Buck down!!

And one heck of a story. This stuff only happens in the movies but here goes.

Hunting last night and after seeing some does and a 4 point move through, here comes one of the bucks I have been watching all summer towards me at last light. At 30 yards I stop him with a grunt and and let fly a G5 Striker tipped Gold Tip from my new Excaliber. He jumps and off he goes. After about 15 minutes off calming my nerves, I climb down and begin to look for my arrow. Nothing!! Start walking along the trail he took and nothing. With it being dark now and no sign I made the decision to back out and start my search in the morning.

Before I headed out I checked in on the computer and saw a thread on another message board about a 8 point that dies in a parking lot in the area I hunt and the PGC was called and the buck picked up I said it can't be true. I called the PGC and told them the story and a description of the buck and they told me a WCO would call me back. Out the door I go and search the little woodlot for several hours. Nothing!! Back home to check my messages and the local WCO left me a message saying that he needs to meet with me where I said I shot the deer.

Met the WCO and after alot of checking me, my stand and my story confirmed that he had my buck. Turns out I had made a good high lung shot which is why there was no immediate bleeding and the deer was dead on its feet but had slid off of a hill next to my hunting spot. I would have found that deer I morning for sure if he did not take a step too far to the left.

Met the WCO at another area and he had my buck on the rack on his truck. The meat was at that point no good but I was able to salvage the cape for a nice european mount. A nice buck that I am thankful that I was able to recover and tag after a really long night and day tracking him down.

Many thanks go out to the PGC who were professional yet thorough with a fair outcome.

Sorry for the crappy pics but under the circimstances about the best I have. He is a 2.5 y/o 8 point with a 16 inch spread and a busted G2 on the left.

awesome story and great deer!

Nice buck dpms!

Please tell me your shed is NOT pink.

Ironhed

Nice heavy rack, sucks the way it ended with no meat but at least a good story. Congts

Why would the WCO let the meat go bad?

That's understandable. Nice job, nice buck. That's an interesting story.

Congratulations.  I saw a post about this on a different forum.  Ain't the internet grand?  20 years ago you never would have gotten together with him.
 
 
 

Nice buck! Congrats..

Are you done buck hunting now for this season? Just wandering cause you cant eat the antlers.

Thats cool! I shot a 10 point 2 years ago first da of rifle season in the pouring down rain and it had a large lump on its neck and green slime coming out. I decided to give it to the pagc for a replacement tag. I can honestly say I wish I would have kept the rack for mounting and memories cause someday I will probably forget what he looked like. The warden ask me if I was sure I wanted to give him up it was the nicest one he seen that day. Oh well will life goes on and I had six or seven doe tags that year. Stupid me!