2008.12.29
Taxidermist Jeff Acord gets one to mount
Montgomery County taxidermist Jeff Acord spends most of his time preserving trophy bucks for other hunters. This year he got a chance to mount a big deer for himself.
Acord shot the buck directly above his head with a crossbow on his own property during the early archery season. The deer's unofficial score under the Virginia system is 157. The other buck in the picture is one Acord shot in 2000, while the doe was killed by his daughter when she was 10.
We're down to the bitter end for deer hunting in Virginia. Pressure isn't anything like it was in November, but quite a few people will get out there this week for a couple of final hunts. I won't get the chance for a few days as we're in South Georgia at my father-in-law's for a few days. We hit one of his farm ponds yesterday for an hour or so and the bass fishing was unreal. My girls were just ripping them and must have caught two-dozen between them. I stayed so busy helping them and my visually-impaired father-in-law that I really didn't fish. But that was fine because I was still having a blast.
Nice Buck Jeff
Comment by Todd Hostetter — December 31, 2008 @ 7:59 am
Very nice deer Jeff! You did a fantastic job on the mount, hopefully I can send my first buck to you someday. Congradulations dude!
Comment by J.R. Mitchell — January 2, 2009 @ 12:18 am
Thanks guys. J.R., I'd be honored to fix you up on your first mount. Good luck!
Comment by Jeff Acord — January 2, 2009 @ 9:47 pm
Great deer, Jeff! Thanks for taking the time to show me around your shop! Can't wait to have you mount a big deer more me some day.
Comment by Trevor Ruble — April 22, 2009 @ 5:14 pm