Your Best Buck!!!!

[kidoggy]

It is never too late to share on these type of threads!

heck no ! it's what keeps us sane in the off season! congrats bigmoose!

 

[bigmoose]

Here's what he looks like on the wall.

 

[kidoggy]

that looks awesome!

 

[jdan9]

Utah buck from a few years back. My best!

 

[BOHNTR]

Best archery typical:


Best archery non-typical:

 

[Montana]

Sad my daughter has the biggest deer in our family.

 

[Sawfish]

My Best California Columbia Blacktail taken with a handgun SCI #2 139 4/8

 

[Sawfish]

My Best California Non-Typical Columbia Blacktail taken with a handgun SCI #5 123 5/8.

 

[badgerbob]

Thought I would add one more. This is a California buck, a forked horn. It turned into a great wall hanger.View attachment 37638View attachment 37639

CC When I lived in Humboldt Co. there was a fellow who hunted North Central Trinity Co. He took several big forks in there and he called them Pacific Forks. Just wondering if you ever heard of that term?

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

Yep. We called them Pacific Bucks.

 

[Sawfish]

And there are still some of them around (in Trinity County).

 

[ScottR]

Here's what he looks like on the wall.

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That buck is heavy!!!

 

[ScottR]

Sad my daughter has the biggest deer in our family.
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not sad, raising them right!

 

[Sawfish]

A small Pacific Fork that I killed in Trinity County CA with my .35 Remington XP-100 (my first Blacktail).

 

[mallardsx2]

A small Pacific Fork that I killed in Trinity County CA with my .35 Remington XP-100 (my first Blacktail).

Just curious as to why you hunt with a pistol? Is there a local regulation that limits you from hunting with a rifle or is that just your weapon of choice. Either way, I think its cool that you hunt with a pistol and those are some nice bucks!

 

[Sawfish]

I always wanted to kill a deer with my pistol and took it on every deer hunt (along with my rifle) waiting for the right opportunity. After wearing most of the blue off of the pistol. I finally realized that I was never going to kill a deer with it as long as I had my rifle along. I joined the North American Handgun Hunters (now defunct) which held a handgun only hunt at the YO Ranch each year benefitting Sportsman Against Hunger. With expert guidance and lots of "targets" my handgunning efforts really took off. It has been over 30 years since I have hunted with a rifle. Now the pistol is my weapon of choice. Easier to pack, easier to carry, easier to handle in tight spaces. Most states allow handguns for hunting, and the number is increasing. Thank you for your comments and your interest.

 

[bigmoose]

Just to keep this thread going.

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Here's another one from Colorado.

 

[archbull]

 

[sarigaliya]

Great bucks Jim !!

mobdro

 

[Sawfish]

My best Louisiana Whitetail taken with a pistol in 2021. 71 yds., 161 lbs. (T/C Contender in .357 JDJ). Nothing like a Western Muley, but pretty respectable for a Swamp Deer.