Brock/Mason 2020

[Sgt Fury]

Doesn’t take a whole lot too make it look like a whole lot.....

 

[brock ratcliff]

There are an enormous amount of tracks and poop. Crazy how they can disappear. It’s like they crawl in a hole or something. . I only jumped one rabbit that was close enough for me to see and it had just come out of a hollow log. I’m certain they waited out the bitter cold morning in burrows. The dogs didn’t even act like they smelled anything resembling a rabbit until 1230 or so.

 

[brock ratcliff]

Things have certainly wound down. We still have a camera out. Haven’t checked it forever. Our future giant is no longer a hope... Amish boy killed him on the last day of muzzy season.
I like to take my bird dogs to my friends preserve in March for one last hunt. I felt a little lazy yesterday so I only took Peanut. My buddy Tony and I killed 12 birds. Peanut was flawless. He’s not yet two and is absolutely amazing. Lots of fun.

 

[jagermeister]

Nice work peanut!

 

[Jamie]

go Peanut!

 

[Dustinb80]

Well done. And Fuck @giles cousin for killing your future giant.

 

[Quantum673]

Fun day!

 

[at1010]

What a good-looking dog! Way to go Peanut! Good shooting as well!

 

[brock ratcliff]

What a good-looking dog! Way to go Peanut! Good shooting as well!

I will brag a little, we fired 13 shots for 12 birds. One hit the ground running, he got the extra shot since he was making a pretty hasty getaway. Peanut would have tracked him down for us but it seemed appropriate at the time.

 

[finelyshedded]

Way to go Peanut! Good stuff Brock.

 

["J"]

Nothing better than a good working dog in the field..... Nothing worse than a stubborn pain in the ass dog in the field on the flip side

 

[switchhitter]

Congratulations
You have had a great season
Good way to end it

 

[brock ratcliff]

While having dinner with Chad and Mallory the other evening, Chad asked if we had picked up Mason’ buck from the taxidermist. We had. We’ve had it back since mid-March and I don’t think I’ve posted a pic of it yet, so here he is. The guy did a great job. I built a pedestal for it using a piece of cedar from our property and barn wood from a chicken house Mason helped his Grandpa take down about two weeks before he passed. The pic shows the deer as he appeared on the taxidermist wall.

 

[finelyshedded]

View attachment 129322 While having dinner with Chad and Mallory the other evening, Chad asked if we had picked up Mason’ buck from the taxidermist. We had. We’ve had it back since mid-March and I don’t think I’ve posted a pic of it yet, so here he is. The guy did a great job. I built a pedestal for it using a piece of cedar from our property and barn wood from a chicken house Mason helped his Grandpa take down about two weeks before he passed. The pic shows the deer as he appeared on the taxidermist wall.

MY GOODNESS!!!!

He’s top heavy so plant it in a stud deep!

 

[Big_Holla]

Man that looks GREAT!! Post a pic of the pedestal if you could please. I'm still in the thought process on my pedestal for my buck from last year.

 

[finelyshedded]

Excellent Taxi work BTW

 

[Isaacorps]

Very nice!

 

[brock ratcliff]

I put this thing together pretty quickly. It’s not exactly artwork, but once Mason added some shed antlers to the base, he liked it so we kept it. I think the fact it is made from Grandpa ‘s barnwood is the reason he likes it.

 

[brock ratcliff]

The taxidermist added fake mud with deer tracks, leaves and acorns to the exposed back portion of the form. It was not clearly visiblewhere we had the head mounted on the wall, so some kind of pedestal seemed appropriate.

 

[OhioWhiteTails]

They did that deer justice. Looks awesome, Brock. Congrats again, Mason. Deer of a lifetime!