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Post by scrub-buster on Feb 9, 2022 6:29:33 GMT -5
Got it…. The guy in pic with your dad is Larry Lawson from my understanding collector and author. Well they were in Lawsons hands so it's gotta be legit. If ya know, ya know.😉😉😉 I've heard some things..... I'll send you a PM
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Post by scrub-buster on Feb 8, 2022 18:29:06 GMT -5
Please let me know how you like it. I want to get one for the deck I'm planning on building this year.
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Post by scrub-buster on Feb 8, 2022 17:22:59 GMT -5
The great thing about shed mounts is you can make the spread just about as wide as you want.. This one look exceedingly wide? The spread in the mount my dad had made is the same as the picture with the skull plate and the new mount. Somewhere we have a picture with a yard stick sitting across the beams. About an inch stuck out on each side. The current owner said the inside spread was around 30". I'm wondering if someone took the spread off my dads mount and faked a skull cap using the same spread measurement. It sure looks like the exact same width and angle in the old and new pictures.
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Post by scrub-buster on Feb 8, 2022 15:38:00 GMT -5
But still alive. I see them all the time. Retired and moved on yes. Different jobs. I know a former CO from that area. I just texted him about it.
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Post by scrub-buster on Feb 8, 2022 15:22:06 GMT -5
Or no longer alive. My dad bought the sheds in the early to mid 1980's. They were not fresh back then. He said they were on a plaque that had been broken and there was plaster made into a skull base that was wrapped in velvet. I have no idea how old the antlers actually are. My guess would be the 1970's or earlier. It could also be a high fence deer sheds also. That is a possibility. The only information my dad got when he bought them was that they were from Ohio
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Post by scrub-buster on Feb 8, 2022 14:59:56 GMT -5
Me too! I'd like to see some information about it. Is there anywhere online where you can see the records for Indiana? No… I checked the latest book I have and Not listed in HRB… had someone else check and they don’t see it also. I don't know what name it would be under. Keith said it was reported found in Ohio County.
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Post by scrub-buster on Feb 8, 2022 14:55:26 GMT -5
Local COs probably remember a deer of this caliber. Could ask them to help confirm they were sheds. Ohio co to small for them not to remembered Any local COs from that era are long retired. Or no longer alive. My dad bought the sheds in the early to mid 1980's. They were not fresh back then. He said they were on a plaque that had been broken and there was plaster made into a skull base that was wrapped in velvet. I have no idea how old the antlers actually are. My guess would be the 1970's or earlier.
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Post by scrub-buster on Feb 8, 2022 14:15:28 GMT -5
Whatever the circumstances, whatever the spread, whatever the whatever... that's one heck of a deer!!!! Hope it can have some dignity thru all this I was just happy to see where that rack ended up and wanted to give the owner some background information on it. I had no idea it was being claimed as a record of any kind or even an intact skull until I talked with the owner.
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Post by scrub-buster on Feb 8, 2022 14:10:58 GMT -5
The mystery is just starting. I just talked to Keith. He said that buck is being claimed as found dead in Ohio county and was the indiana state record. I know for a fact it was sheds. I just confirmed some details with my dad and I'm calling Keith back. First, I ever heard of that deer being a Indiana state record deer! Me too! I'd like to see some information about it. Is there anywhere online where you can see the records for Indiana?
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Post by scrub-buster on Feb 8, 2022 14:09:26 GMT -5
That's a possibility. We're they making replicas in the early 80's? The taxidermist who mounted it never said anything about them being replicas. I’m not sure but replicas of antlers that size would be easy to ascertain if handled at all. Quite a difference in weight. My dad and the guy who bought them from him believed them to be real antlers. I'm pretty sure the taxidermist would have been able to tell.
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Post by scrub-buster on Feb 8, 2022 12:55:14 GMT -5
What I'm saying is, the antlers we had were sheds. My dad had them put on a shoulder mount to hang on the wall. He sold them and the buyer knew they were sheds. Sometime in the last 35 years they ended up on a skull plate. Got it…. The guy in pic with your dad is Larry Lawson from my understanding collector and author. Yes. He bought the rack from my dad in the 80's
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Post by scrub-buster on Feb 8, 2022 12:42:44 GMT -5
I am seeing some coloration differences on the antlers between the different photos, maybe just lighting but maybe not. Wonder if the set your dad bought were replicas and the real set is what Snider has? That's a possibility. Were they making replicas in the early 80's? The taxidermist who mounted it never said anything about them being replicas.
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Post by scrub-buster on Feb 8, 2022 12:27:03 GMT -5
So you’re saying the sheds were placed on the skull plate? Go figure! What I'm saying is, the antlers we had were sheds. My dad had them put on a shoulder mount to hang on the wall. He sold them and the buyer knew they were sheds. Sometime in the last 35 years they ended up on a skull plate.
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Post by scrub-buster on Feb 8, 2022 12:03:49 GMT -5
My dad on the right and the guy who bought the rack from him. He's the guy that wrote these books.
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Post by scrub-buster on Feb 8, 2022 12:00:05 GMT -5
I spoke with my dad and again with Keith. He sent me this picture of the rack on a skull plate. It's definitely the same antlers but we are 100% sure they were sheds. My dad bought them from a guy in Ohio for $75. I remember when I was a kid I would spin the nuts up and down the bolts that were sticking out of the bases. My dad is looking for more pictures. I made it clear that we aren't trying to get any recognition from the deer. We are just trying to get the correct information out there. My dad bought and sold the rack. He did not find or kill it. He has never claimed that.
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Post by scrub-buster on Feb 8, 2022 11:06:01 GMT -5
That is crazy.....wonder who the female is in the pic? The mystery is just starting. I just talked to Keith. He said that buck is being claimed as found dead in Ohio county and was the indiana state record. I know for a fact it was sheds. I just confirmed some details with my dad and I'm calling Keith back.
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Post by scrub-buster on Feb 8, 2022 10:38:52 GMT -5
Greghopper posted a link to an antler collector who owns the Huff buck. I checked out his page and browsed through a post of giant typical pictures. One immediately stood out to me. It used to hang on our living room wall when I was a kid. It was a set of sheds put on a shoulder mount. My dad sold it for Christmas money when I was young. I've always wondered where those antlers ended up. I sent Keith a message. Hopefully he responds. I could give him some back ground information on them. I'd love to know what that rack would have scored if it wasn't a set of sheds. Years ago I contacted the guy who bought it from my dad. I was trying to track it down. He had sold it and wasn't any help. Thanks for helping me solve a mystery Greghopper. If you want to see the post of the giant typicals, search for Keith Snider on Facebook.
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Post by scrub-buster on Feb 8, 2022 10:20:31 GMT -5
Looks like the scoring debacle has finally started.....figured it was comming after the antlers score increased after green scoring! www.facebook.com/keith.snider.5/Anyone seen the Finial score sheet ? Thanks for posting that link. I saw something interesting on Keith Sniders Facebook page unrelated to this buck. I'll make a separate post.
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Post by scrub-buster on Feb 7, 2022 16:36:16 GMT -5
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Post by scrub-buster on Feb 3, 2022 9:45:31 GMT -5
Re-reading this post has me in the mood to make a bow. I think I've only made 1 bow in the last 3 years.
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