Here’s the story… the guy that found them had left his stand Sunday morning and was walking back to the shack when he noticed a tine sticking out of the swamp grass just off  the side of a four wheeler trail.  He walked over to check it out and found the two bucks frozen in the swamp ice with only about one foot of each deer’s side and about 10 inches of the tines above the ice.  After getting help from some hunting partners, they managed to chop the deer out of the ice and get them loaded onto a flatbed trailer.  The deer were then brought back to the shack and the word started to spread.  The “smaller” of the two was a massive 8 pointer that green scored an estimated 150+ inches and the “larger” monster was a true swamp buck with what was thought to be 18 scorable points and a green score of 190+ inches.  From what has been heard since these photos were taken, the two bucks are gaining statewide attention and the larger buck actually has 23 scorable points.  It is thought that the bucks had been dead for 2 weeks before being discovered.  Because of this, the capes had begun to deteriorate and were not capable of producing a  mountable cape.  However, new capes have been supplied and the bucks  are in the process of being mounted locked together in battle.  The twine on  the antlers was to prevent the bucks from coming unlocked when the heads  were removed.  Also, check out the cup on the tip of the main beam on the big guy!  Hope you enjoy the pictures.  A truly once in a lifetime opportunity.

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The buck was found dead by a lady while walking her dog. She called a friend to come and get it out of there before it would start stinking. She did not even notice whether it was a buck or doe. Just wanted it away from her yard.

A friend shows up and is blown away (obviously). The friend does the right thing and calls other people and a police officer to obtain the proper tag to possess a picked up deer.

Cause of death is unknown, carcass was tore up pretty bad by animals.

Apparently it had been there a while. However, it was only a short distance from the closest road.

This guy obviously knew what he had and took it to the Sheets Brothers of Saline one of them is a B&C scorer. Gross green scores are 253″-258″, that will make this the new state record for Michigan.

Boone and Crockett does recognize picked up deer as records (see Missouri record/all time record).

The most amazing measurement I’ve heard so far is 29 1/2″ inside spread!

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I tried to find this on their site but was not successful.

People in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania have a warped sense of humor.  It must be something in the coal-infused water.  This is the pull-off at SR 61 and Adamsdale Rd.

A deer was hit there.  The couch was dumped there previously.

• Day two the deer was on the couch.
• Day three the end table and lamp showed up.
• Day four the TV and TV stand showed up.

The Trooper had to call PENN DOT because of all the people stopping to take pictures.

The cardboard caption in front of the deer on the couch reads,

“Sorry Hunters.

Obama ruined healthcare.

We can’t afford to have injured hunters on our conscience, so I’m staying home!

Sorry, the Deer.”

Scott Nelson and his Sons were fishing Saturday when this small Whitetail fawn approached them on the South fork of the Snake River. It must have spent the summer bumming from campers or maybe one the home owners in the lower canyon was feeding it so it lost its fear of humans.

This is without question the “Catch of the Year”.

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The term `piebald`, used to identify a whitetail with at least one extra splotch of white hair, has an interesting origin.  ‘Pie’ means mixed up; ‘bald’ means having a white spot.  To a horseman, a ‘piebald’ is a horse with black and white splotches; one with brown and white splotches actually is known as a ‘skewbald’.

What a beautiful creature!

Also, don’t forget to check out all the blog posts for piebald deer. Start with this trophy buck

Here other posts of similar events:

This pair got locked and the winner drug the other around until he got tangled up in a barbed wired fence: Deer Locked Horn-to-Horn

The winner here drug the other around while other critters — assumed Coyotes — ate the loser: Another Deer Locked Horn-to-Horn

Here’s a really cool post about Elk getting antler locked. Amazing Two Bull Elk Locked Horn-to-Horn

My favorite is a 3-way buck lock-up.

See all my posts on Antler Lock-ups here.