9 Days to take this buck and counting.

Unread postby **darenative** » Mon Dec 16, 2013 12:05 pm

Dag, what a bitter sweet ending. Congrats on the find. 8-)

Unread postby **Dhurtubise** » Mon Dec 16, 2013 12:51 pm

ihookem wrote:I have a feeling this deer was on to you all this time. This is why he shed his antlers so you will find them. In a way he is saying,, "nice try though, " . Maybe in a respectfull mockong way.

Yeah. We always feel that way about the ones that elude us. There is something mystical, magical about how he dropped his sheds in the only place I would have found them. In a way, he protected all of the deer in that area because I refused to shoot anything in that spot for fear of ruining my hunt. And since I only ran into bucks in other areas, including a big fat mature one viewtopic.php?f=3&t=22614, he indirectly protected those as well.

It's really cool that he left me his sheds. For reference sake, it is early for bucks to shed here. A few shed in January last year but the majority shed in February and March. I searched for sheds a lot last year, but these are the first ones I found.

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Unread postby **Hodag Hunter** » Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:21 pm

Well congrats on getting the sheds anyway. What I was afraid of....in my area anyway, when the bucks starting hitting feed hard (during daylight also) it isn't long and they will shed.

Good luck with him next year.

Unread postby **Wlog** » Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:39 pm

Really cool! Hope you get him next year.

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Unread postby **oldrank** » Mon Dec 16, 2013 2:05 pm

Wow that's is pretty awesome. Def gives you something to plan for ... come on 2014 !!!!!

Unread postby **hunter_mike** » Tue Dec 17, 2013 3:21 am

Thats not a bad way to end the season. At least you have a good story and some monster sheds to show for it. I really hope you meet up with this buck again and killem. Great job man that is really cool. Its gonna be a long off season for ya though.

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Unread postby **natvbearhntr** » Tue Dec 17, 2013 4:30 am

what an awesome parting gift. That will give you some motivation for next season, as if you didn't have enough anyway. Good Luck and thanks for sharing.

Unread postby **Dhurtubise** » Tue Dec 17, 2013 5:15 am

DEERSLAYER wrote:Sad and cool at the same time. To bad you didn't get him before he shed, but getting his sheds is awesome. Hopefully by the end of the day you will be posing with the cow buck or another good one.

You should put a tape to him and let us know what you come up with.

When I use the Antler Geek app (great app), I come up with 161.5". I wasn't sure how to score the 3 point paddle, so I scored it from the base to the middle point and then where the two side points would meet the middle point if the antler were actually structured like that.

He came by with a few friends between my hunts yesterday.

I would have been happy to take one of the lesser deer hanging around him. I wish I could have stayed warm longer yesterday. Maybe i'll try my hand at making myself a HBS like Rancid Crabtree posted earlier viewtopic.php?f=22&t=22884&p=289216&hilit=dyi+heater+body+suit+hbs#p289216.

And by the way, all of the pictures posted were from Covert Cameras. The first few I posted were from the Covert Black model. I replaced it with a couple of MP-E5 models that I received after MN Hunter tipped us of on the 50$ no shipping deal that occurred on black Friday. I thought the daylight photos on the MP-E5s were as good as any I've seen and far superior to the other two cheepo's I got. The night time pics were just ok. Also, the battery life on those MP-E5 seems to be outstanding, with the battery meter, never budging since the day I put the batteries in (the average night time temps have been around -30C before the windchill effect).

And here he is wishing me better luck next year

I'll be setting up a mineral lick to keep an eye on him when I start seeing my backyard deer start hitting it again.

Unread postby **headgear** » Tue Dec 17, 2013 5:25 am

Very cool find!

Unread postby **Stanley** » Tue Dec 17, 2013 6:05 am

Cool for sure.

Unread postby **ihookem** » Tue Dec 17, 2013 7:14 am

Ya know, I really envy you Canadians. Except for the cold winters, I'm jealous. Wish i was born in canada, especially with that Pike you got.

Unread postby **Dhurtubise** » Tue Dec 17, 2013 8:38 am

ihookem wrote:Ya know, I really envy you Canadians. Except for the cold winters, I'm jealous. Wish i was born in canada, especially with that Pike you got.

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Unread postby **BassBoysLLP** » Tue Dec 17, 2013 8:52 am

How many inches of mass?

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Unread postby **DEERSLAYER** » Tue Dec 17, 2013 8:53 am

That's awesome Dhurtubise. I can't wait to see how you do next year.

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