carlfense Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Because . . . this may happen. I felt sick when I saw his whole rack after my shot. Face blurred to protect the presumed innocent: And here is the rack with a Busch Light can for scale: The Story. Opening morning at 7:10am a small buck appeared in one of my shooting lanes. He was looking back. The small buck jumped forward several feet when a large buck stepped into the lane behind him. I lifted my binoculars and decided that he was a shooter. The large buck then stepped out of the shooting lane and behind some low brush. At that point, an even LARGER buck appeared behind the large buck. This buck did not stop in my shooting lane until his head and neck was behind the brush. I had seen the left side of his rack clearly and he was definitely a shooter. I shot and the larger buck ran forward approximately 20 yards. As soon as he was clear of the brush he wobbled and fell . . . but by that time I saw that the left half of his rack was broken off just past the brow tine. I still feel sick about it. His bases are like beer cans! My hand doesn't even come close to reaching around them. He would have been one of the largest deer I have ever shot . . . but I definitely would have let him walk another year if I had seen that his rack was broken. Quote Link to comment
308_Husker Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Wow! That would have been a beautiful deer had the other side been symmetrical. A buddy of mine had a similar thing happen to him a couple of years ago. He shot a really good deer, which was on an all-out sprint. My buddy drilled the deer, but slammed into a rock and broke off a couple of drop tines. I was spotting for him and it was pretty entertaining watching him trying to jam empty .30-06 cartridges into the chamber. Buck fever Quote Link to comment
carlfense Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 Wow! That would have been a beautiful deer had the other side been symmetrical. A buddy of mine had a similar thing happen to him a couple of years ago. He shot a really good deer, which was on an all-out sprint. My buddy drilled the deer, but slammed into a rock and broke off a couple of drop tines. I was spotting for him and it was pretty entertaining watching him trying to jam empty .30-06 cartridges into the chamber. Buck fever I've been there. Quote Link to comment
The Dude Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 That's unfortunate. Damn nice deer though. Never had much use for the antlers myself. Quote Link to comment
carlfense Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 That's unfortunate. Damn nice deer though. Never had much use for the antlers myself. No matter how long I marinate them . . . Quote Link to comment
The Dude Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 I think this should be the state flag of Nebraska. Quote Link to comment
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