Scott's handy work

[E Robert Fabian]

These birds where done by Scott Kittredge who has done alot of different mounts for me over the years and many other PGCA members he is coming around we may see on TV before long.

[Dean Romig]

That is a great mount Bob!

I can't say enough about Scott's artistry - he did this one for me.



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[charlie cleveland]

good job on the mounts... dean thats a one in a life time deer you got there...looks to be 22 inch between the beams....nice work scott.... charlie

[Dean Romig]

24" outside spread. The left G-2 is 13" and each main beam is 30" exactly. Gross score was 186 1/8.


Yes - Nice Work Scott!

[E Robert Fabian]

186 is impressive, is the one you needed a cape for ?

[Dean Romig]

That's the one Bob.

[Marty Kohler]

Mr. Romig, that is one amazing buck...... have you ever told the complete story?......I bet it would make a great read....

[Dean Romig]

It's not much of a story and certainly not a story of my hunting skills.

A friend, who is a railroad engineer, telephoned me ont night, November 11, 2003, telling me he had hit a deer. I said "So?" He said "I hit it with the train." I replied "You hit a lot of deer with the train, what makes this one special?"
He said "This is the first one I ever felt!" and he added "This brute has a trophy rack!"
I asked "When did you hit it and where?" He told me he had hit the deer 24 hours earlier on the same route and the deer is still alive but he's only standing on his front legs. So I asked where again and he said it was just 300 yards down the track from the 'Vale Station... that's about a mile from my house. I told him "Don't worry, I'll take care of him."
I drove to the station with my mini-mag flashlight and a hand axe to do him in. When I found him he was just as my friend had described - a brute with a trophy rack and standing on his front legs. His hind end was a sack of clattering broken bones that prevented him from moving around much. I don't mind telling you I was a bit scared to think I was about to whack him behind the skull with a hand axe stupidly hoping one blow would do it.... well I grabbed his G2 on the left side to stabilize his head but he would have none of that nonsense - he thrashed his head and massive antlers for me and I got the hell out of there in a hurry. I went home, grabbed my Martin bow and two broadheads and went back. He was there in all his pitiful glory and I put my mini-mag in my teeth, nocked an arrow and put it through his heart at fifteen feet. He expired in about a minute.
It was one of the saddest things I have ever had to take part in but I'm glad I was able to end his suffering quickly.

See? Nothing glamorous at all...

[John Havard]

Dean, the end you gave that wonderful buck was much better than what he would have endured without your intervention. If you had not come along he'd have probably been hauled down by coyotes, still alive, and would have suffered longer and more harshly. Or, he would have been left there for days of suffering before finally expiring. What you did was humane and an act of kindness. Well done.