Hes Alive! and has 4 drop tines.... =D
11-16-2009, 01:48 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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Hes Alive! and has 4 drop tines.... =D
Some of you might know, some of you might not, but about three weeks ago I shot a buck which we could never find. I noticed it had a droptine on it. I saw him for a split second hitting his rack against the branches and then I did a doe bleat and he came right to me. But he was behind a bunch of thick bushes and trees and I didn't get a good look at him until he was broadside at 25 yards. I thought he was just a big 8 pointer with a small 2 inch droptine on him. But it turns out he had 3 other droptines that I didn't see. Well anyway, I shot at him and I flinched a little and it turned out to be a shoulder shot. Two weeks ago I bought a new PSE bowmadness bow at 60 lbs and with the higher poundage and it seemed like the arrow broke through his shoulder a little bit because the arrow seemed like it went in pretty far for being a shoulder shot. I got down and I had a great blood trail for about 200 yards then it started getting into smaller drops. Then about 500 yards I found my arrow broke off at the end. The muzzy and about two inches of the arrow shaft is still in him and it clotted up the hole. It was a pretty big hole...
You can see his shoulder all swolen up.
Here you can get a better look at the droptines. Those last two might be close to count as a point... but still.... IT HAS 4 DROPTINES!!!
Im thinking we have some strange genetics going on around my area...
We have a friend that butchers deer for people and two years ago this guy brought in a big 190-200" buck that had like 2 main beams on his left side and a crap load of junk on both of them. He had like 3 drop tines and one went goes pretty much straight through his eye. Well maybe in front of it but the deer was blind in that eye. But anyway, that buck was shot about a mile or two from where we hunt and we have been seeing quite a few deer that have funky looking racks. Last year my dad shot that droptine buck that I got on trail camera and then this year we got this guy. Last year my grandpa shot a buck that had a good right side but his left side was smaller and at an angle and it had split brows.
You guys think we have some weird genetics going on?
You all might be wondering if im going to shoot this buck this season.. well I can't for bow. I filled my tag on a nice 8 pointer a week after I shoulder hit this guy. BUT, shotgun season is coming around the corner and I can use my youth tag for one gun season. Then I can also buy a normal shotgun buck tag so ill be able to get two more bucks.
Hopefully he sticks around...
Then heres some more pictures of some bucks.
You can see his shoulder all swolen up.
Here you can get a better look at the droptines. Those last two might be close to count as a point... but still.... IT HAS 4 DROPTINES!!!
Im thinking we have some strange genetics going on around my area...
We have a friend that butchers deer for people and two years ago this guy brought in a big 190-200" buck that had like 2 main beams on his left side and a crap load of junk on both of them. He had like 3 drop tines and one went goes pretty much straight through his eye. Well maybe in front of it but the deer was blind in that eye. But anyway, that buck was shot about a mile or two from where we hunt and we have been seeing quite a few deer that have funky looking racks. Last year my dad shot that droptine buck that I got on trail camera and then this year we got this guy. Last year my grandpa shot a buck that had a good right side but his left side was smaller and at an angle and it had split brows.
You guys think we have some weird genetics going on?
You all might be wondering if im going to shoot this buck this season.. well I can't for bow. I filled my tag on a nice 8 pointer a week after I shoulder hit this guy. BUT, shotgun season is coming around the corner and I can use my youth tag for one gun season. Then I can also buy a normal shotgun buck tag so ill be able to get two more bucks.
Hopefully he sticks around...
Then heres some more pictures of some bucks.
11-16-2009, 03:03 PM
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Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2008
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Good looking deer young man. I am glad to see the deer survive the shoot. I did the same thing this year with my bow. I felt like it was a good shot, the blood trail started out good for 40 yards and them it just stoped. I hate to wound deer and not find them. I hope you get another shot!
11-16-2009, 05:35 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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Hunt4life23, It would be nice to see what he looks like next year but I agree with halfbakedi420, he might have a smaller rack next year because of it. He still might have some junk going on though.
11-18-2009, 06:29 AM
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Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Chatham, Ohio
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Andrew, i havnt been around on HNI for awhile, but
Sorry to hear about your shot, but it looks like he is doing okay for now. As long as it heals before gangrene can set in during the spring. That buck is a HOSS and even if you dont get him this year, he will turn into a STUD.
2nd, its been so long since ive been on that i remember when you were still discouraged about only getting pics of small bucks. Seems like you have bypassed that problem.
Good luck on the season!
Sorry to hear about your shot, but it looks like he is doing okay for now. As long as it heals before gangrene can set in during the spring. That buck is a HOSS and even if you dont get him this year, he will turn into a STUD.
2nd, its been so long since ive been on that i remember when you were still discouraged about only getting pics of small bucks. Seems like you have bypassed that problem.
Good luck on the season!
