Massive old bruiser...

[WNY Bowhunter]

Here's a cool old hometown buck that I got in to mount. A buddy killed him sunday morning. I definately feel this ancient old guy was on the downhill slide of antler growth. 

[Marion]

Wowza!

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[Bionic]

I cannot even fathom the thought of seeing a deer like that.

[UpStateRedNeck]

34 minutes ago, Bionic said:

I cannot even fathom the thought of seeing a deer like that.

Hi I'm looking for Ray Finkle.......  And a clean pair of shorts.

[dbHunterNY]

heavy antlers. crazy for a buck to be that old. just doesn't happen around here unless you're deep up into the adirondacks. palmation is cool. i don't see that often even with really heaviest antlered bucks around here.

[LET EM GROW]

It has to be an 8P kind of thing! lol 

[CapDistPatriot]

That rack makes me feel inadequate...

[johnplav]

This guy popped up at the bottom of the site... finished pic of him?  @WNY Bowhunter

Edited July 10, 2019 by johnplav

[WNY Bowhunter]

14 minutes ago, johnplav said:

This guy popped up at the bottom of the site... finished pic of him?  @WNY Bowhunter

Age from lab testing cam back at 7.5

[johnplav]

Awesome buck (and mount)   Thanks!

[ATbuckhunter]

Looks great! Definitely cant dispute the age when it comes from a lab

[NYBowhunter]

You did that buck justice,  great job and a helluva buck!!!

[WNY Bowhunter]

4 minutes ago, old man river said:

I wonder how many hunters had their eyes on him 3-4 years ago.

Another friend of mine found his previous years sheds back in March several miles from where he was killed...

[NYBowhunter]

Just now, WNY Bowhunter said:

Another friend of mine found his previous years sheds back in March several miles from where he was killed...

Im assuming being you mentioned he was on a decline that those previous year sheds were bigger then those he was wearing when he got shot?

[grampy]

What an old warrior buck!!!  No doubt that he out played more than a few hunters during his lifetime.

As always you did an absolutely beautiful job with the mount. Really awesome work!

[WNY Bowhunter]

5 minutes ago, NYBowhunter said:

Im assuming being you mentioned he was on a decline that those previous year sheds were bigger then those he was wearing when he got shot?

The sheds were chewed on a little but they grossed right around 150 as a mainframe 4×4. The beams and G3s were alot nicer on the sheds. He grossed like 153 nontyp...when killed.

[Five Seasons]

rutted so hard he lost his neck 

[helmut in the bush]

Cool rack

[moog5050]

That mass is just flat out awesome!

[WNY Bowhunter]

Here's another 7.5 yr old hometown bruiser that I mounted this past season. He added about 10" or so from 2017...

[moog5050]

Yep - steuben co sucks for buck hunting. 

Edited July 10, 2019 by moog5050

[BizCT]

Sweet G2's and sticker. I love big G2's.

[WNY Bowhunter]

3 minutes ago, moog5050 said:

Yep - steuben co sucks for hunting. 

Believe me...our age structure out here is on par with the rest of rural NYS. It's not all widespread QDM with big bucks everywhere. The local processors look like little buck nurseries during gun season. We just have enough cover to allow a few bucks to make it to maturity.

[LET EM GROW]

19 minutes ago, moog5050 said:

Yep - steuben co sucks for buck hunting. 

You only hear about the few good ones, not the thousands of dinks slammed in between lol  

[WNY Bowhunter]

4 minutes ago, LET EM GROW said:

You only hear about the few good ones, not the thousands of dinks slammed in between lol  

I know plenty of people who think that little basket yearling 8pts are scrubby old deer going downhill...lol