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I've got live photos of a huge buck that a friend sent me. He's an 11x14 with 2 big drop tines and 3 small ones. I was just informed today that he was shot by the governers tag holder! I need some one to help me post these photos.
 
e-mail has been sent. I tried posting myself but for some reason they wouldn't upload.
 
Yelum
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Yep, thats him. Hopefully manny can get the live pics up. When my buddy took the pics he said he was hangin 80 yards off the road. Does anybody have a score on him yet?
 
thanks manny! I got a bunch more photos, I'm pretty sure my buddy has some video too. I was realy hoping he would make it through the winter but oh well, there's more out there. He was hanging just a little too close to the road.
 
Now thats one heck of a Thanksgiving day treat to see such a great buck dead and alive!! Bet he has great stats----
 
That incredible photos...love to see the video footage now the cats out of the bag.

Congrats to the hunter. What a great buck. These photos keep the dream alive.

Midnight
 
Thats a huge buck, Glad they cut the deer tags back 57% after the bad winter in 07 a few more years and who knows how big they will get, Looks like 255"-260" to me might be bigger diffinately a deer worthy of the GOV tag!

Windage and elevation pilgrim windage and elevation
 
Ya thats definately a toad but I don't see 260 or even 250......I think it has somewhere close to 43 inches of trash and with those long A** beams his frame should gross mid 190's......so 195+43 = 238-241 Gross????



Sit tall in the saddle, hold your head up high, keep your eyes fixed to where the trail meets the sky...
 
Did your buddy let the gov tag holder know where this buck was? Kinda random that the gov tag holder found him...
 
Ya, I'm with Huntaddict. 210 frame, 35-40 inches of extras. Plus, I think he broke off about 4 inches off that back dropper on the right side. Gov tag, draw tag, or no tag, that is a dream buck, even just to see.

Yelum
 
I came up with 263 gross, with a 215 inch frame.

I am also going to say 37" wide from cheater to cheater on his G4s.

That buck is Outstanding.



Jake H. SHED OR DEAD IT DONT MATTER TO ME!!!
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Well it sure looks like i'm gonna be takin this one in the shorts! His frame probably WILL break 210, I'd sure like to see a somewhat official score......I'm sure well get a peek in one of the upcoming MC or TH Magazines. Man, how would it be just see that pig on the hoof??!!




Sit tall in the saddle, hold your head up high, keep your eyes fixed to where the trail meets the sky...
 
Huge Buck is a understatement, WOW the mass and extra's are awesome.


"I have found if you go the extra mile it's Never crowded".
 
Who cares what it scores, that thing is dripping with character. Great buck!

"The value of any trophy from the field depends not on its size but on the magnitude of the effort expended in its pursuit." ~ Aldo Leopold
 
That is a buck of a lifetime and whatever it scores he will be talked about a long time.Congrats to the hunter.
 
Elksong is telling the truth about the city limits I think the pics were taken from a road or realy close.
 
Pretty ignorant post ELksong, dont you think, if he had shot him in the city limits, the game warden would have him now and not the hunter? Think about what you are saying! Sounds like your jealousy is out of control...he may be wealthy, but lazy slob? He didn't get wealthy by being a lazy slob...harsh words, I think you're a little 'J'....
 
Do any of you know for a fact exactly where this buck was shot? Deer are known to move miles during the rut. Also last time I checked there are 4 governers tags 2 auction, 2 raffle. Maybe the guy lucked out and won the tag at a raffle! And another thing, my friend that TOOK these live photos told me he was on BLM land at the time. Sounds like most of you are just making assumptions. Try Spending a little less time on the computer and more time in the field and you might just get lucky.
 
I'm guessing the buck came from the Colorado River bottoms around Rifle, CO. Good guess?

BeanGrinch
 
Not sure where it was killed but I do know for sure that pic that yellum posted is right in front of the Glenwood DOW Office.

I had an email of a field/kill pic a couple days before this thread started but was not sure it was factual.
 
That deer was shot nearly a week ago, scores 259. has a 217 frame and 42" of trash if I remember right, also the side that has two drop tines on it originaly had three that would have pushed it to 265 atleast the one closest to the front was broken off. there is a bunch of contraversy over this deer though. not where or when. from what I hear it was on private land all though I cant remember the guides name either.


mnnn. . . rocky mountain oysters!
 
I'm pretty sure My Wife and I watched that buck for a few minutes while heading from GJ to Steamboat along I-70 for Thanksgiving. We did see a monster but it was just too far away to get a real good look at it. It was a non typical and huge though.

BeanGrinch
 
I have 2 uncles and my grandma have houses / property in that area. Talking with them the other day they said a huge tame buck that you could walk up to was shot near his house out of season and that it was big.. My uncle thought it had to be poached as he is not the type of guy who keeps up on gov tags.

My grandma said that it would not even run out of the yard when you walked to the car. Just look at you and keep eating apples.

I am going to show them the pics of this buck when I am over there this week ( my grandma has taken a 200in deer and ejpoys watching the town bucks) and see if it was the same buck and reserve judgement until then...

But I have to say that hell I have 2 rutting here around my house that would go close to 200 and you could walk out with a bow and they would just look at you and give you a nice 20yd or so shot..

Hunting tame towm bucks is so lame.. Shows how lazy some of these gov tag holders are.. I mean if you can hunt the entrie state all year and have to shoot a towm buck that is some grandma's pet.. This type of crap if true is why so many people look at hunters the way they do.
 
Interesting--keep us posted as to the outcome of your findings Kayak. Shooting tame bucks is not hunting!!!!
 
Sounds like I was telling the truth....? Or maybe all these people just have the same delusions I do...? I saw the buck almost every day. I know that he stayed in an area that he would never have ben shot, but on NOV. 13 a dog chased him three does a two by two and another big deer off of the ground above Cardiff Glen and onto this private ground (that is really too close to a sub-division to be rifle hunting). I have pic's of him standing in the Cardiff Glen sub-division, on the 12th. I spent 20 min. inside of 20 yards of him that day, has was so rutted up and used to people he didn't care at all about me. This type off crap gives guy's that hunt hard and fair a really bad name.
 
Interesting when the truth comes out....The deer is a great deer; the hunter or hunters, well who knows....I guess if the buck ended up there ethically and not chased or harassed, then so be it. Otherwise....
 
Yikes!!
Whatever the outcome that is a monster!
Would like to hear more of the good, bad and ugly
on this old boy.
Jeff
 
LAST EDITED ON Dec-04-09 AT 08:26AM (MST)[p]Hunting in the west has become a disgusting affair. Money and greed turned hunting into a business. I faintly remember when hunting was a self fullfilling adventure, shared with close friends and family. Now, thanks to the internet, and the desire to see one's printed name, inside the cover of a book, it has evolved into shooting neighborhood pets, or golf course mascots etc. God forbid you ever take pics of a large buck anymore, someone might hear about him, and murder him.

Thanks for the pic Elksong.
 
now what right do all those people have building them house's in that bucks honey hole?......surely he was looking for some babe's......
 
From those pictures I bet you can get a good shooting lane from a second floor window. That would be a good heated stand while looking At MM.
 
Awesome buck, but at the same time this story is a sad commentary on the current state of hunting. It is ALL about the antlers. To many hunters that is absolutely ALL that matters. Whatever it takes to get the biggest buck, bull, ram, etc. No matter how ethical it is, how fair it is, or even how legal it is, people will cross any line to get the biggest animals. Sad to see.

Dax
 
LAST EDITED ON Dec-04-09 AT 11:59AM (MST)[p]It's not just the West. There's actually a TV show that, dealing with whitetails, teaches you how to scout, get permission, and take huge "backyard bucks".

I was also informed that in AZ, it is completely legal to shoot a buck in someone else's back or side yard with archery equipment.

Not saying any of this is right but many years ago, back in the 70's, a mentor of mine, that was a extremely rough and in shape dude, mentioned to me one day that he'd shoot a record book buck in a Game Wardens back yard if that's what it took. I'm just saying... nothing new!

Not all Big buck hunters are willing to go that far to get their game but we must admit that a guy who is steady after huge trophy animals is usually willing to put in more effort, more scouting, be in better shape, and flat hunt harder than the next guy. It stands to reason that they might be willing to accept a tad more risk than the next guy as well.

Joey
 
>I spent 20 min. inside
>of 20 yards of him
>that day

He is my hero...shooting the neighborhood pet. That buck was assassinated, not hunted. What a shame...
 
So you guys are saying if you had that tag you would pass that deer up if it was on legal ground. Yeah right!!!!!!!!
 
I have no interest in shooting the neighborhood pet. I have plenty of honey holes to hunt, especially with that tag!
 
+1 Bigjesus. I see nothing wrong as long as it was all done legal.



Jake H. SHED OR DEAD IT DONT MATTER TO ME!!!
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So who was the hunter? Was he guided by someone or just tipped off to this buck? Raffle or Auction tag?
 
This was the tame buck it was a "pet" buck.. So so lame.. My uncle had seen it in the same area for the last few years and said he gained a bunch of trash this year. It was in their yard eating apples while a dog barked at it no more than 10 yards away..

I would post their pic with a dog, my grandma, and the buck all inside of 20yds but I am going to stop posting any pics here on mm caus it may be a death sentance even for a tame town buck..

Total bs and there are other rumors that given what happend with this buck I would tend to believe... But if you are willing to shoot a pet I am sure you would delve into any other grey area as well..

No honor for the buck or the azzhat who shot the buck in this situation.. The thing I hate the most is places like gwood are changing and the new locals look down their noze at hunters. With crap like this I have no choice but to agree with them..

My grandma said that he (not going to say hunter the guy who shot this buck was no hunter) must relly need the meat to shoot a town buck and if it goes to feed his family well you have to feed your family.. I didnt even tell her the rest of the story...

If you are such a piss pore hunter that the only way that you can get a big buck (even with the gov tag) is to shoot a town buck well I feel sorry for you. This guy must be super lazy fat ass with no ethics what so ever!!! Also if big racks are that important to any of you I feel sorry for you and for the hunters you raise or are around. This "hunt" makes the high fence places look like fair chase...

That is it for me... And after reading what other have said well crap like this makes me embarassed to even call myself a hunter..
 
Oh yea and so you know either of my uncles, myself, or my 86 yr old grand ma could have gotten this buck in her back yard...

So yes there are at least some of us that would not lower ourselves so low that we would feel the need to shoot this buck..

Now that is it for me..
 
I agree, it's a little sad to see a big buck go out like that. would you look down on the guy that is just looking to fill the freezer and shoots a doe in his backyard, assuming he he all properly licensed? Or a fork horn? Your beef is with this guys motives, not the fact that he killed a deer in your neighborhood. This kind of stuff will only be happening more often as we expand into mule deer winter range. I'd be afraid to fight this kind of thing since it would only impede more on our hunting rights, and give anti's one more step in their direction. If the guy wants to shoot a buck requiring little or no challenge, as long as it is legal, should be his decision.
 
I agree that it should be his decision what buck he shoots and where he shoots it as long as he plays by the rules and. You will do a lot of hunting before you find a deer of this caliber anywhere else. There is a huge amount of land that used to be great hunting in Colorado that has been taken in by subdivisions and deveopments and taken in winter range. The part that nobody seems to mention is the the $$$$$$$ that was spent on this tag to the Colorado Mule Deer Association will go towards projects that benefit the mule deer.
 
"The part that nobody seems to mention is the the $$$$$$$ that was spent on this tag to the Colorado Mule Deer Association will go towards projects that benefit the mule deer."

I sure hope so n not in some one wages....
 
It would be a very impressive buck if it was shot on a draw tag.....But Screw these guys that go and buy trophies thats all their doing....How much money you have means how big you can get...
 
To me, this means that there is one less guy hunting my favorite wilderness area.
 
Some of you guys really need to rethink the "kill at all costs" attitude. When you kill the neighborhood pet, lots of people are going to lump real hunters in with slobs like him! Doesn't do much to help our cause. Best thing we can do as hunters, is to be respective on nonhunters. Don't shoot neighborhood pets, don't parade animals around in the back of trucks etc. You are going to piss off a bunch of soccer moms, and they will attack our lifestyle....look what happened to spring bear and trapping!@#$%^
 
"The rich...who are content to buy what they have not the skill to get by their own exertions, these are the real enemies of game." Theodore Roosevelt
 
What a beautiful buck. Sad to see a back yard pet sold to the highest bidder.
Maybe (some) of these Governer tag holders would make it look more sporting hunting with deep sea rods/ 500 pound test and an apple with a hook in it.
Many people say comments like mine are against all sportsman in general.....I say there is nothing sporting about crap like this and believe me that my opinion is from the overwhelming majority side.
Yea, put him on the wall and drink some brandy with your pals as you retell over and over your conquest of Fido the elusive backyard buck.
Best,
Jerry
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wow what a buck. i would have no problem taken that buck. and i highly doubt thay ya'l would pass him up. i've shot deer a hundred yards from houses but i did it legal . where at least it looks in that field photo he was up on blm land away from houses. and just fyi that deer was never a "pet" if on person got charged by him then every single one of thoses people would want it dead. the reason why it wouldnt move is its got prime feeding. its the same with bears in aspen or vail would you consider them pets? they are doin the same as this buck was doin. but ya'l wouldnt have a seconed thought bout killin them bears. just think bout what your posten maybe think it threw. yea would i have like to seen that buck taken miles and miles from a house or road yea i would but he was taken near houses its a done deal he did it legal so i have no problem with him shotn it.
 
Maybe some of you idiots ought to think twice about letting grandma feed the deer. There are no back yard pets that can be hunted.

Get a clue.

I have no idea who this hunter is, or care what the chit happens in Colorado, but gimme a break whining about a buck deer being shot because it was your grandmas back yard pet. Good Gawd.
 
All crying aside that is a beautiful buck. Can't say Id pass him up if he was on blm land just outside a subdivision.
 
Maybe instead of bad mouthing the hunter who donated over 50g's to improve mule deer habitat. You should tell grandma and all of her yuppy buddies to quit building houses up on the side of mountains where the deer have lived for hundreds of years!!!!!
 
I would be curious to the age of that buck. He is probably younger than those houses...

All I know is, if I drew that tag, i would have no problem getting off the beaten path to find a wild deer. The sky is the limit with that tag, and a real hunter does need a lynch mob to find him a deer.
 
a wild deer you say. there is no such thing as a tamed anything all animals even dogs and cats can and do cause bad injurys when you say hes not a real hunter or just some rich a hole maybe sit back a bit and think what if he really just saved his whole life for a hunt like this you never no. and i aint scared i hunt around houses and that all the time i live in eagle county theres alot of houses. and heck yes if i was that guy i wouldnt pass on it but whos to say he wasnt plaining a huge deminding hike to find a "wild" deer. ya'l really just got to think.
 
I know a guy who has pictures of this deer for three years and watched the deer and he said he never showed up until late and left before shedding because they have looked hard for the sheds. He came down to breed does and opened his self up to being vulnerable. That dont make him a pet when shows up for the rut, show me some pictures of this buck in the velvet eating apples the only ones you showed verify my story that he only showed up late! Cant blame a male for going to town to find a little company!LOL
 
The point of the matter is where is the "Hunt" in this? It's plain simple shooting with no hunt involved.
Sad seeing some of you would have no problem shooting a buck in this way just to get a big rack on the wall. Where is the pride of accomplishment here?
Some would call it jealousy with there twisted minds....Who could be jealous of a buck shot like a target in rut next to a subdivision? I mean really think about it.
Buying a trophy does not make you a real hunter just like buying camoflauge and playing paintball does'nt make you an instant Marine.
Just because you donate some $$$$ does not sweep everyone's opinions and ethic's out the window.
Just because you bought a solid gold toilet does not mean that your crap will stop stinking.
Best,
Jerry
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I hope that buck bred a bunch does before being shot to pass along his genes. If the buck was shot on public land, and was a safe shot, I don't see any problem with it. I would have probably used the tag to hunt other backcountry areas of the state. Back east it's pretty common to hunt small parcels of land surrounded by houses.

Leonard
 
Deer are killed in Colorado every year by LOTS of people during the 3rd and 4th seasons when they are dumb with does on their minds. And, a good number of the deer killed during 4th season hunts are deer that reside on private ground for much of the summer and fall and leave to rut and winter. Just because this deer feed in some residentual areas does not mean it was anymore "tame" than all the deer killed on late season hunts every year.
And, on top of that, MOST deer are a bit stupid this time of year anyway because the only thing they have on their mind is winter survival. You can go drive through any winter range and see lots of deer that just stand there, easy pickin's for someone with a tag.
Is everyone who shoots a deer during a 3rd or 4th season hunt somehow a lesser hunter because the buck might have already migrated to the winter range? Come on!!!

I could understand if this deer was really the local pet, like the Beaver buck here in Utah that people could feed from their hand. Are there any photos, or anyone saying they see this deer near town all year long? Does anyone have any clue how far from homes the deer was shot? There are thousands of deer and elk every year killed in Colorado that are killed within a mile and half of homes, does that make all of those people a lesser hunter also?

If one of you actually knows where the deer was killed in relation to the homes and knows that it was a local pet, then fine, but if you're only complaining because of the time of year, that it was a gov. tag and the fact that there are homes in the background of a photo, then shame on you and I sure hope you don't ever take advantage of late-season hunts when the deer are not quite as smart.

If I had the statewide tag and found that buck on legal hunting ground, I'd shoot him too.

Brian Latturner
MonsterMuleys.com
 
Would it be wrong if someone legally shot that Beaver buck? I bet half the people on this site would shoot him if he had a big rack.

I guess it's the " if it does not affect me I don't care " syndrome

just wait tell someone video tapes one of these " town bucks " betting blasted and it's played over and over on the TV. You will see how many people don't like hunting. The they don't care what the whole story is and they sure don't care about $50,000 going to wildlife.

That's what happened in Washington. Just show a 5 second clip of a bear getting shot out of a tree and falling to the ground and ten dogs start biting the dead bear. The people watching don't know the whole story and they don't care. Guess what. Now we can't hunt bear or lion with dogs.

IT will catch up to us ( hunters ) and it won't be good when it does.
 
LAST EDITED ON Dec-09-09 AT 01:06PM (MST)[p]As long as it was legal I have no problem with where the guy shot it.
Why does it have to be a 2 month scout, 38 mile hike, and a 4 day pack out to be fair and legal?
If you ask me that don't sound too fair at all!

dutch
http://coloradohuntandfish.blogspot.com
 
+ 1 Founder...

Well said. How many muleys that live in the wild in Colorado or anywhere else are really "Tame Pets".I have some property in unit 40 that I see bucks from the window quite often...does this make them Tame...or Pets?????????

Give me a break!
 
Brian-
You can read into what I said all you want and try to justify it all you want....If you will kill a deer no matter if it's like shooting a buck target posted down range just for the attention of the size of the antlers....After all if it's legal that's all that matters whether or not you put any effort into getting the animal or not. Sad really, I expected more.

I have never hunted a 4th season nor do I care to. I have hunted a 3rd season once and trust me I never hunted near a subdivision. Will I hunt a 3rd season again. Yes, and trust me if I get an animal it will be from earning it with old fashioned hard work and sweat.
Maybe that's my problem I am old fashioned for thinking if you work hard at something the reward latter means so much more.

Do I think all 3rd and 4th season hunters are Gomers..Heck no but nice try at throwing the curve ball....Slight of hand only works at magic shows.
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Seriously if you feel like "Hey see that monster buck on the wall" yeah..."Well one day a friend of a friend spotted him and called me...I arrived near this subdivision raring to go and shot him after paying the friend 5-10G's" is your cup of tea...I really feel sorry for ya.

My opinion has been made and neither of us will change the others minds so it's pointless to try and continue further.
Best,
Jerry

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+1 Knack

It's amazing the lengths people will go to put the "biggest" head on the wall, as if that is what hunting is all about (I guess it is to them?). Shoot 1000+ yards, shoot over other hunters.... it's
getting pretty crazy...


Matt
"Opportunity is missed by most people
because its dressed in overalls
and looks like work."
Thomas Edison
 
LMFAO........

too true!


Matt
"Opportunity is missed by most people
because its dressed in overalls
and looks like work."
Thomas Edison
 
I would like to say that I have more respect for big mule deer bucks than I do for most humans especially 4000fps and theknack if you are such great hunters wheres the pics of the bucks you killed in your honry holes. This buck was killed legally and he sure wasnt eating apples at grandmas house. So if you are so damn jealous quit reading the post!!!!
 
Jerry,

How do you know how easy this buck was to get? You talk like it was quite easy to just pull up and shoot the deer in someones front yard. I guess my complaint is, I don't think you do know.
DO YOU KNOW?
Just because a deer was seen in/near a town, doesn't mean it comes running when you shake a can of peanuts. It also doesn't mean it's any easier to kill than the deer killed on October or November hunts.

I don't know anything about this hunt, maybe this deer was a town pet and did come running to a can of peanuts. BUT, because I don't know, I'm not going to trash the guy. Lots of deer are killed near towns all across the West. Many of them have ventured into town to feed, that doesn't make them pet deer.

You might think you are a superior hunter compared to many of us who would have shot that deer if it showed itself on some public, legal hunting area, but I'd be willing to bet that if I took you on some of my outings, you wouldn't be sitting on your high horse too long.

I just don't think you have the right to judge other hunters because they might choose to shoot a deer that lives close to a town.

Next time you touch off that trigger, I hope you're sure that buck or bull hasn't ever been near homes in the winter, otherwise you're guilty of the same thing you are ripping this guy for.
Also, if he offers a shot that is "like shooting a buck target posted down range", I sure hope you pass on him.
And, if "a friend spotted him and called me" you better pass on that too.

No hard feelings I hope Jerry. Fun debate.

Brian Latturner
MonsterMuleys.com
 
they should have atleast done it like the spyder bull. . . taken it out of the sub devision and put it in some rural moutains. then its legit.
249"!!! I would have shot that thing too.


mnnn. . . rocky mountain oysters!
 
How is this any different than the guys that camp out on ranch fence lines. I have worked on several ranches where many people are set up 10' from the fence line and watching the other side of the fence. Not to mention the people we have caught on the property or with game down on it. Think about it I have read alot of post's on here where guy's state I was on BLM in between private property and took the shot.
 

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