Post by freedomrules3 on Jan 7, 2006 20:31:14 GMT -5
Here is a link to the story with a picture.
www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051216/SPORTS10/51216006/1001
Hunter shoots 14-point doe; Yes, deer, a doe
By JULI PROBASCO-SOWERS
REGISTER STAFF WRITER
December 16, 2005
Eric Weymiller, 25, of rural Harpers Ferry, was excited about shooting a large whitetail buck during Iowa's first shotgun deer season.
But the excitement grew when he started to field dress the animal.
"I noticed right away it was missing some plumbing," said Weymiller, who shot the animal Dec. 7 in Allamakee County.
What he thought was a buck was a doe sporting antlers with 14 tines, a big rack even for a buck.
"I stopped field dressing the animal and called a DNR biologist," Weymiller said. "I wanted them to document this."
Biologist Terry Hainfield with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources in northeast Iowa, confirmed the animal was a doe, not a buck.
"It is unusual to find a doe with antlers, but what makes this particularly unusual is that the antlers had hardened and grown so big," Hainfield said.
More research will be required to determine whether Weymiller's deer's antlers are large enought to set a record for doe antlers. So far Weymiller said the only other record he has found was a doe shot in another state in 1990, which is on record with North American Whitetail.
He'll have to wait about 60 days for the antlers to dry before he can have them scored to see how large they actually are. An early score, before drying places the antlers at just over 154 inches. The 1990 doe antlers measured about 152 inches.
www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051216/SPORTS10/51216006/1001
Hunter shoots 14-point doe; Yes, deer, a doe
By JULI PROBASCO-SOWERS
REGISTER STAFF WRITER
December 16, 2005
Eric Weymiller, 25, of rural Harpers Ferry, was excited about shooting a large whitetail buck during Iowa's first shotgun deer season.
But the excitement grew when he started to field dress the animal.
"I noticed right away it was missing some plumbing," said Weymiller, who shot the animal Dec. 7 in Allamakee County.
What he thought was a buck was a doe sporting antlers with 14 tines, a big rack even for a buck.
"I stopped field dressing the animal and called a DNR biologist," Weymiller said. "I wanted them to document this."
Biologist Terry Hainfield with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources in northeast Iowa, confirmed the animal was a doe, not a buck.
"It is unusual to find a doe with antlers, but what makes this particularly unusual is that the antlers had hardened and grown so big," Hainfield said.
More research will be required to determine whether Weymiller's deer's antlers are large enought to set a record for doe antlers. So far Weymiller said the only other record he has found was a doe shot in another state in 1990, which is on record with North American Whitetail.
He'll have to wait about 60 days for the antlers to dry before he can have them scored to see how large they actually are. An early score, before drying places the antlers at just over 154 inches. The 1990 doe antlers measured about 152 inches.
