deer head

A large taxidermied deer head, known as the “Ed Ronayne Buck”, that was killed on October 28, 1970 by Ed Ronayne at the headwaters of Johnny Sandy Creek in the upper Pemberton Valley. It is the largest deer head ever harvested in Pemberton, as well as Pemberton deer are a mix between black tailed and mule deer. Ed Ronayne was an avid, experienced hunter who won the Pemberton Wildlife Association’s “Annual Antler Contest” five times in the first six years it was held. Young hunters visited his home in Pemberton Meadows to share their hunting stories and learn the “art of hunting”. The deer head was first displayed on Ed’s kitchen wall before being donated by the Ronayne family and was widely known as “The Wall Of Fame”. The antlers on the deer head has ten points, in which the age range of when it was caught is roughly estimated to be around 2-4 years.