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I've held the rack the hatted man is behind. Probably the biggest framed buck i've ever held. At the time, i figured it about 37-38", super massive and lots of points. Truely though, i'm not sure that it's even the best buck in the group!!
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LAST EDITED ON Feb-22-11 AT 12:44PM (MST)[p]The 50s and 60s were amazing mule deer decades! I am guessing most, if not all those bucks were taken with open-sighted rifles.
Curious, Joey, if you would share where the photo was taken.
I was a kid in that era, and mule deer definitely rocked!
Curious, Joey, if you would share where the photo was taken.
I was a kid in that era, and mule deer definitely rocked!
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Funny how i came across this picture, i'll try to make it short.
Back in the early eighty's at a sport and boat show in frisco, i saw a burlap covered rack in the back of one of the booths. The occupant gladly let me hold and inspect the rack. My Mom, who i took to the show, and later to dinner as a B-day present, took a pic of me holding that most awesome rack.
Within a few months my hunting partner turned up with a expanded 9X12" copy of this same pic setting with the same bucks but with the one buck in particular, in a better position to appreciate it's rack. I immediately recognized the big buck as the one i had held at the sports show and after closely comparing both my pic and my pards incredible pic, to my satisfaction, they were indeed the same buck.
At the time we knew the hunter in the Hat to be Harry Rowell of the Rowell Ranch between Dublin and Castro Valley, Ca. Some my know of him as the founder of the Rowell Ranch Rodeo. Back then, we were told Colo but was vague. Stumbling across this on a old Friends website this morning, he stated, thought, it was taken in Nev. No doubt, it was taken before my time.
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Back in the early eighty's at a sport and boat show in frisco, i saw a burlap covered rack in the back of one of the booths. The occupant gladly let me hold and inspect the rack. My Mom, who i took to the show, and later to dinner as a B-day present, took a pic of me holding that most awesome rack.
Within a few months my hunting partner turned up with a expanded 9X12" copy of this same pic setting with the same bucks but with the one buck in particular, in a better position to appreciate it's rack. I immediately recognized the big buck as the one i had held at the sports show and after closely comparing both my pic and my pards incredible pic, to my satisfaction, they were indeed the same buck.
At the time we knew the hunter in the Hat to be Harry Rowell of the Rowell Ranch between Dublin and Castro Valley, Ca. Some my know of him as the founder of the Rowell Ranch Rodeo. Back then, we were told Colo but was vague. Stumbling across this on a old Friends website this morning, he stated, thought, it was taken in Nev. No doubt, it was taken before my time.
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Kilo, i don't think that we have the same guy. Though i never met the man, both my Grandfathers knew him well and numerous Uncles and other "family" competed for many years on his stock and in his Rodeo's. It's told here that he passed in 1969. Thanks though! 
http://www.theharryrowellfamily.org/what_happened_to_the_legacy.htm
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http://www.theharryrowellfamily.org/what_happened_to_the_legacy.htm
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The Guy on the right looks tiny! OR the guy in the hat is a giant.
I think that pic has been here before & also is in the back of a Muley Crazy magazine from a few years back. Something like they were taken in the 30's or 40's north of Elko if I remember right. The picture is in front of an old meat locker (so it said). The line below the picture said "Looks like Harry had himself one hell of a hunt".
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ASB, Thanks! That adds up!
As i mentioned before there are other pic's documenting the hunters bringing in these great bucks. Seems to me, the 9x12 picture that i picked out the big buck as the same as the one i found buried under burlap in the back of a booth at a sports show some 40-50 yrs after it was killed, showed even more bucks, like 6-8 total, and if i remember correctly, more hunters.
The good news is i found the pic my Mom took of me that day holding up that rack. I'll post it up when i can get it scanned and sent to me, my scanner don't work. The bad news is some may question if they are the same deer. The pic i posted above just does not show all of this monster as he truly is. The pic i will soon post will be "exaggerated" a bit because i am holding my arms out some but you guys will know it for what it is, a freaking Monster!
...and again, it might not even be the best buck of the bunch!
Joey
As i mentioned before there are other pic's documenting the hunters bringing in these great bucks. Seems to me, the 9x12 picture that i picked out the big buck as the same as the one i found buried under burlap in the back of a booth at a sports show some 40-50 yrs after it was killed, showed even more bucks, like 6-8 total, and if i remember correctly, more hunters.
The good news is i found the pic my Mom took of me that day holding up that rack. I'll post it up when i can get it scanned and sent to me, my scanner don't work. The bad news is some may question if they are the same deer. The pic i posted above just does not show all of this monster as he truly is. The pic i will soon post will be "exaggerated" a bit because i am holding my arms out some but you guys will know it for what it is, a freaking Monster!
...and again, it might not even be the best buck of the bunch!
Joey
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I was just thinking that too. They look like they are happy running around there with thier stubby little legs, taking it all in like they are ready to go for a walk
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The forearms are cut off. You 2 knuckleheads! Probably to stack them for more room in the truck.
Had to look it up. It's in a Aug 03 Muley Crazy magazine. Photo takes up both pages. Says it's from Jackson, NV in 1943. Hunter is Henry Rowell that came from England & was a prizefighter in the Royal Navy. Little guy is Johhny Kiler an employee at the Horsemeat Plant for the Army, where the pic was taken at the dock. Caption says Rowell still has his rodeo every year too. Spelling may be wrong(copied from caption)but it says this was re-written from faint handwriting on back of photo.
Take it for what it's worth......I just wish all the magazines, as well as this website, dedicated a page or two every now & then to these old photo's. They are awful nice to see.
Take it for what it's worth......I just wish all the magazines, as well as this website, dedicated a page or two every now & then to these old photo's. They are awful nice to see.
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LAST EDITED ON Feb-22-11 AT 08:33PM (MST)[p]http://www.monstermuleys.info/photos/user_photos/1169harry_rowell_buck.jpg
Though it may not appear as the same buck, it is. I notice that the right eyeguard doesn't look the same in both pics but the other photo that i've seen of the same group, identifies these bucks beyond doubt as one and the same.
As said above, i've held a few and this is the largest framed buck that i've ever held!!
Note, I'm single, 27 years old here in 1981, and about 275 lbs. Had me some great times back in the "Old Days"
Edit, ASB, Thank You for your contributions to the story!
Joey
Though it may not appear as the same buck, it is. I notice that the right eyeguard doesn't look the same in both pics but the other photo that i've seen of the same group, identifies these bucks beyond doubt as one and the same.
As said above, i've held a few and this is the largest framed buck that i've ever held!!
Note, I'm single, 27 years old here in 1981, and about 275 lbs. Had me some great times back in the "Old Days"
Edit, ASB, Thank You for your contributions to the story!
Joey
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It dosen't change the fact that the rigomortis has set in to the point that they wierdly have all four standing on thier stumpy little legs lol. Kinda funny looking how they apear to be standing on thier own rear'n and ready to trot.
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They're frozen...........They were pulled out of the meat locker for the photo.
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The mans name was Harry Rowell, he had the Rowell ranch in Dublin Ca. The other guy was called Johnny Horsekiller, he worked for Harry. The deer are from Elko Nevada. It's all in a book about Harry. Its title is "Heres a Go!" It details his life, Rodeo and Ranch business. He owned and operated a slaughter house, or rendering plant in the San Francisco bay area. that is where Johnny Horsekiller got the cool name. I know at least one of the deer heads is in the possession of a guy in Southern Idaho, I think he told me he worked on the ranch for years. He told me it was a gift from the ranch, when he left there. Or something to that effect. I also met a guy who claimed his father killed that big buck, ( he had photos of his dad and the buck) and he had tried unsuccessfully to get it back from the fellow in Idaho. But the guy in Idaho said he wasn't going to consider giving it back or selling it, to him.
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ELKTAPER, Thanks for your input! A lot of the info of Harry Rowell can be found in the link that i posted up in post #8. I went through it and found the link very interesting with some of my relatives being mentioned and one guy, Billy Ward, being a close friend, him and i talked daily, until the very day, within a hour or so, of his passing.
As far as these bucks. The "better" viewing picture that i and close hunting partner saw years ago, as i said, showed all these bucks in a different, better, and more consistent in their head positioning.
Though the one i'm holding at the sports show was a least one of the best, no doubt, but there very well could be some debate, we talked it over at the time pretty good, that one or other of the bucks was "better".
These are all truly, Monster Muleys!
Joey
As far as these bucks. The "better" viewing picture that i and close hunting partner saw years ago, as i said, showed all these bucks in a different, better, and more consistent in their head positioning.
Though the one i'm holding at the sports show was a least one of the best, no doubt, but there very well could be some debate, we talked it over at the time pretty good, that one or other of the bucks was "better".
These are all truly, Monster Muleys!
Joey
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I'll tell ya one thing, frozen or a bad case of the rig, I can not deny that it is a pic of four magnificent bucks. It is enough to make a guy wish he could live back in the "good old days"!
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THAT IS A SMOKER of a buck!
I love that pic at the top I have seen it a few times online and in print but never tire of it!
Looks like the same buck to me, the way the passenger main beam flairs out and the cheaters on the same side and GNARLY BASES. The brow may have broken off or something or maybe just the different angle you can't see it as well in your pic.
I love the inline that comes out of the main fork!
The big Bladed but not so wide 4 point in the old pic is something I'd like to hold!
Bill
I love that pic at the top I have seen it a few times online and in print but never tire of it!
Looks like the same buck to me, the way the passenger main beam flairs out and the cheaters on the same side and GNARLY BASES. The brow may have broken off or something or maybe just the different angle you can't see it as well in your pic.
I love the inline that comes out of the main fork!
The big Bladed but not so wide 4 point in the old pic is something I'd like to hold!
Bill
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Awesome old pics Sage! thanks to you and ASB for the story and additional info as well---I love it!
speaking of stories...Trav sent over a preview of the article on that poor little 195 nipper you killed ASB, and its great! Should print up real nice with the pics and everything
Cheers guys
speaking of stories...Trav sent over a preview of the article on that poor little 195 nipper you killed ASB, and its great! Should print up real nice with the pics and everything
Cheers guys
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nah, i know ASB...but i think you know what i mean when i say you just cannot compare the two bucks....apples and oranges
and i'd say your dude is gettin into the big leagues, all things considered!
and i'd say your dude is gettin into the big leagues, all things considered!
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LAST EDITED ON Feb-23-11 AT 08:05PM (MST)[p]oh man i know...that thing has got to hit the turf
hell, i woulda lit that bow on fire! after i splintered it of course.... i did almost throw my phone at the ground when i got that call
but he'll be around...the Major!
hell, i woulda lit that bow on fire! after i splintered it of course.... i did almost throw my phone at the ground when i got that call
but he'll be around...the Major!
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They sure grew some short deer back then. I love these old photos. Thanks for posting up Joey!
It's always an adventure!!!
It's always an adventure!!!
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Yeah I keep coming back to look at that webbed massive 4 point in the top pic! I am in love with that buck, I want one!
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You betcha Bull. Hey thanks again for that tape...most awesome!!
Sometime in the near future, i'm going to post up a bunch of pic's from the old days, pic's of my family while hunting and with what they brought home. I have a pic of my Great Grandmother holding on to her really good 4X4 blacktail and one of my Grandpa, 70 some years ago, posing with a nice buck while my toddler Mother sits on his lap. I have lots of these type pic's and hope you guys find some of them as interesting as i do.
In the mean time, i enjoy seeing these old time photo's, even if they bucks aren't of super trophy caliber. Please feel free to post them up here or in another thread as you wish. Thanks all!
Joey
Sometime in the near future, i'm going to post up a bunch of pic's from the old days, pic's of my family while hunting and with what they brought home. I have a pic of my Great Grandmother holding on to her really good 4X4 blacktail and one of my Grandpa, 70 some years ago, posing with a nice buck while my toddler Mother sits on his lap. I have lots of these type pic's and hope you guys find some of them as interesting as i do.
In the mean time, i enjoy seeing these old time photo's, even if they bucks aren't of super trophy caliber. Please feel free to post them up here or in another thread as you wish. Thanks all!
Joey
