Yard sale find

[HIcountryman]

60's CO buck. Laquered up!

 

[whiteantlertip]

Nice Find, pretty rack for sure

 

[HIcountryman]

just measured. any guesses on gross score?

 

[Buckbrush]

196

 

[whiteantlertip]

202 gross

 

[HIcountryman]

i'll post score later today. going back to work. thanks for the replies. Have been looking a long time at sales and have never found one like this.

 

[Butts]

205 gross

 

[legacy]

195

 

[Sako76]

187

 

[Homer]

wow....the lacquer doesn't look that thick to me

 

[HIcountryman]

Looks like bullet entry/blown out exit holes in left antler

 

[HIcountryman]

Not enough laquer to hit 187?!
Hint: it's thicker than it looks (antlers & laquer!)

Come up with some more scores before I spill the beans

 

[BIGJOHNT]

204 7/8

 

[Shadow]

I’d say close to 210 gross

 

[PLK]

Mainframe 190” with 11 inches of extras = 201”

 

[Bux n Dux]

203 gross

 

[DH56]

196 5/8

 

[SureShot]

How much did you get it for?

 

[Cooper]

300

 

[HIcountryman]

How much did you get it for?

How much would you pay for it?

 

[HIcountryman]

I'm gonna go ahead and give it to BIGJOHNT! I came up with 204 3/4 but he may be right!

 

[Cooper]

$150

 

[BIGJOHNT]

I'm gonna go ahead and give it to BIGJOHNT! I came up with 204 3/4 but he may be right!

We score to the 1/8 not the 1/4. But a nice find for sure. Did they tell you how old it was or where it came from ?Like the Meeker area ?

 

[SS!]

We score to the 1/8 not the 1/4. But a nice find for sure. Did they tell you how old it was or where it came from ?Like the Meeker area ?

That buck has the genetics from the 1960’s Colorado country

 

[eelgrass]

That's how Kirt Darner got most of his too.

 

[Homer]

did he sell it?

 

[tracker12]

Several years ago I bought a great set on Mule deer antler at a yard sell in CA. 4x4 with 36' spread. I ended up selling it for $500. $450 profit but I actually think I sold it to cheap.

 

[Joe2Kool]

Nice find. I haven't looked so I'm gonna guess 194-3/8 gross. 186-78 Net.

 

[SS!]

Before the score was posted I thought maybe our own homer would toss out a score being an official measurer and all but then I remembered he scores mostly CA bucks. There’s no G3 or G4 to worry about ?

 

[SureShot]

How much would you pay for it?

I wouldn't pay more than $20, but I'm not into other people's antlers. While they're cool to look at, they only have value to me as a memory of my adventures. (But, I have nothing against people who collect them as a piece of art, and realize they have value in that regard as well.) I was just curious how good of a deal you got on them.

 

[HIcountryman]

Can't find any sheds anymore (there are none left on the ground come May 1 each year when CO allows me to pick them up) so I feel o k "finding them" at yard sale. To each his own...

 

[HIcountryman]

Honorable mention to Butts for the 205" guess!
Less than $150.
I don't get the Kirt Darner jab either. Probably someone just being an a** (=the norm for you old codgers!)

 

[Cooper]

$100?

 

[SS!]

Honorable mention to Butts for the 205" guess!
Less than $150.
I don't get the Kirt Darner jab either. Probably someone just being an a** (=the norm for you old codgers!)

After you restore it you can post it on here and tell everyone you killed it. Oh and add a few inches to the score

 

[Fallfreak]

Great find. I always wonder about the story behind such finds.

 

[YBO]

So, is Kirk still alive and kicking? Also, are the 60s genetics in CO any different than today's CO genetics?

 

[SS!]

So, is Kirk still alive and kicking? Also, are the 60s genetics in CO any different than today's CO genetics?

Yes and no.

 

[eelgrass]

I saw a real nice set of blacktail antlers for sale at a yard sale here in CA. I could see them as I drove by. I turned around and stopped to look. The guy confirmed they were a local blacktail and was asking $30. I passed and didn't tell him it was illegal to sell or buy in CA.

 

[feddoc]

Looks like bullet entry/blown out exit holes in left antler

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That's interesting. One of the old timers from home told me that he thought he shot a deer in the head. He went up to gut it and quickly saw that the only hole was in an antler. I suppose the shock from getting a hit there could have KO'd the deer.

 

[Gator]

207"
Great find. At least it didn't thrown in the local dump by a non hunter.

 

[tracker12]

So, is Kirk still alive and kicking? Also, are the 60s genetics in CO any different than today's CO genetics?

Not sure how they can change unless someone imported deer from somewhere else

 

[HntHrdr]

Can't find any sheds anymore (there are none left on the ground come May 1 each year when CO allows me to pick them up) so I feel o k "finding them" at yard sale. To each his own...

I feel you, I get most of my sheds off a friends ranch all the good ones seem to disappear by 1 May…

 

[muleycrazytwo]

191

 

[DeerHunter53]

just measured. any guesses on gross score?

181

 

[Cooper]

$99

 

[Bookhead]

A damn shame they got lacquered.