Monster found dead

[show me the money]

Buddy of mine found this Sunday . what a shame got to score mid 170s. Photos don't do it justice.amazing in person

Edited December 15, 2015 by show me the money

[Gill-T]

Wow. What township?

[Duckman1]

Was that found in the swamp in or near warsaw

[Nautitroller]

True beauty at least the squirrels n mice won't get to it. I'm sure someone will display it with pride.

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[lineman49]

Nice buck!, Saw pics on facebook, says it was found in Warsaw, Ny

[show me the money]

Yes it was

[gamekilr]

Only problem there's no tag on it

[Xxx]

WOW, if at all possible were you able to tell if it was shot, or any roads close by? Or maybe it's a victim of those other posts that stated they died from a disease. Either way it would make a hell of a nice Europen mount!! If it was shot someone is sick all over again, first shooting it and either thinking he/she missed, or looked and was not able to find it and now this buck is all over the Internet! If I would have shot such a monter I would have got in touch with someone who had dogs to track it, in my case I now a few guys that have coyote dogs. Hopefully this isn't a hunters bad judgement or if it doesn't fall in it tracks it's considered a miss!!! 👣👣

[BSmaster]

My brother pulled one out of the woods like that once way back when.  Taxidermist was hunting with us that day and traded him a new bow for the rack.  Funny thing was my brother grabbed it just to show everybody.  Mature racks can have value - don't discard.  It means nothing to you because you want to obtain your trophies, but people who have a lot of money and do not hunt would buy it for some decoration in the "den", restaurant, or club.  As for the how to convert it to $$.  Not sure.

[Shellback]

Just curious, is it legal to keep the rack? Pretty sure in PA, the Game Comm will take it from you. You could pick up road kills, but had to turn the rack in. That was years ago, don't know if things changed or not.

[King Slammin]

U can save the rack and have it mounted along with another cape. My father in law has a nice 15 pt that was road kill mounted with a cape of a buck he shot. He always tells people he shot that buck, which he did, but not that rack. Lol

[Legacy]

STUD!!!

[JakeyBaby]

What a shame! That's a true Monster!

[MeatHunter737]

Just curious, is it legal to keep the rack? Pretty sure in PA, the Game Comm will take it from you. You could pick up road kills, but had to turn the rack in. That was years ago, don't know if things changed or not.

Just curious about PA. Can you inherit buck skulls that don't have tags? Or does the game commission take them?

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[Xxx]

That's pretty much a grey area, if it's a mount that was handed down, I don't think it would matter as they have more important things to do, I have my brothers mount and mine neither have tags on them now, they did at one time. I always leave a tag or two from the the year in the freezer that way if they find reason to dig around in my freezer the tags are there. I'm not 100% on the laws on a find in the woods so to speak. Depends on the taxidermist also, a lot won't do the work unless there's a tag.

[Nautitroller]

I understand that the tag should always stay with the meat of the deer.

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[DJ 17]

I understand that the tag should always stay with the meat of the deer.

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X2

[Giz9219]

I understand that the tag should always stay with the meat of the deer.

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Tag number with the meat and tag with the horns I was always told? Still a nice buck!

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Edited December 15, 2015 by Giz9219

[show me the money]

DEC officer said it was ok to take because it was obviously dead for a while . He got pulled over by a cop on the way to my house because the cop wanted to see it . Can't pick up deer with meat and hide on them but bone ok I guess . The dec officer said it would be a shame to leave it in the woods . Once in a lifetime buck

[Nautitroller]

That's very cool of the officer to say that!

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[Xxx]

Yea that guy was nice about it!! He could of told you anything, and kept the horns. Pretty cool the cop pulled him over just to see the horns, this must be a slammer of a buck. Congrats on the find and the ability to keep them!!!!!

[samajm]

Show ....   Was there any signs of a slug / bullet hole  ?   Or did it die from natural causes  ? .......... That is a trophy buck