arizona dead MULE DEER bucks

these deer were found like this by an archery hunter in arizona unit 19? the hunter found them and went and got the warden friend of mine. are`nt these some freaking whoppers ? makes you kinda sick to your guts right ? too bad !!!!! #-o
Locked Bucks Dead
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HighLander
Wow big deer.....but that is nature for ya.
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MuleyMadness
:( bummer, sad but I have to admit I would enjoy being the one to stumble on to some big boys like that.

Can you post the image directly here?
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thedesertbuck
Man! To bad. Those are some great bucks!!
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hunterman67
you know I tried to put it here I could not it kept telling me it was too big and I`m not a computer guy enough to fix it, anyone else fix it I`ll send it to them ??? :-k
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MuleyMadness
Fixed it.
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hunterman67
this is why you are the admin !!!!! ha ha. I would have needed a good week or two to figure it out.
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Those bucks really tilled up the ground around them. I saw two bucks tear into it one time and the ones antler broke off a few inches above its browtine. The broken off part flew about 20 feet away. In Utah you can't even take sets of antlers like that. Sad, very sad.
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hunterman67
what the heck are you supposed to do just leave them laying there ? I thought utah is where all the fuss is about guys picking up sheds on the winter range ????? I have friends in utah who pick them up every single time. theres guys in the popular magazines like hunting illustrated and eastmans hunting journal that go shed hunting in utah, wyoming, colorado, arizona, california, montana, etc and there`s whole articles on shed hunting, jeez I had for sure thought it is legal to pick up sheds when found in utah ? are you sure ?
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a_bow_nut
We are allowed to pick up antlers that have been shed naturaly and it has to have the burr on the bottom. If you were to find some deer like what is in the photo you have to leave them there. It won't do you any good to call the game officer. They will just take them and auction them off. Don't like the law very much but that is the way it is for now. :>/
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hunterman67
I thought you could pick up sheds. the warden here took the information and because it was so obvious I guess- he gave the man a salvage permit so that he could take the horns. meat and hide were WAY gone. I`m still waiting to see if the guy ever calls the warden with the scores, we`ll see I guess ! either way these bucks did`nt deserve to go that way. they were in unit 19 and most likely got run all over the place during hunting seasons and won every time- they never lost to a hunter. I really just hope they were already gone before they were eaten on like that. they deserved better ! [-o<
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AGCHAWK
Those are some great lookin deer. Too bad they had to end it that way though!
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bowhunter 616
nice deer,like GooseHunter Jr. that's nature for ya,to bad though
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Great deer. Too bad they had to go that way. The one with the hind quarter chewed up has great forks!

The way I understand it regarding pick ups is that sheds are ok, but racks with skull attached are not ok. I guess too many big deer started showing up as claimed "lion kills". Suspicion was that someone was popping them and leaving to go retrieve later... what I hear anyway.
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Kerwin
Warrior Redbird if you are correct on the 'too many big deer started showing up as claimed "lion kills".' You most likely are. Goes to show you a few bad people mess it up for the rest of us. :nono:

Nice deer.
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