Went Salmon Fishing in Alaska and came back with 4 deer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_3s-H0wIr4
A fellow worker flipped this story to me today.  Looks like it has been out there for a year.   If it is true, One nice story for the Holidays! 

I saw this on the internet in 2012, great story.

Stories and encounters like that is a main reason I don't hunt anymore.Thanks for posting that.

Thank You Fichy!  I always look forward to reading your Posts!   We have a warming front coming into NJ friday  which may melt allot of our  snow.    Was hoping to get a nice layer of ice on the local ponds for jigging by New Years.   Going to play it by  ear with taking a trip to Pulaski over Christmas week.   Looks like there is a bit of a warming font hitting there also at least for a couple of days.   When I was living in Niagara Falls,  I remember reading about an arrest made of a duck hunter who lasso'd a buck swimming  in the river,  out of season.  Sounds like he kept it and got caught.    Any way I think I figured out how to attach the photos of the NJ Buck.   I gave up deer huntinfg in the 90's.    We had a couple  8-10 PT Big Bucks roaming our office property in East Hanover.  In the spring,  I pulled a fawn off a sewer grate  on our street and it returned the favor by coming back to dine nightly in my garden.  Ate everything except the Zuchinni and Purple Kale!
I do not personally know the Hunter  pictured in the photo or where it was taken but is really an impressive Buck!
Kudo's to the Hunter!
 

Jack , I get pizzed when I do all the work in the garden , plant a row of sunflowers then have those four legged ( I use another 4 letter term) decide its time for them to harvest the fruits of my labor. Even tried planting right against the dog fence area , kept the stupid woodchucks away but the deer are smarter. I really need to start thinning the local herd and filling the freezer.

Well I plowed more snow today and sat inside the house playing with ice gear. Wish I was on the ice playing instead but I feel a fever coming on sat .. Screw work I'm going fishing ..
BTW:
Me and the grandson had venison burgers which I ground with bacon for lunch and it was delicious !!!!!

I erected Stalag 17 around my garden after the deer destroyed everything a few years back.
I enjoy venison stew, chili, marinated & grilled steaks and cutlets made parmigiana style. 

Sorry that I'm going to hijack this thread to bits and still have not looked at the link.. Sorry..
Great pics Rich.. I have a co worker friend (ex-SR fisher) that spends thousands of $$ to hunt Alberta Canada.. He has impressive mounts such as those you posted.. A 22pt, and 19 pt that made my head turn but his best deer to date was a 10 pt at 335 lb weight.. It's all about the trophy for that style hunting as the meat stays in Alberta..
I live on the Hudson River below Albany, have seen deer swim across in the open water and struggle to walk across on the ice, and get sucked under..
 
Now the Hijack:
These shots were taken this eve off the front and back porch..
#1 is where I planted a row of sunflowers to give a little camouflage to the fence.. The deer waited until they bloomed then munched them down;; ugh.

 
#2 is off the back.. My raised beds garden is under those piles of snow.. I have cayenne, jalapeno and bell peppers in the mix.. The Deer avoid them but munch everything else.. Notice all the tracks in the snow.. Yup !! My poor apple trees to the right never stood a chance..

 
Ice is nice:
Here is from last Saturday and how we roll:
An 11:00 lunch provided by the friends I fish with:

Jack, the Bar was open and the food great !!!
As we set our tip-ups straight out, it was 3 degs so the heat went on and it became a solo jig.. Don't worry guys I will deploy the big top if you all decide to come have some fun..
The aftermath in front of the stove :


 

Nice Pics Tuna! I love the Shiner Bock for washing down the Sausage and Peppers!  Have 2 - 6 Packs of "Shiner Family Reunion" in the Fridge.
 A good friend of mine from Whippany,  NJ just closed on a Lake House  on Big Lake Sacandaga.      May be taking a poke up there with him in January to try the ice.  Might as well take advantage of that NY License for more than Steelhead.
 
If you guys ever do a group outing on the Ice, would love the opportunity to jig for a few.  Ice fishing has been very iffy the last two years.

Rich:
Once the big lake trout waters get solid I will be giving a shout out.. Schroon, Lake George and Otsego..
There is very good cheap clean lodging with tons of various hardwater options for those places..
Got to head back to the JOB tomorrow but as said, I hear thoothy critters and pannies calling sat.. Solid 6-8 " ice round here..

One of these days I have to hit the ice with you tuna... otsego is probably the closest to me. Looking forward to hitting smaller ponds by me this winter with some friends.

Richw.. good to hear from ya. A friend of mine worked for nabisco out of parsippany but I believe he got branched out to Colgate... he's in hong Kong now... one of these days another gathering will be in store for the posters aboard