Cactus Buck
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From: DL
20-Aug-14
15 yd shot with 75 yd recovery
From: 'Ike'
21-Aug-14
That yours Dave...Nice!
From: Overland
21-Aug-14
Would love to see a few more pics. How are you planning on mounting/preserving the unique antlers?
From: DL
21-Aug-14
Yes I'll have them freeze dried .
From: IdyllwildArcher
21-Aug-14
I wonder what he'd have looked like hard horned
DL, mind PMing me the unit?
From: IdyllwildArcher
21-Aug-14
From: DL
21-Aug-14
D5 about a mile from my house. He probably wouldn't last another year. His front teeth were loose and you could pull them out with your fingers. I could hardly find his back teeth. Notice something lacking in this picture?
From: DL
21-Aug-14
It's be a southern deer.
From: LUNG$HOT
21-Aug-14
Man-o-man!! That thing is knarley. I'd do a traditional mount. (Mouth open) lol
From: BOWUNTR
21-Aug-14
That is a cool trophy... congrats. Ed F
From: Zbone
21-Aug-14
Post live photos of him one day and kill him a couple days later, that's pretty cool... Many congrats!!!
That's a very unique trophy...
From: Woodsman416
21-Aug-14
Very cool! Congrats on the trophy!
From: Eric B.
21-Aug-14
That's awesome ! Major congrats
From: 'Ike' (Phone)
21-Aug-14
That's like elderly abuse...
From: Frenchman
21-Aug-14
Not sure I'd eat that deer..
From: DL
21-Aug-14
Thanks all. For a skinny deer he was heavy. Maybe that's just because of my age. Every year they are getting heavier.
From: ki-ke
21-Aug-14
Frenchie
Curious as to why you wouldn't eat that deer?
I was thinking that the meat on that buck, even though from an obviously old deer, should actually be quite edible, considering he did nothing but eat and sleep all his life. Testosterone and doe chasing we're never part of his program.
He may have played with the girls, but likely more so in a dress up role than an actual contributor to cervid society. But like an Adam's apple, or junk that broke out of the duct tape on a drag queen, the goofy antlers always revealed who he really was.......
From: drycreek
21-Aug-14
Ki-ke, you got to much time on your hands. LOL
From: drycreek
21-Aug-14
Oh, and DL, congrats on your buck !
From: wildwilderness
21-Aug-14
No testicles
From: DL
21-Aug-14
They were the size of two almond halves
From: Surfbow
21-Aug-14
If you get him mounted, I think he needs his mouth half open and some drool dripping out...
From: Rick M
21-Aug-14
Cool deer!! Any plans of getting him aged? I am sure he got more wear on his teeth from the grit but man he looks old.
From: Brotsky
21-Aug-14
That deer sure has a purty mouth!
Congrats DL!
From: SDHNTR(home)
21-Aug-14
Sweet trophy! Just curious though, does it meet the DFG definition of a legal buck since there are no real forks? Do they allow any provision for cactus bucks?
From: DL
21-Aug-14
Yes it does. Anything on the top 1/3 of the antler you can hang a ring on is considered a legal point. I took it to F&W today. How many "legal" points do you want? I could probably count 12-15 on each side in the top 1/3. When I cape him I'll take some pictures if his teeth, if he has any. He was real skinny but still weighed 95 pounds at the butcher.
From: DL
21-Aug-14
Never seen teeth like this.
From: DL
21-Aug-14
From: Wilmotite
21-Aug-14
crazy animal
From: LongbowLes
23-Aug-14
That's cool! Ugly,but cool. Congrats and +1 surfbow
From: hud
28-Aug-14
hud's Link
Read this.
From: 'Ike' (Phone)
28-Aug-14
Elderly abuse, plain and simple...
