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This is old news to guys that live in Missoula, but thought some of you guys might be interested.
There has been a really nice buck living in town for about five years now and has become a local hero of sorts. He wasn't extremely tame but you could still catch glimpses of him every now and then roaming the neighborhoods at night.
Well last week someone put an arrow in him, right in the parking lot of our local coke distributor, right in the middle of town. It was inevitable that it would happen, but still really sucks. The good news is fish and game was on the scene before he even had the buck in the back of his truck.
Hats off to F&G for getting the guy, i have a feeling they were keeping a pretty good eye on the buck anyway.
gross score is just over 200, I've heard both 200 4/8 and 204. outside spread of 36 inches. He had a 6 inch or so drop tine off his right side this summer, not sure when he broke that off. Hanging weight was 270 lbs.
I have pictures from two winters ago of him when he was roughly 28" wide and maybe 165, ill try to find them and post them soon.
If you've ever been in Missoula, its not much for muley country. lots of great whitetails in town, but seeing muleys in town is pretty rare, this buck was really one of a kind.
Hopefully the mount will be put on display here at the local f&g headquarters, not far from where this buck spent his life.
This is old news to guys that live in Missoula, but thought some of you guys might be interested.
There has been a really nice buck living in town for about five years now and has become a local hero of sorts. He wasn't extremely tame but you could still catch glimpses of him every now and then roaming the neighborhoods at night.
Well last week someone put an arrow in him, right in the parking lot of our local coke distributor, right in the middle of town. It was inevitable that it would happen, but still really sucks. The good news is fish and game was on the scene before he even had the buck in the back of his truck.
Hats off to F&G for getting the guy, i have a feeling they were keeping a pretty good eye on the buck anyway.
gross score is just over 200, I've heard both 200 4/8 and 204. outside spread of 36 inches. He had a 6 inch or so drop tine off his right side this summer, not sure when he broke that off. Hanging weight was 270 lbs.
I have pictures from two winters ago of him when he was roughly 28" wide and maybe 165, ill try to find them and post them soon.
If you've ever been in Missoula, its not much for muley country. lots of great whitetails in town, but seeing muleys in town is pretty rare, this buck was really one of a kind.
Hopefully the mount will be put on display here at the local f&g headquarters, not far from where this buck spent his life.