JamesVee

It can't be the fault of the guy who was driving the truck!? Blame it on the "gonzo" at the carwash. That's hilarious.

Great buck. DC hunts in Northern MN if I'm not mistaken.

It could be just the lighting, but he doesn't look to have all of the "pink" characteristics of a true albino. If I were you I would try to find any patch of brown on that deer if at all possible. Brown, and he's down.

Thanks for the compliments guys. But buck did not weigh as much as I had anticipated, but still topped the scale at 185lbs. Thanks again.

Here you go boys! Shot this buck on 11-03 at 5:33pm. He first came in at 5:20, tore the crap out of some alder brush. Then 10 minutes later I found him at 22 yards. The shot was a touch forward, and maybe low, but it did the trick. Mathews MQ1, 74lbs, Rage 3-blade. The buck is a main frame 6X5, with a sticker on the left base. I haven't put a tape on him yet, but those dark horns I just couldn't resist. Should gross in the 140's, will put him on a scale in the morning.

He's not the world record I was hoping for, but he is a shooter no doubt! Details to follow:

Great job Martin! Nice picture, and great buck. Come January when I'm freezing my tail off I'll be thinking about how nice it would have been to be tagged out in October! Congrats again!

Anyone care to put a score on this mainframe 10 point? I also added this little guy just because I liked the background.

You got his number Martin?

I've had the same trouble with one of my LR cameras. This is what the pictures look like: You can adjust the balance all you want, but half of the pictures I had from that cam were washed out.

Looks like whiskers now the more I look at it.

I worked on it Martin, but unfortunately there isnt' much I can do. Just need you to get a better picture! Try putting some electrical/duct tape over part of the flash.

Same issue on my DC6.

Re: gonna regret!! Be sure to ask about InvisAlign braces.

Re: Africa Here are a few of my pictures from when I was there: Steenbok. Not the largest by any means, but it was my last afternoon to hunt. My Duiker. My Impala. My Wildebeest. The shot was back, but not as far back as it looks in the picture. The bull was quartering away when I took the shot. My Blesbok. A Zebra that I shot for a client. I was able to partake in a number of other hunts, including a hunt for lion, hippo, and also a green hunt for white rhino.

Re: Africa It's costing me $1600 to get my trophies shipped back by boat from S.A. Blue Wildebeest Impala Blesbok Full Mount Duiker Full Mount Steenbok

Re: Africa Whereabouts in the Limpopo province were you hunting and who were you hunting with?

Re: Ready to cuss I'm with Joe. It happens in a lot of places, and fairly often. Deer get hit by cars all of the time, and big bucks are a good portion of those deer.

Re: Work is Done! You got that right! That makes three at the taxi this year alone! Mounting sheds is more expensive than the regular mounts though, but I'll pay for it. Hope to tag him next year!

Re: Work is Done! Only about 50 yards.

Re: \'Twas a good season... Things just got better. Be sure to check out my post in the shed hunting forum.

I'm not sure what else I have to look forward to this year. Maybe a trip to Saskatchewan? I had my opportunity to shoot this buck at the end of December. He was at about 25-30 yards, but there was some brush in the way of the shot. Finally I decided to call it off, and waited for a better opportunity. The opportunity never presented itself and I finished my season without tagging this buck. But....I did find the sheds! Right shed scores about 73", the left shed is about 78". Inside spread is estimated to be around 18". Both sheds as I found them. Again, as I found them. I wanted to pick them up more than you can imagine. The larger of the two. Around 78".

Re: 900 Club Here they are in order. 1998 145" gross 10 point. Oct. 2000 130" 11 point. November 2000. 145" gross 12 point November 2004 130" 9 point. December, 2006. 150" 13 point.

Re: My 2006 deer season Both very nice bucks!

I came into the 2006 season with high expectations for not only myself, but other family members as well. I had put in a ton of time scouting throughout the Summer and couldn't wait to get a big buck on the ground. But, before that even started we had a chance to do our annual turkey hunt. It wasn't very long before my brother had a tom on the ground. This year was a little different though, in that I bagged my first tom as well. [iMaGe] ]http://www.huntingforums.com/photopost/data/500/medium/IMG_0612_crop.JPG[/iMaGe] And the two of us after our successful turkey hunt: Just before archery season kicked off, my dad went off on his third sheep adventure. He had been successful on his previous two trips, one for Dall's and the other for a Stone's. This time he was hunting Rocky Mountain Bighorn. And once again, he was successful. Third sheep, in three years, all taken on the third day of the hunt, this one at 300 yards shot with a Browning .300WSM mountain ti. After my dad's successful sheep hunt and after yet another long and dry Summer finally came September. And with September comes archery season. I wasn't able to hunt nearly as much as I would have liked due to new job commitments that kept me in Milwaukee during the week for nearly the entire season. But I did have my opportunities. Here are a few of the better bucks that I passed up this season: Although I didn't take a deer with archery tackle this year, I had my opportunities. Admittedly, I misjudged the distance on this buck and grazed him in the armpit area on a 30 yard quartering away shot. (Picture is from one week after the shot) Just before our rifle season kicked off, my soon-to-be father-in-law took his largest buck to date. Rifle season produced yet another nice buck for us. My fiancè put to rest a well-known buck, Gimpy. I must add, she shot this buck at a distance of 195 yards while sitting "Indian-Style" off of the platform of a stand. Gimpy, 2005 Gimpy, 2006 Nikki, with Gimpy. My sister also took her first deer, while hunting totally on her own. I was unable to connect with a Wisconsin buck during gun season, but I was headed down to Iowa to try my luck at putting a good buck down. As luck would have it, I was able to take my first Iowa buck on the first morning of our hunt. I continued to hunt until the last minute of the last day of archery season, but was unable to find the buck I was looking for. While on stand this year, though my time was limited, I saw an incredible number of big bucks. Two bucks that would make 130's, shot and did not recover (he lived) a mid 140" 10 point, one buck that would score about 150", one mid 160" ten point and another giant that I look forward to seeing next year. Let the shed hunting begin!