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    Biggest buck of the 2020 Season

    in Taxidermy

    Posted

    9 hours ago, dbHunterNY said:

    awesome buck. i know daylight is the best light but jesus jason your work is clean. good to see 518BowSlayer asking some questions. if any of your skills rub off on another taxidermist it can only be a good thing.

    I'll be adding another very pretty forum member mount to that other thread soon...

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    Unofficially....Live from the woods 2021 turkey hunting thread.

    in Turkey Hunting

    Posted

    12 hours ago, reeltime said:

    recap of this mornings hunt and some history with this bird.   as I said I made a not normal for me mental mistake on this bird back on 5/13 when he bought my fly down and soft yelps hook line and sinker and knowing this bird has been hounded relentlessly since youth season I knew I should of got across the little part of the field to get closer to the outside corner and roll of the hill because my sixth sense told me he is going to come down that edge drop down the hill then come up the finger of the field I was at the end of and when he didn't see a hen there he was NOT going to come in.....had I scurried over and set up I would of had him dead at 25 yards. 

    Monday I heard him and played cat and mouse over 2 miles and I swear he was part road runner because i could not get ahead of him., at 10 am. I unloaded the gun and took off for the vehicle to try and get around him and by the time i got over there he was another 1/2 mile farther on the power line.

    Tuesday i got in super early and when he gobbled he was almost a mile away across the big hollow so off I was and just simply could not get caught up to him.

    Wednesday he was back in our playground but he somehow got around me and out to the hens and then he off to the races again.

    today, walking in at 230 am was like walking out at 6 am,,, man it was bright!  I had a hunch that today the back finger of that field above the river was going to be the spot. it took a long time to walk in there when using the periodic clouds to block out the full moon as I knew I was going to be in with the hens.  Finally got settled up against a double trunk apple tree on the outside corner.

    It was pretty light when I heard the first gobble WAAAYYY behind me and i knew immediately it was not road runner, 5 minutes latter a gobbble WAAAAAAAY out front and across a 80 foot deep ravine with a big creek at the bottom.  As much as I didn't want to do it as I had hens right above me in a oak tree 10 yards away I knew i had to let him know there was a hen there waiting on him.  so I hammered a flydown cackle into some short hard cutts.

    man did the trees light up around me with one hen being extremely harsh with her response. He gobbled again from the same spot and as the hens all calmed down some when he gobbled a few minutes later I could barely hear him but knew he was on the ground and on my side of the creek.

    he gobbled 3 more times the last just before entering the field directly across from me, the one really sassy hen was coming down the edge looking for that first hen to talk and she was going through the entire hen vocabulary from putts to kee kee's, purrs....and she was getting close now at less that 5 yards.  

    He had worked across the field half way and was now at 25 yards but in full strut with nothing but air between us and he finally broke strut as the hen is now 5 feet from my right knee, my thumb was already on the safety so when he broke strut I eased the safety off settled the crosshairs on his eye and it was over.  

    he was a lightweight at 16 lbs, sported a paintbrush 10.5" beard and 1 3/16 needle sharp spurs,,,,,and 6 copper plated #5 shot in his left thigh and lower left breast muscle. 

    I put a jr. hunter and his dad on a pair of 2 year olds yesterday morning and.........well lets just say the JR hunter learned there is way more area around a turkeys head than on a turkeys head as he promptly missed him with a scoped 20 gauge at a whopping 7 yards... I told them how to walk in there, what tree to set up on, where the birds were going to come from......I just failed to tell him to let the bird walk out 20 yards into the field before trying to shoot him LOL. at least it was an absolute clean miss.

    I put those birds to bed tonight and tomorrow morning its Jason's turn at trying one of them, while he is trying those birds I am scouting for a back up for him or intell for next year.

    Always love your stories. Congrats on tagging out in another state too. You truely are the man when it comes to killing gobblers!

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    Biggest buck of the 2020 Season

    in Taxidermy

    Posted

    17 minutes ago, phade said:

    I bet Joe Coombs forms will end up being your favorite when the season is over! Ha.

    I do want to do another Revolution form at some point. The curious alert I have is a really nice pose.

    I went the Revolution route for my own buck from this past season. The form was $90 for the wall pedestal and an additional $60 to ship a single form which is absolutely ridiculous!!!

    Steuben County

    in Deer Hunting

    Posted · Edited by WNY Bowhunter

    Nothing really. As stated earlier, we are the number one county in the state in terms of numbers of bucks entered into the state records books and overall deer/buck take annually (also a very large county). We just have enough cover and crops that allows some of our bucks to make it to maturity and record book size.  Honestly, other counties here in Region 8 (especially north of Steuben) has much more fertile ground, the deer have much better food quality and potential to produce bigger bucks on average than my area of the county does.

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    Biggest buck of the 2020 Season

    in Taxidermy

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    7 minutes ago, 518BowSlayer said:

    What forms do you use? Fantastic work as always!

    Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk
     

    Forms from Ohio Taxidermy Supply are my go to and what I use for the majority of my mounts. I also like Matuska forms as well.

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    Biggest buck of the 2020 Season

    in Taxidermy

    Posted

    11 minutes ago, johnplav said:

    I can't imagine seeing that beast in the woods... or even on trail cam!  Awesome deer.

    He was one of 8 bucks chasing a hot doe back on November 6th. I guess 2-3 of the others in the mix were shooters too.  My friend's dad drilled him as he passed direcly underneath his stand. 

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    Biggest buck of the 2020 Season

    in Taxidermy

    Posted

    11 hours ago, Biz-R-OWorld said:

    Awesome buck. Nets are for fish! That drop tine is sweet. Wonder if there was an injury to opposite side of the non typical side?


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    His left side shed from the previous year was a big 4pt side. Idk about the right?

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    Forum Member Mounts - 2020

    in Taxidermy

    Posted

    23 hours ago, grampy said:

    With each one completed, I am in awe of the buck itself.

    And also the quality of workmanship, and artistry of the mount.

    Great job on the part of the hunter killing the buck. And the taxidermist that brings him back to life!

    Maybe, I'll be doing one of yours this coming season!!!

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