Mule deer and Aoudad's

Here is a big New Mexico archery mule deer and a couple of Texas Aoudad sheep that recently left the shop.

Velvet and a hard horned deer

Here are some velvet bucks and a hard horned buck that I recently finished up.  The hard horned mule deer was taken in central AZ by a junior hunter from Mississippi.  It is crated and shipping out tomorrow for its new home.  He is 32" wide and grosses 185; a super buck for this area.

Antelope, Coues and Mule Deer

Here are some recent mounts I finished.  The double Coues pedestal belongs to Shane R.  and he harvested both of these bucks in Mexico on the same trip.  The shoulder mount coues and mule deer were taken by Colby S. in Sonora on the same trip.  The Javelina belongs to Sean W. and was taken in unit 23.  The Antelope were taken by Kurt S.and his wife in New Mexico.

 

Big Archery Desert Mule Deer

Here is a great mule deer that Ryan D. harvested last archery season in the southwest Arizona desert.  He took some neat photos of the buck prior to harvesting him.  Ryan has also taken some great desert bucks with his rifle.  Thanks Ryan for letting me mount your buck for you.

Hunter's MX coues deer and a couple Sonoran Muleys

Here is a Hunter H.'s coues buck he took on our hunt in Mexico in January.  The official score for his Coues is 116 3/8 Gross and 113 4/8 net Boone and Crockett.  The two mule deer were taken by Jeff V. last season in Mexico as well.  Pretty good mule deer double for Jeff.

 

 

Big Mule Deer and Brown Bear

Here is a lifesize brown bear and a mule deer wall pedestal that we just finished up.  The bear is a coastal brown bear taken in Alaska.  The mule deer is an Arizona buck taken by Chris A. and scores over the 200" mark.  Chris's great buck has a little of everything, width, mass, length and some extras for character.  Thanks Chris for letting me do the work on your buck.

Some Recent Completions

I apologize for not posting lately.  I have been extra busy in the shop getting work finished for my customers.  Here are a few photos of recently finished pieces.  The big long tined coues buck is Bill Bone's buck that we posted the field photos of when he harvested it last fall.  It officially grosses 121 2/8 and nets 120 1/8.  The photo with the two coues bucks together belong to Cody Nelson of the Outdoorsmans   His story will be featured soon in an upcoming issue of Western Hunter Magazine.    The velvet mule deer was taken by Houston Davis on a Utah archery hunt last fall.  It looks like rain on the Rim today; Come on monsoons!

Desert muzzleloader mule deer

This is a great buck taken by Brian J. of Yuma last muzzleloader season in the southern Arizona desert.  It always amazes me that the desert can produce these kinds of  bucks.  Congratulations to Brian on a super buck.

Dad's AZ Strip Buck

Here are some photos of my Dad's buck he took on the strip last week.  I went up and hunted with him for the first six days of the hunt.  It is a tough hunt with low deer densities but the thought of coming across a strip giant keeps a person going.  My dad had Hunter Haynes helping him when I left and they were fortunate enough to relocate this buck we had seen a couple of days prior and harvest him.  This is the best buck we could find and he is right at 180".  Hunter was able to get some footage of the buck as well as a photo of him bedded before they harvested him. 

Big Utah Typical Muley

Here is a field photo posted last fall as well as a photo of the finished mount of Rayne Rohrbach's mule deer he took last fall in Southern Utah.  I did the official score on Rayne's buck and he grosses 203 3/8 and nets 192 0/8 typical Boone and Crockett.  He is now on his way home to Utah where Rayne works for the National Park service at Bryce Canyon.

Strip Mule Deer

Here is a great big buck taken on the Strip by Scott Dierenger of Dierenger Outfitters .  Scott's father is Sam Dierenger and they have taken several big mule deer in the past few years in Arizona.  Sam guides for most species and is one of the top dry ground lion hunters around.

California Blacktail

Here is Randy Stalcup, art director/graphic designer for Western Hunter Magazine, with his California blacktail.  Randy writes, "I got to take a wonderful trip with my Dad and took a great buck. He's a typical 4x4 with eyeguards and scores 132 3/8"! I never dreamed of shooting a buck this big".  Way to go Randy!

First Mule Deer

Here is Shad M. with his first mule deer.  He rode horseback for two hours with his father and uncle to reach the area where he found this nice buck.  As you can see in the background he was in some boulder-strewn desert terrain.  Shad took his first whitetail last year now has this nice mule deer to go with is. 

Utah Muley

Here is a great buck taken by Rayne R. on a general hunt in Utah.  Rayne was hunting with his Dad, Roger, and got on the bucks track and followed it for four miles (1.9 as the crow flies) before catching him in his bead where he was able to shoot him as about 130 yard.  He has deep forks, good mass and is very symmetrical He will gross about 203 and should net around 191 B and C after the 60 day drying period making him an all time B and C buck.  This is one of the hardest trophies to find these days; Congratulations to Rayne on a super buck.

Clifford's buck

We recently finished mounting Cliiford's big Arizona buck.  This deer had a very large body compared to what most bucks this age have in that area.  We will miss looking at this giant hanging in the shop.

Strip Buck

Here is a buck killed on the strip by the son of my friend Mike Dewees. His name is Ty Dewees and he was also hunting with their friend Danny Prock. They happened on this deer a few days into the hunt and Ty was able to harvest him. They brought it into the shop a couple of days later and that afternoon Ryan Hatch called me quizzing me about the antler configuration of the buck. It turned out to be a buck that Ryan was hunting with his client. His words were something like, "I guess I wasted the past three days hunting a dead buck". Ty's buck was featured in a recent Muley Crazy Magazine. This deer was a 35 inch wide 9 X 10 that grosses 259 5/8 and nets 252 6/8. It was the largest buck taken in Arizona in 2008 by a hunter on a regular draw tag.