2 Massachusetts Brutes
Sorry I have no pics... but I saw the pics at the checkstation and here is a short blurb about it in the Berkshire Eagle. There was a pic in the paper of the real big one, but not online yet.
County hunter collects two trophy bucks[/align]
"Hunting with a primitive firearm last Dec. 22, Bill Tatro of Dalton bagged a 20-point buck which weighed 165 pounds dressed. Because some of the points didn't measure an inch long and some were broken off, it will go on record as only a 17-pointer. He expects that this deer will break the existing state record for a non-typical deer. It scored 189 7/8 on the Boone & Crockett rating system, but that may change after a period of time to allow the antlers to dry.
On Dec. 28, Bill went out and bagged another buck; this one a 10-pointer which weighed 185 pounds. Earlier, he passed up an 8-pointer to get a chance at the 10-pointer, which he knew was in the area. On that day, he had a little snow to work with and tracked him down. Both deer were bagged in the Windsor, Peru and Hinsdale areas between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m.
Lucky? No, I think not - it sounds more like skill to me. He has bagged "wall-mountable" deer in seven of the last eight years. In 1995, he bagged an 11-pointer which scored 184 gross and 177 net with Boone & Crockett and was the state record up until 2002.
Every time Bill goes deer hunting in the Hilltown areas, he has a positive attitude. He feels that there is always the potential of bagging a "real big deer," and hunts accordingly."
Wow... I've never seen a deer like this in MA... let alone a couple of brutes.
Congrats to him!