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I was finally able to not only join the 30" club but surpassed it by 2"!! I vastly under estimated the score (gross SCI) of this buck. The math suprises me to this day. Enjoy!!

I harvested a erythristic color phased turkey the other day. I was wondering if anyone on here has a strutting turkey mount and recommendations of a taxidermist and average cost. The picture doesn't do the bird justice. It was a rainy morning. Thanks!

Since adulthood took me away from my childhood home of northern Colorado, I have been building 11 non-resident points and I am looking to burn these points soon (next year or in the next few years). I have chosen to hunt an early rifle high country deer. I have narrowed it down to these hunt...

Scoring whitetails kicks my butt every time. These two bucks are for sure shooters with my bow but what is your guess on score and I will compare to my guess. The heavy bucks pictures are at the end of July. He has put on tine length since than (went nocturnal due to 100 degree temperatures)...

After a few years of camping next to my truck in a small 4 person tent and camping in 4 days of raining weather last spring hunting turkeys, I am looking to invest in a large tent like a wall tent or an outfitter tent. I will be camping next to my truck. I want a tent that i will be able to...

Well, after the drying period my buck was officially scored. ND is not known for its monster mule deer like out west but we have some good bucks. His score doesn't matter to me as much as the actual 3 year quest for him but its just fun to know. He gross scored 196 2/8 typical (3 2/8"...

Taxidermy forum is not getting many looks. My taxidermist informed me that the hair on my big buck is slipping and would not be able to used on a shoulder mount. I need another cape. Now that some rifle seasons have started some bucks will be hitting the dirt (my taxidermist is in Wyoming) I...

Quest for Optimus My quest for a buck that I named Optimus started in the rut of 2014 here in North Dakota. A buddy and I were driving home from work one evening and spotted a nice buck on the side of the road tending his does. I already filled my tag earlier in the season on a beautiful 193...

My taxidermist called me and said that my big bucks cape is slipping on the shoulders. He said it most likely wont be salvageable. I had to leave him overnight and the side that he died on is the side its slipping (blood pooled there) He is in full velvet and needs an early season cape. He is...

Here is a few pictures and videos that i have of my buck i harvested this fall.

Does anyone have any pictures of their pedestal deer mounts. I am going to build my own pedestals and hang my two biggest mule deer bucks on them. I see pictures of them online but wondering how they are mounted on the back. Also, how big would it need to be to hold two deer mounts Example below

The quest for Optimus is over! I was able to harvest a buck that I have been after for 3 years. Year 1: I harvested a 193? buck the first weekend of the archery season. I found Optimus in November during the rut. I helped a few buddies chase him with a bow for the remainder of the season. Year...

How do I go about looking up the largest pope and young mule deer for North Dakota? Typical catagory

The curse continues with my big buck. Last year I shot him at 30 yards and i hit him in the shoulder when he ducked my arrow....he lived...fast forward to last night...35 yards feeding i let an arrow fly his direction. I watched the arrow bury into the crease behind the shoulder. He mule kicked...

Just kidding...good thing he has some decent forks! Think he would even break 20"?? haha

This trail camera is in my whitetail spot...a little surprise that i got this guy coming thru.

I think my target buck is done growing. I am not sure he will break 200" I think he will be in the high 180's and low 190's gross... What is your thoughts???

First buck is my #1 choice this year. Runner Ups

I as everyone else like to play the guessing game. This is my number two target buck this fall so far. I have seen this buck for 3 years now and actually he hung out with my 190" buck I shot in 2014. Here he is with his buddy. Take a guess on score and width on both bucks. (He is a 5x4...

LAST EDITED ON Jul-27-16 AT 09:17AM (MST) by Founder (admin)[p]It seems like everyone is testing their skills lately on scoring bucks on the hoof (me included). So just to test your knowledge lets guess the score on a mule deer buck that I shot a few years ago and that is officially scored...

I got pictures of this buck on my cameras. I don't know whitetails very well for scoring. All i know is he is a nice buck. Guesses???

Round two tonight of scouting. He is looking good so far!! I am hoping he breaks 190" but who knows if he will.

Some of you know about a buck that I target and scouted all summer last year...he grew to be around???? well you guys said anywhere from 175"-195" He ducked my arrow and i hit him high in the shoulder....several weeks later i found him alive and well...spent the rest of the season chasing him...

Where I live/hunt it is legal to bait except on public land. I hunt public land and have some really good bucks that are in the area. Whitetails and Mule deer.... They are actually pretty hard to predict. There is one buck that is a frequent visitor to my trail cameras and one great big boy that...

Where I live/hunt it is legal to bait except on public land. I hunt public land and have some really good bucks that are in the area. They are actually pretty hard to predict. There is one buck that is a frequent visitor to my trail cameras and one great big boy that i have only seen with my...

I scouted up a cactus buck earlier this summer that was all messed up on antler growth. Well, today I actually saw the same deer. It was still in velvet. I am not even sure it is a buck or a doe

I chased this buck all archery season. Now I am waiting for him to drop. I am bound and determined to get my hands on those sheds. Any guesses (see if the guesses are still the same from October post)

Was out looking for mule deer sheds. Found this guy. Not typically whitetail country. Also found out that 98% of the mule deer bucks are still packing antlers!!!

Our bucks are still packing. I am getting anxious for this buck to drop already!!!!!

I went to pull my tree stands in my whitetail spot yesterday. I decided to check out a spot that I stalked a nontypical whitetail in his bed in December (he busted me). Found his shed in his bed. Apparently he likes this spot to bed in.

I need to start thinking of cashing in my points soon. I can only hunt September time frame so I was looking at a wilderness deer hunt. What would you say is the best high country rifle deer unit in the state??

Got my buck back from the taxidermist. Pictures don't do him justice!!

I am still after my quest to get the buck I hit in September. He is on private land (I have permission) and rutting really hard. I had him yesterday in a field chasing a hot doe and other bucks away at 45-50 yards. He wouldn't stop long enough for me to get a shot. I have a mule deer buck...

I passed this buck up this morning at 35 yards. In the back of my mind I know that my big buck is still alive and I have a chance at him. What do you think? I was thinking 175" range.

This buck has me and my buddy second guessing ourselves on his score. We go back and forth on what he tapes out. Not adding in the kickers Take into consideration that he is rutted up and big bodied. Here he is today when I was trying to get into archery range

I hit a buck I named Optimus (everyone guessed him from 175" to 195") the 4th of September with an arrow in the shoulder. Looked everywhere for him for 2 days. Came to the conclusion that he was not mortally wounded. I never gave up on him. Have put in 7-10 days looking for him. Passing on...

Does anybody know what the Colorado State Muzzleloader Antelope Record is?? I mean true muzzleloader-not a scoped muzzleloader during rifle season like I found online. Thanks

I slowly still hunted the draws this morning after glassing from a vantage point for my deer. No crows or magpies to be seen anywhere. I was able to find my arrow about 150 yards from where I shot him. The tip is not bent but the blades are bent back indicating that I did hit something hard. I...

LAST EDITED ON Sep-05-15 AT 09:15AM (MST)[p]What would you do differently? I snuck out last night after work to find my big boy. I found him and he was in a great stalking position. I was able to get a shot at 30 yards. He was not on alert but feeding and perfectly broadside. I don't know if I...

Last outing before the season opens this weekend was this morning. Again I was able to find my target buck. Unfortunately, I won't be able to get out to hunt until the beginning of this next week. The itch is getting really bad!!! Video quality is lost a little when uploading