Kentucky hunter bags TWO HEADED buck

[Squirrel322]

Only one head belonged to the buck. The other head was ....just along for the ride.......




https://www.rt.com/usa/444269-two-head-dear-hunt-kentucky/?utm_source=miximedia&utm_medium=miximedia&utm_campaign=Miximedia

 

[fistfulladirt]

Wow! The will to survive was strong in that one.

 

[devldog]

Is this where the old saying that "two heads are better than one" comes from?

 

[Duckshot]

This is rare but not unheard of. A couple years ago in Wisconsin there was two deer entangled, one of them dead, and a do-gooder ran it down with a cordless Sawzall to free up the living

Imagine though, these two deer got caught up together, one of em probably stomped the other one to death, eventually stomping off most of the offending body. Meanwhile, the survivor did not get stomped to death, did not starve to death, and was not eaten by coyotes. That is one TOUGH DEER!!!

But what's a taxidermist supposed to do with that?

 

[GB1]

image your setting in your stand and that came tromping through the woods

 

[3cylbill]

i don't think i would be eating that one..

 

[GB1]

i don't think i would be eating that one..

i don't think i would keep it

 

[Duckshot]

i don't think i would keep it

Then why did you shoot it?

That one needs to be mounted. Maybe euro-mount the deader one and stuff the livelier one? It would be a total pain in the azz. The taxidermist would need to boil off or pick off all that dead rotten flesh without taking it apart. The last thing in the world that you would want is to take those deer apart. But the finished mount would be rare and valuable.

 

[nomad 11]

i bet he never felt lonely. i bet they had discrepancy"s ? should we go this way or that way ? oh screw you we're going that way.

 

[sandchip]

That would make one badass mount. That was one tough deer just to put up with the stankin' for several days.

Brings to mind an old song by 10CC.

 

[Icewing]

That would make an awesome European Mount

 

[fistfulladirt]

Then why did you shoot it?

That one needs to be mounted. Maybe euro-mount the deader one and stuff the livelier one? It would be a total pain in the azz. The taxidermist would need to boil off or pick off all that dead rotten flesh without taking it apart. The last thing in the world that you would want is to take those deer apart. But the finished mount would be rare and valuable.

That’s a taxidermist’s problem. Your EU idea is the same as mine, easy and cool!
Northwestern school of Taxidermy, class of ‘75.

 

[Rookster]

Mother nature can be cruel at times. Sad to see that.

 

[Duckshot]

That’s a taxidermist’s problem. Your EU idea is the same as mine, easy and cool!
Northwestern school of Taxidermy, class of ‘75.

Self taught taxidermist here. A friend and I did a large mink about a decade go. Skinned it, non-iodized salt and borax, wring out the oil, salt and borax, wring out the oil, repeat. Filled it up with Great Stuff Foam, the window and door formula. Turned out the right shape and all, did not smell, but we could not get it to look like a mink. Could not get the ears to stand right and the jaw was a little screwy.

 

[Icewing]

The easy and in my opinion far better looking way to do a European mount cheap and easy is to bury the skull in compost and cover the antlers to keep squirrels from chewing on them and let the worms and flies deflesh it. Then you don't get that unnatural bleached look.

 

[fistfulladirt]

Self taught taxidermist here. A friend and I did a large mink about a decade go. Skinned it, non-iodized salt and borax, wring out the oil, salt and borax, wring out the oil, repeat. Filled it up with Great Stuff Foam, the window and door formula. Turned out the right shape and all, did not smell, but we could not get it to look like a mink. Could not get the ears to stand right and the jaw was a little screwy.

A month ago on the way home, I unintentionally hit a big buck mink with my pickup. Stopped and observed the animal was in good shaped, and tossed it in the back of truck. When I arrived home, that big weasel was wide awake (but seriously injured) and watching me with beady eyes. I quickly put an end to that and now the pelt is being prepped for home tanning.

 

[Joe-Dirt]

I heard the same type of story in southern Vermont about 20 years ago from some old hunting buddies, creepy

 

[Hawks88]

I’ve heard of but never actually seen this before until now. Wow! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Holyground]

I've seen dogs do that.

 

[A2coins]

Creepy