Over 300" of Antler
 

taken in OH... is this for real?

http://www.american-hunter.com/2008/11/20/ohio-record-buck

RE: Over 300" of Antler
 

That rack is unbelievable!! It's real, that's for sure. How it was killed should be interesting.;)

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looks and sounds like you have the scoop. fill us in

RE: Over 300" of Antler
 

I'd say he's definitely hiding something. I mean, who shoots a deer of that size and saws the antlers off like that????? He probably shot him in the face.

RE: Over 300" of Antler
 

Is that even an actualskull plate? Looks glued on. Sheds perhaps? Pen raised? In any case, the number of mega-mass bucks is asounding these past coulple years. Maybe the fertilizer runoff in the water is altering these freaks??;)

RE: Over 300" of Antler
 

Taxidermists saw the antlers off like that. They then attach the skull plate to a form.

RE: Over 300" of Antler
 

Here we go with the accusations on a guy thatno one here knows crap about.

RE: Over 300" of Antler
 

Thats been around for wqhile if i remember right there was an investagtion on poaching if this is the same one.

RE: Over 300" of Antler
 

Exactly, a taxi cuts them to fit the form

RE: Over 300" of Antler
 

Exactly, a taxi cuts them to fit the form
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The BEST taxidermist build the FORM to fit, not alter/change plate, IMHO. Looks like standard cut, then taxi will add/subtract to/from form

RE: Over 300" of Antler
 

I saw another pic of this deer (pre-sawing) on the B&C site. No face shot. No mention of poaching on the B&C site. It's a monster, that much we know. Everything else (poaching accusations, bad shot accusations, ect)is pure speculation.

RE: Over 300" of Antler
 

That's very weird...

RE: Over 300" of Antler
 

somehow it double posted. sorry

RE: Over 300" of Antler
 

I just meant he cuts the skull to fit the form. Meaning he only uses a skull cap not the whole skull.

RE: Over 300" of Antler
 

This is just something I heard from a buddy so take it for what its worth I heard the guy found it already dead. I dont know for sure and I dont know were he got his info from.

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I stand corrected! Now I know something new!

RE: Over 300" of Antler
 

My thoughts exactly.

RE: Over 300" of Antler
 

It happens every time a monster buck is killed. The haters come out of the woodwork and try to discredit the deer, or the hunter. It's possible the deer was killed under a spotlight, inside an enclosure, by an unlicensed convicted felon, but there's nothing indicating that at this time.
I'd hate to shoot a deer that size for those very reasons. Not worth it, imo.

RE: Over 300" of Antler
 

Yeah....he did. I patterned and killed that buck back in October, went to get the 4-wheeler and came back and the thing was gone...that SOB took my buck!:D