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Title: Decent deadhead
Post by: kennym on March 28, 2020, 07:56:05 PM
Found on north lease property...

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Post by: Hot Hap on March 28, 2020, 07:59:00 PM
Ouch
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Post by: Pine on March 28, 2020, 08:16:49 PM
Might have been a non recovery.  :dunno:
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Post by: Possum Head on March 28, 2020, 09:15:35 PM
What a shame very nice!
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Post by: Charlie Lamb on March 28, 2020, 09:54:27 PM
Corona gets another one.  :wavey:
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Post by: Basinboy on March 28, 2020, 10:41:48 PM
 Man that was a good one!
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Post by: TIM B on March 29, 2020, 07:46:59 AM
Dang thing shed his whole head. 
Did ya have pics of him Kenny?
Tim B
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Post by: Wudstix on March 29, 2020, 12:06:40 PM
Nature is cruel!
:campfire:
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Post by: trad_bowhunter1965 on March 29, 2020, 12:08:17 PM
great find!
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Post by: kennym on March 29, 2020, 04:39:17 PM
I had no pics and one possible sighting by a lease hunter. 

I posted the pics on FB to see if anybody knew him and had a neighbor with pics and another guy had pics north west  3.04 miles away as the crow flies.

Also the second guy knew another guy who had pics of him south west 1.68 miles. He sure got around!!
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Post by: BearBandit on March 29, 2020, 05:57:21 PM
Cool dead head, looks like he was still pretty young,  couple more years and he would have been a monster.
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Post by: kennym on March 29, 2020, 06:33:45 PM
Pretty sure he was 4 or 5 because I got pics about same size in 18 and 19 from the guys...
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Post by: BearBandit on March 29, 2020, 06:38:31 PM
Really?  He looks like he is just starting to take off but I'm just guessing based on his mass and spacing from one picture on the interwebs haha.  Either way super cool find.  Did you take him home?
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Post by: Wudstix on March 29, 2020, 11:24:48 PM
Dang nice 4-5 yr old!!! 
:campfire:
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Post by: Wheels2 on March 30, 2020, 07:05:54 AM
Maybe hit by a car?
Or he just died of natural causes...
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Post by: Wudstix on March 30, 2020, 01:49:33 PM
That crossed my mind.  Also, the rut is responsible for many buck deaths, but he is not all broke up.
:campfire:
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Post by: GCook on March 30, 2020, 05:49:37 PM
That's for sure a nice one.
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on March 31, 2020, 01:44:42 PM
Nice one kenny. As cool as they are to find, there's always that nagging bit of sadness.
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Post by: Terry Green on April 07, 2020, 11:46:33 AM
I hope you kept that!
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Post by: kennym on April 12, 2020, 09:35:53 AM
Terry, I kept it for sure!

It was pretty stinky so I didn't want to boil it out.  so a stake and a rope and it went in the pond for cleaning. 

I did one like it a few years back and the critters cleaned it up good, it was kind of brown stained but I think you could boil it later with a little dish soap and use some peroxide and it would be nice... :thumbsup:
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Post by: huntnmuleys on April 12, 2020, 09:55:41 AM
Ohhhhhhh dang!   That's a good one.
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Post by: Terry Green on April 12, 2020, 12:32:02 PM
I'd like to see it when you finish it please sir!
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Post by: kennym on April 12, 2020, 01:55:07 PM
He ain't gonna be real pretty, somebody bit part of his nose off... But I'll get some pics of him up... :thumbsup:
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Post by: SlowBowinMO on April 14, 2020, 11:03:15 AM
Interesting, never heard of throwing them in a pond.  I usually bury them for 6-9 months.
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Post by: BAK on April 14, 2020, 11:24:04 AM
It should make a fine Euro mount.  The truth is if you can't get them bleached out nice you can always spray paint them and once up on the wall they'll look as good as any.   :thumbsup:
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Post by: Bisch on April 14, 2020, 07:27:31 PM
Quote from: kennym on April 12, 2020, 09:35:53 AM
Terry, I kept it for sure!

It was pretty stinky so I didn't want to boil it out.  so a stake and a rope and it went in the pond for cleaning. 

I did one like it a few years back and the critters cleaned it up good, it was kind of brown stained but I think you could boil it later with a little dish soap and use some peroxide and it would be nice... :thumbsup:

If it doesn't clean up well, go to the craft store and get some white chalk paint and paint it. I have a couple that were done that way, and they look superb!!!!

Bisch
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Post by: kennym on April 14, 2020, 07:58:23 PM
Cool! Good info guys!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Post by: TIM B on April 15, 2020, 09:04:40 PM
Peroxide will do wonders.  Just be sure to rinse it well
Tim B
Title: Re: Decent deadhead
Post by: kennym on April 15, 2020, 09:51:54 PM
Yep got some from local hairdresser , works very well ...