A Worthy Opponent.... and a Long Lost Shed..
03-21-2008, 08:54 AM
#1
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Northwest suburbs, Illinois
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A Worthy Opponent.... and a Long Lost Shed..
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
)
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
)
03-21-2008, 09:11 AM
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Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2006
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RE: A Worthy Opponent.... and a Long Lost Shed..
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
03-21-2008, 09:58 AM
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Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Northern Illinoise
Posts: 2,464
RE: A Worthy Opponent.... and a Long Lost Shed..
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......