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On this page and the next are 5 of the biggest bucks I have shot. My
sister in law, bless her heart, mounted all but the one to the left.
Each buck has a story and if you want to read on I will tell it.
I spotted this buck a half mile away on the top of a ridge with a small
harem of does. He was pretty busy but the does spotted me and
took off with him in hot pursuit. I was able to get a little closer to
them by circling around to where I thought they would go and sure
enough I ran into them again. The buck had his head down chasing
one of the does. I waited till he stopped and took a shot. Dead deer
right and photo time, wrong. I was standing under a small pine tree
and their was a heavy snow fall at the time . When I shot there was
nothing but white. White in my scope, white in my neck and white
about a foot deep all over me. The recoil from the shot vibrated the
tree enough to shake all the snow off. Once I got the snow from
between my eyes and glasses there was no deer to be seen. I went
to the place I had shot and no blood. There were lots of tracks so I
headed for the nearest timber, with my nose into a breeze. I had
gone into the timber only a few steps and the buck jumped to his
feet. This time I didn't take a rest and just drooped my sight behind
his front shoulder and squeezed. Dead deer and photo time right?
Right. Well almost, I didn't have a camera
He is what I call a 5 x 5. I don't count the eye gourds when I count
my antlers. They are 4 x 4s or 3 x 3s "with". The "with" stands for
eye guard. He is heavy and has an inside spread of 24 inches. The
length of his tines makes him look wider.
sister in law, bless her heart, mounted all but the one to the left.
Each buck has a story and if you want to read on I will tell it.
I spotted this buck a half mile away on the top of a ridge with a small
harem of does. He was pretty busy but the does spotted me and
took off with him in hot pursuit. I was able to get a little closer to
them by circling around to where I thought they would go and sure
enough I ran into them again. The buck had his head down chasing
one of the does. I waited till he stopped and took a shot. Dead deer
right and photo time, wrong. I was standing under a small pine tree
and their was a heavy snow fall at the time . When I shot there was
nothing but white. White in my scope, white in my neck and white
about a foot deep all over me. The recoil from the shot vibrated the
tree enough to shake all the snow off. Once I got the snow from
between my eyes and glasses there was no deer to be seen. I went
to the place I had shot and no blood. There were lots of tracks so I
headed for the nearest timber, with my nose into a breeze. I had
gone into the timber only a few steps and the buck jumped to his
feet. This time I didn't take a rest and just drooped my sight behind
his front shoulder and squeezed. Dead deer and photo time right?
Right. Well almost, I didn't have a camera
He is what I call a 5 x 5. I don't count the eye gourds when I count
my antlers. They are 4 x 4s or 3 x 3s "with". The "with" stands for
eye guard. He is heavy and has an inside spread of 24 inches. The
length of his tines makes him look wider.
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This buck is a 5 X 5 with over 2" long eye guards. Each side almost
matches up perfectly. His configuration is almost square.
I was hunting in a late season that was open for deer and elk. My
main goal was elk and I went up into the area the day before . I was
heading up a rough road in some heavy snow when I hit a rock
under the jeep. When I got out, I saw oil running out of middle of the
front axle. I quickly turned around and headed out to the nearest
ranch. I called my dad and told him I needed a new seal. He drove
the 70 miles to bring it to me. We got it fixed and new oil added,
about 10:00 that night. The part I forgot to mention is that on the
ranchers gate was a thermometer and it was 25 below zero. Dad
headed home and I drove up to the mouth of the canyon in the
dark. I slept in the back of the truck that night. I planned on driving
on up in the morning but when I woke up there we outfits already
headed up. I decided to just head up the nearest ridge from the
parking lot. I had only gone a short ways up this very steep ridge
when two bucks cut across in front of me. One was this buck. I
could look down into the parking lot and see the game wardens
truck and I looked at my watch and it was 10 minutes till shooting
light. I let him go and started up the ridge. Ten minutes later here
came the same two bucks again just a little above me. Some one
had spooked them back. I could still see the game wardens truck
but I opened the days hunting at 20 seconds after shooting time.
matches up perfectly. His configuration is almost square.
I was hunting in a late season that was open for deer and elk. My
main goal was elk and I went up into the area the day before . I was
heading up a rough road in some heavy snow when I hit a rock
under the jeep. When I got out, I saw oil running out of middle of the
front axle. I quickly turned around and headed out to the nearest
ranch. I called my dad and told him I needed a new seal. He drove
the 70 miles to bring it to me. We got it fixed and new oil added,
about 10:00 that night. The part I forgot to mention is that on the
ranchers gate was a thermometer and it was 25 below zero. Dad
headed home and I drove up to the mouth of the canyon in the
dark. I slept in the back of the truck that night. I planned on driving
on up in the morning but when I woke up there we outfits already
headed up. I decided to just head up the nearest ridge from the
parking lot. I had only gone a short ways up this very steep ridge
when two bucks cut across in front of me. One was this buck. I
could look down into the parking lot and see the game wardens
truck and I looked at my watch and it was 10 minutes till shooting
light. I let him go and started up the ridge. Ten minutes later here
came the same two bucks again just a little above me. Some one
had spooked them back. I could still see the game wardens truck
but I opened the days hunting at 20 seconds after shooting time.