Colorado Gov Tag filled?

[Christian]

It looks like the "Bejeweled Pisscutter" post from squirrel has a pic of Denny Austad with a big deer with a Mossback logo.

I know Denny had the Colorado Gov tag for 2011, but don't know if that is the deer he killed there this year. Anyone know if that is the deer?

The Christian

 

[piper]

why is that stuff so interesting? personally I could care less about someone named Denny holding a deer with a mossback logo. not trying to be rude, but I just don't get it.

 

[Christian]

Because it's a slow friday night!
The Christian

 

[Muley_73]

Congrats to them on a great buck.

 

[muleymaddness]

Squirrel - I sent you a pm.

 

[SSakitas]

Makes me sick, These big mature bucks deserve a better way to die than to be shot by some fat A with money

 

[YBO]

So it makes you sick. Would you rather see this fine animal meet his dimise by a cougar or the bumper of a 70 mph Volvo? Gawd, the envy on this site is unbelievable.

 

[Kayak_to_hunt]

Congrats to the hunter no wait shooter on a great and well deserved - Snuggie buck!!

 

[SSakitas]

Not envies trust me. I dont even hunt deer anymore, but when i did i killed some big ones. Just travel the west shed hunting now and I have a hell of a collection to show for it. I just feel that buck could have went to hunter thats all.

 

[velvetfvr]

The deer got killed, who cares who shot it. As long as it was killed ethically and he is going to be mounted and they are going to eat the meat then who cares. Denny is just another hunter that has money. As long as the animal that is harvested is eaten that is what counts.

 

[Christian]

LAST EDITED ON Dec-31-11 AT 12:47PM (MST)[p]If someone posts a pic of grandpa in '49 with a huge buck in back of a chained-up jeep, killed in December, some people say

"What a hunter!"

Fast-forward 60 years. Mule deer have dwindled to the point only 5-10 governer style tags can be issued West-wide. Some old guy who likely worked his whole life for his money buys one of those tags, hires the best outfitter to ensure he gets his monies worth, kills a great buck and some people say

"What a Prick!"

I'm confused.

The Christian

 

[BCBOY]

When grandpa was hunting so was everyone else. The bucks knew when they were being hunted and acted accordingly. Hunting pressure has a way of doing that. Fast forward to 2011 and this buck. No one else has been out there hunting. The deer are in their winter patterns of feeding and not hiding. And this buck had a collar on it. The high dollar hunter has killed many a buck of this caliber and even way bigger. These tags are sold with the 'excuse' of mule deer conservation, and yet the hunter and his guides choose a deer that is wearing a collar for the sake of science??? The only collared animal I personally could ever see myself killing would be a wolf. That's me, but I understand the data that these collared animals give can go a long way towards the conservation of the species, you would think the hunter and the guide would understand this and avoid this buck instead of targeting it. I guess that sums up the real reason people buy these tags. They don't give a rats ass about the species but rather only care about inches that they can brag about and the outfitter only cares about the dollars that that hunter has payed him. It is a sad state of affairs that many states are loosing thier hunting heritage that the likes of Teddy established and going back to the way of the Europeans where the rich and privaledged are the only ones that get to hunt don't ya think?

 

[Christian]

LAST EDITED ON Dec-31-11 AT 01:33PM (MST)[p]BCBOY
I've always respected your opinion and still do.

I'd have to disagree based on my family hunting SE Idaho since the late 1930's that the December deer were hunted hard. Very few if any hunters in the winter-range woods then.

My post was pointing out the irony in the killing of deer late season then vs. now, not justifying Governer tags, of which I still think do more good than harm.

The Christian

 

[Cahunter805]

LAST EDITED ON Dec-31-11 AT 01:39PM (MST)[p]Congrats to Denny on a great buck. Even more congrats for donating his hard earned money to the CO DOW and hope they put the funds to good use.

 

[BCBOY]

LAST EDITED ON Dec-31-11 AT 02:04PM (MST)[p]Christian,
Up here in BC our GOS OTC seasons go from Sept 1st-Dec 10th. I am one of those that typically holds my tag through till the end and yes, the rest of the hunters are typically staying home when it gets cold because many are tagged out by then. While the hunting pressure gets less, the bucks still are well aware they are still being hunted. It is amazing how most years a week or two after the season is over, I start seeing the big boys again.
These so-called conservation tags are sold under the guise that they are doing the deer more good than harm, but lets look at this buck and see how much money this particular 'sacrificial lamb' raised for conservation. Money raised from the selling of the tag minus the money put into that buck in heli-time and manpower it takes to shoot a buck out of the air, jump on him, weigh him, take samples ect ect, take a picture of him with the helicopter in the background and then cut off his antlers and let him go. How much more valuable to conservation would this buck have been if he was kept alive for a couple more years? Hard to put a dollar figure on the data that buck could have provided. But here we have the 'stars' of the hunting world throw all that aside so they can have yet another photo plastered on the internet showing that they are worthy of the 'hero worship' they seek so much. IMO it just proves their true intentions ain't conservation. I'm sure there are several bucks of that catagory are roaming the winter range that don't have collars, and gawd forbid that they might actually eat their tag on the evening of the last day and be happy they donated for conservation sake instead of personal gain.
Compare that to grandpa's day. Around here big bucks were killed not for the size of their antlers but rather a big buck has more meat than a little buck. Many antlers were hacked off and left in the field because you can't eat horns. Maybe things were different south of the border, but my guess is that it was pretty much the same.

 

[piper]

Im not envious of these modern deer hunters with their large groups of guides and spotters,high dollar special tags and ultra modern equipment, Im just not very impressed. Read the story about the world record mountain caribou, taken on a solo backpack hunt in the Yukon by Paul Deuling, now thats impressive. When it comes to hunting, more and more I think of what a famous coach once said ' its not whether you win or lose, its how you play the game?

 

[huntindad4]

+1 BC

Bill

Kill the buck that makes YOU happy!

 

[Christian]

Thanks for your input BCBOY.

All I can say is if I was hunting in any legal state-sponsored season and saw a buck of that caliber and he had a collar on, I would still shoot him.

I really can't argue with what you are saying. I'm just not much against these tags and hunting outfits that promote them as they really don't affect me, the average DIY guy.

To me, they are just showing the reality of mule deer now and what it really takes to kill a top-end buck on purpose: money!
I'm just thankful that money goes back to us. I'm in Idaho and our state F&G is millions of dollars in the hole and that will hurt our deer, sooner or later.

What does affect me is the great divisions in the hunting community: archery guys are better than rifle guys, a meat hunter is a low-life or the other way around, and God forbid someone shots a doe, on and on as I'm sure you know.

Many of these arguments are crippling our game managers from doing a good job for our deer and deer hunters.

That is neat you all get to hunt that late up there yet still have good herds. Also a testament to a big buck in his ability to evade hunters when the pressure is on. I've hunted NW Montana and it's the same way up there; the big deer are hunted through the rut and still make it through, only to show up at a haystack a few weeks after the season. Smart old buggars!

Good discussion.

God bless your hunting.

The Christian

 

[nontypical]

Excellent point,BCBOY.And very well said.

 

[elkun]

bcboy. right on.....