Recent content by sb2017

That's wild, congrats to him! Do you know what his points were at with each draw?

No goat for me. 21 years in a row now... what drives me nuts is reading the recap reports and seeing the tags I apply for going to 3+4 - 3+7 range point holders.

Has it been confirmed that they are doing the sheep draw before the goat draw? Or do they go at the same time?

Beware of this terrible guide... but I won't tell you who it is...

It takes the tag out of the hands of someone who genuinely wanted it and gives it a one way ticket to the reissue goat rodeo.

This one? I believe that's Donnie Thornberry

I missed this thread back when you posted it but just caught up and congrats on the hunt! I cashed in my WY deer points last year and had a similar experience as you did. It was my favorite deer hunt I've ever been on. Post card scenery in every direction you look, and a shockingly small amount...

This story kind of has both: I got this buck on my last day of hunting for the season. His head was behind a dead tree, but I kept catching glimpses of his antlers through the branches. I could see his mass and the dark color of his antlers so I had it in my head that he could be a pretty nice...

I agree with the sentiment of your post in the sense that the social media culture of hunting is annoying, but I will also say that buck is awesome. Love the mass and trash. It wouldn't surprise me if he gross scores in the 210-215 range, but I also think it's pretty much impossible to score...

He offers a "natural bone" and a "paper white" color options but I actually chose the natural bone. I think my phone camera might have a color enhancing setting turned on or something, because I actually didn't notice how bleach white he looks in those photos until just now when you said that...

Thanks everyone, I think my plan for now is to save the cape of a future buck if I'm fortunate enough to get one. I enjoy the sentimental aspect of taxidermy so I'd prefer to use a cape that is also associated with a memory of a hunt for me, even if it's not the same memory as this buck. But I...

Honestly after getting him on the wall, I agree. If you look at the field photo, you'll notice that he's not very wide so my thinking was that getting a mount that didn't have his ears would be the best way to make his antlers look the best. It worked, almost too well! Because now I'm kind of...

There was never a moment that I wasn't thrilled to get this buck, but I will say that he seems to look bigger/cooler every time I look at him. I didn't even notice his spikes at the base until I walked up to him. I picked him up from the taxidermist this weekend and if it wasn't for the spikes...