Score this buck and i'll take you hunting for 2 days any season

[tjm]

Nov might even be a better issue then Oct.There should be some hogs in that issue 1 would think.I heard through the grapevine about 2 years and 2 monster 8 pointers.Maybe it's not that magazine i cant remember but i'm getting 1 just to see whats in it

Not selling the antlers.Worth more to me then money unless i was the lucky kid from Iowa.For that price you can have everything i got

[icehole10]

If you catch the october issue there is an aritcle with pictures of an awesome buck shot in full velvet on North Dakotas opener last year It had a non-typical final net score of 228 2/8.

[Stratosman]

Lets give TJM the benifit of the doubt... he has been around here a couple of years and I have seen a couple pictures he has posted of bigguns that have been harvested. I believe him. Let's ease off the throttle a bit with some of the negativity. He doesn't have to post a darn thing if he doesn't want to. Things change we all know that, I'm sure this has blossomed into a bigger deal than he thought it would. I say more power to him and post when you can. Can't wait for everything to turn out. It should be worth the wait.

Now let's all worry about getting our own trophy instead of criticizing someone who has done the work to deserve theirs.

[96trigger]

TJM posts on here alot, he always seems to have pretty good knowledge of bow hunting, he has never said anything that is misleading, I've been following this post since day one. I believe that we will see this buck soon enough weather it is at Cabela's or in a magazine. The last thing a mag wants is for pictures or their story getting out, if thats the case, they might not get out until the magazine gets published, heck it could be months from now.

Put yourself in his shoes, he shot a great buck and can't even tell anybody. Man that would suck. TJM has posted picks of some of his bucks, all of them would easily be on my wall, why would he lie about this, there is nothing to gain, only lose. TJM, if I was closer to your area, I'd love to hunt with you, as it is, I'm too far away and have a little one coming soon so this could be my last Hurrah for serious bow hunting. I'm hoping to get something on the wall this fall, I've got an empty spot saved and I'm not afraid to tell people what its for. I just hope that someday there is a nice buck in its place.

Thats my piece, I am out.

[dantheman]

i hope i didn't sound negative. was wonderin when he would be able to, thats all..no negatives on my part. stil think he will deliver.

been readin all the posts the past month, just signed up recently to particapate more.

The closest update i came across was "...being i was told ***until things were all said and done with no pics no stories.***9 am this morning i met with someone to close the deal.

I was offered a lil more then 1 could pass under certain rules.So for that amount i guess i can follow a few rules...

...it would not be right to show the rest of the people who have'nt voted a pic of me holding it.I stated several pages back ***the pics would not be posted until fri 11:59pm.I figured by then everything we been working on will be all said and done with.***"

Just looking for something like" I guess it will be another 2 weeks.", ya know an update on the time frame.

we know what its like to count on someone on a certain date, then things change. right rappin jack?

Captain Musky,

what did that have to do with WHEN? guess you couldn't find it either.

i'll stop and sit on my hands now.

[eyes']

Man I was exactly 1 inch to much!!! Congrat's on a huge buck!!! I just wish it would have been 1 inch bigger!!!!

[BLACKJACK]

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I just wish it would have been 1 inch bigger!!!!

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I hear that all the time from my wife!!!!

[tjm]

Here is what i do know

It was my understanding it would be made public Nov issue.I have 5 days to get the score sheet from last years deer to them.Thursday i'm picking that up and sending that in.I had hoped last years 8 pointer would of been completed so i could send along a few pics of him mounted but it dont look good.They do have pics in the field of that deer as well along with a couple others we as a group have taken the last couple of years.Whats all going to be shown and said i have no clue.I showed them pics of the Iowa Deer and they were not interested in none of those just wanted the Minnesota deer

I'll say this though.When i call them it takes awhile to get a call back if i even get 1.I always left a voice mail now i'm thinking i'll just say hey this is so and so call me back.No detaild mess.When they call me i return the call A.S.A.P Funny how that works

For those wondering and asking about the antlers.Heres the deal.I get a replica mounted for free for 5 years.After the 5 years i return the replica and get my own deer back.I'm working on getting both 8 pointers put side by side.Just sounds like they have other plans so this might not work.The replica would be a shoulder mount.My deer will be a full mount.It's my understanding the day the antlers are scored for the books is the same day the mold will be made and i was told i will recieve my shoulder mount 2 weeks after that.I asume thats probly when the full body mount will be displayed as well but i'm not sure because no ones telling me much.Also funny how that works.Everyone wants to talk then when you sign it over no one says a word.

So keep that in mind if you ever do this.If this ever happens again to anyone i know i'm going to tell them to get every darn penny you can just for stress

[lawdog]

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Nov might even be a better issue then Oct.There should be some hogs in that issue 1 would think.I heard through the grapevine about 2 years and 2 monster 8 pointers.

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Wonder who that's about since you shot a nine pointer last year...

Hey do you still have that pic of the buck from when you won "2004 big buck runner up" or last year's deer that you entered in the contest? I can kind of remember those buck pictures but I'd sure like to see them again...escpecially that 2004 runner up picture... Seem to remember that was a dandy buck

[ozzie]

go to page 4 of this post and he has a picture of the deer he shot last year and a picture of the monster he shot this year in the field........

[tjm]

page 6 lawdog

By the way there both 9 pointers just getting scored as 8's

[lawdog]

That wasn't the winning picture... I know we didn't/don't let truck pics in.

I don't really see how you can shoot a 9 (especially since that's a legit point off the main beam) and then just score it as an 8 so it seems more impressive numberswise but whatever... it was a nice buck 8 or 9.

[tjm]

ok theres the buck plus the MO buck shot the same year.I picked the Iowa buck up a few days ago from another taxidermy guy who had it ever since i shot the deer.He said it would be atleast another 6-12 months.So i'm going to take it else wheres.

Still debating on mounting the MO buck or not.

[tjm]

Lawdog

I never entered any last season.Think your talking about 2 different deer.2 seasons ago i entered the 1 above.Last season i never entered 1.This season i wont enter 1 either nor any of them.I'll post pics but i wont enter the contest.I'm workin on something at the moment so we'll see where this goes maybe we can have some fun down the road for next season get a few more guys out hunting

For those who asked

[lawdog]

Ya maybe I don't remember. Do you have that '04 runner up picture, that's the one I'm really trying to remember and can't quite remember... I thought you had one last year too though but whatever.

[tjm]

Sounds like this is the pic your after lawdog

So for those of you that sent me an e-mail calling us poachers... I dont think soo

[Stratosman]

That's a nice picture there on the bottom. Gets the blood pumpin!! Is the top one one of the guys in the bottom pic? From that I assume he is a game warden or something?

[tjm]

Double yes and a thanks.My hunting partner/brother/dont do anything wrong or you get a ticket guy

If you have read a few of my post a couple of them state this.I had asked my brother why this game warden thinks the law is this way and another 1 will say no it's like this.

His answer was if you get all the officers in 1 room.Ask them all 2 ?'s.first ? is how do you enforce this law.you will have 2 answers.Now split the room up this side with the same answers over here and the rest go over there

2nd ? is how many hunters are in the room.1 side of the room will hold up there hands they all had the same answer how they would enforce the law while the none hunters all had the same answer how they would enforce the law no hands up

He told me they had a meeting about complaints on a county line 1 warden said this and the other said something different.So they had a lil get together and this is what they came up with.He said it was kinda scary.Thats why you always ask the warden where your hunting at if you have any doubts

The buck above with just the head was not healthy to eat.He had been slowly dying before we got to him from battle wounds.Basicaly he was rotten but still alive and willing to run.

So my brother called the local warden up and he met us at the site.Not knowing my brothers a warden too he handled the situation.He asked the loacal warden if we could just cut the head off and leave the deer for coyotes.The deer was so stinky we had to stand about 20 yards from it.The local warden says no thats want&waste but if you take the deer to the local dump i'll give you a transport tag.[PoorWordUsage] my brother says are you kidding me.I tell ya what you load the deer up you haul it to the dump and keep the rack.Warden says but i'll have to take your deer tag because you killed a buck

So my brothers says i tell ya what.How about we go get the farmer and ask him if we dig a hole and bury the deer will that do.Yup he says.So thats what we did.After all said and done he gave us a transport tag and off he went

Catch to this was i lost my tailgate somewhere in the meentime and on the way home all the deer were exposed.Sure enough we get pulled over.Sure enough the next warden was not happy with what was done to the deer.After a 20 minute wait while he made some calls and came back to the truck very unhappy he let us go with no ticket.So my brother in a round about way says sir do you hunt by any chance.Answer was no i dont have time

So when my brother got back to his office he sent a positive letter to the 1st wardens boss.He sent a not so good letter to the none hunters wardens boss.The none hunter officers boss called my brother and stated yea we have had several complaints.While the 1st officer and my brother are now planning a hunt together.Go figure

[Stratosman]

Yeah, my sis is a police officer and she has all kinds of stories too... lot's of things are how the individual interprets the law and to what degree they feel the person is breaking that law. We have had a few different wardens in the areas that I hunt and I have never had any complaints other than one time I had one walk up to me while I was sitting in the early morning, I didn't like that so much as it probably ruined my morning hunt....but whatever, I guess it's his right to do so. I have always checked out. The guys that I hear about that have problems with wardens are generally the ones that I know don't always follow the law... go figure.

[lawdog]

That's a pretty impressive pic, but I'm talking about the single pic, not a group shot. The one you actually entered in the contest...

[ozzie]

PAGE 4 LAWDOG......

[B mac]

Very impressive bucks.

It's rare to shoot one buck of that caliber...but year after year...unreal! Nice job...

[tealitup]

What is the yellow tag? What state?

[harvey lee]

I believe they were shot in Iowa.Yellow tag is deer tag.

[buzzsaw]

Nice rack! 178 3/4 would be my esteemed guess.