A Worthy Opponent.... and a Long Lost Shed..

[dukemichaels]

In lieu of all the recent chest bumpin' and thumpin' lately.. on who is the greatest hunter in the world of HNI...

I decided to bring it back down to earth.. get back to the basics.. and talk whitetail.

Last evening (Thurs. Mar. 21st) my wife was able to find her first antler. A long lost treasure of the most documented buck I have ever been able to encounter and Justin (and pa) hunted for several years together.

The antler goes back some 4 or 5 years.. and belongs to a past field journal of mine on a buck I so cleverly called Mr. Buck. Although he was never a giant.. he lived a charmed life.. and with 3 trailcam pics. (all from JZ) several encounters by Justin and his dad.. 1 by me in 2003.. and about 4 or 5 sheds off him.. (all in about 5 years) he's been indeed a buck who just wouldn't be taken. The S.O.B.[:@]







(Editors note.. my wife will kill me if she see's this post)

[Schultzy]

Good story Duke! Some of these bucks just will not be out done, this is so true!

[Rob/PA Bowyer]

Neat story Mike, and the kind of post I miss on HNI.

[BowHuntingFool]

Cool find, thats what its all about!

[SouthDakotaHunter]

Great story! I"™ve had a couple of bucks that I really targeted and pursued over the years, so I know the feeling"¦. Some of those old guys are just soooo smart! Of course a couple of mess ups by me over the years sure helped their cause

[130woodman]

Great story Mike.I wish my wife would shed hunt. Never hurts to have an extra pair of eyes in the woods.

[Rory/MO]

good story

[Siman08/OH]

good stuff

[HuntingBry]

Great story Duke. Hopefully it will come to a definite close this fall.

[Justin]

Ah, Mr. Buck, the bane of my hunting existance.[:@] What hath happened to thee? Upon whose wall does your head now hang? Or do your bones lay wasting away in the depths of the marshland? We may never know......