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Thanks for the kind words guys. I actually passed this guy last year as a 2.5 year old 8 pointer and have both of his sheds from last year as well (one of the guys from camp found his other shed the same day we found him dead). So because of all this I feel a bit attached to him because I was fortunate enough to have quite a few encounters with him.

He is at the taxidermist now and we are using an ears back sneak form for him because of how he was sneaking away from me on 11/6 when I shot the doe he was running and didn't realize he was there. Once the mount is done I will update with a pic of the mount and his sheds from last year.

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That sucks.


Buzzard and worms got to eat.

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Thats a nice deer. To bad he had to go down like that.

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Don't know how many remember this thread. Here is a little update though with pics of the mount.

We mounted his horns using the cape of the rifle buck I killed this year off the same property, picked the mount up last weekend.











Just to clarify as well, there are no big deer in NY. [8D];)

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I heard that once;) You most have not been within a square mile:D

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Way to preserve the legacy of that deer RJ.

Nice lookin' mount.

BTW, is that photo taken within the shed you built a year or so ago?

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Thanks!!

No actually that pics is taken inside APAJaws cabin in NY. This buck and the others on the wall around it are from his property near Oneonta, NY.

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And a few more cool pics. Here are the sheds he was wearing in the 05' season when I passed him as a 2.5 y/o 8 point compared to the rack he had when we found him.

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Well, it fits in well with the others!

What ever happened to the shed/cabin?

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Heh, I like to call it the shabin. [8D]

It's going..........getting ready to insulate and panel the inside off. Have electricity in there, carpet, TV, VCR/DVD player, collection of hunting DVD's, cabelas deluxe camping kitchen set with sink and cupboards, some furniture, hunting equipment, etc. Stayed inside is quite a few times this summer while working on the food plots and visiting with family. Plan is to get it insulated and paneled with knotty pine tongue and groove before endof September, and then will be heating it with a Mr. Heater big buddy for this season and getting the beds setup in there. Right now I only have air matresses but have a full size bed for myself I haven't brought down yet, and want to build bunk beds on the other side of the room for APAJaws and any other guests to use before season gets here.The rest of the plans will have to wait until after hunting season this year, I really want to make a lot of storage space inside to be efficient with the space and then build a covered patio/porch on the front of it next spring.