The Ones that Don't Make the Trophy Room

[Caenus]

This is my opening day hunt at my buddies ranch just east of Zapata Texas in 2005. This was my second season hunting after Iraq and my second buck. My first buck was a spike, and of course as a rookie hunting did not think about bringing a camera. I was using a Marlin 30-30 on this hunt. This deer was at about 75 yards. He of course then leaped out into the middle of the pond before expiring. The pond was about 200 feet across, but luckily only about 3 feet deep. It was still very cold wading out there to pull him back to shore in early December. The hog ran out of the brush on the far side of the pond with three other hogs after I shot the deer. I shot him on the run at 100yds.

 

This is my wife's first deer ever! This deer's body was huge compared to the usual deer in the area.

[PSEps]

Here are 14 animals that I was able to dig up that didn't make the trophy room. The 4 bull elk in the 2nd picture... scores from left to right- 310" that was left out for a couple months in the shed and the critters got to it, 315" archery bull from this year, 356" bull from last year, and 320" bull from this year. Then some small bucks the biggest being 145", and of course the oryx and barbary sheep.

[BeardownAZ]

Mine is the far left 3x4. All shot this year(2010) opening day.

[1stcoues75]

Here is my 2010 Coues back I took on my last afternoon to hunt. Wasn't planning on taking him but after my Fiancee fell into some cactus early in the morning I didn't think it would be a good idea to go home empty handed. She was a trooper though and loved every second of it. She will be going after her first Coues buck this October.