The best I could do / 2012 Mexico

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Rhyme of the Sheep Hunter
May fordings never be too deep, And alders not too thick; May rock slides never be too steep And ridges not too slick.
And may your bullets shoot as swell As Fred Bear's arrow's flew; And may your nose work just as well As Jack O'Connor's too.
May winds be never at your tail When stalking down the steep; May bears be never on your trail When packing out your sheep.
May the hundred pounds upon you Not make you break or trip; And may the plane in which you flew Await you at the strip.
-Seth Peterson

27 January 2012, 18:04

Tim Herald

I think you did pretty well...

27 January 2012, 20:41

Orvar

Hez a keeper in my book!

27 January 2012, 21:25

jjbull

a little judicious saw-work and you should have a nice set of rattlin' horns

Great buck, Brad!!

27 January 2012, 23:07

matt u

Nice Buck

27 January 2012, 23:34

505 gibbs

quote:
Deep forks and fronts. Not super Sonora wide, but I bet he's 190 class. I'd hook him!

Ya, I thought so too. Actually, I thought he would be close to 185 and his trash might get him to 190. Then I shot him, walked up to him and I bet he didn't weigh 165 lbs, those deer are small anyways, but this was by far the smallest deer I have ever shot there. Everything about him was 2/3rds scale, teeth were worn down to his gums, some were gone completely, an incredibly old deer. All of the deer I have shot in Sonora in the past had ears in the 23"-24" range, this guy was around 21". Finally put the tape on him when I got back to Houston and he grossed 180-4/8", a beautiful rack, but not what I thought he was. None the less, I love hunting Mexico, this is my 5th year and my 4th buck. Great people, beautiful country, it is the closest I think I can come to mule deer hunting like the stories my grandpa told me.

28 January 2012, 03:48

bwanamrm

Beautiful buck... well done.

On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died.

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch...
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
- Rudyard Kipling

Life grows grim without senseless indulgence.

28 January 2012, 10:08

drummondlindsey

Looks good buddy! Wish you were still down here, I have a 190"+ typical and a 200"+ 7x7 found, a tag available and nobody to hunt. My tag is for a different ranch

28 January 2012, 19:52

505 gibbs

You are killing me Drummond, you'd shake a bag of crack in front of a crackhead wouldn't you?

29 January 2012, 07:15

drummondlindsey

quote:
Originally posted by 505 gibbs:
You are killing me Drummond, you'd shake a bag of crack in front of a crackhead wouldn't you?

If that bag of crack would help that crackhead kill a big mule deer then yes, I would absolutely shake a bag of crack in front of a crackhead

30 January 2012, 17:01

Orvar

If it wasn't for the fact that I have negative days in the Vacation / Wife bank... I would be there now Drummond

30 January 2012, 19:18

StormsGSP

quote:
Originally posted by drummondlindsey:
Looks good buddy! Wish you were still down here, I have a 190"+ typical and a 200"+ 7x7 found, a tag available and nobody to hunt. My tag is for a different ranch

Hot damn! Any pics? That's the stuff I dream about.

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"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. -Henry David Thoreau, Walden

31 January 2012, 04:45

Buglemintoday

One of these days I will hunt Sonora.

31 January 2012, 13:58

zhaba

beautiful buck congrats,hope i can hunt there one day.

31 January 2012, 23:18

swampshooter

A great buck, I sure wouldn't apologize for taking him. Congratulations.

31 January 2012, 23:34

505 gibbs

thanks for the kind words guys, it was a blast.

01 February 2012, 16:08

Rusty

Nice!

Rusty
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01 February 2012, 18:04

friarmeier

505, why aren't you wearin' a shiteatin' grin?

Nice deer, and glad you enjoyed the trip! Best wishes,

friar

03 February 2012, 18:24

Norton

That's a beaut! But why the "I'm not happy I shot this pig" face?

03 February 2012, 20:39

505 gibbs

Norton,
that is my happy face.

04 February 2012, 01:49

drummondlindsey

quote:
Originally posted by 505 gibbs:
Norton,
that is my happy face.

08 February 2012, 04:48

Troy Hibbitts

quote:
Originally posted by 505 gibbs:
... teeth were worn down to his gums, some were gone completely, an incredibly old deer.

such a deer makes for a GREAT trophy in my book!