Found on November 16 near Henning , MN . Our deer shack is located
about a mile from the swamp where the bucks were found. Here's the
story... the guy that found them had left his stand Sunday morning and was
walking back to their shack when he noticed a tine sticking out of the
swamp grass just off the side of a four wheeler trail. He walked over to
check it out and found the two bucks frozen in the swamp ice with only
about one foot of each deer's side and about 10 inches of the tines above
the ice. After getting help from some hunting partners, they managed to
chop the deer out of the ice and get them loaded onto a flatbed trailer.
The deer were then brought back to the shack and the word started to
spread. The "smaller" of the two was a massive 8 pointer that green
scored an estimated 150+ inches and the "larger" monster was a true swamp
buck with what was thought to be 18 scorable points and a green score of
190+ inches. From what I've heard since these photos were taken, the two
bucks are gaining statewide attention and the larger buck actually has 23
scorable points. It is thought that the bucks had been dead for 2 weeks
before being discovered. Because of this, the capes had begun to
deteriorate and were not capable of producing a mountable cape. However,
new capes have been supplied and the bucks are in the process of being
mounted locked together in battle. The twine on the antlers was to
prevent the bucks from coming unlocked when the heads were removed. Also,
check out the cup on the tip of the main beam on the big guy! Hope you
enjoy the pictures. A truly once in a lifetime opportunity.
1 comment:
Strange. R.O.
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