LAST EDITED ON Oct-29-13 AT 00:06AM (MST)[p]>Since the top of Utah's archers
>weren't good enough to get'r
>done and a Wyoming boy
>did, do they change the
>name to the top of
>WY archers and does Stalkup
>get to rename the buck
>to his liking given he
>was the one that whacked
>it...
3B, et-al, I guess I could have done what too often is done when an animal of that caliber is found... I could have drawn my bolt instead of my bow during the archery season in order to sneak one off the mountain as was done by Mr. Stalkup.
I however choose to pursue this magnificent animal "fair chase", I pit my personal traits against an obviously very smart and mature animal with the intention of outsmarting or out-lucking him with my bow in hand - and if it came down to the rifle hunt I hoped to have an opportunity to take him then. I could have shot him before the season the night before it opened, but didn't.
As a matter of interest, my friend CR and I were on the mountain the second weekend of the archery hunt and heard gunshots from directly where the big buck had been spending his days, and wouldn't you know "King" appeared (along with another buck) on Facebook the very next morning at 7:40am?!
I am pretty certain there is no coincidence of what we heard and what appeared the following morning. Though WFG may never have evidence enough to pursue the case due to the rugged and remote nature of the scene and the multitude of wild creatures living there that likely scattered any evidence from heck to breck, the truth will be told some day.
In any case, I hope to have video posted on youtube shortly when I reinstall my video software so you can all enjoy that magnificent animal in his living room. By the way and for what it's worth, I believe "King" could break the current SCI world record archery deer by a few inches. We cautiously video analyzed his antlers and came up with a conservative 276"... and I do mean very conservative.
Lance
