colorado 3rd season deer hunt

The deer hunt so far this week had not been going to plan . Passed up on some small fork horns and missed the big 24" buck Saturday evening . I shot high and a little behind him while he was running down the draw . So now it is Thursday evening and still no deer , so we decide to hunt the draws on the south side of Buffalo Peaks . As I am working in the second draw all I am seeing so far is does and fawns . As I come to the end of the second draw , where another small draw works in to it , I work into the bottom slowly . Just before I reach the bottom I notice a deer up on the other side up and to my left . The deer has noticed me also and is watching me . The first thought that comes to my mind is that is just another doe , so I decide to scope the deer out . Just as I do that , the deet turns 180 degrees showing his rack . I notice that one side of the rack is just outside of his ear and did not pay to much attetion to the other side . So by now the buck has started to take off and I am faced with another running shot . I try to figure the lead on him and shoot when he is about 200 yards off . I pull the trigger and the shot rings out . A cloud of dust comes from the ground just above his back and he goes over the ridge . By now it is time to head back to truck and head to camp . When we get back to camp , we decided on making a a deer hunt Friday morning before we break camp and head home . My brother , Andy and I are the only ones going on this hunt . We go back to the same draw area that we hunted Thursday evening figuring that this was our best chance for a deer . The was for mr to go where I had shot at the buck the evening before and Andy would work another draw that works into it . As I get to where I shot at the buck some does and fowns kick out of some cover , so I decide to work to a little rock cover thinking that I might see some deer if Andy kicks some out . But jusy before I get to the rock cover I see some deer feeding the the bottomm of the draw . I scope out the first deer that i see and it is a buck , not a big one but it wil put meat in the freezer . So i steady myself and shoot , the buck is hit and starts to go down . I look at him more closely with my scope and come to find out that it was the same buck that I shot at Thursday evening , but noticing his other antler was strange . I radio Andy and let him know that I shot a buck and that it was the same buck I shot at Thursday evening and that it was a freak deer . Well Andy made it to the bottom of the draw and commented that it was a strange looking set of antlers . The plan had worked out good and produced a good buck . Here are some pictures of the deer and the countryside of where we were .

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Zatarain6 with 2006 buck in the field
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Another picture of the buck
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Ashley , my daughter , with daddy's buck at camp
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