Monster Buck Eulogy

[FREEDom]

LAST EDITED ON Aug-29-13 AT 05:39AM (MST)[p]This Buck was shot by my Dad Bert Freed who passed away 2 weeks ago at age 79. He shot many respectable bucks over the years and mentored dozens of hunters. This was the largest he ever shot. It was harvested in 1987 in Idaho while hunting on public land during a general season. It scored at 238 Net and had a 38 inch spread. I have not been able to find the score sheet so I am not sure of the gross score. Looking at the mainframe however it is very symmetrical so I would assume that the gross will only be 2 to 3 inches higher. The outer tines were broken when the buck was scored but the taxi fixed them. With the tines fixed the spread is at 42 inches and the overall score will be about 5 inches higher than the official score. We were lucky enough the find the dropped shed from the previous year 2 weeks prior to shooting the buck. I was a young teenager (16) and with my Dad when he got this buck. It was very exciting. Several years later (1995) the buck was published in Trophy Hunter magazine. The cool thing about our story is that I was the young hunter tagging along with my Dad when he shot this buck then 24 years later he was an old man tagging along with me when I shot a similar (not quite as big) buck in 2011. My story was also in Trophy Hunter. I also posted my pics on this site back then (the Logan Canyon buck). It was the last season that my Dad was able to hunt and an experience I will always treasure. My Dad also shot one other buck over 200 which was a large typical (never officially scored) that I will post some pics of later on.

 

[nfh]

looks like a great memory to hold on to. Thanks for sharing

 

[chewyman55]

There's not many things more special in this world than a father and son hunting together...especially later in life when it comes full circle and the son takes the father under his wing for the hunts. I am in that stage now (hunting with a senior citizen father) and they are some of my fondest moments in the wild.

What a stud of a buck. You've got a fantastic trophy there...in all ways. Thanks for sharing.

 

[NVBighorn]

LAST EDITED ON Aug-29-13 AT 07:14AM (MST)[p]That's the stuff dreams are made of. Sorry for your loss.

 

[yoteyelper]

Blake, I always love seeing your dads buck, so sorry to hear about his passing. He was a great man.

Brady Utley

 

[eldorado]

Beautiful eulogy. My deepest condolences on the passing of your father.

Eldorado

 

[jarheadhunter]

I am sorry for your loss. I appreciate you sharing this. Makes me realize that I have only hunted with my father 3 times in my whole life and we need to make more time for that. Him living in other places and traveling all the time is hard to make schedules work out, but I might just have to try harder to make it happen.

 

[JDub17]

Sorry for your loss. I lost my father on July 17th of this year and he was the best friend and best hunting buddy one could ever ask for. He showed me the ropes and I will forever be grateful. May they both rest in peace.

 

[FREEDom]

Pictures of Dads other monster buck

Here are pictures of the other monster buck from my Dad's collection. I don't know the particulars of the story just that it was shot in 1972 in the same canyon/area as the non-typ in the original post. My Dad had so much success in that canyon/area over a 35 year period that all of his buddies named the canyon after my Dad. This buck was not mounted originally and was just a set of antlers on the wall until 1990 when I shot a nice 4-point (not worthy of mounting) that we used the cape from to mount the buck from 1972 shown in the photo's below. It has never been officially scored but "guestimate's" put it at around 210. ? I believe that it has to be over 200 based on the fact that my "Logan Canyon" buck officially scored in at 227 with a 191 main frame and my Dad's 1972 buck shown below has a much bigger main frame than my buck. Feel free to take a guestimate on what you think the 1972 buck would score. All I know is that it has a 33 inch spread at its widest point.

 

[South_slope]

Very cool post. Thanks for sharing.

Jeremy

 

[nontypical]

Sorry for your loss. I think of my dad every day. He introduced me to hunting, and although he wasn't much of a big game hunter(mostly birds), I still remember the day he brought home a nice trophy muley.

Great post. I think 210 is a very close "guesstimate" on that 2nd buck. My armchair scoring system comes up with 209.

 

[Snoopdogg]

Sorry to hear about your fathers passing. He left you a great legacy. Thanks for sharing it with us.

 

[bigbadwolf]

Both are awesome trophies. Best part is the fact that every time you look at them you can be reminded of the memories of your Dad.

 

[trophyhunter]

Sorry for your loss, that time spent with your Dad was priceless and the memories will last forever. I took my Dad to Idaho when he was 80 yrs old. We spent the entire rifle season in SE Region. I tried hard but never could get my Dad on an awesome buck like your Dads bucks...I brushed hard for him and kicked out some dandies right towards him only to find my Dad sleeping on the mountain

Good intentions but my Dad was past his time....glad you had good times..they will last forever...

))))------->

 

[bullskin]

Nice bucks, great story. Any father would appreciate the honor you show him.

 

[PleaseDear]

Dad's seem to always get the best bucks over time.

That is sad that your dad has past, my dad is 83 now and the hunting memories I have shared with him can never be replaced.

Robb

 

[eelgrass]

I would like to pay my respects to your father, and thank you for sharing those memories. Well done!

Eel

 

[Gator]

Your Dad was a true hunter and raised you up right, Honest and hard working.

"I have found if you go the extra mile it's Never crowded".
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[FREEDom]

Thanks everyone for the nice comments. I have to say it has been a very strange hunting season this year without my Dad. I wanted to let everyone know that I finally found the official B&C score sheet for the large non-typical in this post last night when looking through some of my Dad's paperwork and the gross score was higher than my estimate. It grossed in at 245. That means that if it hadn't had the broken tine's it probably would have grossed in at over 250 ! I measured the diameter of where the largest break was and it was just over 1" in diameter. One of these days we'll get someone to measure the 2nd buck in this post. Thanks again everyone.

 

[rotorhead]

Thanks for sharing. Those are some great bucks. Sorry for the loss of your dad.