WNY Bowhunter

Just put the finishing touches on this 168" Steuben County bruiser. Congrats to my buddy on his NYS bowkill of a lifetime!!!

He ranked right up there for the season.

Gotta love some ignorant private land two year olds...lol. Bearded lady. Two in the second pic. Failed attempt at a turkey dinner.

It's safe to say that I'll probably never get in another deer to mount quite like this one. What a weirdo

Yearly total counting six more from this afternoon...

Two more whoppers...

Great looking deer and mount!!!

Right now it's not about breeding at all but establishing the spring pecking order...

There's a flock of around 80 out right now at my #1 spot. Didn't really have time to stop and look at them through binos but there's 8-10 longbeards strutting. My buddy is down at the barn and says they're gobbling too. I know several will stick around for may. I'm pumped now!!!

Just look at the thing. Maybe that's why Brad passed it up? Believe it or not, it's probably the most talked about deer in the shop this season.

That was your gun buck. David's had it's own issues...

The box also contained the ears for the freak on the left. I don't think that I would have even eaten that deer...lol.

Idk, but I wish he would start getting all of taxidermy supply boxes off of my doorstep. Speaking of that, FedEx just dropped of a box from Ohio Taxi Supply with a couple of SemiUp RT mannikins in it. Wonder who those belong to...lol?

He a little lopsided. It would have been really awesome if his bigger side was matched up.

Sometimes...

Got a call today from my taxidermist saying that my bow buck was ready...!!! Hope he gets his act together and hurrys up on my gun buck or I may take my business elsewhere next season...

There is SO much more to mounting a deer or bear than people realize. You certainly don't just glue a hide to a foam manniken and give it back. There's a whole bunch of steps necessary to just get a cape and form ready to be mounted! Until one step is completed you can't move on to the next. In fact, it's such a huge commitment to get your customer's prized trophy back in a reason time frame that I'm thinking about cutting back the number of heads that I take in next season to a very select few. The truth of the matter is that there's much easier ways to make money then taxidermy.

Came up empty during this afternoons short walk, but scooped up #7, a nice roadside shed on the way home.

Tiny but fresh...

What an awesome buck, one of my favorite that I've mounted. Pics really don't do him justice!

Two more 2.5 year old sheds today, same spot as the last ones...

Got out for an hour yesterday afternoon thinking this cold spell may have stressed the deer enough to start dropping, scored three 4pt sides...

I probably should have taking a before pic!

Today's project drying by the woodstove...

Fixed his tines the other day, still have to do a little color blending...