FinBonZ
Life Member
Last Friday, after 2-3 days of wind, I head out to hunt an evening in a new stand sight. A month ago I was moving the stand to a large scrape I found shed hunting last spring. I walked in circles on this ridge line trying to find a straight tree to set up in and ended up putting it in the only one I can find.. the tree that the scrape is under. I knew it wasn't the best setup but I figured it would be fine. So I finally get settled in for the hunt, wait awhile, give a couple grunts, bleats, and then finally some light rattling. No luck. About 20 min. later I notice a buck cruising one ridge away. I grunt to stop him right before he gets to a washout. A follow up call gets him to turn and head up the towards me. It is now that I realize he is one of the biggest bucks I have had come in and I also realize he has a broken mainbeam. Didn't take me long to forget about passing him up. He stopped about 3/4ths of the way up the hill and freezes, ears scanning back & forth trying to pick up another sound from this "intruder" in his area. After about 3 min. he turns to head away up the ridge giving me about a 15 yd. shot. The shot hits high but puts him down and after what seems like an hour I am able to start getting my breathing under control.
The following day I hear that a fellow bowhunter has pictures of this buck and the story goes that it was hit by a car leading to the broken beam. He is by far my best bowkill. Below are the 2 pics I have had forwarded to me followed by a few harvest photos. This great buck gave me another surprise a couple days later and it is how he earned his nickname.
So I do my best at caping it out and am cleaning the skull. I go to pull the jaw off and I feel something out of place on the roof of the buck's mouth. Sure enough.....fangs! I remembered seeing a post on here (I think) about this being a recessive trait from many moons ago. From what I have read, some say this happens 1 in every 8 to 10,000 and others say it is more common. Either way it adds uniqueness to this buck and is the first deer that I ever have tried to tag with a name. Seems to fit.
The following day I hear that a fellow bowhunter has pictures of this buck and the story goes that it was hit by a car leading to the broken beam. He is by far my best bowkill. Below are the 2 pics I have had forwarded to me followed by a few harvest photos. This great buck gave me another surprise a couple days later and it is how he earned his nickname.
So I do my best at caping it out and am cleaning the skull. I go to pull the jaw off and I feel something out of place on the roof of the buck's mouth. Sure enough.....fangs! I remembered seeing a post on here (I think) about this being a recessive trait from many moons ago. From what I have read, some say this happens 1 in every 8 to 10,000 and others say it is more common. Either way it adds uniqueness to this buck and is the first deer that I ever have tried to tag with a name. Seems to fit.
