Forums45
Topics439,776
Posts6,380,470
Members65,919
|
Most Online16,728 Mar 25th, 2012
|
|
|
Got it back from the taxidermist.
#7534897
06/14/19 09:55 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 25,315
txtrophy85
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 25,315 |
![[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.
|
|
|
Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
[Re: txtrophy85]
#7534898
06/14/19 09:57 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 25,315
txtrophy85
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 25,315 |
|
|
|
Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
[Re: txtrophy85]
#7534899
06/14/19 10:02 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 25,315
txtrophy85
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 25,315 |
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)
|
|
|
Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
[Re: txtrophy85]
#7534917
06/14/19 10:34 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 765
Flashprism
Tracker
|
Tracker
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 765 |
An outstanding trophy my friend.
|
|
|
Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
[Re: Flashprism]
#7534921
06/14/19 10:46 PM
|
Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 359
freerange
Bird Dog
|
Bird Dog
Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 359 |
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.
Keep your gratitude higher than your expectations. RWH
|
|
|
Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
[Re: txtrophy85]
#7534923
06/14/19 10:48 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 444
RANGERRONG
Bird Dog
|
Bird Dog
Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 444 |
|
|
|
Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
[Re: txtrophy85]
#7534927
06/14/19 10:51 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 1,708
NMGW
Pro Tracker
|
Pro Tracker
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 1,708 |
That is a nice buck. Trophy in my book. 
New Mexico: Not Really New, Not Really Mexico
|
|
|
Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
[Re: txtrophy85]
#7534928
06/14/19 10:51 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 10,776
dlrz71
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 10,776 |
|
|
|
Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
[Re: txtrophy85]
#7534929
06/14/19 10:52 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 47,568
SnakeWrangler
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 47,568 |
"You're statistically more likely to be killed by Hillary Clinton than an NRA member. - PolitiDiva "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
|
|
|
Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
[Re: txtrophy85]
#7535039
06/15/19 01:38 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 695
Drahthaar
Tracker
|
Tracker
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 695 |
|
|
|
Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
[Re: freerange]
#7535069
06/15/19 02:16 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 25,315
txtrophy85
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 25,315 |
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”
|
|
|
Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
[Re: txtrophy85]
#7535118
06/15/19 03:05 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 7,757
Simple Searcher
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 7,757 |
Nice deer.  Big old guy
![[Linked Image]](https://live.staticflickr.com/4515/38923995381_54bd999bc7_t.jpg) "Man is still a hunter, still a simple searcher after meat..." Robert C. Ruark
|
|
|
Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
[Re: txtrophy85]
#7535140
06/15/19 03:34 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 18,364
TXHOGSLAYER
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 18,364 |
Great character on that deer! 
|
|
|
Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
[Re: txtrophy85]
#7535200
06/15/19 06:04 AM
|
Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 62
Denton44
Outdoorsman
|
Outdoorsman
Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 62 |
Six weeks at Taxi? Looks like a good mount. Who did you use? Ours took 14 months.
|
|
|
Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
[Re: txtrophy85]
#7535228
06/15/19 12:21 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 4,412
Mr. T.
Extreme Tracker
|
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 4,412 |
 way to go
|
|
|
Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
[Re: txtrophy85]
#7535244
06/15/19 12:52 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 15,630
Texas Dan
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 15,630 |
Dan,
Spring, Texas
|
|
|
Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
[Re: txtrophy85]
#7535257
06/15/19 01:03 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 5,180
Palehorse
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 5,180 |
"One cannot be a mediocre squirrel hunter, and at the same time a skillful deer hunter. The two techniques go together." Francis E. Sell
|
|
|
Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
[Re: Denton44]
#7535270
06/15/19 01:25 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 25,315
txtrophy85
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 25,315 |
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.
|
|
|
Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
[Re: txtrophy85]
#7535378
06/15/19 04:22 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 26,274
Nogalus Prairie
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 26,274 |
Looks good! 
I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
|
|
|
Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
[Re: txtrophy85]
#7535640
06/16/19 02:19 AM
|
Joined: Nov 2016
Posts: 119
jbseamus83
Woodsman
|
Woodsman
Joined: Nov 2016
Posts: 119 |
Great buck. Love the hooked brow tine. You are going to enjoy looking at him for a very long time now.
|
|
|
Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
[Re: txtrophy85]
#7535660
06/16/19 03:00 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 16,511
Txduckman
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 16,511 |
|
|
|
Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
[Re: Txduckman]
#7535706
06/16/19 11:44 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 4,837
snake oil
Extreme Tracker
|
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 4,837 |
|
|
|
Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
[Re: txtrophy85]
#7535718
06/16/19 12:53 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 13,769
Creekrunner
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 13,769 |
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. 
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
|
|
|
Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
[Re: txtrophy85]
#7535819
06/16/19 04:07 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 3,768
texfork
Extreme Tracker
|
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 3,768 |
Prayer is the "ultimate" wireless connection .
|
|
|
Re: Got it back from the taxidermist.
[Re: txtrophy85]
#7535828
06/16/19 04:24 PM
|
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 19,958
dkershen
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 19,958 |
nice 
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.www.NewHopeEquine.com - Health and Healing through Horses.
|
|
|
|