What to do if You Shoot the Next 200" Buck
If you shoot one like the Iowa monster:
- At the kill spot, take many pictures of the deer and your surroundings from various angles but only with your camera; document every inch of rack while it is still attached to the big deer.
- If you want privacy, do not email anyone a picture, not even your brother or best friend, or else you and your giant will pop up on a forum and then be all over the Web, I promise you that.
- Tag monster before you move it; take a picture of you tagging the deer for documentation. Very important!
- Call a CO/warden and insist he come look at the giant. If he says “no need” insist he come and officially document it.
- Do not ride around town and show it off. People will talk and take pictures, and those nasty rumors will start.
- Do not take monster to a butcher shop or taxidermist (again people will gawk, take pictures, etc.). At home after skinning, be careful if you saw the rack off the head—if you break the skull plate the buck is not eligible for the B&C book.
- Sadly, you need to lock the rack in a gun safe or undisclosed secure location. If a thug knows you shot a monster he might target your house-- a big reason that the fewer people who know about your giant right off the bat, the better. BTW, from what I hear, both Iowa hunters who recently shot those 200-inchers worried the racks might be stolen.
- Unless you shoot the new world record, forget about making millions. For a 200-plus-net typical or 250-inch NT, a bow/gun/ammo company might send you around to some deer/trade shows next winter/spring, but they don’t pay nearly as much as some guys think. Plus, should it be about the money?
- Some people say contact a lawyer. Why in hell would you do that? That would just add to the rumors you have something to hide.
- Some will inevitably try to rain on your parade, saying you shot it at night, in a pen, on a posted sanctuary, etc. Smile and forget them.
- When you are ready to tell your story and release your photos, contact me :) I’ll post your dream buck on the blog, write it up in a magazine and feature it on Versus TV.
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Never mind!
O.K., in all seriousness, I think you coverd all the bases. The part I liked that you wrote was the part where you smile and forget about all the knuckleheads out there who willl no doubt try to bash your name and your authentic kill. If I ever shot one like that I'd not show it to anyone at first...and, because of this the rumors will intensify even more. And, to back up what Mike said about $$$. There is no such thing as a millioin dollar deer. Not even a world record. This is why I say phooey to all the money hounds out there trying to make a name ofr themselves. If I shot the world record typical, or non-typical, I would never sell it to anyone...for NO amount of money.
a once in a lifetime trophy and no amount of money would compensate losing that. I know most people (those not out there to make money) would regret selling a big buck like
that.
is jut icing on the cake!.....I enjoy just being out in the woods and relaxing!
awhile. Hasn't Iowa recently had a rash of stolen racks and deer mounts??
one picture get out or it will be everywhere. i will go to B&C site and
follow their lead, if they pull the shot I will too. but once it;s out it's out.
where a man has to be scared to tell his story due to thieves and the rumor mill. I for one am tired of being beat up for being a trophy hunter and am not ashamed to say
that chasing trophy whitetails with archery equipment is my passion and I could give a rats A** what everybody else is doing! Anyhow, enjoying the blog/show!
But I certainly would be ok with that if I did! But...there is no way I would
ever sell that thing! Never really understood why you would want to sell
something like that, for most of us, it would probably be once in a lifetime.
¡+º7