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Sad day for me story!
Well for the last couple years I have been chasing one buck. Some will remember two years ago the story of myself missing this buck. I had only seen him a few times and a couple trail cam pictures. But still felt I was getting closer, one more chance. That was all I was asking! Tag soup was on the menu last year because all I wanted was to take him.
Well last night I recieved a text message around 11pm, my wife woke me up and said that I better get it, might be one of the kids. So I did, it was not that! A guy that I once worked with, his son sent me a picture of a buck that was hit last Friday night by his buddy with in a couple 100 yard of where I have been hunting. And yes I'm 99% sure this is the guy I have been after. Man he has at least two more months in velvet and always worried he would get hit around rut time but was I wrong, June!
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well that sucks, but at l;east you know what happened to him, and wasn't hunting a deer that was dead
I lost a few good bucks over the rys to cars, always sucked!
but not as bad as poaching in my eye's
there the worst!
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That sucks you don't get the chance to hunt him again this year. Looked like he was going to be a good one!
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He looked like a dandy!!. to bad he had to die by been hit by a car , but you know his genetics are around and his brother or son could step out in front of you this fall.
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That is a bummer! I was surprised when I seen the pic, I went to high school with your former co-workers son.
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man that stinks, i have been worried about the same thing happening with the buck I am hunting because I know he crosses a couple fairly busy roads on a nightly basis. Makes me sick to see the pic. Hope you find another buck just as good to hunt this fall.
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Wow, what a shame such a great buck had to go that way!!! Well, at least you know now so you aren't looking for him all fall long.
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What a bummer... at least you can be sure he bred some does last fall. I have been seeing tons of fawns this year. I think the mild winter we had has something to do with the survivability of the fawns this year... anyway hopefully in 4 or 5 more seasons one of his sons takes after dad and you get to attach a tag to his antler!!!
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Sorry, Offtheground. Hopefully his genes are well represented in the area and you find and even bigger relative this fall.
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That sucks. Sorry to hear that.