longspurs
Active Member
I went to a stand for the first time tonight and saw what I'm 99% sure is the buck I wounded last year and didn't recover. Needless to say, I was devastated when it happened last Nov. 7 and I'm still not proud of it. Things took a turn for the better after the gun seasons closed and I saw the buck on several occasions throughout the winter. Although I searched high and low for his sheds this spring I never located either side.
Tonight, around 6:30 p.m., he stepped out of the same small chunk of timber he'd emerged from last Nov. 7 and moved into a picked bean field with a smaller buck. I immediately recognized him as the same buck due to some characteristics of his rack. My heart skipped a beat, however, when I settled my binos on him and noticed he's added a large kicker at the base of his left G2 that splits and also a drop tine further up the main beam that looks to be roughly six inches or so!!!!! With his main 5x5 frame, he looks like he'd go easliy into the 150s.
I'm so pumped I can hardly stand it! While he didn't get close enough for a shot I can't wait to get back out tomorrow night. I don't want to get too aggressive as the timber itself is only about 10 acres in size with several surrounding fields and a drainage with large cottonwoods, where my stand is. Obviously I can't be 100% sure he's the same buck, but having watched him many a night last winter I'd bet the farm he is. Hopefully with a little patience this one will come together! Best of luck to everyone ...
-Longspurs-
Tonight, around 6:30 p.m., he stepped out of the same small chunk of timber he'd emerged from last Nov. 7 and moved into a picked bean field with a smaller buck. I immediately recognized him as the same buck due to some characteristics of his rack. My heart skipped a beat, however, when I settled my binos on him and noticed he's added a large kicker at the base of his left G2 that splits and also a drop tine further up the main beam that looks to be roughly six inches or so!!!!! With his main 5x5 frame, he looks like he'd go easliy into the 150s.
I'm so pumped I can hardly stand it! While he didn't get close enough for a shot I can't wait to get back out tomorrow night. I don't want to get too aggressive as the timber itself is only about 10 acres in size with several surrounding fields and a drainage with large cottonwoods, where my stand is. Obviously I can't be 100% sure he's the same buck, but having watched him many a night last winter I'd bet the farm he is. Hopefully with a little patience this one will come together! Best of luck to everyone ...
-Longspurs-
