a dozen kfalls bucks
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LAST EDITED ON Apr-30-07 AT 09:23PM (MST)[p]No wonder there are no Deer in Oregon!!!! Good Luck
lostinOregon
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My family lived in K-falls in the 60's. I was rivited as a kid listening to story's about the deer migrations and the sheer number of deer. I remember my dads jeep coming into the driveway with bucks tied across the hood. All of the horns were hung on my grandfather's covered backporch. He sold the house and the horns stayed with the house. There were some big deer in the old days, I wish Oregon managed for quality instead of oppurtunity.
Thanks for the photos
Rich
Thanks for the photos
Rich
tylercreek2
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very neat pic, thanks for sharing ,,,,,
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Very nice Bucks and such a cool picture...thanks for posting
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I could look at that photo for a long time, fantasizing about what it would be like to experience such a hunt. What a marvelous era.
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looks like those deer had great genetics, all the small bucks had decent forks and the bigger bucks all are 4X4's plus. great photo!
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is it my computer or did the small buck on the 5th to the left get his head blown of or something?
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sorry 6th from the right
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I actually know a little bit about that photo. It was taken back in the 40's if I am correct. The pic was taken on the Dehlinger Ranch at the headquarters. I grew up on that mountain my whole life and back in the late 80's there were still tons of deer in that country. Then the winter of 92 and 93 winter kill did off the herds add in the cougars over that next 15 years and that is why the herd counts are down. However Klamath still has some pigs running around it. But alot of them are on Private land. There are several photo's like that the best on I have ever seen is the one with Mr. Horton and his 275+ Non-typical with several other huge bucks. That buck was killed back in the 30's and I have held the rack it is freaking increidble. They do not want to enter it into the books and do not show it around a whole lot.
People do not realize that Klamath County used to be one of the biggest buck producing areas in Oregon. The genetics are there just a matter of getting the cats under control.
People do not realize that Klamath County used to be one of the biggest buck producing areas in Oregon. The genetics are there just a matter of getting the cats under control.
The largest "live" Muley I ever seen was just north of K Falls back on Nov.2, 1972 about 6am. Saw him up ahead in my headlights walking across the Hwy 97, as I slowed down all I can remember was tall tines and probably around 30-32". My wife was with me and she told me "why don't you shoot him" and then we can go back home and not have to drive to BC, Canada for Moose. LOL now.
Never seen another one like him since and that is 35 yearsa go.
Brian
Never seen another one like him since and that is 35 yearsa go.
Brian
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LAST EDITED ON Jul-25-07 AT 10:15PM (MST)[p]Yeah Kilo
The thing about Klamath County is the jackpine Thickets or lodgepole thickets. They are so thick you cannot see into them and cannot do a dang thing about it at all. then they migrate either to Northern California near the Devils Garden or the Lava Beds or they go to the Fort Rock wintering area. My grandfather, Father and myself used to be railroaders so we saw some deer out the train that were stupid big. I can truly say I have seen over 40 or 50 200"+ deer in Oregon since I was 6 and that was 28 years ago. I used to ride the train with my grandfather and from the lavabeds at Tulelake to Tionesta there used to bucks that a person could only dream about seeing. If I only knew then what I know now I would have always had a camera with me.
Prior to the past few years the third largest buck ever killed with a bow was out of Klamath County. It was 257 plus. So the genes are there and it was killed in 1992. Someday we will get some big bucks back OHHHHHH yeah by the way let the Hound Chasing begin in Oregon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dave
The thing about Klamath County is the jackpine Thickets or lodgepole thickets. They are so thick you cannot see into them and cannot do a dang thing about it at all. then they migrate either to Northern California near the Devils Garden or the Lava Beds or they go to the Fort Rock wintering area. My grandfather, Father and myself used to be railroaders so we saw some deer out the train that were stupid big. I can truly say I have seen over 40 or 50 200"+ deer in Oregon since I was 6 and that was 28 years ago. I used to ride the train with my grandfather and from the lavabeds at Tulelake to Tionesta there used to bucks that a person could only dream about seeing. If I only knew then what I know now I would have always had a camera with me.
Prior to the past few years the third largest buck ever killed with a bow was out of Klamath County. It was 257 plus. So the genes are there and it was killed in 1992. Someday we will get some big bucks back OHHHHHH yeah by the way let the Hound Chasing begin in Oregon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dave
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LAST EDITED ON Jul-26-07 AT 06:39PM (MST)[p]Neat old picture. Isn't there an Indian Reservation near there that still holds some awesome bucks? I keep hearing stories about it.
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I also remember seeing the old rock blinds up in the Devils' Garden area that were put up for hunters during the deer migration. Hard to imagine these days. Old timers say that a doe hunt one year wiped out a lot of deer too.
Eel
I also remember seeing the old rock blinds up in the Devils' Garden area that were put up for hunters during the deer migration. Hard to imagine these days. Old timers say that a doe hunt one year wiped out a lot of deer too.
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Hey guys,
That is a great picture baltz! Have you ever seen any of the pics that were taken that same time period outside of the creamery in k falls? I wish that I could find them somewhere, but would probably have to go to the museum there to find one. Imagine that pic, ten fold or better. There are pics with 150-200 bucks hanging ouside of the creamery in those days. Growing up in k falls, I saw a lot of big bucks running in the alfalfa fields around my dad and grandfather's places, but I can only imagine what it was like in the hay days. Thanks for posting.
Dan McNary
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That is a great picture baltz! Have you ever seen any of the pics that were taken that same time period outside of the creamery in k falls? I wish that I could find them somewhere, but would probably have to go to the museum there to find one. Imagine that pic, ten fold or better. There are pics with 150-200 bucks hanging ouside of the creamery in those days. Growing up in k falls, I saw a lot of big bucks running in the alfalfa fields around my dad and grandfather's places, but I can only imagine what it was like in the hay days. Thanks for posting.
Dan McNary
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