ass once. Would have blasted the heart/lungs if she hadn't spun at the shot (recurve, late season, jumpy deer). Recovered 250 yards away, no blood (found and shot again). Sucked. No more jumpy deer shots late season. None earlier too.
I did it one time. It was a doe with a Bambie walked under and past me. She was walking away from me, so I had a narrow lane to hit the boiler room. So because I suck, I was a little off to the left and got her in the ass. I had a sick feeling as I watched her run away with an arrow sticking out of her ass. Those are the types of hunts I'd like to forget.
As far as the Dink-a-thon goes, I'm going out tonight and tomorrow, so maybe I'll screw up and shoot one.
OK, Dinksters, I am about to enter the fray. I have to work Friday, and will probably be busy till about 0200 Saturday, so I will only get in half a day Saturday, but the whole day Sunday.
That should be enough time to rip this competition to shreds.
Rifle zeroed--check Equipment good to go--check Plenty of ammo--check Treestand in good shape--check New can of white rustoleum--check......+
OK, Dinksters, I am about to enter the fray. I have to work Friday, and will probably be busy till about 0200 Saturday, so I will only get in half a day Saturday, but the whole day Sunday.
That should be enough time to rip this competition to shreds.
Rifle zeroed--check Equipment good to go--check Plenty of ammo--check Treestand in good shape--check New can of white rustoleum--check......+
Sir, you missed one obvious and glaring flaw in your simple plan. I see no mention of bribe material. Many others have dilligently greased Poobah's hand by now. Heck, at this point you'll need three blondes with enormous racks, four brunettes, one redhead, all equally endowed. a truckload of whiskey, enough beer to fill a large pond, and then more whiskey and beer.
You really will need to step up your game here sir.
Ingwe: I'm sorry I will not have an entry for you this year. My trigger finger slipped, and well. . .
It's really hard here in the TransBluegrass to come up with a dink worthy of entry. If you have any tips you could pass on, I'd appreciate it.
Best of luck. I hope I can have something for you next year.
I'm sorry you have that problem. It manifests itself here, also, with an occasional inferior dink showing up, so we quickly take them out of the gene pool so as the keep the racks where they should be....at the hairline.
Ingwe: I'm sorry I will not have an entry for you this year. My trigger finger slipped, and well. . .
It's really hard here in the TransBluegrass to come up with a dink worthy of entry. If you have any tips you could pass on, I'd appreciate it.
Best of luck. I hope I can have something for you next year.
I'm sorry you have that problem. It manifests itself here, also, with an occasional inferior dink showing up, so we quickly take them out of the gene pool so as the keep the racks where they should be....at the hairline.
Please make arrangements for me to "vette" the bribe material submitted. I will "interview" her personally for several days before passing my finding on to the Poobs.
OK, Dinksters, I am about to enter the fray. I have to work Friday, and will probably be busy till about 0200 Saturday, so I will only get in half a day Saturday, but the whole day Sunday.
That should be enough time to rip this competition to shreds.
Rifle zeroed--check Equipment good to go--check Plenty of ammo--check Treestand in good shape--check New can of white rustoleum--check......+
Wait a minute, I don't mean to sound stupid or anything, but what the hell is the White Rustoleum for?
OK, Dinksters, I am about to enter the fray. I have to work Friday, and will probably be busy till about 0200 Saturday, so I will only get in half a day Saturday, but the whole day Sunday.
That should be enough time to rip this competition to shreds.
Rifle zeroed--check Equipment good to go--check Plenty of ammo--check Treestand in good shape--check New can of white rustoleum--check......+
Wait a minute, I don't mean to sound stupid or anything, but what the hell is the White Rustoleum for?
Ingwe: I'm sorry I will not have an entry for you this year. My trigger finger slipped, and well. . .
It's really hard here in the TransBluegrass to come up with a dink worthy of entry. If you have any tips you could pass on, I'd appreciate it.
Best of luck. I hope I can have something for you next year.
I'm sorry you have that problem. It manifests itself here, also, with an occasional inferior dink showing up, so we quickly take them out of the gene pool so as the keep the racks where they should be....at the hairline.
I screwed up too. Sorry, Poobs.
Well, at least I didn't screw up as bad as you guys did. Nice bucks.
I left Ingwe a PM, and he has not gotten back to me. I am thinking of featuring the Dinkathon on my website, but I need an official statement of the rules. Any idea when the old fart's going to be back around?
I left Ingwe a PM, and he has not gotten back to me. I am thinking of featuring the Dinkathon on my website, but I need an official statement of the rules. Any idea when the old fart's going to be back around?
I would imagine he's neck deep in bribes right now and will post again once the empties start piling up.
Well, there are rules and there are rules. As I understand it, this is a contest where the winner is the guy who enters the buck with the shortest rack, right? A 4 inch spike is probably out of the running. A button buck is a bit too small.
Ingwe is the final judge. He decides who wins and loses. You have to convince him or else there isn't even an entry, let alone an honorable mention.
All this can be moderated by bribes to the Poobs. He's not going to allow a blantant doe or a 10-point rack as the winner, but if you submit your 2-inch spike and include the right whiskey as a bribe, you might get in the running.
Is this correct, or am I missing something? I have to say, I've not been really attentive. To date, I've made only one entry. It was a six inch forker, that I accidentally shot a couple of years ago. I got an honorable mention for the hat I was wearing. That is the extent of my experience with the contest. Normally, the bucks we take are in the hatrack-to-chandelier variety. Factory 30-06 ammo bounces off.
Well, there are rules and there are rules. As I understand it, this is a contest where the winner is the guy who enters the buck with the shortest rack, right? A 4 inch spike is probably out of the running. A button buck is a bit too small.
Ingwe is the final judge. He decides who wins and loses. You have to convince him or else there isn't even an entry, let alone an honorable mention.
All this can be moderated by bribes to the Poobs. He's not going to allow a blantant doe or a 10-point rack as the winner, but if you submit your 2-inch spike and include the right whiskey as a bribe, you might get in the running.
Is this correct, or am I missing something? I have to say, I've not been really attentive. To date, I've made only one entry. It was a six inch forker, that I accidentally shot a couple of years ago. I got an honorable mention for the hat I was wearing. That is the extent of my experience with the contest. Normally, the bucks we take are in the hatrack-to-chandelier variety. Factory 30-06 ammo bounces off.
Shaman, while your understanding of this time honored contest is fairly accurate, it leads to concern that you are under the impression that "bribes" are necessary to get a favorable score from Poobah. It also concernes me that you believe mere whiskey is an adequate source of compensation. Please consider the tenuous situation the Grand Poobah is in while scrutinizing all these entries. It tends to make one very thirsty. We're talking VERY thirsty here. Mere whiskey is not enough. Voluminous amounts of beer are also needed to slake his thirst. We're talking semi trailer loads here. Also, while he's isolated in his lair pouring over all the entries, female companionship is quite appreciated. So please keep this in mind as you consider what gratuities to bestow upon the Poobs. Along with your entry, please remit increased ammounts of alocohol, and the entire Swedish Performance Bikini Team. In lieu of that, simple cash will work too............
Ingwe: I'm sorry I will not have an entry for you this year. My trigger finger slipped, and well. . .
It's really hard here in the TransBluegrass to come up with a dink worthy of entry. If you have any tips you could pass on, I'd appreciate it.
Best of luck. I hope I can have something for you next year.
I'm sorry you have that problem. It manifests itself here, also, with an occasional inferior dink showing up, so we quickly take them out of the gene pool so as the keep the racks where they should be....at the hairline.
I screwed up too. Sorry, Poobs.
Well, at least I didn't screw up as bad as you guys did. Nice bucks.
And you guys are wasting bandwidth with THIS kind of stuff?
sheesh....
You do understand that every point on the deers antlers represents a deduct point?
Ingwe: I'm sorry I will not have an entry for you this year. My trigger finger slipped, and well. . .
It's really hard here in the TransBluegrass to come up with a dink worthy of entry. If you have any tips you could pass on, I'd appreciate it.
Best of luck. I hope I can have something for you next year.
I'm sorry you have that problem. It manifests itself here, also, with an occasional inferior dink showing up, so we quickly take them out of the gene pool so as the keep the racks where they should be....at the hairline.
I screwed up too. Sorry, Poobs.
Well, at least I didn't screw up as bad as you guys did. Nice bucks.
And you guys are wasting bandwidth with THIS kind of stuff?
sheesh....
You do understand that every point on the deers antlers represents a deduct point?
I have what I consider to be a front runner for the Dink-a-thon. Not only are the antlers small, but I used a 6mm Remington. Hopefully I can gain some style points for being a "stunt shooter."
I have what I consider to be a front runner for the Dink-a-thon. Not only are the antlers small, but I used a 6mm Remington. Hopefully I can gain some style points for being a "stunt shooter."
OK: seldom do I give a fellow 24HCF member or a contestant in the Dinkathon an honest dressing down but seriously, you need to reconsider this whole dink hunting thing, and this Hallowed Contest. First a 6mm isn't even close to stunt shooting... true Stunt shooters fart in your general direction! Second: The deer is too big to begin with, then for your to attempt to cheat by breaking off one of those massive antlers...sheesh. For that to get by the Poobah would take extra special bribes...
I hope you have another tag so you can go try again, and get serious this time!
Love and kisses, and in your case, Prayers Sent, Poobs
Oh Grand Poobah shall I remind everyone how this damn contest works...shoot dink,shoot it with a worthy caliber,submit proof, and last and most important a suitable bribe shall be rendered forward.
1. Shoot Dink...check yesterday morning
2. Dink was killed with .444 Marlin perfect medicine to bowl over dinks
Oh Grand Poobah shall I remind everyone how this damn contest works...shoot dink,shoot it with a worthy caliber,submit proof, and last and most important a suitable bribe shall be rendered forward.
1. Shoot Dink...check yesterday morning
2. Dink was killed with .444 Marlin perfect medicine to bowl over dinks
3.Submit proof(remember proof of sex is required)
4. And most important the bribe
I predict the Poobah will call the season closed early and award the win to dvdgeorge.
Wish I had known about this contest in 2013--the last year I hunted Alabama whitetails. This really big button looked like a nice freezer doe at 225 yards. I'm pretty sure he was too old to have those tiny antlers, but I didn't pull a jaw for confirmation.
When a buddy and I were hunting SW Miss. he killed a young buck very similar to these.
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This is the same buddy that killed a 250 lb, 9 pt we named "RALPH". After laughing at this "buck", we couldn't call it a spike, so we named him... CLETE ! !
I have drawn blood this year, but nothing worthy of mention here.
I'm trying....my best effort so far has been a spike, but each side was at least 7" long, so that's FAR too large of a set of antlers. And it was a rather large-bodied deer.
Mr. DeGeorge seems to have gotten the formula down pat, and kudos for using a cannon for your kill. I am of the mind (what little I have) that there ought to be a category for the least amount of weight between deer and bullet, but that's because I will shoot a deer with a .45-70 and a one-ounce bullet.
Kudos also to those in the running. I see I have to be better at buying a good quality bribe.......and sending it to the judge instead of trying it out myself.
Oh Grand Poobah shall I remind everyone how this damn contest works...shoot dink,shoot it with a worthy caliber,submit proof, and last and most important a suitable bribe shall be rendered forward.
1. Shoot Dink...check yesterday morning
2. Dink was killed with .444 Marlin perfect medicine to bowl over dinks
3.Submit proof(remember proof of sex is required)
4. And most important the bribe
This all looks really legit but a couple pics look familiar...they aren't from last season, or the one before are they?
Not that I doubt your veracity, but the stakes are high, and I doubt your veracity....
Oh Grand Poobah shall I remind everyone how this damn contest works...shoot dink,shoot it with a worthy caliber,submit proof, and last and most important a suitable bribe shall be rendered forward.
1. Shoot Dink...check yesterday morning
2. Dink was killed with .444 Marlin perfect medicine to bowl over dinks
3.Submit proof(remember proof of sex is required)
4. And most important the bribe
This all looks really legit but a couple pics look familiar...they aren't from last season, or the one before are they?
Not that I doubt your veracity, but the stakes are high, and I doubt your veracity....Whooaaaa, wait a minute, I see the last pic, a tracking number would confirm veracity...
I have drawn blood this year, but nothing worthy of mention here.
I'm trying....my best effort so far has been a spike, but each side was at least 7" long, so that's FAR too large of a set of antlers. And it was a rather large-bodied deer.
Mr. DeGeorge seems to have gotten the formula down pat, and kudos for using a cannon for your kill. I am of the mind (what little I have) that there ought to be a category for the least amount of weight between deer and bullet, but that's because I will shoot a deer with a .45-70 and a one-ounce bullet.
Kudos also to those in the running. I see I have to be better at buying a good quality bribe.......and sending it to the judge instead of trying it out myself.
Similar year for me, though I've not really tried due to work. Another year and no dink. And I have a new bottle of Blantons JIC...
Looks like I couldn't compete with some real hum-dingers on here anyway. LOL.
Oh Grand Poobah shall I remind everyone how this damn contest works...shoot dink,shoot it with a worthy caliber,submit proof, and last and most important a suitable bribe shall be rendered forward.
1. Shoot Dink...check yesterday morning
2. Dink was killed with .444 Marlin perfect medicine to bowl over dinks
3.Submit proof(remember proof of sex is required)
4. And most important the bribe
This all looks really legit but a couple pics look familiar...they aren't from last season, or the one before are they?
Not that I doubt your veracity, but the stakes are high, and I doubt your veracity....
I am a bit shocked that my ethics and morality have come in to question....but I guess it is completely understandable since I'm so damn good at this and follow all rules,procedure and protocol
Here is last seasons entry taken with muzzle loader, study the photos all very similar but also distinctively different and it is evident that these ARE two separate dinks
Originally Posted by dvdegeorge
Hold the pressed I at the 11th hour have the winning entry taken with smoke pole Yes I can't believe my fortune to take the winning dink! An yes it is a buck it had a dot of antler
That "broke off flush" gives pause for suspicion. Some people will do anything to win the Dink-a-thon....including altering their trophy. I'm skeptical....
Bribes must increase exponentially to overcome skepticism.
Hold on now, it ain't over until it's over. I haven't seen a deer in 3 days, ever since gun season came in. So the first SOB that crosses my scope is going down, even if it's a dink.
Brian, these contests usually are done on Jan15. This year it will end about on the 9th...just because Im going to Texas to start collecting promised bribes.
Hold on now, it ain't over until it's over. I haven't seen a deer in 3 days, ever since gun season came in. So the first SOB that crosses my scope is going down, even if it's a dink.
Brian, these contests usually are done on Jan15. This year it will end about on the 9th...just because Im going to Texas to start collecting promised bribes.
Hang on just a dang minute.
Who do you think you are, that you can change the rules, mid stream ?
That "broke off flush" gives pause for suspicion. Some people will do anything to win the Dink-a-thon....including altering their trophy. I'm skeptical....
Well, I let go of my promise. Last night, the only thing I saw weighed about 35 lbs., so I didn't shoot. Nothing this morning in the pouring rain. Headed out now for another try........in the pouring rain.
That "broke off flush" gives pause for suspicion. Some people will do anything to win the Dink-a-thon....including altering their trophy. I'm skeptical....
It is perhaps just a spike, but the paint job is just gaudy and barely covers the spots, and you blew it by painting the horns black. We cannot allow cheating in the Dinkathon unless accompanied by HUGE bribes...
Well, I let go of my promise. Last night, the only thing I saw weighed about 35 lbs., so I didn't shoot. Nothing this morning in the pouring rain. Headed out now for another try........in the pouring rain.
It seems I have not been able to be very competitive this year......I think we've shot the serious dinks out.
Despite my best efforts, here is about all I've done...so far.
I caught this fellow in the field on Friday after T-day, busy feeding, and waited until legal time to shoot. I was on my way to a stand, but dropped my pack and watched him. Boom, out went the lights. It's a spike, but way too spikey for this Top-Tier group.
The bullet went in on the other side, but his body angle meant a raking shot, and yes, it did nick the paunch....yuck.
After that, I didn't have a shot until yesterday. Hard to shoot deer at the house, I reckon. My buddy Charlie and I had went afield a couple of times, but nothing seemed to be happening, at least for me.
Until yesterday.
I decided that since it was Saturday, and the Hunt clubs on the adjoining properties were going to be out in force, I'd sit in a stand. We don't use dogs or drive on our little patch of land, so ambushing the access points would seem to work.
It did.
I got busted in the dark on my way to my stand site, and that got me enthused for the possibilities for the day. By full light, I was up in a tree and ready to go.
I heard 4-wheelers moving about 0730. The whooping and hollering started across the river about 0800(actually a large creek, easily crossed by wading) and moved towards where I had heard the 4-wheelers stop. This went on for some time, some amount of shooting in the distance but nothing close by.
So I figured I'd change tactics.
I let my guard down, becoming totally not ready to shoot, with my rifle resting at my side. I began to play around with my gps to keep me entertained. Then:
I heard a snap, looked down, and two bucks were walking towards me. 15 seconds later both were on the ground.
The old guy in the lead got it first. Good heart shot and he pumped blood like he had an unlimited supply. That blood all over the belly is from the pumpage.
I knew it was a good shot, so I immediately focused on Junior. Apparently, he was a sucker for a bleat, because that stopped him in his tracks. My .308 dropped him in his tracks.
I shot him from behind in the center of the back, so he dropped instantly. I hadn't seen where the other one went, but he wasn't hard to find....He's the white spot in the center-top of the pic.
I am probably losing credibility as a dink-shooter, but I'm rooting for Jwalls' grandson anyway.
The group I hunt with (Four of us) has decided I get Barney Fife status....I am only allowed one bullet.
Alright, I didn't shoot the first one because it was 35 lbs. and probably didn't have anything above the hair. I didn't shoot the second one I saw. It was pretty much dark and a torrential downpour.
So I shot the third one I saw. He's bigger than the first Dink I posted, as well as most of the other Dinks posted here. So I'm posting this so that I might be the loser of this fine competition.
Junk. As you can see, he is well endowed. This should definitely qualify him for loser status.
Plus, I was using a Bubba Buddy. This gives extra points as a loser as well.
Great junk shot! The horns have character but as you know are wayyyyyy too big. The Bubba Buddy, especially on a single shot is grounds for immediate dismissal from the contest.
I ask for dinks and all you guys keep posting Monster Bucks..
I'm not Bill Jordan.....
And you seem to have no shame!!!
I may need an alternate judge next year if this schitt keeps up.
Yea, it packs a punch. I bought that gun about 10 or so years ago. I was in the market for a muzzle loader and was in the local gun shop for something else and it was in the rack screaming at me........Buy me!!! Walnut and stainless. The slug barrel is blued.
I have, for some time, been pushing for a category whereas the least amount of difference between the weight of the bullet and the weight of the deer is a consideration.
I never thought about it till stonecutter posted the pick of his deers junk. What's the tie breaker on the best dink. My buddy shot an antlered deer a couple years ago with no junk. An antlered doe. So, does a doe dink, trump a dink with junk? Joe.
The old guy in the lead got it first. Good heart shot and he pumped blood like he had an unlimited supply. That blood all over the belly is from the pumpage.
I knew it was a good shot, so I immediately focused on Junior. Apparently, he was a sucker for a bleat, because that stopped him in his tracks. My .308 dropped him in his tracks.
I shot him from behind in the center of the back, so he dropped instantly. I hadn't seen where the other one went, but he wasn't hard to find....He's the white spot in the center-top of the pic.
I am probably losing credibility as a dink-shooter, but I'm rooting for Jwalls' grandson anyway.
First off Vic:
Congrats & Way to go on the "Double UP" ! ! ! I've done that but it's been a while. Now that I hunt mostly alone, I'm not interested in recovering & cleaning 2 at a time.
I really like that BLOOD TRAIL. I've seen BTs similar and 1 of them Ray Charles could have followed by feel. I shot it low in the ribs with a 12 GAUGE SLUG.>>lotsablood!!
Thank you very much for considering my Grandson but honestly the "Clete" buck beat him out. <I know Cleat is spelled C L E A T-- but Clete is more personal.
Ok, we're in. There's a lot going on in this picture, not that I think anything would escape the Poobah but for the rest of the folks, a couple points to consider:
1.Clearly dinks. Two of them, for an ultimate feat. Especially the one on the left.
2. We're not children. Any deer is a trophy to a kid. When I was twelve, I dreamt of the glory of bagging a spike for honor and for food. Killing deer puts hair on your ass, as everyone knows. Now in our 30's, our asses are as hairy as these deer but did that stop us? Clearly it did not. There was good Bourbon at stake and that's serious business.
3. We looked at that little bastard on the left for a solid 5 minutes, and at a staggering distance of 114 yards, with Leica 10-42's before we were sure enough to kill it that it was in fact a spike. I argued with my brother who was saying "I think it's a spike, hard to tell if it's antlers or grass behind it's head." "It's clearly a fawn" I replied back. "Gimme them binos. Damn, those look like spikes. But it might be grass."
4. Trophy pics. Everyone knows trophy pics like this makes the deer look twice as big as it actually is. Let that sink in. We posed like heroes because that's what we are, but at the price of our dinks looking like run-of-the-mill dinks instead of the paltry dinks that they truly are.
5. These are Coues whitetail. They are a miniature deer. Their ears probably measure 5 inches. See point #4.
6. Notice the mutton chops. That guy can drink whiskey without ice or water. Nothing wasted on these winners.
I never thought about it till stonecutter posted the pick of his deers junk. What's the tie breaker on the best dink. My buddy shot an antlered deer a couple years ago with no junk. An antlered doe. So, does a doe dink, trump a dink with junk? Joe.
You make some very valid and hitherto un-considered points. Perhaps we should discuss them over a couple shots of Blantons.....hint.
I never thought about it till stonecutter posted the pick of his deers junk. What's the tie breaker on the best dink. My buddy shot an antlered deer a couple years ago with no junk. An antlered doe. So, does a doe dink, trump a dink with junk? Joe.
You make some very valid and hitherto un-considered points. Perhaps we should discuss them over a couple shots of Blantons.....hint.
Now the transgender crap has bled over into deer hunting.
I never thought about it till stonecutter posted the pick of his deers junk. What's the tie breaker on the best dink. My buddy shot an antlered deer a couple years ago with no junk. An antlered doe. So, does a doe dink, trump a dink with junk? Joe.
You make some very valid and hitherto un-considered points. Perhaps we should discuss them over a couple shots of Blantons.....hint.
Now the transgender crap has bled over into deer hunting.
I wonder where the doe dink with antlers goes to the bathroom....
I never thought about it till stonecutter posted the pick of his deers junk. What's the tie breaker on the best dink. My buddy shot an antlered deer a couple years ago with no junk. An antlered doe. So, does a doe dink, trump a dink with junk? Joe.
You make some very valid and hitherto un-considered points. Perhaps we should discuss them over a couple shots of Blantons.....hint.
Now the transgender crap has bled over into deer hunting.
I wonder where the doe dink with antlers goes to the bathroom....
Joe, I noticed in your sig line the "Remember Ira Hayes". Have you seen the new special, "The Unknown flag raiser of Iwo Jima" and the questioning of identity of one of the participants?
It seems as though one was misidentified as John Bradley, and now Harold Schultz is being credited as that individual.
Ira Hayes went through a lot before he even got to Iwo. And, a lot after.
I actually stalked this buck in a creek bottom. I shot him @ 25 yds with my Knight Wolverine SS 54 Cal.
All that is true EXCEPT is was in Dec.1998! During MZL season, Does are legal and I thot I was shooting a Doe. That was before I used sabots. It was a Buffalo Bullet - 425 HP, Hollow Base. That is a pic OF a pic from '98. I took the pic to prove it was a buck deer.
I had forgotten about this deer but I have it in my records + the pic.
I know.......WAAAYYY too big. I shot it this morning and thought it was a doe.
At least I found out that my new AR works. It's the first time it's been bloodied. 300 Blackout, factory Barnes 110gr TTSX. He ran about 100 yards.
Right after the sun came up, he walked across the field from left to right and was down wind. He never smelled me. I snaked it through the trees and got him right before he got out of this picture on the right at about 75 yards.
Got a 1.5 year old 5 point that had a lower canine tooth forming. Guess its not all that uncommon. The tooth probably would qualify here but the antlers were too damn big. Haha
Got a 1.5 year old 5 point that had a lower canine tooth forming. Guess its not all that uncommon. The tooth probably would qualify here but the antlers were too damn big. Haha
Cuz shot a better 8, saw a forky a week later. After I popped this one cuz sees the 10pt hop across the creek. 3 sightings, never a shot. So this is is the "dink" from our woods, shot next to last day.
Too big for this contest, but it's all I got. Pathetic yes. But at least my GF calls me MR Pathetic (almost half the time, other times it's other guy's names). They shoot bigger deer I bet.
Cuz shot a better 8, saw a forky a week later. After I popped this one cuz sees the 10pt hop across the creek. 3 sightings, never a shot. So this is is the "dink" from our woods, shot next to last day.
Too big for this contest, but it's all I got. Pathetic yes. But at least my GF calls me MR Pathetic (almost half the time, other times it's other guy's names). They shoot bigger deer I bet.
Losers.
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Its Monday morning and the Judge is a little perturbed...
You guys just aren't taking this seriously!
We might have to start a "Mega-Dink" category for gods sake!
What happened to the good old days when I would enter a six inch spike and be immediately humiliated?
BTW, you can turn that whole 'calling out other guys names' thing by getting good at your "craft"..unlike your deer hunting.
Or you can just return the humiliation to her by calling out your own name.....
I actually stalked this buck in a creek bottom. I shot him @ 25 yds with my Knight Wolverine SS 54 Cal.
All that is true EXCEPT is was in Dec.1998! During MZL season, Does are legal and I thot I was shooting a Doe. That was before I used sabots. It was a Buffalo Bullet - 425 HP, Hollow Base. That is a pic OF a pic from '98. I took the pic to prove it was a buck deer.
I had forgotten about this deer but I have it in my records + the pic.
The #1 RSI has boring wood. I really don't care about the GF..........she's getting kicked to the curb as soon as I find another with big boobs and good hunting ground. Proly ought to start looking a bit more seriously for that.
What happened to the good old days when I would enter a six inch spike and be immediately humiliated?
What happened is that participation in this esteemed competition has risen to the level that dinks are becoming the modern-day buffalo. They are simply being shot out.
If present trends continue, you'll be hard-pressed to shoot a sub-130 buck. A 1" spike will make national news.
In anticipation of this occurrence, I have invested in Blanton's, Rebecca Creek, and Livers-R-Us, sensing this will become a bribing game....
One possibility I see is the poobs being so inundated with entries (bribes) that he occasionally has to walk to the convenience store just to take a break....
Just a shout out..Don't forget you boys in Texas are allowed to bribe with Rebecca Creek!
Just sayin.......
Love,Poobs
My local liquor joint doesn't carry it so I don't know what I'm missing. Knob Creek is my favorite. Where in Texas are going to visit on the 10th? The Chinese will be here that week so I won't be able to personally deliver a bribe.
Our definition of antlerless deer, is a deer with less than 3" antler per side. An antlerless male deer is usually a yearling. This deer was at least 1 & 1/2 years old.
In the end, if checked, I would have no way of proving that he had had less than 3" per side before shedding, so did the ethical thing & used my buck tag.
I value my/our hunting privileges too much, to risk loosing my licence for 12 - 24 months !
Just a shout out..Don't forget you boys in Texas are allowed to bribe with Rebecca Creek!
Just sayin.......
Love,Poobs
My local liquor joint doesn't carry it so I don't know what I'm missing. Knob Creek is my favorite. Where in Texas are going to visit on the 10th? The Chinese will be here that week so I won't be able to personally deliver a bribe.
Im starting in Bandera, then a little farther north to Gatesville, then a little farther north to Kosse. Then North to Montana!
In the end, if checked, I would have no way of proving that he had had less than 3" per side before shedding, so did the ethical thing & used my buck tag.
I value my/our hunting privileges too much, to risk loosing my licence for 12 - 24 months !
Are you required to go to a check station there? I would have told them GFY and taken it to court if I had to. Honest mistake.
In the end, if checked, I would have no way of proving that he had had less than 3" per side <XXX before shedding,XXX> so did the ethical thing & used my buck tag.
I value my/our hunting privileges too much, to risk loosing my licence for 12 - 24 months !
I agree on the hunting privileges....
A Serious ? Do the regulations SAY anything about BEFORE shedding ?
Everywhere things are different.... In Ark my buck was 'antlerless'. No antlers visible, impossible to measure what's NOT there.
In MI if it is antlerless (under 3") you cant tag it with a buck tag (unless archery hunting). The tag has to be punched with number of points on each antler
Hmmmmmm.....so if a shoot a spiker and beat the snot out of the spikes with a sledgehammer, that should be winner right, assuming the obligatory bribes are forwarded?
After I shot the deer I PUT the barrel there to help me LRF. Then it was helpful to prop the head against for the pic.
That barrel had a bunch of holes in the bottom so I tried to seal it with JB WELD. There were still pin holes so I gave up. I actually NEVER read the labeling on the barrel. My Dad used it for something, I don't know what.
Anyway here's another pic from where I shot.
The gate is still open from when I drove there carrying the barrel. That white PVC pipe is a feeder from a PREVIOUS neighbor.
Sadly ,washed out this fall. Hoping to shoot the midget of all nub dinks , turned out to be a doe, and no great amount of time to hunt afterwards. Oh well, there s always next year! Cat
That s the one that started the Ruger #1 .303 Brit craze, the one that I had Leeper build with suggestive input from the Campfire peanut gallery ! it is actually a #3 but pretty much unrecognizable a such, half round, half octagon 27" McGowan tube with the rib milled right in. Kepplinger trigger and NECG express sights as well as QD mounts for the 6X Leupy Love that rifle! Cat
A reminder, the Dinkathon will end and be judged officially on January 9 this year. Earlier than some closures..but The Judge is leaving to go hunting down south on the 10th.
A reminder, the Dinkathon will end and be judged officially on July 9 this year. Earlier than some closures..but The Judge is leaving to go hunting down south on the 10th.
Late for what? Me hunting or the end of the Dinkathon? We usually close the Judging at the end of Jan. but I'm in a hurry....
Frankly I'm disappointed at all the monster bucks that have been entered. Lots of B&C scores almost in double digits this year...with NO accompanying bribes!
I know it is EXCEEDINGLY RARE when the Poobah makes a mistake of any kind, so you guys are welcome to dog pile on and chew my ass. Ive got a big ass..I can take it...
I know it is EXCEEDINGLY RARE when the Poobah makes a mistake of any kind, so you guys are welcome to dog pile on and chew my ass. Ive got a big ass..I can take it...
Not going to pile on you. Just helping out my older "brother."
Hey - W C H, can you help me out? I can't find YOUR pic..you know the one.
WyoCoyoteHunter I have had 2 .300 Rums with Douglas barrels .. The only benefit of having one is to have a longer than normal barrel.. Mine had 28.5 " barrels.. They shot super fast, but not enough in a 26" to merit having one.. I gave my .300 WSM to my name sake.. I still have a couple old .300 WM.. Stick with the WSM, or a WM.. The ULtra is cool if you want a super long range rig with a long barrel... But for elk hunting you have a fine rifle.. Check its drop to 500 yards and hunt your heart out.. I would guess you won't have to fool with turrets, sight in 3" high and you can kill an elk at 500. I haven't shot an elk at long range since I quit working 17 years ago.. Then, elk meat was important.. Now it is a treat.. If I get one fine, if not fine.. Enjoy your hunt..
Best of luck in the hunt.. Our hunts come early, then we have to sit by and watch others have all the fun... Get another freak head, those are cool..
We are enjoying the Az.. sunshine.. Quail and doves are pretty wild, but the weather is warm and sunny.. All too soon we will have to head north to the cold weather and coyotes!!! Have a Merry Christmas, and best of luck on the hunts..
I used to bird, quail, hunt w/pointers and thoroughly enjoyed it. However people/things change. We don't have many quail locally because land owners haven't left sufficient cover/food for them.
I squirrel hunt w/22 rifle or Ruger Mk II Target 6 7/8". After deer season and I unwind I plan to bag some 'squill' as Digital Dan says. Our squirrel season is open 'most' of the year. I don't hunt them any 'atall' in very warm WX. Ticks aren't worth the squill.
the 6mm would work.. But I like a heavier bullet for days of real wind.. The best shot I ever saw on antelope was made with a .300 WM..Most calibers work, some just work better under difficult conditions..
I have killed WT, coyotes, fox, & crows with this Rem M Six, 6mm Rem. Here, we have such a long deer season I don't have to hunt WT in high wind. I have but it's not my fav condition.
When Antelope hunting I understand sometimes you don't have much choice IF you're going to hunt, because of your length of trip.
I also like the 7 RM w/162 HBTSP and
the 300 WM with EITHER 180 HSP or 190 HBTSP. I don't remember if I have any 190s left or not. The last I heard Hornady was discontinuing them.
Of course there is always the JOC, a known performer on a lot of game. I ain't ashamed.
This AM I shot a Dink so hard it knocked 'her' antlers off.
Oh Grand Poobah shall I remind everyone how this damn contest works...shoot dink,shoot it with a worthy caliber,submit proof, and last and most important a suitable bribe shall be rendered forward.
1. Shoot Dink...check yesterday morning
2. Dink was killed with .444 Marlin perfect medicine to bowl over dinks
3.Submit proof(remember proof of sex is required)
4. And most important the bribe
It's over it's 1/10/17 Can I do something Alabama can't....be a back to back champion Remeber I ACTUALLY gave you a bottle in TX
I don't know what to say but thanks to the Judge(we'll settle up in hogville)Thanks to all the big deer that eluded me and thanks to this dink for making me famous! Victory at ineptitude is still victory none the less!
My advise to everyone is try less hard next year Sit in the most sincere treestand or blind and the 'great dinkin" may visit you