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massive horns
11-19-2007, 07:48 PM
My quest for this buck started back in early august when I started getting pics of him very close to my house. I have hunted nearly 3 months in search of this monster. Early season I passed many nice bucks in hopes of catching this guy.



However, early September there was word about a person hitting a big buck around my area, we all hoped it was not him, but I just found out that this buck was found very close to where I have hunted almost all season. Apparently he was the one hit by the truck and the farmer found him in the corn field I hunted near while he was cutting it this past weekend. It was an awesome challenge for me and I learned a great deal about big buck behavior...



I felt that this buck deserved to be in this section no matter how he died.

I'm happy to finally put my hands on him.



Here's some before and after pics....

By the way I named him Special Delivery..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v411/mhorns/DSC02893.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v411/mhorns/DSC02928.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v411/mhorns/DSC03195.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v411/mhorns/DSC03191.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v411/mhorns/DSC03193.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v411/mhorns/DSC03192.jpg
str8 shot
11-19-2007, 07:58 PM
wow...that left g3 is awesome
bcdh1
11-19-2007, 07:59 PM
Man, it stinks that he couldn't succumb to one of your arrows and have the hard work pay off. That is a nice looking deer and i would have held out in hopes of him too. Good luck getting another biggun.
muzzy125acc
11-19-2007, 08:12 PM
I am going to cry.
Xi Bowhunter
11-19-2007, 08:14 PM
Hopefully his offspring from last year is roaming the woods now with his genes ready to sprout!
Treeleach
11-19-2007, 08:20 PM
congrats great deer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NonTyp
11-19-2007, 08:25 PM
Wow!! What agreat buck! Too bad he was hit by a car!:mad: I'm sure it was tough to find him that way! Maybe his offspring will grow to his massive size!
TROPHYTAKER308
11-19-2007, 08:52 PM
who gets the rack?????????
Shelbyhunter
11-19-2007, 09:30 PM
hell of a buck man. Sorry to see that he died that way!

thanks for sharing.
Luckybuck
11-19-2007, 09:32 PM
Sad you didn't get to hunt him, but at least you got to see up close and personal just how big he really was/is.
bowhunter269
11-19-2007, 09:34 PM
Awesome buck for sure. At least you got to touch his antlers.......
PSmith
11-19-2007, 09:39 PM
lots of good character he had!
notimlmit
11-19-2007, 09:55 PM
That's a shame, to bad you couldn't have taken him with a bow or gun
lances
11-19-2007, 10:00 PM
some stories end happy and others are bittersweet. at least there was closure. just to be around a deer of that caliber is awesome.
killinmammals
11-19-2007, 10:17 PM
:eek::eek::eek::eek:...I probably would have cried!! Sorry about it happening that way. Man that will make you one heck of a European mount, too bad you don't have the memory and story to go with it!!
kyarcher
11-19-2007, 10:40 PM
:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
WhiteRubi
11-20-2007, 06:49 AM
IF you get to keep it, I would still take it to a taxidermist and have them find you a cape. You don't have to kill it to have the memory. It could be a constant reminder of what might have been and what NOT shooting the little guys can do. Good luck and great deer.
lkj118
11-20-2007, 07:41 AM
awesome deer
Cornpile
11-20-2007, 08:01 AM
IF you get to keep it, I would still take it to a taxidermist and have them find you a cape. You don't have to kill it to have the memory. It could be a constant reminder of what might have been and what NOT shooting the little guys can do. Good luck and great deer.Totally,what He said.HECK OF A BUCK
naturalelite
11-20-2007, 08:15 AM
Ryan, that is one heck of a buck. I am sorry you missed the chance to take him out. I would be sick to my stomach.
greenskeeter
11-20-2007, 08:36 AM
Sorry you didn't get to put an arrow through him. At least you know what happened to him. It's better than a year or two from now and you're about to drive yourself to the looney bin trying to find him and still holding out for him. Hopefully he did spread those genes around.
Butters
11-20-2007, 10:05 AM
Congradulations on at least finding him. It looks like your QDM is working.
massive horns
11-20-2007, 05:53 PM
I went thru my videos from last year last night and he is the same deer. He had the same spread but quite a bit more mass...

Thanks for the comments guys..
buckfever
11-20-2007, 06:55 PM
I went thru my videos from last year last night and he is the same deer. He had the same spread but quite a bit more mass...

Thanks for the comments guys..

What a bummer!!!

Any idea how old he was?
yelper
11-20-2007, 08:07 PM
Dang shame, but at least you got to see him and someone didn't cut his head off along the road.

Thanks for the pic
Mount-N-Man
11-21-2007, 08:13 AM
What a bummer. I do have a large cape though if you now have the rack and want to get him mounted.