Guest RockinEQH Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 Hi all, I am a newbie! Been avidly deer hunting for the past several years, and finally on 11/17/2007 had a great clear shot at a Buck. He was standing slightly uphill (behind me) less than 20 yards from where I was hunting with my 9 yr old son (whom had fell asleep and was snoring). So I turned and took a shot. I waited a few moments and walked up the hill to check for blood, which I never found, even though with his movement I felt pretty confident that I had at least hit me. My husband, myself and 2 friends all combed the area looking for any sign that I had indeed hit him to no avail. So my husband went back to the scene on the next morning and still no sign. The deer I had saw and shot at had some type of injury before I fired because he appeared to already be limping in his front end. My husband was Duck hunting on 11/24/2007 and found my Buck, well obviously the coyotes had found him as well so all that was salvageable was his antlers. How do I clean them up in order to put them on a plaque? I realize I can wait for them to rot, but yuck:eek:! I will try to figure this picture thing out. He was a non-typical with 9 points one of the tines was broken. He had a 16 1/2 in spread. Monica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhine16 Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 Welcome to the forums! Congrats on a nice buck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubie Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 Just take a knife, and cut all the skin and fleshy bits off the skull plate. Then I'll take a wire brush, scrape it off under hot tap water. Pay special attention under the burs, as little fleshy bits can get stuck up under there. Let it air dry a little while, drill a couple holes in the skull plate, and screw it to your plaque. You can then make a cover of what ever material you like, if you wish, and stuff it with some cotton. Nice set of antlers. Congradulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RockinEQH Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 Thanks! I plan to pick up one the mounting kits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 Congrats man! That's a nice buck! Welcome to the forums too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 Welcome to the Realtree Forums Monica. Great looking buck ya got there...Way to go girl:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 Welcome to the forums. Congratulations, it is too bad the yotes beat you to your deer, looks like a nice one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GobblerBuster618 Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 welcome aboard. great looking deer. sorry bout the yotes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogg6 Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 Welcome to the forums. Nice looking antlers, too bad you couldn't find him sooner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest adrenaline_junky Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 First of all welcome to the forums. Congrats on the first buck that an awesome one to get started with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beagleboy Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 Congrats on your first buck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearClaw Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 Welcome to the forums and congratulations on a fine buck!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 Welcome and Congrats :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RockinEQH Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 Thanks all! I know makes me mad as heck that I didn't find him sooner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 Nice first deer....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadHuntinPastor Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 Congrats on a great deer. How amazing to have found it. That is a great story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 welcome and congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvDog Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 Welcome aboard and congrats on your first deer. That's a nice way to get things started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsman2230 Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 Great buck! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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