RB BUCK POLE 2020 - POST YOUR ENTRY HERE

[MI-Cans]

RB Deer Hunters...

I just got word that the the RB Board will provide an RB Tin Tacker and T-shirts for the top deer and the most amazing/interesting rack.

I can assume that standard fair chase rules apply (no shooting from helicopter or using land mines!)

Deer can be taken by firearm or archery during legal hunting season where you hunt. You must have legal hunting license in that state. Obviously, bucks only and no road kill entries. It has to be taken this year. So post your deer picture in this thread. Contest will end December 31, 2020.

Judging will be announced by the Board.

Good luck to all hunters and be safe out there!

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[Ctbott1]

Pretty cool. Was able to get my largest (heaviest) Connecticut deer last week. Rack looks small given the size of the deer, but he was a decent 8-pt. Almost made the drag all the way back home before giving up and unzipping him about 100yards from the scale. Still 177lbs gutted

[MI-Cans]

Nice harvest! Most people I know, myself included, would be proud of that rack.

Thanks for posting.

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[Ctbott1]

I’m thrilled with him - he’s a big bodied deer with a huge November neck.

[bodean]

I don't hunt but thought this story was interesting. I have a love/hate relationship with deer. I love to watch them off my deck but they cause a lot of damage to vehicles. Within the last 2 years deer have totaled one of our cars and damaged 2 others. I still would rather see them harvested than this...


From our local paper-

Gainesville resident Richard Miller, left, and grandsons Grant, 8, and Braden, 12, found this pair of deer dead in Miller’s field in Gainesville on Friday, Nov. 13. The two deer, an 8-point buck and a 10-point buck, died with their antlers locked together, likely from sparring or fighting.

Miller’s daughter, Brenda Frye, told the Times her dad and her two sons were in the field fixing fence and moving a deer stand Friday in preparation for the opening day of rifle season Saturday when her dad found deer hair in a few spots. About 40 to 50 yards from where the hair was found, they found the two dead deer. Miller said the larger, 10-point buck, on the right in this photo, had two puncture wounds on his neck that appeared to be from the other buck’s antlers. The smaller, 8-point buck, left, appeared to have been dead longer than the 10-point buck, she said.

“It was odd that there were the puncture wounds, because there was no blood anywhere. So we’re not sure if those wounds actually even hurt him or not,” Frye said. “My dad thought maybe the smaller one was hurt and died, and the larger one drug it around until it was too exhausted. Those are just speculations, though. No one is exactly sure what happened.” Miller contacted Missouri Department of Conservation Agent Jerry Kiger, who came out to see the deer that day.

“This is only the second time in approximately 20 years with the department that I’ve seen that,” Kiger told the Times. “It’s not real common but it’s not unheard-of either.”

Kiger said there is no way to tell for sure how the deer died.

“It really depends how long they’re locked up. They may starve to death because they can’t feed, or one of them may die from an injury and the other one wears out and both die, or one or both could die from an injury.”

He said based on the condition of the deer, he believes the deer were found fairly soon after the death of at least one or maybe both of the deer.

Apologies if this is too far off topic.

[MI-Cans]

@bodean
Not really off topic. Hunting seasons generally tie in with what is known as the rut. That's when the boys go looking for the girls. It's not uncommon for the bucks to spar with each other for the right to mate with does. The Conservation Officer's explanation makes sense. It's not a regular happening but it's not uncommon either. A search of the Internet can produce a lot of examples of actual images or mounts. It happens to whitetail deer, mule deer, elk and even moose.

Here's one that I thought was interesting. A corner wall mount with one deer on each wall.

Thanks for sharing that story.

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[Ctbott1]

It’s always amazing to see the pictures and videos of deer locked up. There are some videos online of guys freeing them in a stream.

That is a cool mount and I think I’d have something similar done if I ever found a pair locked up like that

[carsbr549]

Shot Nov. 14th Schuyler Co. Ill.

[MI-Cans]

@carsbr549
Job well done. Thank you!

I love those long tall tines. Any idea of the age?

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[Alaska Chris]

Shot Nov. 3 with .338 Mag. on Hinchinbrook Island, Alaska about 50 miles west of Cordova.

[willssoda]

14 pt Saturday Nov 14 7:15 am. Muzzleloader. My best deer yet.