If you killed a 215" deer

[RUGER]

If you killed a 215" deer in TN. Public or private land, no matter:

 

[catman529]

I could not physically keep my mouth shut about it but I would be VERY selective about telling any details... I might say what county, or region it was killed in, but nothing other than pics and the story of the hunt. If it were public land, I would be tempted to say so, but people here know which WMA I hunt the most and that would give it away. I would keep quiet except for pics and a general story of the hunt and that's it. I know the pics would likely float around the internet and the buck would be killed in 15 different states before the year's end, but that's just how it goes...

 

[WRbowhunter]

Don't think I could keep my mouth shut either. what's the point of killing a beast that big if you can not brag a little.

 

[Bone Collector]

I would enter it into the books. what's the point of shooting a once in a lifetime buck if no one knows you did it. now that being said, my wife would make me make all the money I could off it.

 

[Redfred16]

I agree, even if I wanted to keep quiet I couldn't. I'd have to tell everyone and despite what the wife says that mount would go in the livingroom so everyone saw it. I might even put it over the TV so I could look at it from my recliner.

 

[Mike Belt]

I voted to post pics on the internet... via Tndeer. I like looking at pics of good bucks and reading the story behind the kill. I like sharing my hunting story with like minded individuals. I don't care about shouting from the mountain top and I could care less about entering a buck into the books. Only a chosen few would know exactly where I killed the buck. As far as money gained from the kill, I like money. I wouldn't be opposed to making a few bucks off the story of the hunt or the pics of the deer but not if it jeopardized what I deem as the integrity of hunting.

 

[woodsman87]

It would be tough to keep quiet about it, but I would never tell anybody where I killed it at. I would like to enter it in the books too. But I aint the bragging type, and I would definately not brag and show off. I have know people that are irritating showing off their deer, acting like they are the best at hunting etc. It takes hard work and skill to kill a deer like that but it also takes alot, probably more luck than anything.

 

[Diehard Hunter]

I would shout it from the mountain tops, but wouldn't tell everyone where I killed it.

 

[jb3]

I'd let bw right an article and let him post the pic in his local paper. Don't care for the record book. My friends know where I hunt, so it wouldn't take long for the whereabouts to come around.

I'd probably let catman boil it down for me.

 

[catman529]

I'd let bw right an article and let him post the pic in his local paper. Don't care for the record book. My friends know where I hunt, so it wouldn't take long for the whereabouts to come around.

I'd probably let catman boil it down for me.

I'd do it for free and would be a nervous wreck until it came out perfect, but I would be honored to boil a skull from a 215 inch deer

 

[tn droptine]

I'd have to enter it, but like others said I would keep mum about exactly where I got it. Maybe even tell people it came from a different area of the county where it really came from.

 

[catman529]

I'd have to enter it, but like others said I would keep mum about exactly where I got it. Maybe even tell people it came from a different area of the county where it really came from.

describe the location of the game warden's backyard so all the poachers head over there and get busted

 

[Mike Belt]

I suspect that I'd have a shoulder mount done on a buck of that caliber as opposed to a skull mount.

 

[catman529]

I suspect that I'd have a shoulder mount done on a buck of that caliber as opposed to a skull mount.

me too, I'd probably get a shoulder mount of a 140" deer, but a skull with a 215 inch rack would definitely look good on the wall.

 

[TN RDG RNR]

That was a tough choice. Very hard to narrow it down to just one.
Went with the money option. Maybe it would fund my habit a couple years..

 

[bowriter]

I would be very quiet until I sold the story and pics for all I could get. Then I would make every dollar I could because I may need the money.

I would then license someone to make replicas and sell them and finally, I would let me heirs sell the head for all they could get.

That is exactly 180 degrees from what I would have done a few years ago.

 

[Mike Belt]

Can you imagine everything you could list that attributed to you killing that buck that you might could try to make a buck off of?

 

[EastTNHunter]

I voted to post pics on the internet... via Tndeer. I like looking at pics of good bucks and reading the story behind the kill. I like sharing my hunting story with like minded individuals. I don't care about shouting from the mountain top and I could care less about entering a buck into the books. Only a chosen few would know exactly where I killed the buck. As far as money gained from the kill, I like money. I wouldn't be opposed to making a few bucks off the story of the hunt or the pics of the deer but not if it jeopardized what I deem as the integrity of hunting.

Well said, and I concur.

 

[Redfred16]

I would be very quiet until I sold the story and pics for all I could get. Then I would make every dollar I could because I may need the money.

I would then license someone to make replicas and sell them and finally, I would let me heirs sell the head for all they could get.

That is exactly 180 degrees from what I would have done a few years ago.

Now thats a well thought out plan. I would like to do the same but doubt I could carry through with it, since I would be pretty happy and want to tell everyone.

 

[Bayou Buck]

I would let the world know I killed it, and then say it was from Kentucky

 

[Winchester]

I would try to get the deer all the credit it deserved!

 

[cecil30-30]

Show me the money!!

 

[easy45]

I would definitely enter it into the books and put it on here but I would only go as far as telling the county of where it was killed.

 

[BSK]

None of the above.

I wouldn't have any problem with letting my friends know I killed it (through TNdeer), but I would not enter it in the recordbooks, nor attempt to make money from it.

 

[G8rntn]

All but the last one...

 

[PinchPoint]

Id sleep with its rack

 

[Hunter 257W]

I'd donate it to "Hunters for the Hungry" and after telling all my friends where I shot it, I'd let them hunt in my spot freely from now on.

No, I'd probably have a heart attack right there in the woods when I realized what I'd shot. Seriously, I'd try to keep it quiet to keep from attracting too much attention to my area. I doubt very much that I'd put it's picture on the internet ever.

 

[Outdoor life]

Probably yell out the biggest "booyah" ever, and then pass out from being too excited, after saying about 50 "thank you Lord".

^^^That's my honest answer lol

 

[mathews338]

All but the last one...

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[W.Seay]

I voted to post pics on the internet... via Tndeer. I like looking at pics of good bucks and reading the story behind the kill. I like sharing my hunting story with like minded individuals. I don't care about shouting from the mountain top and I could care less about entering a buck into the books. Only a chosen few would know exactly where I killed the buck. As far as money gained from the kill, I like money. I wouldn't be opposed to making a few bucks off the story of the hunt or the pics of the deer but not if it jeopardized what I deem as the integrity of hunting.

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