When Will They Ever Learn? - Wisconsin "State Record"

[Big_Holla]

"Pending Non-Typical State Record Gun (Muzzleloader)" for Wisconsin

Buuuttt..............

2 Wisconsin Bucks Look Strikingly Similar

A 300-plus inch nontypical that reportedly was entered as a possible new Wisconsin record looks similar to an alleged farm deer from several years ago.

www.deeranddeerhunting.com

 

[Gern186]

Clearly the same animal

 

[Fletch]

Clearly the same animal

Yup same deer... But... OMG There goes the cost of a non-resident license...

 

[Big H]

Why is no one talking about the horrible mounting job? Whoever did that is really a hack.

 

[finelyshedded]

Why is no one talking about the horrible mounting job? Whoever did that is really a hack.

Totally agree! You’d think the taxi would put out his best work on every deer but especially one that’s going to get viewed so much!

 

[Wiley E Coyote]

Those white caulking looking antlers are always a dead give away to a pen deer. Not sure if it's the diet or the environment. But almost all of those big racks have that look

 

[Knelly]

Those white caulking looking antlers are always a dead give away to a pen deer. Not sure if it's the diet or the environment. But almost all of those big racks have that look

Mostly the environments of the small pen they are in before they are released into the larger "hunting pen". When I was younger, I helped guide at a local enclosure, great money for my late teens early 20's. Multiple small pens ranging from 1/2 acre to 1 acre that are divided by age, rack characteristics and total inches. The only cover they have are small lean-to's. Sun bleaching is 99% of it

 

[Curran]

On this week’s episode of “Deer Make People Dumb”…

 

[Hedgelj]

‘I’m Stupid, Yes.’ Wisconsin Man Busted After Trying to Pass Off 49-Point Game Farm Buck for State Record

A Wisconsin man tried to pull a fast one by passing off the rack of a game farm deer as a fair chase buck—and got his just desserts. According to reporting by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 62-year-old Richard Waters admitted to lying about killing a potential state record nontypical whitetail...

www.themeateater.com

 

[MountNMan56]

Why is no one talking about the horrible mounting job? Whoever did that is really a hack.

Apparently, the guy did what most hunters do. He called around until he got the cheapest price and took it there. Unfortunately, he got what he paid for.

 

[MountNMan56]

Totally agree! You’d think the taxi would put out his best work on every deer but especially one that’s going to get viewed so much!

That probably was his best work.