.270 Report post Posted September 22, 2004 what's the deal with all the nicknames for animals? i see the new record pronghorn has been dubbed "joeboo". what the heck is that about? joeboo? is that a name? what's it mean? other day i saw some buck some dummy named "bubba gump"? man i don't get it. why'd ya name a buck after a couple o' retards? the "buck of justice"? what's that supposed to mean? seems like every nice animal taken in the past few years has some stupid name attached to it. our buddy adhd, or cwd or whatever his name is, said he's gonna name his elk this year, an elk he ain't even shot yet, after me? i mean, if it's like the biggest, meanest, gnarliest, studliest, best lookin' bull in the woods, maybe that might apply. but i'm sure he'll be lucky to get a fuzzy horned spike. man, that just won't work. anyway, just wondering what the deal is about all the stupid (in my opinion now, not talkin' for everybody else) nicknames hung on stuff lately. maybe it's a magazine deal. but it sure seems goofy to me. but then again i like headcheese samwiches and spam and black licorice too. of the hundreds of bucks me and my bunch have taken, i don't recall ever namin' one. there's a few that are refered to as "that buck we got over in such and such canyon" or whatever. but names? especially these stupid names. and namin' one before ya shoot it? wierd, real wierd. Lark. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azpackhorse Report post Posted September 22, 2004 I named my buck from last year "the $950.00 buck" cus that's what it cost me for the surgery from the injury to my knee while pack'n him out! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Manamal Report post Posted September 23, 2004 I've got a couple buddies that name bucks on a regular basis. The two bucks I hear them talk about the most are "The White Whale" and "Old Glory". I would call the "white whale" a 24-26" 4x4 with big front forks and weak in the back. "Old glory" is a coues I have not seen but sounds like a typical 3x3 w/eyegaurds in the 80 or 90" class. The only reason I would name a buck is if he was my pet... And it would be hard to have a deer as a pet knowing how good they taste. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COUESAZ Report post Posted September 23, 2004 Every big buck I see gets the name walter. If you have seen on golden pond you will understand. I know some guy's name them when scouting. Me my self walter is good enough. I think most of it was started by the hunting magaziens. It is kind of strange isnt it. My brother and I will say to each other things like I saw walter yesterday or I saw one of walters brothers or dad or grandpa. I hope this does not put me in that catagory. Thanks Lark now I am woried about it. HAHAHA. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bullwidgeon Report post Posted September 23, 2004 (edited) We name bull elk for horn characteristics. Like "No third" , he had no 3rd point on one side or "Old Tree Horn" looked like he had a big dead juniper tree growing out of his head or "That little weener raghorn bull" which was the last bull that Lark killed Other than that, generally we use places they are at or physical traits to describe other animals. I am not really sure how to name an antelope, more than half they time they all look the same to me... Bret M. Edited January 1, 1970 by bullwidgeon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KGAINES Report post Posted September 23, 2004 Bullwidgeon, It sounds like stereotyping to me, those antelope probably think we all look alike too. We need to be more specific on the antelope, like the one with the white, no wait the one that has the fork, no wait the really fast one, no, never mind your right they do all look alike. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coues addict Report post Posted September 23, 2004 Lark Me and my boy have never named one of our bucks that we have taken. I am kinda like you I guess because I always remember where I took a deer. But here`s the kicker! Ever since we heard Cabela`s paid some guy a million bucks for a world record elk rack we started sayin we were gonna go find the "Cabela Buck'' I figure maybe they will pay bigtime for a world record Coues deer rack! Anyway now we always say were going after the CABELA BUCK If I ever find him we`ll see! maybe this year ! who knows? Coues Addict P.S. Ya know, I bet they didn`t even notice that million bucks was even gone! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
.270 Report post Posted September 23, 2004 i don't know if cabela's even knows what a coues is. i was at the new KC store a few weeks ago and they didn't have even one coues in the whole place. they had everything else you could imagine. no coues. not one stinkin' one. ok bullwidgeon. the next javelina i shoot is gonna get called brett. hope it's a sow. a real ugly sow. i mean even ugly for a javelina. like a nontypical javelina. hey Az. guide, whatter you doin' watchin' jane fonda movies? didja go to rent steel magnolias and it was out? on golden pond? i was channel surfin' once and just caught a glimpse of it and hurt my eyes a little. if i ever shoot a million dollar animal, i'll name it. all the way to the bank. few years ago a good friend shot a 280" nontypical muley and a guy offered him 15 grand for it. he turned it down. my pal, Kirt Darner, the guy that mule loper and cwd argued with me about so much, told me, "there is the 2 dumbest guys in the world. the first guy for offerin' him 15k for it and the second guy for turnin' it down". oh yeah, bullwidgeon, i gotta buddy named spike and he says he's tired o' you namin' all your kills after him. later dudes, Lark. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
az4life Report post Posted September 23, 2004 My buddy calls his by name after they are down. Impressive names like MEAT and HORNY. I started naming mine before I go out in the field for villains in real life. Years ago started with Noriega (amnuel Noriega). and lately there have been Saddam, and Osama. You get the Idea Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COUESAZ Report post Posted September 23, 2004 I new that the hanoi jane film would get you fired up. I was only 8 when I saw it and did not know better. But the fish story about walter always stuck with us while hunting. I hope you get that javalina this year so we can all see what bret looks like in real life. Have a good one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
.270 Report post Posted September 23, 2004 ok Az. guide, if you were only 8, then i guess maybe you can overcome it. but you're gonna have to pay some kinda penance. what's a good punishment for watchin' a fonda movie? i mean there needs to be a little pain here so's ya won't backslide and do it again. Lark. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rembrant Report post Posted September 24, 2004 Would this be a bad time to admit my all-time favorite movie is "Barbraella"? Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
az4life Report post Posted September 24, 2004 Thank goodness I have my visual image processors offline! some of you guys are making me NNNNERVOUS... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
.270 Report post Posted September 24, 2004 hey rambrent, it's barbarella. lurn two spill. and yes, it's a bad time and place. i call no more jane fonda references. man, i thought cwd was mean. only jane fonda movie i ever saw was catballou. and i was young and needed the money. actually, it was 'afore that pig become hanoi jane. always wanted to see it again, because i like lee marvin, stubby kaye and nat king cole. and that horse shoulda got an academy award. but i've stayed the course and never bent to the tempation. remember, real hunters don't watch hanoi jane movies or allow thur frin's to niether. cwd can, cuz he ain't got no frin's to keep him straight. Lark. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COUESAZ Report post Posted September 24, 2004 Lark I have a picture here of her and john karry in the same picture at a war protest if I knew how to post it it would cause some big fuss I am sure. I will try sending it to you just for the fun of it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
