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 Got it back from the taxidermist.
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06/14/19 09:55 PM
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![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2019/06/full-1562-190601-226df7b2_1798_4828_a85b_5a60953a205c.jpeg) Made a post about mounting this buck awhile back. Dropped it off at the taxidermist 6 weeks ago and picked it up today. 9 years in the making. Sorry for the crappy pics I’m moving out of my house and this is the best pose I could get.
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
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06/14/19 09:57 PM
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For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
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06/14/19 10:02 PM
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This was him right after he hit the ground ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2019/06/full-1562-190603-tilden_deer_2.jpg)
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
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06/14/19 10:34 PM
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An outstanding trophy my friend.
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Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
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06/14/19 10:46 PM
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Good looking deer. Looks to have big body but always hard to tell in pics. What part of world did you get him? Also do you know the gross score? I know everybody doesn't care about score and that's fine but im always curious. Im putting together a comprehensive video about how to field judge/score bucks and im always trying to learn.
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Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
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06/14/19 10:48 PM
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Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
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06/14/19 10:51 PM
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That is a nice buck. Trophy in my book. 
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Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
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06/14/19 10:51 PM
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Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
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06/14/19 10:52 PM
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I believe in science and I’m an insufferable dickhead Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
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06/15/19 01:38 AM
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Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
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06/15/19 02:16 AM
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txtrophy85
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Good looking deer. Looks to have big body but always hard to tell in pics. What part of world did you get him? Also do you know the gross score? I know everybody doesn't care about score and that's fine but im always curious. Im putting together a comprehensive video about how to field judge/score bucks and im always trying to learn. He was an old buck, pre rut 7 1/2 year old. Shot him the first week of November. I guessed he weighed 225-230 lbs on the hoof. Easily the biggest bodied whitetail I have killed. Shot him just north of Fowlerton. Scored him at 141”
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
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06/15/19 03:05 AM
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Nice deer. Big old guy
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Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
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06/15/19 03:34 AM
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Great character on that deer!
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Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
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06/15/19 06:04 AM
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Six weeks at Taxi? Looks like a good mount. Who did you use? Ours took 14 months.
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Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
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06/15/19 12:21 PM
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way to go
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Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
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06/15/19 12:52 PM
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Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
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06/15/19 01:03 PM
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"One cannot be a mediocre squirrel hunter, and at the same time a skillful deer hunter. The two techniques go together." Francis E. Sell
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Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
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06/15/19 01:25 PM
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Six weeks at Taxi? Looks like a good mount. Who did you use? Ours took 14 months. I shot the deer 9 years ago. I had his horns on a plaque, my taxidermist had a large south Texas cape so I took it to him. It doesn’t take long to finish a shoulder mount. Getting the cape back from the tannery is what takes most of the time. Here is another picture of him. I shot him right at last light so by the time I got over to him it was pretty dark, plus 2008 era iPhone equals a grainy pic. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2019/06/full-1562-190695-tilden_deer_2.jpg)
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
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06/15/19 04:22 PM
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Looks good!
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Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
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06/16/19 02:19 AM
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Great buck. Love the hooked brow tine. You are going to enjoy looking at him for a very long time now.
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Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
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06/16/19 03:00 AM
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Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
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06/16/19 11:44 AM
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Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
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06/16/19 12:53 PM
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Beautiful buck. Very well done. Now if you'd just get out of the way of the guys building your house, and let them do their job, he would have a proper place to hang.  
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Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
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06/16/19 04:07 PM
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Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
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06/16/19 04:24 PM
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nice
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