chrisruzin.net :: A Deer Named Goliath (August 6, 2003)

That sounds more like a respectable hunter. I like that comment. I personally have many sets of antlers, and they all bring back fond memories of time spent in the wilderness I love dearly. I can’t bring myself to sell, cut or damage any of my ‘trophies’ no matter how small or common they are. I’m a traditionalist, that is i hunt with all wood bows I built myself, and every animal is special.I respect every magnifisant creature I harvest. No part of any animal I kill is wasted.

To kill a deer like Goliath would not bring dollar signs to my eyes. I would be overwelmed with the urge to share him and the experience of hunting him with everyone I know.

To be completely honest. I’d probably fall asleep every night for a while just staring at pictures of him.

I make mostly longbows of hickory and osage, or bowdarc as we call it.
There are plenty of talented custom bowyers out there: but their work is often expensive. I would suggest a Bear or a Ben Pearson. You should check at your local archery shop to figure out the best draw weight for you. Check out threeriversarchery.com (You may have to search ‘three rivers archery’ to find it. I can’t remember if that is the correct adress or not. I’ve got to go now. It’s been nice talking!

My the testosterone runs rampid. Reading all of the above comments makes me wonder about hunters and their egos, but I am not a hunter, so who am I to talk.

I came upon this site, as I recently purchased Goliath, and was doing some back ground research on him. Apparently Goliath died of old age in Dec. 2004. My local taxidermist obtained him somehow. I was shopping for an unusual animal head for a X-mas present for my husband. Goliath’s head with massive antler rack is now in our Master bedroom on a wall with a vaulted ceiling. He is quite the interesting and beautiful animal. A great conversation piece

Good luck to you all in finiding your own Goliath in the wilderness.

to“Cory”. You are a disgrace to all hunters that acually hunt for their deer. You are just afraid of the bush and you are poorsport. Don’t argue with me that you are not a peson that want’s to hunt because it sure sounds like it. I supose you kill anything else in your way
too, with your “retarted” truck of yours. I supose you have drove over a few skunks and ate them, haven’t you! Oh ya, don’t forget those people you drove over and you probabaly ate them too and never said anything about it. See ya i’m 13 and your way over the hill!! HA HA

sorry for the spelling errors but my keyboard is all screwed up.Your #1 road kill is you and you are still alive.Chat again, Mark.

listen, redneck folk. goliath was in my family, i am the neice of rod and diane miller. from someone who knew goliath firsthand, i assure you, you would not hit him with your truck. he would hit you. and anyone redneck enough to say something like that, dosent deserve to be called an outdoorsman. its pathetic.

well any one of you that wouldnt shoot this deer is f’n crazy!! i would shoot this deer in a heart beat!

this there deer here i would shoot him with my truck and kill him then i would strap him to the front of my car and show him off to the world then i would kill every tree hugger there ever was cause im the biggest outdoors redneck there ever was ill tell you that right now……….later

yea to talk like that you would have to be a red neck!

i would shoot this deer in a heartbeat. These kind of deer are hard to find… it would be a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Imma be totally honest….I would shoot this deer if i seen him in a grocery store……I wouldnt really care much cause he da biggest damn deer i seen!

Yea i no what you mean i wouldn’t shoot that buck either i mean you got to have respect for something that big. Caleb says its photoshoped.

i love to see big bucks like this so i could you email me some pictures of him?

that is not real if i saw that in a farm fence i would still shoot it

I think that anyone who wouldnt shoot this buck is pretty stupid. If I got a chance to shoot I would. I think it would be a great trophy in my room with all of my other deer.

you got to be crazy to just let that buck walk right past you. if saw it ,it would be probaly everything but ALIVE!!!!!!!!!

unreal

I would love to shoot that buck. I would be so pumped.

i would not shot this deer because this could be a white tailed deer record. you should keep this deer right by the house or something to make it safe from getting shot

Just let this deer be. Just because he’s old doesn’t mean you have go out and shoot him. Sure he was a nice rack but let him live. I am a hunter and i have seen some nice bucks in my hunting career but just let him be. He hasn’t hurt any of you guys. I bet most of the drunks would go after him with their trucks or take as many shots as they could to kill him. Just let him live until he’s ready to leave us.