Cleburne

Enjoyed the read and congrats on the nice buck.

salukipv1

that's a gorgeous buck! on public land!? oh baby!

He only grosses 150" ?? he's so symmetrical, very beautiful!

He looks bigger...

125py

I usually never read the long stories but glad I did this one. Great story and hunt! Congrats on a nice buck!

rogerstv

Sorry, but I wouldn't be bragging about shooting the lower half of the leg and the lower jaw. Your shots were no where near the kill zone. Seems as though you severely wounded this deer, put it in pain for a long while and had another person make the killing shot. Not sure this is "your deer".

gregrn43

Dandy of a buck congratulations

sea_bee77

finally someone who feels the same way i do. this is a great buck no doubt but the way he was takin is unethical. it is are job as hunters to try and make the best shot we can, so the deer does not suffer and taking shots at a running deer is never a good idea. to think you blew that deer's leg almost clean off and he had to go a complete day before you killed him is just not right. i am also in agreement that i dont think you can truly say this is your deer. you wounded him twice and your buddy was the one who made the good shot that finally put this poor deer out of his misery.

FishingMaster27

NICE Buck!

Blackradio

I don't know how people can say this is a good story. He took chip shots on a deer and didn't mortally wound it (unless you consider the deer starving from having his jaw shot off) and then claims it's his deer after his friend made the fatal shot. Stuff like this is why a lot of people have problems with hunters, me included. My goal when hunting is to make the best shot possible on whatever I'm hunting and if I don't think I can, then I don't take the shot.

magicman54494

Can we still be friends?

NebBuckHunter

Dont want to pile on here, but those were poor poor shots. I have passed shots on large deer due to them running/marginal shots to prevent nonlethal hits like the one you made (several times on the same deer). I feel its our responsibility as ethical hunters to make the best shots as possible, and pass on ones with marginal success. Any year that its not one shot, one kill (quick one at that) i question what i did wrong. I realize that crap happens, but in this case it seems like you made your own crap, several times at that. I would hope in the future that you decide to pass on marginal ****s to prevent the suffering of our quarry. My suggestion would be to put in some time at the range in the off season. This buck is one to brag about, the story is not.