MY 06 BUCK STORY
BIGBUCKCRAZY
9/11/07 11:15pm
OK i never apreciated the big boys till the Colorado DOW taught me the virtue of patience by limmiting the number of deer licences years ago.
every year a2 -4 point buck was no problem, Till the draw was implamented. then even a tag was hard to come by (I've always hunted unit 44) . asthe first 2 years passed and no tag i got anxiousthen a tag the third year and i thaught a buck was gauranteed but that was a hot dry fall and no buck then 6 years later finaly me and my friend drew a 3rd season tag and oh ya nothin but huge after waitin that long. oh yes 06 showed us some REAL nice deer but gettin the right shot was tough. I'd set my sights on a huge 4x4 with nice brow tines and got on him several times but private property and lots of elk kept me empty handed. on the second to last day i sky lined him in the dark and then he was gone . not being able to see what side of the ridge he went down I sat almost not breathing till daylight. when I couldnt spot him any where islowley worked around the ridge and glassed till i was blind poof he was gone. being frusrated i headed way lower.and saw lots of deer along the way. i stopped and glassed several bucks but nothin that excited me. so i headed lower to what we called the pic nic tree to sit and watch a well used trail and think. before i got there deer took of all around me about 4 nice bucks inthick cedars. all the horns got me excited and i headed for a sage brush flat they should be heading across. when igot there it was empty. i was quiet and heard nothing.when i went to sneak back into the cedars something about 30 yards away took off. i saw a nice rack and instictivly pulled up and shot before he was gone. BUCK down. i couldnt believe what i had done i was supposed to be holding out for a monster.
when i got to him i was pleasantly suprised and happy to have filled a tag.
the next morning i went back to the top to see if the big black horned buck would be ther teasing me but, nope I had thankfuly made the right decision. now I'm waiting till early dec. till i can hang my first respectable mount on the wall.
every year a2 -4 point buck was no problem, Till the draw was implamented. then even a tag was hard to come by (I've always hunted unit 44) . asthe first 2 years passed and no tag i got anxiousthen a tag the third year and i thaught a buck was gauranteed but that was a hot dry fall and no buck then 6 years later finaly me and my friend drew a 3rd season tag and oh ya nothin but huge after waitin that long. oh yes 06 showed us some REAL nice deer but gettin the right shot was tough. I'd set my sights on a huge 4x4 with nice brow tines and got on him several times but private property and lots of elk kept me empty handed. on the second to last day i sky lined him in the dark and then he was gone . not being able to see what side of the ridge he went down I sat almost not breathing till daylight. when I couldnt spot him any where islowley worked around the ridge and glassed till i was blind poof he was gone. being frusrated i headed way lower.and saw lots of deer along the way. i stopped and glassed several bucks but nothin that excited me. so i headed lower to what we called the pic nic tree to sit and watch a well used trail and think. before i got there deer took of all around me about 4 nice bucks inthick cedars. all the horns got me excited and i headed for a sage brush flat they should be heading across. when igot there it was empty. i was quiet and heard nothing.when i went to sneak back into the cedars something about 30 yards away took off. i saw a nice rack and instictivly pulled up and shot before he was gone. BUCK down. i couldnt believe what i had done i was supposed to be holding out for a monster.
when i got to him i was pleasantly suprised and happy to have filled a tag.
the next morning i went back to the top to see if the big black horned buck would be ther teasing me but, nope I had thankfuly made the right decision. now I'm waiting till early dec. till i can hang my first respectable mount on the wall.
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Awesome bucks! Thanks for the pictures and story! LOVE IT!
As an aside the taxi said his nose was 5/8" longer than the longest form he can get. strange huh?