I love the name of the town Hondo. Almost as much as I like Wink, Texas.
Anyway, this monster with a gnarly rack was taken near Hondo, Texas
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Category: Monster Bucks
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Frozen Antler Locked Minnesota Bucks
They were found on November 16 near Henning , MN
Here’s the story… the guy that found them had left his stand Sunday morning and was walking back to the shack when he noticed a tine sticking out of the swamp grass just off the side of a four wheeler trail. He walked over to check it out and found the two bucks frozen in the swamp ice with only about one foot of each deer’s side and about 10 inches of the tines above the ice. After getting help from some hunting partners, they managed to chop the deer out of the ice and get them loaded onto a flatbed trailer. The deer were then brought back to the shack and the word started to spread. The “smaller” of the two was a massive 8 pointer that green scored an estimated 150+ inches and the “larger” monster was a true swamp buck with what was thought to be 18 scorable points and a green score of 190+ inches. From what has been heard since these photos were taken, the two bucks are gaining statewide attention and the larger buck actually has 23 scorable points. It is thought that the bucks had been dead for 2 weeks before being discovered. Because of this, the capes had begun to deteriorate and were not capable of producing a mountable cape. However, new capes have been supplied and the bucks are in the process of being mounted locked together in battle. The twine on the antlers was to prevent the bucks from coming unlocked when the heads were removed. Also, check out the cup on the tip of the main beam on the big guy! Hope you enjoy the pictures. A truly once in a lifetime opportunity.
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Michigan Monster Buck – Found
This buck was found dead in Southern MI, near Clinton in the area of M-52
The buck was found dead by a lady while walking her dog. She called a friend to come and get it out of there before it would start stinking. She did not even notice whether it was a buck or doe. Just wanted it away from her yard.
A friend shows up and is blown away (obviously). The friend does the right thing and calls other people and a police officer to obtain the proper tag to possess a picked up deer.
Cause of death is unknown, carcass was tore up pretty bad by animals.
Apparently it had been there a while. However, it was only a short distance from the closest road.
This guy obviously knew what he had and took it to the Sheets Brothers of Saline one of them is a B&C scorer. Gross green scores are 253″-258″, that will make this the new state record for Michigan.
Boone and Crockett does recognize picked up deer as records (see Missouri record/all time record).
The most amazing measurement I’ve heard so far is 29 1/2″ inside spread!
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Antler Lock-Ups
Antler lock-ups are where two Whitetail Bucks, or even Bull Elk, battle for supremacy and end up locking their antlers together. We’re talking antlers and not horns. See here for discussion on the difference between horns and antlers.
Here other posts of similar events:
This pair got locked and the winner drug the other around until he got tangled up in a barbed wired fence: Deer Locked Horn-to-Horn
The winner here drug the other around while other critters — assumed Coyotes — ate the loser: Another Deer Locked Horn-to-Horn
Here’s a really cool post about Elk getting antler locked. Amazing Two Bull Elk Locked Horn-to-Horn
My favorite is a 3-way buck lock-up.
See all my posts on Antler Lock-ups here.
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Monster Whitetail – Sudden Impact – Pen raised “trophy”?
You can search the web for alittle more info on this beast. He’s apparently pen raised and as of this video only about 2 years old. I’d like to see some recent photos.
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mHLHv5r7rA]Here’s a link that has a little more about him.
Yikes! Looks like the poor guy didn’t make it. farmingforwildlife.com