My biggest buck to date
 

Don't get on here too much but figured I'd share my biggest buck with yall. Killed on new years day this year in front of dogs in North Carolina. 22" outside 21" inside

Kind of a strange rack but hey a deers a deer.Looks like he was doing some fighting.Congrats!!

I've got one on the wall with more points and mass, and a couple with more tine length. But what shocked me so much about this guy was his spread. A buck with a 16" spread around these parts is a fine buck, let alone breaking the 20" barrier.

Ummm... I can't help but notice the gun barrels hanging out of the back of the pickup box... Have to wonder whats up with that?

Hope you don't mind my asking, but it's just not something your likely to see in my region:confused0024:

***What are you getting at Lunker? I imagine they just haven't been put into cases or into the cab in a rack if that's legal in his state.

Top, I was editing as you were posting... It just doesn't look like the way I've ever seen folks deal with guns in my region... That's why I asked.

A different rack than any I've ever shot. Congrats

in Pa loaded or unloaded thats a fine I got a warning for it a while back learned my lesson

***Same way here in MI. You aren't even supposed to lean an unloaded gun against a vehicle up here according to a friend who had a friend get ticketed for it. Out in Wyoming you can have a fully loaded gun with one in the chamber in the front seat with you, but before you shoot anything you have to get out and on the other side of the fence or ditch along either side of the road. I think that's a bad deal and just ripe for accidents!

Different states have different rules. North Dakota you can shoot for the middle of road and maybe right from the truck I'll have to ask.

Any way nice rack it is a different one for sure and one to be proud of. I like the weird ones my self too.

:D Al

I probably should check into that. I often lay my gun on the tailgate/tool box while I put on/take off the rest of my stuff.

I like the stripe that deer has on his head.

Nice buck, congrats.

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My Uncle who I used to deer hunt with in Wisconsin always said you couldn't lean a gun up against a vehicle. I've never been able to actually find the statute that supposedly forbids this. I always wondered whether it was a myth originating from some overzealous law enforcement officer giving a ticket based on the statute intended to ban people from driving around with a loaded rifle in their vehicle.
I lean mine up against my vehicle now (in Illinois) in parking lots on heavily hunted public land and no one has ever said a thing .

NC is different, very liberal in our gun and hunting laws for the most part. Only stipulation I can think of is Road Hunting Local laws prohibit or restrict hunting or shooting
from public roads or possession of a loaded firearm on road
right-of-ways in some counties. Dirt roads are not public roads and some counties have rules for certain roads in certain areas where it is authorized.

Nice deer, yeah we don't grow them huge on the coast but can get some unique looking racks.

When I was a kid my Grandfather always told me that if your going to set something (Fishing pole/Gun etc...) on a vehicle, set it on the hood.

Unfortunately I learned why he always told me that the hard way. When I was 14 we were visiting my step fathers parents farm. I had a .22 that was borrowed from a cousin so I could do some rabbit hunting.

When I finished my hunting i set the rifle on the case on the trunk of a Plymouth Fury III... A very large old car. When I was doing other things with the other kids my mother took the car to town... We never saw that rifle again.

Since then I've set guns on the "hood" of a vehicle 100's of times... I've read threw our regulations book several times, tho these days I usually just review the new regulations... I've never seen anything about setting a gun on a vehicle here but am thinking that maybe I should dig a little deeper after reading a few of the responses in this thread.

The reason I asked my question is because I've never seen anyone set a couple of guns just hanging out out the back of a truck like that. Maybe it's just me, but it just didn't look right:confused0024:

Probably just a Cackalacki thing, especially if you have seen some of our dog running trucks. Seen old blazers with a bass fishing swivel post seat mounted to the roof driving down dirt roads with a guy up on it with his gun between his legs. Looked like grandma in Beverly hillbilly's

Not illegal in NC. Guns were unloaded, put in the bed of the truck for pics and to talk about the hunt. Dang you guys are anal... maybe why I don't get on here too much. To add to that, this was on an old logging road way at the back of the property where I killed him.

agreed. i couldnt give two S**** about the guns in the back of your truck. nice buck.

So according to you... When I see something in a pic that is something I don't see in my region, and I simply ask a question about it I'm being "anal"?

Heck, I even stated in my initial post "Hope you don't mind my asking, but it's just not something your likely to see in my region"

Seems like someone is being anal... Just doesn't seem like it's me:confused0024:

Then again, maybe you're wrong!!:confused0024:

Wouldn't be the first time:sad:

Not you specifically, just something I've picked up on on this forum. A lot of people tend to jump down other peoples throats about little things.

Fair enough... Have to admit that I've seen that happen on more than just this hunting BB.

I'm not trying to be derogatory. I did mention that I've never seen guns hanging out of the back of a truck like that, and that is the truth. Not saying it's wrong, just saying I've never seen it before.

I guess maybe the experience with my cousins .22 in my youth has had more of an impact on how I handle my guns than I initially considered when I asked the question... Guess maybe it looked out of place to me because of my actions over the years, and not yours at the time of the pic.

BTW... I've noticed that as a result of my observation I never said it, but congrats on the nice buck!!!

Not trying to be a butt head... Just saw something that "in my eyes" looked out of place and my curiosity got the best of me.

Nice buck, he definitely has a wide and unique rack. Like Rock said, that stripe on his head is pretty cool, I'd get a head mount of him for sure.

Lunker, I thought the same thing when I saw those guns in the truck bed, then I scrolled down and saw that you asked about them. I'm not saying it's wrong, it's just different than what we are used to I guess. Kinda like when I read that that the OP was using dogs to hunt deer. Again, I'm not saying that it's wrong, it's just different because in MI we can't use dogs for deer unless its after the shot, for tracking, etc... This is an international forum, so we are going to see different tactics, methods, traditions, and other things from different places.

Dude, no dogs for us here in MN. either, but I would like to do it someday.

***You should get in touch with RT4 and maybe Ron would have you down to his place sometime in the Carolinas to run them with dogs! That's one of the main ways he and the boy hunt down there.

I was thinking about Ron when I posted... I have no doubt that he'd get me out running the dogs... Might just have to make it a goal...

From the pics Ron posted last year Travis is becoming a pretty damn good hunter.

Wicked wide rack. That old boy must have had a hard time going though the woods. Congrats on a great deer.

Finally got a few dollars saved up, dropping him off at the taxidermist this week.
If you ever get down in the Carolinas, give me a holler. Can't beat a good day of dog hunting.

Rocker, I'll remember that... The Guy Ron, that Top and I were talking about is in South Carolina... So I just may take you up on that offer if I can manage a hunting trip to your region:cool2:

I know that many like to head out West to hunt, but I myself think that it would be just as fun to head Southeast just to experience that type of whitetail hunting.

Looks like an old buck...but definitely has some character! Also a good cull buck...IMO...

Congratulations on the nice Buck.....how much did he weigh,he looks like He was fairly Old and Heavy!

No such thing as a cull buck on free ranging land IMO. Killing a buck beyond 2.5 years old around here is a trophy.

Lookin back I wish I would've weighed it, it was all me and a buddy could do to get him out of the woods and loaded on the truck. I'd guess 180lb+ easy.

Nice buck he does look to be a good sized one...I understand the comment on getting a buck older than 2 1/2.We live in a very high hunter density area, I'll assume that to be your season for saying it...Congrats