Recognize this buck?

eelgrass · Aug 19, 2006

I was looking at all the oldtime photos here and my jaw dropped when I saw this old photo. It was submitted by Matt Anderson who said he found it in an old photo album. He said it was a photo from a Colorado newspaper back about 1960.

Surely somebody knows about this buck. I sure would like to hear the story, score etc. Thanks. And forgive me if it's old ground. It's an age thing with me!

Steve

257Tony · Aug 19, 2006

Im calling photochopped. Worlds first.....

Chef · Aug 19, 2006

Nice moose.

Chef
"I Love Animals...They're Delicious!"

D13er · Aug 19, 2006

nice hooters....

JB

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."
--Benjamin Franklin 1759

patience · Aug 19, 2006

what the hell man? thats my grandma your talking about.

bobcatbess · Aug 19, 2006

WELL Steve!!!

I GUESS I CAN SAY I DID SEE A BIG BUCK TODAY,LOL!!!

I DON'T KNOW THE STORY!!!

BUT I SURE WISHED THEY STILL MADE THEM LIKE THAT!!!

THE ONLY bobcat THINKING Steve JUST HAD TO POST THIS ON OPENING DAY DIDN'T HE???

bobcatbess · Aug 19, 2006

Steve!!!

ONE MORE THING!!!

THATS JUST LIKE THE BUCK I DIDN'T SEE TODAY!!!

THE ONLY bobcat!!!

huntsonora · Aug 19, 2006

I heard that it was cut up for knife handles years ago. I heard that the deer was from Oregon but Colorado makes more sense.

Drum

txhunter58 · Aug 20, 2006

I would suspect that it was found dead instead of being killed. Look at the state of the head/skin/etc. Could be they just cut off the head though and didn't take the picture for awhile but that doesn't seem too likely.

txhunter58

venor, ergo sum (I hunt, therefore I am)

eelgrass · Aug 20, 2006

txhunter58.....you might be right, but if I killed that buck in 1960 I would still be haulin' it around in the back of my truck, showing it off, 46 years later! LOL!

Maybe cut up into knife handles? They should have at least made axe handles out of it!

Steve

_droptine_ · Aug 20, 2006

Don't rule it out because of the state of the skin and head. My grandpa would just throw the heads of deer that he killed on top of his shed. I remember seeing many deer heads that looked just like that. Very few did he ever bring indoors and not a one did he ever take to the taxidermist.