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Story: The Reid Buck
 Orin Reid took this giant typical buck near John
Day, OR. in 1937. Orin was working in the timber industry as a logger in Kinzua, OR. In
the good old days, Kinzua was a thriving logging town in North Central Oregon. Orin and
several friends decided to go on a hunting trip in search of some big mule deer bucks.
They traveled about 100 miles to the southeast of Kinzua into the upper John Day River
area. Orin harvested one of the largest mule deer of all-time.
This tremendous buck has a net typical score of 231 1/8,
after deducting the abnormal points of 11 7/8, his final score is 219 2/8. His right
antler total is 104 5/8; his left antler total is 103 1/8 with a 33 2/8 inside spread.
Both of this buck's main beams are 28 1/8, with the inside spread exceeding the length of
either beam. His spread credit is 28 1/8. The abnormal point total is 11 7/8; he has two
burr points on each antler just over two inches and a double eye guard on his left antler
just over two inches. This 7 x 8 point mule deer has a greatest spread of 36 1/8 with 24
inch G-2s on both antlers.
Unfortunately, Orin Reid never knew the official score of his deer or that it would rank
as one of the largest mule deer ever taken. This deer and hundreds of other big game
animals throughout Oregon, Washington and Idaho have recently surfaced because of our
efforts in producing individual record books for each of these states.
In 1994 Northwest Big Game began measuring and collecting information for the Record Books
for Oregon, Washington and Idaho's Big Game Animals. Currently, they attend all 16
Sportsmen's Shows throughout the Pacific Northwest. We visit each of these locations
annually, inviting people to bring in their horns, heads and antlers to be officially
measured and recorded in their respective state records. This buck and 20 of the largest
big game animals ever taken will be featured in the Tour of the Northwest's Big Game
Animals. For more information about the Tour of the Northwest and record books check out
their website at www.nwbiggame.com or contact David M. Morris at Northwest Big Game HCR 58
Box 2 Long Creek Or. 97856 (541) 421-3126. |
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