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Thanks for putting the info there. It makes me think I have a chance to get pawpaws going up in Ontario.

Yeah that's the kind of place I was talking about. I remember a TV show I saw many years ago where a woman shot a farmed whitetail like that with a .375 H&H Magnum, and it blew my mind that people would pay so much money to do that. It has stuck with me for probably over 20 years now.

I hate winter. Always have. Dark, cold, wet, miserable. I have tried to like skiing, but I still don't like it. My only winter hobby is free diving in the sea with a thick wetsuit, and that requires at least one other person. From now on I'm taking two weeks in Southeast Asia every February.

That wouldn't surprise me. I'm pretty sure I know who's killing them where I hunt in Holmes County. He's a pro, and his website is full of pictures of him with top-tier bucks. In Montgomery County, I will see mediocre bucks on camera all year, and then suddenly, one day during the rut, a...

That has been my experience. They're like miniature elk, but still significantly larger than a whitetail.

Seems like they have their own thing going down there. I can't even imagine how much those antler weigh. It would be interesting to get a rundown on what the hunting is like and how they get those antlers. I would ask Google, but I'm worried AI would give me a bunch of regurgitate nonsense...

Here's what New Zealand is advertising. It's impressive, but it certainly doesn't look natural. It looks like and artist's rendering of some ancient extinct deer species. It's also really weird how they sit a few meters behind the stag to make it look like a real monster. Seems to be...

Here's the Slovakian record. I didn't read the article, so I dont know anything about it, but it shows the typical clean beams and tines I'm used to.

Not in Europe. It's not a natural look for what I've seen here. That one has something unusual going on. I would guess either something else mixed in or a breeding program designed to maximize mass. If New Zealand is all high fence, it wouldn't surprise me if it's literally livestock. I've...

Every time oil prices go up, the supermajors will make more profit.

I don't know what Safari Club's markup is, but you can get a much bigger deer than that for 50k.

That rack it gorgeous. A big heavy frame with tons of character. For me that would be a trophy of a lifetime. You should ask the guy if he does any supplemental feeding or food plotting. I'd like to know what the deer are eating to get that big. Missouri seems to.be in the same hadiness...

Impressive. I've never seen anything even close to that in person.

Hard to say. Other countries have different scoring standards and complicated trophy fees. Off the top of my head, I would guess at least 10k, all in. But I have no idea how they score deer or price trophies. I've never even seen a red deer like that in Europe. I wonder if it's some kind of...

Boehner, Bush Jr, and everyone who voted for No Child Left Behind. Them too. That's why I mentioned it becoming generational and a part of the culture. A lot of parents are not prepared to be adults, let alone parents. The social problems brought on by social media and dating apps are also...