Thinking About The Guy That Hit Him????
01-22-2008, 08:01 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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Thinking About The Guy That Hit Him????
Decided to spend the day in the woods just looking around and enjoying a day alone in the woods.. and did a little late season looking around........ when I came across the Guy
I then found a small peice of color in the winter woods
I decided to return to the site of the remains of the 1st buck that I shot back on Oct 16th 2007 to remove the remains of my half broken arrow from his skeleton
( the remains were left due to a bad hit and not recovering my buck until the meat had spoiled) So I retrieve my arrow and am inspecting the skeletal remains of the very old completly gray faced buck for arthritis etc when I notice something shinny lodged in the bottom of his spine located before the 1st set of ribs......
its a Muzzy 3 Blade.... it was amazing to see howthe spinehad healed with the bone growing around the broadhead. Interesting thing is that I never noticed a scare on the buck in this area....... But..... he did grow a non typ growth out of the side of his head.... a tine a few inches long below the main beam and just above the eye on the same side of his body as the broadhead had hit.
Made stop to think of the guy whom shot him last year... thinking of the turmoil and his own personal hell he must of went through after shooting this buck...........
I know I did my own tour through hell aftershooting this buck until I found him.
And put me once again in Awe of thethoughness and will to survive of the whitetail species.
I then found a small peice of color in the winter woods
I decided to return to the site of the remains of the 1st buck that I shot back on Oct 16th 2007 to remove the remains of my half broken arrow from his skeleton
( the remains were left due to a bad hit and not recovering my buck until the meat had spoiled) So I retrieve my arrow and am inspecting the skeletal remains of the very old completly gray faced buck for arthritis etc when I notice something shinny lodged in the bottom of his spine located before the 1st set of ribs......
its a Muzzy 3 Blade.... it was amazing to see howthe spinehad healed with the bone growing around the broadhead. Interesting thing is that I never noticed a scare on the buck in this area....... But..... he did grow a non typ growth out of the side of his head.... a tine a few inches long below the main beam and just above the eye on the same side of his body as the broadhead had hit.
Made stop to think of the guy whom shot him last year... thinking of the turmoil and his own personal hell he must of went through after shooting this buck...........
I know I did my own tour through hell aftershooting this buck until I found him.
And put me once again in Awe of thethoughness and will to survive of the whitetail species.
01-22-2008, 08:27 AM
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RE: Thinking About The Guy That Hit Him????
Cant post a pic of the rack since the pics were taken on my cell phone since we didnt have a camera with us.. and we cant get the pic's to download off the cell phone[:@]
I have the head buried in the ground letting mother nature clean it.
When I dig it up in late April to do a Skull Mount I will post pic's of the rack
I have the head buried in the ground letting mother nature clean it.
When I dig it up in late April to do a Skull Mount I will post pic's of the rack
01-22-2008, 08:40 AM
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Location: Phoenixville, PA USA
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RE: Thinking About The Guy That Hit Him????
Very cool post and great pics. Which brings up a couple of questions.
First, what camera were you using to take those pics? They are very sharp.
Second, when you buried the skull, did you put anything over the antlers to prevent them from fading? I skinned out the skull of my buck this year and buried it and wrapped the antlers with plastic bags. This will be my first time using this method so I hope it works.
BTW, I'm not a Muzzy user anymore, but I notice that it is still completely intact. They are bad to the bone (maybe it should be bad THROUGH the bone).
First, what camera were you using to take those pics? They are very sharp.
Second, when you buried the skull, did you put anything over the antlers to prevent them from fading? I skinned out the skull of my buck this year and buried it and wrapped the antlers with plastic bags. This will be my first time using this method so I hope it works.
BTW, I'm not a Muzzy user anymore, but I notice that it is still completely intact. They are bad to the bone (maybe it should be bad THROUGH the bone).