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#1011370 - 11/03/09 01:37 PM
Last Year's big one back from taxidermist....
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Light Foot
Registered: 10/30/06
Posts: 19
Loc: New Braunfels, Texas
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Got this back home yesterday and I could not be happier. Taken in Dec of 2008 on low fenced property. 23" inside spead, 13 total points, 175 + or -. 
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#1011378 - 11/03/09 01:39 PM
Re: Last Year's big one back from taxidermist....
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Woodsman
Registered: 06/11/09
Posts: 138
Loc: Maypearl, TX
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congrats
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#1011393 - 11/03/09 01:44 PM
Re: Last Year's big one back from taxidermist....
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Pro Tracker
Registered: 01/27/06
Posts: 1546
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Nice buck and nice job by the taxidermist.
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#1011397 - 11/03/09 01:45 PM
Re: Last Year's big one back from taxidermist....
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THF Trophy Hunter
Registered: 05/04/08
Posts: 7469
Loc: houston tx
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nice buck, the mount looks great.
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#1011400 - 11/03/09 01:46 PM
Re: Last Year's big one back from taxidermist....
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THF Trophy Hunter
Registered: 11/20/06
Posts: 7919
Loc: Canton, TX
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congrats man, thats a great buck and mount
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#1011403 - 11/03/09 01:48 PM
Re: Last Year's big one back from taxidermist....
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Bird Dog
Registered: 08/12/09
Posts: 339
Loc: Burleson Tx.
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Great deer!!! Heck of a job by the taxi also! Did the taxi measure him for you?
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#1011412 - 11/03/09 01:50 PM
Re: Last Year's big one back from taxidermist....
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Veteran Tracker
Registered: 08/11/06
Posts: 2468
Loc: Pottsboro Tx.
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That is a great looking mount!
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#1011500 - 11/03/09 02:29 PM
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 11/03/09
Posts: 78
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That's an awesome buck right there.
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#1011508 - 11/03/09 02:31 PM
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Pro Tracker
Registered: 09/10/08
Posts: 1115
Loc: Mt. Vernon, Texas
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Thats a brute, what county?
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#1011555 - 11/03/09 02:47 PM
Re: Last Year's big one back from taxidermist....
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Light Foot
Registered: 10/30/06
Posts: 19
Loc: New Braunfels, Texas
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Thanks for all the nice comments!
We hunt in the McMullen county area.
I have taken several deer from the place
but nothing ever scoring over 135.
Something about last year... I saw, but
never had a clean shot at several bucks
I would guess at about 150. Then I encountered
this one and I could tell he was really wide.
I had no idea what I had really shot until we
located him. Needless to say, I needed a moment.
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#1011677 - 11/03/09 03:29 PM
Re: Last Year's big one back from taxidermist....
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THF Celebrity
Registered: 02/06/07
Posts: 10808
Loc: M.I.A.
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WOW......GREAT BUCK!
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#1011766 - 11/03/09 04:03 PM
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Bird Dog
Registered: 08/12/09
Posts: 339
Loc: Burleson Tx.
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PLEASE dont think i am taking a single thing away from you because i would give my left arm (and i am left handed) to even SEE much less harvest that animal. Hell of a deer! However, maybe that picture doesnt do him justice but i am having trouble finding 175 inches. This is also coming from a guy that has by wife beleiving that 4 inches is really 8. Like i said, That deer is amazing and i am NOT calling you out by anymeans!!  GREAT JOB!!!!
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#1011780 - 11/03/09 04:08 PM
Re: Last Year's big one back from taxidermist....
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Light Foot
Registered: 04/28/09
Posts: 26
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That is a bad arse buck. Congrats. Lots of character. I really like the dark horns. He's a beast.
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#1011783 - 11/03/09 04:08 PM
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Extreme Tracker
Registered: 08/12/05
Posts: 4798
Loc: San Antonio
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with all that trash on him i have no doubt that the deer could score 175 inches.
hell of a buck! my buddy has 4300 acres in mcmullen county and they shoot some whoppers every year.
who did the taxidermy work? comal taxidermy?
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#1012496 - 11/03/09 08:17 PM
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Light Foot
Registered: 10/30/06
Posts: 19
Loc: New Braunfels, Texas
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Well, I went ahead and did a "measurement" rather than an "estimate" and I came up with 171 3/8. So I did overshoot by a little, but I stated + or -. I really try not to get too hung up on the score.... All I know is that I probably won't ever get one bigger than this guy. This is my deer of my lifetime.
It was mounted by a guy in Pleasanton who does deer as a hobby. He doesn't advertise and you sorta have to know him to get the work done. He is dirt cheap though at $185.00.
Comal Taxidermy does beautiful work here in New Braunfels.
I just can't afford the big guy's prices.
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#1012880 - 11/03/09 09:48 PM
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Tracker
Registered: 12/20/06
Posts: 543
Loc: College Station/ Ozona
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awesome deer
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#1012912 - 11/03/09 09:55 PM
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Green Horn
Registered: 10/26/09
Posts: 9
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175 no doubt... Great buck!
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#1012913 - 11/03/09 09:56 PM
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Bird Dog
Registered: 10/29/09
Posts: 448
Loc: NTX
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Now there is an awesome buck - certainly a buck of a lifetime! I am not that good at math, but he is certainly a record in my book.
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#1012972 - 11/03/09 10:19 PM
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Bird Dog
Registered: 09/07/09
Posts: 331
Loc: McKinney, TX
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Deer of a lifetime. I hope one day just to see one like that!
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#1013013 - 11/03/09 10:43 PM
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Veteran Tracker
Registered: 11/08/06
Posts: 2663
Loc: Stephens County
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who cares what he scores, he is a giant
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wow, what a buck!
Nice buck. How many sacks of sausage did he make? 
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