8pt back

[2BuckBizCT]

Got my 8pt back today from taxidermist (wood wall) and on my wall (grey wall). He’s next to my 2019 8pt. The size difference in body is very noticeable. 2019 greyer face 8pt was 151lbs dressed on 11/2/19. The browner face buck was 168lbs dressed on 11/21/22 (I saw him mount a doe that day and chased the doe all day.) so he was probably even heavier at one point

[G-man]

Very nice . Definitely a difference in body size

[paula]

Nice

[dbHunterNY]

Nice! Don't you send out teeth to deer age now? Are they both the same age? If so, weights can vary a bit even within the same age class.

[2BuckBizCT]

19 minutes ago, dbHunterNY said:

Nice! Don't you send out teeth to deer age now? Are they both the same age? If so, weights can vary a bit even within the same age class.

2019 - not aged but we think 3.5 y/o, 151lbs dressed on 11/2

2022 - 4.5 y/o aged, 168lbs dressed on 11/21

our area is very steep hills and they lose a lot of weight for sure in pics and in person. A few years ago my dad shot a nice 8pt in December. It was 108lbs!

Edited July 6, 2023 by 2BuckBizCT

[Robhuntandfish]

1 minute ago, 2BuckBizCT said:

2019 - not aged but we think 3.5 y/o, 151lbs dressed on 11/2

2022 - 4.5 y/o aged, 168lbs dressed on 11/21

our area is very steep hills and they lose a lot of weight for sure in pics and in person. A few years ago my dad shot a nice 8pt in December. It was 108lbs!

151 and 168 are both good sized bucks Biz.  A lot of guys think their buck is 200 #s but they rarely are.    Nice mount.  

[mowin]

Nice looking mounts.  Congrats. 

[SportsmanNH]

They look great on the wall Biz . Nice looking cat too !

[Moho81]

Looks great Biz! 

[2BuckBizCT]

I forgot to add. The work was done by Kevin Conroy in Middlebury, CT. He did both of the mounts shown. 

[Lawdwaz]

Nice mounts........the taxidermist is talented.

[nywaw]

Nice looking mounts!  

[mowin]

3 hours ago, 2BuckBizCT said:

I forgot to add. The work was done by Kevin Conroy in Middlebury, CT. He did both of the mounts shown. 

So not the same guy that did jerkeys coyote? 

[Belo]

15 hours ago, Robhuntandfish said:

151 and 168 are both good sized bucks Biz.  A lot of guys think their buck is 200 #s but they rarely are.    Nice mount.  

yes but is it scale weight or chest girth measurement?

Nice bucks Biz!

[Robhuntandfish]

22 minutes ago, Belo said:

yes but is it scale weight or chest girth measurement?

Nice bucks Biz!

He got on a bathroom scale holding the buck.