If you let a decent buck walk for a couple years he can grow to a monster! Proof positive below! Trails cam pics of the same deer in '07 and '08, then the reward in '09!
Stay tuned...alot of work to do on this one!
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cant wait to see the finished product!
Very nice. Please post a picture when finished.
that one is going to be special.
What a cool idea!!!
Very nice work.
Oooooooooooh yeah... I'm grinnin' like a mule eatin' briars!!! :clapper:
When Chip's done, it'll look so real, someone will wanna skin the deer all over again! :notworthy: :clapper:
Very nice! Joe
There ya go, Doc, raising everyone's expectations! LOL!
made some progress tonight...
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Man-o-man!!!!! You do some seriously special work my friend!
Always enjoy seeing these!!!!! Somehow it seems (to my amazement each time) that these get better and better and better! Lord willing I ever get something worth putting on a board, you will get a call!
Nice work
You guys in the Midwest make me crazy......letting a deer walk so you can let it grow and shoot it in its prime. i can remember when Howard Hill wrote that seeing game was considered to be a success. Geeeez!
This deer lived and died in the western end of Kentucky. My 17-year old nephew is the one pictured with the deer. He hunts as hard with his cameras as he does during the seasons. This is a nice buck, for sure... but he has pictures of even bigger ones that he is still after.
Bill,
Don't kid yourself, LOL, Howard Hill would have done the same thing, if he only had one buck tag to fill and knew there were bigger bucks out there. He hunted in a different place and time!
It is easy to pass up the younguns when you already have meat in the freezer, you only get one buck a year, you have plenty of time to hunt, and you have trail cam pics of monster bucks running around your property!
Late season on public ground, that youngun is getting a closed sign headed his way. LOL!
Oh, puleaseeeeee...Chip. I don't raise expectations...your talent does!
Another prime example of the fact you got artistic beaver genes in your blood! :rolleyes: :D
Doc,
You just can't stop can ya...man putting the pressure on me! I am wearing jeans, but I think they are cotton, not beaver. And I hope they are not in my blood, cuz they could cause some clots.
Here is the latest...
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QuoteOriginally posted by Hooked:
I am wearing jeans, but I think they are cotton, not beaver. And I hope they are not in my blood, cuz they could cause some clots.
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Chip did you use Ipana toothpaste as a child. Perhaps you got some Bucky Beaver genes.
Great work my friend.
Man, that is lookin' great!
still have a ways to go but more progress made today...
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Chip, what flavor of wood is that you're working with - basswood? Are the bark edges still on it?
It just keeps looking better and better... :bigsmyl:
Yes, it is Basswood and the bark is still on it. I have just been taking close up pics.
As of 11:30pm Central time...
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Beautiful! Love the QDMA theme!
Shazam! That is lookin' great!
Sigh...and all that from a blank plank! :saywhat:
Totally beautisuckle!
Thanks, Fellas! I hope Reese likes it as much as ya'll do!
This is how it looked before I started putting finish on it earlier today...
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If he don't like it as much as I do then I'll just keep it myself... ;)
Great work, Chip! Can't wait to see it in person!
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