Tailgate Pics

[Horsecorn]

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Still one of my favorites.

Nothing better than killing them bastages. Come up to my place and I’ll pay you 75 bucks for everyone you get. I suck at calling them in.

 

[Tristate]

Nothing better than killing them bastages. Come up to my place and I’ll pay you 75 bucks for everyone you get. I suck at calling them in.

got my gears turning.

 

[dwalton]

 

[huntindad4]

Nothing better than killing them bastages. Come up to my place and I’ll pay you 75 bucks for everyone you get. I suck at calling them in.

Pssh...how many do you have. Me and my kid love hunting them buggers. But our public land spots are slow. Always wanted to hunting some of the places that are loaded with them.

To get payed too?? Don't threaten me with good time. Haha

 

[huntindad4]

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Every time I see a whole elk in the back of a pickup or hanging in a camp I can't help but smile. That's awesome!

 

[dwalton]

I don’t enjoy stuffing them two deep in the Tacoma anymore. Way too much work butchering two at a time!

 

[RRCowboyStar]

There are a bunch of impressive hunters here on MM. WOW.

 

[Fairchasen]

 

[Robiland]

Lots ov very cool pics in here. Some of you are downright killers! Congrats on some awesome animals.

I looked back at all my deer, elk and antelope and moose and now realize I don't have any tail gate pics. So a new years resolution for me is that, for my big game. Most of mine, if not all, are skinned and deboned in the field.

But my waterfowl hunts, I do have a few pics.

 

[StocknBone]

Really enjoyed everyone’s photos here, this ends up being my tailgate a pretty good portion of the time.

 

[jm77]

 

[Mallardsx2]

Couple of them from over the years.
Lots of memories on tailgates. lol

 

[Soccerdude]

My boys first elk. I told him not to get used to getting them out whole.

 

[elkassassin]

Not PUNK Approved But...................!

 

[Shadow]

Nice tailgate picture, Elk. Not much size to the racks but man, look at the capes on those two trophies!

 

[Sparks Shooter]

I guess those would be considered "pisscutters"?----SS

 

[huntindad4]

Here's one with another type of clam...

Razor clams. Delicious. Only a few other things I'd rather eat...

 

[Tikka]

 

[Tikka]

 

[treedagain]

View attachment 132736I don’t enjoy stuffing them two deep in the Tacoma anymore. Way too much work butchering two at a time!

I know I will think twice before I double up on elk again. Then do it.....makes for a long day, but worth it.

 

[Wiszard]

 

[Wiszard]

Here's one with another type of clam...View attachment 132807
Razor clams. Delicious. Only a few other things I'd rather eat...

Otherwise known as gooey-ducks? My Dad used to clam in Morro Bay when I was a kid. That one in the middle must've popped a blue pill.

 

[Muley_73]

A few non muleys .

 

[Tristate]

Great to see an actual hunting thread.

 

[Tikka]

A few non muleys .
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That Ibex!

 

[devobrodie]

 

[Muley_73]

That Ibex!

Not my ibex, i was just a spotter and a pack mule. What an unreal chunk of rock that place is!!!!

 

[elkassassin]

Any Sore Feet?

Not my ibex, i was just a spotter and a pack mule. What an unreal chunk of rock that place is!!!!

 

[Muley_73]

Any Sore Feet?

Sore everything, hunted 2 different trips and one day that. will rank top 3 nasties days I've ever had. Some scary places on that miserable basturd!

 

[maddog58]

 

[Jdan9]

 

[JPickett]

Nothing better than killing them bastages. Come up to my place and I’ll pay you 75 bucks for everyone you get. I suck at calling them in.

Were ya at? You can keep your money, I just like calling dogs

 

[Horsecorn]

Were ya at? You can keep your money, I just like calling dogs

my farm is about 5 miles from elkassassins place. So be careful, he can be nuts .

 

[woodruffhunter]

my farm is about 5 miles from elkassassins place. So be careful, he can be nuts .

Can?

 

[slamdunk]

It's not a tailgate by description, but it's my Jeep

 

[huntindad4]

I got my 83 year old dad out on a rare (for him these days) duck hunt. His jeep in the pic...

 

[Tikka]

I got my 83 year old dad out on a rare (for him these days) duck hunt. His jeep in the pic...View attachment 134195

Very nice! Did your dad get the jewelry?

 

[tylercreek2]

Here's one with another type of clam...View attachment 132807
Razor clams. Delicious. Only a few other things I'd rather eat...

bearded ?

 

[tylercreek2]

 

[Tikka]

bearded ?

So good!

 

[huntindad4]

Very nice! Did your dad get the jewelry?

We were both shooting at the same bird. I said "shoot the greenhead on the right", he didn't see the other one. I wouldn't rather split it with anyone than him.

He took the band. Only one he's ever been in on and he's killed thousand of ducks. We don't get many here. I killed another in November. Before that the last was about 10 years and a lot of ducks ago. Before that it was late 80s or early 90s I killed 5 or 6 of them.

I wish I wouldn't have shot.

 

[Tikka]

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Those whitetail are incredible!

 

[Cjboz99]

What about a fender and makes D13er look in BC on biggest Cali buck.

 

[Cjboz99]

He’s number 2 after 70 years of drying when he represented the family in the book.

 

[LIK2HNT]

old pictures are cool!!!!!

 

[SS!]

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Wow!

 

[antlerradar]

I have posted this picture before, but it fits for the tailgate picture thread.
This buck was shot in SE MT in the late fifty's by Avon Fjell. Avon took the buck to a local big buck contest, won the contest and sold the head to an out of state hunter for 75$. I would love to know what has happened to this buck.

 

[Tristate]

I have posted this picture before, but it fits for the tailgate picture thread.
This buck was shot in SE MT in the late fifty's by Avon Fjell. Avon took the buck to a local big buck contest, won the contest and sold the head to an out of state hunter for 75$. I would love to know what has happened to this buck.View attachment 134307

Buck is very similar to a buck I shot this year. Tips of beams are just a little different.

 

[Muley_73]

Posted this one before but its still one of my all time favs. Still remember this day vividly. Sporting the beanie and following around Hank Jr all morning!!!

 

[Tikka]

Posted this one before but its still one of my all time favs. Still remember this day vividly. Sporting the beanie and following around Hank Jr all morning!!!
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That is a classic, everything about it brings back my own memories... Thanks for posting it...

 

[Zim]

Some cool old photos in this thread. Here’s my last three years all IL public land archery deer. Had some bad luck with busted up racks lately. I got some better old photos from 80’s & 90’s if I can find them. One with two drunk Halloween girls posing with my big NH moose.

Was probably not a good idea to tote that last nontypical on the beat up aluminum rack. Had been hit a couple times and that busted up too! Has since been replaced with a steel one .

 

[highsierra]

I hope this counts as a “tailgate “ photo.

 

[highsierra]

First venture over to the “White” side.

 

[highsierra]

Sometimes the best part of reaching the truck is what’s waiting for you there after a long, hard pack out!

 

[Onthehoof]

No tailgate in this picture, but the truck did have a tailgate! This is from a spike that was illegally harvested by someone I do not know. The wildlife agent told us the hunters that shot this spike had mobbed their jeep cherokee into a non motorized area and had been reported by other hunters. This was during the archery hunt and I am almost certain I heard pistol shots and shouting as well around the same time and from the same area this elk was shot. I also am almost certain I had messed up a poaching opportunity of these same hunters earlier that morning. I was driving into an area to park my truck and it was still very dark. I thought I had seen lights in the trees as I was nearing a turn. When I came around the turn I saw the jeep shining head lights into the trees and a man with a bow running back to the jeep. He jumped in and they turned and flew past me back down the trail.

The second picture is my tailgate picture of a cow I shot during the same hunt the spike was confiscated. That was my first kill with a bow and it was such a fun hunt.

 

[Longun]

My 2022 Red Desert Bull..

 

[eelgrass]

I've never seen so many happy tailgates.

 

[link]

I suppose this could be considered a tail gate pic .

 

[LIK2HNT]

I suppose this could be considered a tail gate pic .

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That’s one way to get it done!!

 

[eelgrass]

I let everybody go ahead of me. What do I win? This was about 1980 when California had lots of mule deer.

 

[devobrodie]

 

[bigmoose]

 

[deerslayer64d]

Not a tailgate but a hood pic with my late father’s McMullen co TX buck from the early 60’s

 

[antlerradar]

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One of my all time favorite bucks on MM

 

[yoteduster]

One of my all time favorite bucks on MM

Your right..he's a really nice buck..very symmetrical

 

[bigmoose]

One of my all time favorite bucks on MM

I was with my godson when he killed this buck on the last day of the 3rd season several years ago. What a monster. He has a 216 frame and grosses 232.

 

[JakeSwensen]

It's not a tailgate by description, but it's my Jeep
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Jeeps don't have a tailgate . Congratulations, that's a beautiful bull. #shouldaboughtatoyota is that a Wasatch Bull?

 

[JakeSwensen]

I let everybody go ahead of me. What do I win? This was about 1980 when California had lots of mule deer.

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I can't believe anyone would shoot a doe. Hahaha j/k I'm not sure what the deer population was in 1980 but not all does have babies. The problem is, knowing which ones. Thanks for sharing

 

[OpeningDay]

CO Muzzy from a few years ago.

 

[eelgrass]

A blacktail from about 1995. I wish I still had that truck. Go 49ers!

 

[huntindad4]

A blacktail from about 1995. I wish I still had that truck. Go 49ers!
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Nice buck and nice truck! What year? I have a 92 that I've had since 93...

Oh and...Go Broncos

 

[Jeremy2019]

Getting them to the road whole can be fun, but picking them up and putting them in the back of a truck not as much. Roosevelt's are big

 

[eelgrass]

Nice buck and nice truck! What year? I have a 92 that I've had since 93...View attachment 135304

Oh and...Go Broncos

It's a 1989. 3.0 5-speed. I bought it new and sold it in 2003. He still has it and I get to see it because he lives just down the road from me.

 

[SS75]

 

[LIK2HNT]

One of my son 20 years ago.
He road around on my shoulders.