Bunk - with a capital B !! I look at it that there are 365 days/year and if I'm really lucky 15 or so are hunting days. So, over the course of a dogs life (approx 4000 days) there may be a couple hundred hunting days, so what to do with all the rest of the time?? All our dogs have been pets first. Some have been great hunters, some not so great but forgiven and enjoyed for who they are. Here's a couple shots of a departed good friend and good hunter who also had his share of forgiveness in the field. That I look at as giving me the chance to be out a little longer- no point in getting a limit too early in the day.
Cheers,
Jack

"TAZ" enjoying the hunt
http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/cpg1...MG_9999_8S.JPG

"TAZ" enjoying Mom's chair
http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/cpg1...MG_9999_1s.JPG

Great Pictures Jack , Looks like a good friend !! Sure looks pleased with himself in that first picture !

Hey Dean ,Don't they look nice in the snow !,And by the way ,if you don't have anything to do between now and next season ,maybe you ought to stay on that track !!

I saw him in October '08 from my kitchen window. Probably 250 - 275 live weight with a heavy, long-tined 8-point rack in the 150 - 160 range but I haven't seen him at all this year. Just knowing he is still there is nice.

"Just knowing he is still there is nice. "

And passing on those genes.

Ben

Dean, Did he look anything like this hoss? Others have probably seen this before. Was sent to me in an email. Supposedly a 400 pounder taken in Maine.:shock:

Jeez! That hawg looks like he has a thyroid problem!

It's the resident cynic chiming in. Looks like a photoshop job to me

Here's some info on weights of large white tail deer. Over 400 pounds is rare but not unknown. If photoshopped, someone did a decent job.

http://books.google.com/books?id=ni6...DOzYfrE2jJ1JDA

Here's a bit on just Maine from a taxidermist

http://www.grignonstaxidermy.com/Mus...Gameheads1.htm

I don't know where Mr Grignon hunts in ME but it sounds great.