Colorado 4th season buck

oldmossback · Nov 22, 2017

LAST EDITED ON Nov-22-17 AT 05:49PM (MST)[p]Well after watching my sons shoot a few good buck over the last few years , I thought it was time to cash in some points on a 4th season hunt.
The season was a lot tougher than I thought. The deer numbers seemed to be about half of what they should have been. With my son and myself covering one side of the unit and my buddiy Elks96 covering the other half , we were seeing on average 10-12 bucks each day but all small 3-4 points. The biggest being a 25? 4x4. On the second to last day of the hunt, right as the sun was setting and the snow began to fly , my son spotted 2 deer coming out of the thick brush into a meadow . His words were? big buck , big buck? I got set up and soon as a doe moved out of the way , with one 250 yard shot he dropped . He is not the buck I had went into the season hoping for but I am beyond happy with him after seeing what the season had to offer . We made the best of it and had a good time !
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Cooper · Nov 22, 2017

That's a beautiful deer,congrats!!!!

JT · Nov 22, 2017

Hell yeah, nice job! Congrats!!

Country · Nov 22, 2017

That's a dandy. Given the weather for the season, and the tough hunting conditions, I think you did quite well. Congrats!

Onelegwonder · Nov 22, 2017

Beautiful buck!

2lumpy · Nov 22, 2017

Good job Mr. mossback!

All my life I've hoped to kill a buck like him. Great mass, good tine length, well developed eye guards, even a cheater for good measure. I've killed a buck or two that may be a skosh wider but not with that much mass, I've killed bucks will bigger eye guards, and bucks with longer tines, (on some beams) but never all on the same frame, like yours. I love those heavy typical framed bucks!!!!

I've built up to 12 points for Colorado but I should have started 6 or 8 years earlier. At 70, I'm sure I'll never live long enough to put myself in one of those 4th season situations. I think Colorado's mule deer management is extremely responsive to sportsmen's evolving mature harvest interests, to their credit. While it certainly isn't popular with all sportsmen, I wish more western States would manage for a more mature buck harvest. I know it would require issuing fewer tags ( a lot less) but it would be worth it to a lot of hunters.

You may have wished for bigger but that one's a dandy. I'm envious, big time.

DC

fallguy · Nov 22, 2017

That is a great looking buck and a good use of your points. BTW, how many did you burn?

12point · Nov 22, 2017

LAST EDITED ON Nov-23-17 AT 06:47AM (MST)[p]Stud buck, congratulations. Love the picture while it's snowing.

oldmossback · Nov 23, 2017

16 resident points . Although it can be drawn with 14

Ridn9high · Nov 23, 2017

Great buck!!

sandhillhunter · Nov 23, 2017

Great buck for sure. Way to go!

Wapitiwilly · Nov 23, 2017

Great buck... congratulations and thanks for sharing ??

Adventurewriter · Nov 24, 2017

That elks96 is a deadly ingredient to have in the recipe!!!!

Great looking Buck!!!

cmbbulldog · Nov 25, 2017

Really nice, congrats! Have you taped it?

270Whatelse · Nov 26, 2017

Nice job thanks for the report!

rmanwill · Nov 26, 2017

Congrats. Awesome buck there.

devobrodie · Nov 26, 2017

Congrats, awesome buck! (My son and I meet you up there last year, nice to see your success!)

oldmossback · Nov 26, 2017

LAST EDITED ON Nov-26-17 AT 07:15PM (MST)[p]That's right Devobrodie. How did you guys end up doing last year ?

oldmossback · Nov 26, 2017

What do you think it would tape at?

Sako76 · Nov 26, 2017

Heck of a deer, congrats!

Gator · Nov 27, 2017

Nothing wrong with that buck.

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