Stollen Antlers

[ahollobaugh]

A young guy from PA on his first mule deer hunt will have a bad memory from it. The kid "21" has never even shot a white tail buck. So I took him on a big hike looking for a buck. We started at the Snow Survey Cabin by Laramie Peak and hiked NW back into a deep valley. There we found a group of doe with a young fork horn. He was so excited he missed the first 2 shots (150 yards at a 60 - 70 degree decline) on the third shot he made contact. The little buck ran behind some pine and the doe went back to feeding. We waited a few minutes and proceeded down the step bank to the deer. He did a great job in spotting it under a pine still alive. The deer stood up and he put the next shot right in the neck. It ran another 10 yards and dropped. We took a few pictures and I gave him some congrats. It was about 2:00 at this time so we had to get busy boning out the deer to pack it almost 2 miles back up the mountain to camp. We got back to camp about 6:00 the other guys were still out but happy to see he got his first buck when they returned. The meat and antlers were hung out by the camp to cool. On Wednesday I had missed a nice 4X4 in the morning. We deiced to go into town to get showers that afternoon. Upon return we found that some varmints of the 2-legged human species entered our camp and remove the young mans antlers. Leaving the bags of meat behind. What is the hunting world coming too, steal a little fork horn rack. Luckily I missed that 4X4 or they would have taken it as well. At least he will have pictures and the good memories from the trip. We guess that they are going to use the antlers to shot a doe at the end of their hunting trip. I hope they choke on a back strap.

 

[deserteagle500]

bitter sweet. such a fun hunt and then a nasty ending. sorry hunter.




beat this

 

[canhunter]

We always lock up our horns and meat in the horse trailer hidden under a tarp. We don't ever leave them visible even when packing out and always deny seeing or killing anything. Scumbags are every where anymore.

 

[antlerrick]

Man, pretty hard up to steal a forky!!
Sorry man... Some people will steal anything that isn't hooked down....

 

[huntnphool]

Doesn't that just chap your ass. I had a similar situation a few years ago. After applying for several years I finally drew a permit to hunt one of Washingtons late hunts, known for producing pretty good bucks that time of year. After several days and lots of hiking I finally tagged a pretty good 5X5 by Washington standards, I put him in the low 180 class. I was by myself and cut the buck in half to drag it out. I was only about an hours hike from the truck so I drug out the top half first, thinking the lighter half would be easier on the second run. After getting back to the truck with the back half I noticed someone had cut off the scull cap while I was gone. Talk about being PO'd. I went into town and talked with the police and called the game warden from the station. They had never heard of that up there before and were a bit surprised. The game cop told me he would talk to the state about reinstating my bonus points but it didn't happen. Anyhow, I know how you feel.................rf

 

[ahollobaugh]

Thanks for the stories, To bad there are people out there that have no respect for anyone. They are below pond scum. They will never understand what hunting is about.