Otto 2018 Whitetail Classic Entry

[WNYBuckHunter]

Good Luck!

[Otto]

Otto Bow entry

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[moog5050]

So cool Otto to see you have success first season with a bow.  Well done. 

[Otto]

I took my deer in to get a euro mount. The taxidermist saw it and said "That's an old deer".
He showed me how to age it by measuring the 4th tooth on the lower jaw with a metric ruler. Both sides were 4mm, according to his chart the deer aged at 5.5 years old.

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[Otto]

Update on the age of the deer.  The taxidermist said he gave the jaw to the DEC and the biologist aged it a 3.5 years, not 5.5.  The euro mount came out nice, I’ll post a pic soon.  

[Otto]

Deer 2
150 pounds dressed weight
18" inside spread
8 points
Savage 220, 20 Ga., Remington Accutips

This was my first outing with gun, for various reasons, including laziness. Seeing some great bucks taken recently inspired me (esp. TF) plus a Thursday morning sighting of this buck motivated me to at least get my butt in a stand. I was not even ready yet, had just clipped my harness onto the tree, had not loaded the gun or even wiped the snow off the tree stand seat. I turned around and noticed a deer about 150 yards away but could not see any antlers. I had to dig out my binoculars and when I had them could clearly see it was the buck I had seen the day before. I loaded my gun (Savage 220) as quietly as possible. I used a bleat can and got his attention. But he was not coming closer. I dug the grunt tube out of the bottom of my backpack, gave it one blow and that was all it took. He walked to me and I shot him at 65 yards. He took off and went behind some trees and brush. I gave him 20 minutes and found him 50 yards from where I shot him. I've never had such a short time in the treestand! Very thankful and happy for a great season. Hoping to take one with a muzzleloader too, plus I've got a DMP to use too.




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[Otto]

Here is the finished product of my first shoulder mount.


Decided to move all my euros to same wall. Will be renovating this room over the winter into an Adirondack style office.



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