popeye

mulie03 · Jan 18, 2004

I know most of you have seen him but he his just awesome to see in person. I wish I could have seen him alive. Hopefully he has some genes still out there.

Tuffbucker · Jan 18, 2004

Truely impressive!!

JeremyKS · Jan 18, 2004

What is the story behind him. Did somebody ever shoot this buck or do they believe he died?

kilowatt · Jan 18, 2004

Never died from a bullet, just old age or so the story says.

Brian

wallhanger · Jan 19, 2004

I think he still has some genes out there. I've seen pics of bucks from western wyoming that have that wide, fairly flat looking rack with deep forks. But they're definitely not him. He's one of a kind.

WH

five_point_buck · Jan 19, 2004

They should have named him heart stopper or buck fever. I'd suffer from both if I ever got on him with tag in hand. Was that from the sportsman expo??

Take er easy
five_point_buck *

AntlerKing · Jan 19, 2004

His genes are still out there:

Ant · Jan 19, 2004

That gives us all a little hope. Thanks for posting the pics. Popeye was definately a beast.

oldoregon · Jan 21, 2004

i would tell a sory about popeye that involves my uncle, but you all probly wuddnt believe me!

Later Yall!!!!

AntlerKing · Jan 21, 2004

Lets hear it.

oldoregon · Jan 22, 2004

a wyas back, like 2 years before he died, my uncle kevin shot a popeye twice, and missed it, he figured it was him, but he didnt know untill he got home that night, and studied pictures of him. There is no doubt that it was popeye, he shot 2 times with the .270 at 300 yards, and was so shook up he misssed twice.

Later Yall!!!!

YollaBolly · Jan 22, 2004

What state was he hunting in? I heard that ole Popeye would summer in one state and winter in another. Thanks oldoregon.

Paul_Crawford · Jan 22, 2004

I get buck fever just thinking about him. I think, like Jeremiah Johnson, that he is still alive!! HeHe Paul

MichaelJ · Jan 22, 2004

WoW, I bet he was one of the smartest deer ever! I mean, think about it, he's a national icon when it comes to Mule Deer hunting. You know how many hunters were looking for this guy? It's amazing he never got shot. Truly a sad story to hear he's dead. I suspected it, but never really knew.

Michael~All Gods creatures welcome... right next to the mashed potatoes and gravy.

oldoregon · Jan 23, 2004

no it was not in oregon. Wyoming in the mid to later 90's

Later Yall!!!!

EPH · Jan 23, 2004

Like the rest of you, I loved this buck. I created the wallpaper below from a low resolution digital photograph that a friend of mine took at the Jackson Hole Boy Scout elk antler auction. Use it for your own wallpaper if you like.

Shoot straight! Back to camp late!!!

EPH · Jan 24, 2004

I messed up and posted the link to my original file and I guess Imagestation doesn't allow you to do that. Here is a smaller copy of the original.

Shoot straight! Back to camp late!!!

kilowatt · Jan 24, 2004

I either read or was told that when Popeye was still walking around that one hunter, don't know who, had a good idea where Popeye was spending his summers and early fall at so he went into the area and hunted the full archery season. Not finding him, then he came back on the rifle season and hunted again right up to closing hour and still never could spot or see where the "all mighty Popeye" had been hiding.
Later when the weather started to turn bad he was back there again and watching to see if he could spot him and there he came walking just like he had so many years after the season was over and done.
He was and is a Legend that is for sure.

Brian