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Leonard
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posted September 11, 2012 09:57 PM
That's a hell of a buck and a great story.
When I was up there two years ago, I saw a bunch of heads at the local sportsman clubhouse. They were all pretty spectacular, must have been 30, maybe more, really nice racks. This was in Shellbrook, Sask.
Good hunting. El Bee
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the bearhunter
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posted September 12, 2012 03:07 AM
what a giant. for a young guy, he's shot some real monster bucks
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Okanagan
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posted September 12, 2012 07:44 AM
Great buck and great hunt told well. I hadn't seen it. Thanks for the link.
I love those exxaggerated perspective photos as much as anyone, but would sure like to see a photo of that rack with an objective measure in the same plane. Realistic photos are the only ones that help me compare and evaluate antlers in the field.
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Leonard
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posted September 12, 2012 08:46 AM
You have a good point, ok. Deceptive photography but very common.
By the way, those heads I saw in Canada were all fresh laying on the floor with tags wrapped around an antler, not mounted trophies. They have some monster bucks up there.
Good hunting. El Bee
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posted September 12, 2012 08:31 PM
They have some great looking coyotes up there too, well furred and fat and sassy. Seems that country is heaven for lots of critters.
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Prune Picker
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posted September 12, 2012 09:26 PM
Nice deer, but the doctored photo sticks out like a sore thumb in High Def.
I have heard Alberta & BC have some very nice Mulie's but it seems everyone wants to take a whitetail these days.
When Canada outlawed handguns, i said i would never go back, and i won't. But i would like to get a shot at a 30" Mulie before i die and if i get a tag, i will try.
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the bearhunter
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posted September 13, 2012 02:31 AM
i don't believe the photo is "doctored" in any way.PP. there are plenty of other photos out there to see. it truely is a giant
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ursus21
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posted September 13, 2012 07:52 AM
You guys do realize this buck is old news and was killed a year ago, right? It was measured at at 294 6/8 gross and 287 7/8 net. So no, the photos weren't altered, this bugger is that big. You don't get to nearly 300" without being Freakazoid HUGE! Cody Robbins is the hunter and he is a mule hunting machine. This is his biggest, but he has a collection of bucks that would blow anyone's mind. He used to film for Jim Shockey, but now has his own hunting show.
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posted September 13, 2012 08:06 AM
What a life it would be to get paid to hunt. I wonder if it is like work to them? Is it still fun?
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ursus21
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posted September 13, 2012 08:31 AM
Here's a pic of the taxidermist and the mounted deer. The work was done by Sugar Creek Taxidermy. I thought some of you might enjoy this image.
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Leonard
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posted September 13, 2012 09:03 AM
To set any misunderstanding straight, I think I was aware of the date right up front and my only concurrence about the photo is the illusion of the way it was posed, something done all the time. Yeah, it's a big deer and quite unusual looking.
My question is; where do these guys find deer like this? I have never seen a deer like this and this guy has a room full of outstanding trophies? He must be just that much better a hunter? Or, does success breed success? Or, it it like killing a big whitetail in Texas, that one is $5,000 and the one next to him is $8,000 because of that extra drop tine.
Whatever, a lot of it has to do with why I am not a fan boy of a lot of big game hunting, these days. There is so much wrong with it and so much bullshit, that I can only get mildly excited looking at these hero shots.
Good hunting. El Bee
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ursus21
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posted September 13, 2012 09:24 AM
Leonard, Cody kills these massive bucks in Saskatchewan, free range, wild deer available to anyone that puts in the time. In answer to your question "Is he that much better of a hunter?" The answer would be "YES". He's got his poop in a group. The only thing that is more impressive than his trophy collection is his wife. She is stunning for beautiful!
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posted September 13, 2012 09:26 AM
If you ever do see one like that, don't breathe a word of it to ANYONE. If word does get out, there will be an army of recon people out looking for it followed by a celebrity hunter and his entourage.
That's exactly how those guys find and take so many true trophies. Roy sees the buck while out on the tractor one morning. Roy tells Sam, Sam tells Don, who gets a couple of pictures and posts them on the internet....done deal.
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posted September 13, 2012 10:29 AM
Many Pardons guys. The guys pic is/was doctored in the photo posted, NOT the deer. It is an excellent and huge rack. It makes me feel good that there are still some huge Mule Deer left. Just a while back i was talking to a friend and wondering if the white tails had pushed the Mulie's out of their natural range, as i had seen a few years ago out west.
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Okanagan
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posted September 16, 2012 07:50 AM
A couple of comments:
First, I spend quite a bit of time in Sask and there are some huge mule deer in places where they are relatively easy to hunt IF you draw a tag. Friends of mine seem to kill massive bucks on the first day without pre-scouting, though none have quite made the book. This guy hunted well.
Second, the first pic is not "doctored" by photoshop etc. (as far as I know) but the perspective exxagerates the size of the rack compared to the hunter. In the first pic the buck would have to have a 60 inch plus spread to be that much wider than a man's head. (My first quick comparison showed the buck over 70"). The photo with the taxidermist is much closer to a real life comparison of deer to man, though the man is still farther from the camera than the antlers and makes the rack appear to be 42-45 inches wide. I don't know the actual spread on this buck.
I.e. If you want an animal or fish to look big, get the camera close and hold the fish etc. an arm's length or more in front of the camera. Makes a great brag pic, but a poor guide for judging spread of antlers in the field.
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ursus21
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posted September 16, 2012 04:41 PM
Okanagan, I agree with everything you said. I will give credit to Cody though. There are a lot of deer hunter's in Sask, but darn few with his level of success. Not only has he killed a pile of huge bucks (mostly with a bow or muzzle loader), but he's helped many friends and his wife do the same thing. It's one thing to be successful on your own, but a whole'nuther thing to help so many others.
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Okanagan
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posted September 16, 2012 07:31 PM
Ursus21, good word on some great hunting. I didn't intend to disparage Cody's abilities, though in reading it back it leans that way. Anyone who kills a buck like that on purpose, especially when going after a specific animal, is exceptionally good at it. To kill big bucks consistently puts the hunter in a rare class.
Trivia spin off of your handle: watched a fair sized black bear swim an icy grey glacial river Friday. From the sign, I think that he was running away from a grizzly, though we never saw the grizz.
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Leonard
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posted September 16, 2012 07:56 PM
I have hunted for a week at a time in Saskatchewan, 14 days, prime deer hunting during the season. Yeah, I saw quite a few dead deer back at the clubhouse, but did I see a single decent buck in those 14 days? No. Of course, I was after coyotes and wolf but still. You would think I would have stumbled onto at least one decent rack on those two trips. I didn't. This guy is that much better, eh? Something's not right. I am not disparaging anything or anybody, but that many huge deer by one dude, who looks to be under 40, I don't see just luck in the equation, I don't see that much skill, to account for a room full of huge deer.
Good hunting. LB
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the bearhunter
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posted September 17, 2012 01:35 AM
perhaps the guys you spent 14 days with did'nt have the skill to kill a big on LB. or they did'nt really care what they shot,or were hunting in a zone not known for big deer, or ect.
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Okanagan
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posted September 17, 2012 08:51 AM
There are large areas of Sask that do not have big antlers. I have some friends who live in SK and though they kill deer every year, have zero really big ones.
OTOH three hard core hunter friends who hunt together (unguided) kill SK whitetail bucks every year in the 170-180 or higher class. Only one of those would have netted enough to make B&C if the hunter had not shot off a nine inch tine. Those three won't even tell ME where they hunt! This all to say there are huge bucks in PARTS of SK, but even in those areas not many hunters see them.
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Leonard
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posted September 17, 2012 10:50 AM
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perhaps the guys you spent 14 days with did'nt have the skill to kill a big on LB. or they did'nt really care what they shot,or were hunting in a zone not known for big deer, or ect.
Well, I have seen his moose, his elk and his bear and lynx and his deer mounts. And, the wolf. This is within reasonable distance from Saskatoon and Prince Albert, much farming. Besides that, Albert is a local celebrity as a hunter, he has the skill, don't worry about that. Really, everybody knows Albert, the big hunter. It's true we were focused on wolf and coyote and did see some deer, nothing special though, but Albert is at least comparable to this guy in the photo, he just doesn't chase deer more than needed.
It would be interesting to ask Cody Robbins if he has heard of Albert Pilling. I would think there is a chance he has.
Good hunting. El Bee
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