Cougar Ridge Bucks

Holly,thanks for posting Hardcore's pictures!!He is TOTALLY AWESOME!!!!!Keep those bucks growing!!!Hats off to use guys.Wish I would be closer so I could see your bucks in person.

Holly, if you follow these forums you will note that many of the "old timers" just don't participate anymore. I still try to help when someone has a problem that I have previously dealt with in our herd, but just don't want the hassle of worrying that some butthead will take some kind of offense and ruin things so I generally stay off. Sorry I had to stay home and feed fawns and didn't get to come out for the Congress.

Stevel your exactly right, i noticed long time ago, that why i said they slowly fading, and that sucks!! Dc

Holly and David you have a GREATTTTTTTT group of deer out there! thanks for letting us look. for the ney sayers and the non believers it's TRUE it's TRUE!!! GO SEE FOR YOUSELVES IF YOU THINK THE PIC'S ARE DOCTORED OR SOMTHING THEN YOU WILL SEE HARDCORE IS UNBELIEVABLE AND PIC'S CANT COME CLOSE TO SHOWING THE SIZE OF THAT OL BOY'S BODY OR RACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND IF YOUR JUST JEALOUSE THAT'S JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ANY SEMEN OUT OF HIM TO USE THIS FALL !!!!!!!!! SO IF YOU HAVE CHECKED OUT HIS PEDIGREE CHECK HIM OUT IN PERSON THEN TELL US WHAT YOU SAW BEFORE THE PHOTO DOCTOR SPUN HIS MAGIC!!!!

I went to Office Depot to get the photoshop software (they) suggested. When I went to ring it up, I looked at the screen and it said:



1----Maxbo

1----B-37



Total.......................

Holly-

I agree with you. It is sad that there are people out there that you can't trust anymore and they will stab you in the back when possible. It is amazing to me that anybody that is dishonest can still sell deer in this industry. I think we should band together and get rid of the people that lie, cheat, and steal their way in the deer industry. All a guy has is his word and once that is compromised - how do you trust them? That's why I have started "The List". Some of you are aware of this and know what it's about. For those of you who don't, it's a list of people that are dishonest no goods that I won't do business with. Mine is sadly getting to be a long list.

I think your deer are huge and Maxbo has some absolutely beautiful sons- as the OK show displayed, Hardcore has some real value.

I haven't been reading the forum the last few days, but I heard about some of the crap that was being said on here. I JUST walked in the house from a looooong drive home. I attended the auction and the next day made some farm visits. Thanks to Michael for taking me around, and to Kevin Wallace, Tim Condict, and David and Holly for letting me see your farms.

After hearing some stuff while at the auction I was excited to go see Hardcore in person to see what the big deal was all about. All I can say is WOW! I was struggling with my thoughts on what to use this year in my doe Dolly (the mother of Updraft) and in my doe Bubbles who is Bucky/Little Pebbles. The struggle is over! Hardcore ALL THE WAY! David is sold out for the year but I was lucky to have a good friend who is setting me up with what I need.

Holly, don't forget to write me down on the list for next fall. Updraft's full sister will be breeding age then

OH YES!

Well said, Dustin. Spoken like a true gentlemen. I do think that the bad eggs in our industry will get weeded out as the truth becomes light...

Josh Newton

dtrain,

I hope I never make your list. I try very hard not to make it and hope if Im close to making it you will let me know so I can correct it and NOT make "THE LIST".

I saw Hardcore on wed and he is BIG.

Dustin, I am going to buy you a trench coat and a sheriffs badge for christmas to wear to the sales. You can carry a notebook and pen while walking around the room scribble once and a while and watch people squirm in their seats. LOL. Fear ''THE LIST''

Word up! That's what I'm talkin' about!

I saw the 2 pics side by side and the one looked to me like it had been worked on.But I know nothing about photo shop.

PEOPLE!!!!, check for yourself if the picture is real. We all know that a deer's ear (on average) is six inches. Take any picture where the deer is looking straight on, AND where you can measure the ear. Once you establish how much six inches is, on that given picture, you should be able to establish whether is was or was not altered. If the deer is looking straght on, you can establish the spread. Remember, you can't use one pictures measurements for a different picture. Of course, this is due to distance from camera, etc. How about a free straw of semen for the closest spread? Anyone???? Let's see what the results are....... get measuring!!!!!



Hint: Try measuring more than one picture of the same buck. See what you get. You could average your results to offset any differences.

Holly what is all the fuss, tell them how Dave get all them big deer like I said it the hat. Would you order me one

I am just too beat to deal with any of this today. Stay tuned for an interesting post from me tomorrow.



Thanks to the positive posters on here!



Deepwoods, I got that parcel in the mail today



10-4 Over and Out!

I just made my yearly trip to David's place to look at his bucks and there is no picture that can show anyone how big Hardcore is this year. He is the best looking deer I have ever seen and I think he will be the biggest typical ever. He will be the hottest bucks for years to come. Congratulations once again David. Sure glad I bought that Semen last year.

I have to admit first glance at Hardcore and you have to question whether or not it is possible to grow a buck that enormous. But when you think about it, Cougar Ridge has produced some industry leaders so the reputation at stake is far greater than any short-term gain of a one buck hype. That alone should be enough but you also have many people saying "yea, it's true."

All I can say is I wish my does could have a dance with Hardcore!



Congrats David & Holly on showcasing another industry STUD!!!

Here are some new pictures of Dave's Auggie yearling I was able to take over the weekend. I am not skilled enough to photo shop and don't own the program.

So you guys went with Ace High for a name? David said something about a name that starts with the letter A. When I was driving home I thought of the name Aztec. Maybe you can use that one some day Fred It's better than the one David had

Now that's funny, I don't care who you are. I guess you had to be there

Sorry for the delay.



I have deleted my post above and for lack of getting into a huge bible study, let's just say that post has really been weighing heavily on me. Our whole lesson last weekend in church was about turning the other cheek (how ironic), no matter how bad someone is to you.... just turn the other cheek. I have not done well with that and will from here forward.



A GOOD friend said something that has stuck with me, "Do not defend what need not defending." Thank you for those wise words, you know who you are.



So, here we go! I posted a video at the following link: http://www.dabuckchannel.com/video/181/Maxbo-Hardcore



Between it and the photos, post what you feel will be Maxbo Hardcore's final score and inside spread. The closest person will get 1 FREE straw of MAXBO HARDCORE to use in 2010. Both 2009 and 2010 semen is sold out and is being sold for $10,000 a straw for 2010.



He will be officially scored when his rack is dried and cut by an official SCI scorer and the winner will be notified then and on this thread.



Rules:

1. One post per person

2. You must list your name with your post (sorry annonymous)

3. Please list 2 numbers- the 1st for his final score and the 2nd for his inside spread.

4. You will have to agree to use the straw in a maximum of 2 does and not use it for embryo tranfers or cloning.



That's it! Best of luck to everyone!