LaForge Buck

Here is a photo of Earl's buck in the field and also of the lifesize mount he had me do for him.  This great buck grosses 131 inches.

Ulmer Buck

Here is a photo of Jeremy's December Coues deer from last year that I just finished.  This buck officially grosses 134 3/8 and nets 128 5/8.  Jeremy has taken some other bucks that gross over 120, including a huge drop tine buck that ranks high in Pope and Young. 

Old Coues

Here is a  mount I just finished recently of an old coues buck.  The hunter had been seeing this buck for the past three years and finally was able to take him this past October.  He was apparently tucked away in some out of the way spot where he saw few humans.  The buck had no front teeth left and his molars were worn down to the gumline.  It is rare to see a deer get this age anymore with all the hunting pressure they receive.  Despite his lack of teeth, he was healthy and had a larger than average body size.  The hunter found one of the buck's sheds from a couple of years prior and he wanted it with the mount, so this is what I put together for him.

Another Goat Finished

Here are some photos of Jimmy J.'s Alaskan Mountain goat.  Note the difference in the length of hair on Jimmy's goat versus Doug's goat.  Jimmy harvested his goat in late August and the hair is probably 2 - 2 1/2 inches in length.  Doug's goat was harvested in late October and the hair length on it is closer to 5 inches.  It is something to think about for anyone planning a Goat hunt as the early season goats do look a little different than the late season goats.

Donnie Young's Raffle Ram

Here is a field photo of Donnie Young out of Mississippi with his desert ram he took on the raffle tag last fall.  Donnie hunted with Jay Scott and Darr Colburn of Colburn and Scott Outfitters .  The hunt took place in unit 15D.  I have also included a photo of Donnie's mount that we just finished up.


L-R, Darr, Donnie, Jay

Goat Goes Home

We just finished Doug H.'s mountain goat and he picked it up this past Saturday.  He took this goat in Alaska on a backback hunt (see earlier post in archive).  I am amazed at the length of the hair every time I mount a late season goat like Doug's.  I have included a field photo as well as a photo of the finished mount.

134+ Coues

Here are a couple of field photos of Shane Rhoton and his giant Mexico coues buck.  His Brother Chad also killed a great big buck on the same hunt and I will try to get photos of that soon.  Also, I posted a photo of the table pedestal we just finished with Shanes buck.  Enjoy!

L-R, Shane, Jay, and Chad

Shane and Chad

Shane's pedestal

Alaska Dalls

We just finished mounting a couple of Dall sheep for some customers.  Here are Clint W. and Gordon W. with their Dall sheep they harvested this past fall on a hunt in Alaska.  They hunted with their Brother-in-law, Shane,  who is a dentist and resident in Alaska.  Shane and his brother both took nice sheep last year. 

Gordon with his ram

Gordon's sheep mount

Clint with his sheep

Clint's sheep mount

Arizona Desert Ram

Here are some photos of Charlie B. with his desert ram he harvested back in December.  I believe this ram checked out with the game and fish at around 179.  I will officially score him next month after the 60 day drying period is up and let you know.  2011 appears to be another good sheep year in Arizona with several rams in the 170's taken.

Youth Hunt

Here are my niece and nephew, Megan and Gage, with the coues deer they harvested on a
Junior hunt back in October.  This is Megan's second coues deer in two years of hunting and Gage's first buck.  Gage was a gentlman last year and let his sister have the first shot, but this year was his turn.  I wish I had been this lucky my first couple of years of hunting.  Their father took them on the hunt.

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. 

Alaska Goat

Here is a photo of Dr. Doug Hartzler with his mountain goat he took this past week in Alaska.  Doug's goat has 9 3/4 inch horns and should make the awards minimum for Boone and Crockett.  It is the second largest goat that has been taken with his outfitter in the past 10 years.  Doug says it died on the edge of a 250 cliff.

Joe C.'s Elk

Here are some photos of Joe Carter's bull from a limited opportunity hunt in central AZ a couple of weeks ago.  Joe hunted with Dustin Parra, Art Parra and Mike Shaw of Wind Dancer Outfitters.  They scored the bull at a little over 391 green.  This is another one of those animals that the photos do not depict the actual size very well.

Inland Grizzly

Here are the photos of Jimmy's grizzly bear he recently harvested in B.C.  It is a six foot bear with beautiful coloring and will make a great mount.  Jimmy also shot a nice moose on the same hunt and is thinking about mounting his bear on a moose kill.

Mountain Goat

Client and neighbor Jimmy Johnson just returned from a trip up north where he took this nice goat.  The weather was bad most of the hunt and finally cleared some on his last day when he was able to get his goat.  He left that hunt and went for an inland grizzly which he was able to get.  I will post a photo of his bear later.