Posted: 12/5/2009 8:30:17 AM EDT
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Guy claims he'd been seeing these two record book mulies. Went after them with his bow and got both within 60 minutes of each other. Unfortunately for him, his reputation wasn't all that great. Someone found the same antlers had been on ebay. The thread even had statements from the guy who sold the antlers and the woman whose daughter held them for the pictures put up on ebay.
Here 190" california D5 buck and freak non typical by ColeHous » Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:50 pm Finally after a slow season i got a glimpse of what i was looking for. Tuesday i spotted a 5x5 with nice eye guards he is around 30" wide and will definately hit the 190 mark. He was with a freak non typical that was a 7x7 with tons of palmation and kickers on both sides. I'm guessing he is around 34" wide from kicker to kicker. I'm headed out tomorrow eve to see if i can smack one with a arrow. gotta love the "deer city usa" type of bucks. only one weekend left so i'm crossing my fingers. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Re: 190" california D5 buck and freak non typical by ColeHous » Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:01 pm couldn't decide which one to take..... so i decided on em both.... typical green scores 197 and is 30 5/8 wide. non typical is 34 4/8 wide and is a 7x7 pics soon shot 1 hour apart within 150 yards of each other... ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––- *Now comes the start of the rest of the story at page three in the thread, where others have smoked out the real facts.* Re: 190" california D5 buck and freak non typical by DLS » Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:26 pm I see that the threads have been unlocked. I take it that means you're now aware of the status of things and have decided that it is OK to talk about this again. If the members want to know what he did, you can go to ebay and do a search on item numbers 230389968437 and 230389970226. What you'll find is that Coleman Houston bought these antler sets for $300.01 and $500.00 on ebay, and then came on this and other websites and claimed to have killed the deer himself to gain notoriety and leverage that into hunting sponsorships and endorsements. He never killed any of these deer. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––- *Some real good stuff comes along from the irate posters* Re: 190" california D5 buck and freak non typical by DLS » Sun Nov 22, 2009 10:55 pm Check out these words of wisdom from the Deer Master himself: "The kill is the satisfying, indeed essential, conclusion to a successful hunt. But, I take no pleasure in the act itself. One does not hunt in order to kill, but kills in order to have hunted. Then why do I hunt? I hunt for the same reason my well-fed cat hunts...because I must, because it is in the blood, because I am the decendent of a thousand generations of hunters. I hunt because I am a hunter." Coleman's personal statement, copied from his Facebook page ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––- Re: 190" california D5 buck and freak non typical by AGCHAWK » Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:53 am I wonder if his decendants shopped on EBay also?! ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––- *And the final nail, his FaceBook quote* Re: 190" california D5 buck and freak non typical by Duckdude » Wed Nov 25, 2009 3:33 pm Check out these words of wisdom from the Deer Master himself: "The kill is the satisfying, indeed essential, conclusion to a successful hunt. But, I take no pleasure in the act itself. One does not hunt in order to kill, but kills in order to have hunted. Then why do I hunt? I hunt for the same reason my well-fed cat hunts...because I must, because it is in the blood, because I am the decendent of a thousand generations of hunters. I hunt because I am a hunter." Coleman's personal statement, copied from his Facebook page. I hate to pile on, but I'm pretty sure that he poached this blurb from James Swan in his book In Defense of Hunting What a Jerk! –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Re: 190" california D5 buck and freak non typical by Jeff » Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:50 pm Its actually a quote from Finn Aagaard. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––- *Edited to add seller's comment and Mom's comments* Re: 190" california D5 buck and freak non typical Postby DLS » Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:41 pm You all need to read this post that I'm pasting on here from another website. It is written by the gentleman who sold this clown the antlers last month. Read it all the way to the end, you aren't going to believe what he has to say. themuleyman (2 posts) Nov-24-09, 10:40 AM (MST) 41. "RE: The Biggest Loser - Fraud and Deception" Hello, everybody who has wrote in and shown interested in the biggest loser. My name is Dave and I'm the guy who sold the 2 large mule dear racks on ebay to Coleman Houston (the biggest Loser). He told me he was a taxidermist and wanted these racks really bad for a competion he was in. He waited the 5 days for the auction to end and bid and won. He immediately notified me that he wanted to know when these would ship. He wanted them both mailed together to save money. I had no idea about the laws in california. I sold them to him under good faith. I have been forced to sell my entire collection of 10 years due to my health. I have Reneal stage 5 Kidney disease and I'm on dialysis 3 times a week. I received a kidney from a friend last year, although due to complications I rejected the kidney and have had multiple surgeries. I'm now waiting for a new kidney and with the help of my wife and friends they have come together to join a patient exchange program with the University of Colorado Hospital. I hope to recieved a new kidney soon some day. I need a perfect match. If anyone is interested and wants more information, please email me. I'm a young man and have 3 kids and have been selling my entire collection to pay for my hospital bills. This is frustrating and disgusting to see such a great set of antlers sold to someone who did not appreciate them. He defaced them and has taken the true meaning of what a real hunt is about. Then he went out and bragged about killing them himself and wanted monetary value and fame!! (That did not get him very far) That's not all, he asked me for his money back because the DOW confiscated them and he has nothing to show for. WHAT GREED!!! Hopefully the antlers end up somewhere, where everyone can enjoy seing them for what they are. I hope things turnout the way they should. Thanks for all of your support. Dave [email protected] Re: 190" california D5 buck and freak non typical Postby DLS » Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:43 pm And better still, words from the mother of the young lady who posed with the antlers. Don't piss off Mom! countrygirl (1 posts) Nov-24-09, 05:19 PM (MST) 49. "RE: The Biggest Loser - Fraud and Deception" Yeah, nice racks. Too bad your such a f_ _ _ _ ing liar about how you got those racks. My daughter held them up for her boyfriends dad who sold them to you on e-bay from Elizabeth, CO, these deer never set foot in CA!!!! You are a disgrace to the true hunters!! Get a life LOSER!!! If anyone wants the listing numbers to verify the e-bay sale of these racks let me know, we'd be happy to verify this. |
I love hunting in part because almost everyone I encounter is a good American. I pretty much just assume every other hunter is my friend, and I've generally been right. It's a nice opportunity to get away from petty, superficial BS. Unfortunately it looks like the reality-show mentality is starting to leak into everything. Hope this guy's just a one-in-a-million tool and not a sign of things to come. Quite the generation we've got here.  |
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What about the guys who find some great sheds, put linseed oil on them, then mount them on a taxidermy form with any old deer kill they can find?  Seriously? I'm very new to hunting but why would you want anything you didn't kill yourself? My fish is bigger than yours, my daddy is tougher than yours, my buck is bigger than yours. Some people are just that way. |