Dunkield Posted July 20, 2019 Report Share Posted July 20, 2019 Not dead this time, snapped by a local photographer. As I know a lot of you don’t have these in your patch thought you might appreciate this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted July 20, 2019 Report Share Posted July 20, 2019 Great picture. We have them but I usually see them through the small end of the scope. (Then again in the pan). Great eating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted July 20, 2019 Report Share Posted July 20, 2019 A gold medal buck when he’s clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted July 20, 2019 Report Share Posted July 20, 2019 Yes a beast and a half ! I've seen loads on my bits but nothing like that, and not shot one yet thats not been in velvet. Out 1st thing tomorrow after a buck, that's been seen 3 times now on the same route, same time. They ruin so many drives on the shoot tney need thinning out a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted July 20, 2019 Report Share Posted July 20, 2019 Lovely beast. Wish they were spoiling drives up here 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted July 20, 2019 Report Share Posted July 20, 2019 That may turn out to be a good buck but very often they do look huge when in velvet BUT I think I would lay money on that one. Looks a reasonable age and also looks like he has broken one tusk off. Like everything they can become a nuisance if they get overstocked, just need proper management. I love 'em in the flesh and on the plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted July 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2019 I had two in my patch that had better heads, a better body weight than him, but haven’t seen for about a year now. Having said that I have two gold medal shoulder mounts in the house I am not sure we need any more 🙂 3 minutes ago, Walker570 said: That may turn out to be a good buck but very often they do look huge when in velvet BUT I think I would lay money on that one. Looks a reasonable age and also looks like he has broken one tusk off. Yes he looks like he has been in a scrap or two, missing tusk and a chipped ear - looks relatively young to me? The curve in those antlers makes me think it could be quite decent once clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted July 20, 2019 Report Share Posted July 20, 2019 (edited) Great shame they didn't up the anti 30-35yrs ago and raise the bar for medals in munties as actually hitting gold today is not a big deal, there must be hundreds wandering about out there. This was an interesting one. Apologise for the photo but it was 30yrs ago, Oxfordshire. Would have loved to see that one in velvet. Edited July 20, 2019 by Walker570 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted July 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2019 (edited) Although clearly a clunker, the fact it is so asymmetric would mark it down scoring wise. My last one wasn’t that remarkable but was almost perfectly symmetrical so lost very few CIC points as a result. Of course a medal isn’t a medal until it is scored officially. The term ‘medal’ gets overused to describe what is sometimes just a decent sized buck. Edited July 20, 2019 by Dunkield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted July 20, 2019 Report Share Posted July 20, 2019 5 hours ago, Dunkield said: Not dead this time, snapped by a local photographer. As I know a lot of you don’t have these in your patch thought you might appreciate this. That's a cracker! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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