Dads 2011 Pauns. Management Buck

huntinfanatic · Nov 12, 2011

My dad has never really cared much about score but has always wanted to kill a mature buck with mass, so when the UDWR announced 3 years ago that they were introducing a management hunt on the Paunsaugunt I knew that was his best chance at reaching that goal. We looked over many bucks before my dad decided this was the one he wanted. It was a very fun hunt with my brother and dad, one that will stick with me forever.

My dad and I.

Some sheds I found during the hunt.

legacy · Nov 12, 2011

Nice buck! Congrats!

Clyde Hollinger · Nov 12, 2011

Way cool! Nice work!

cannonball · Nov 12, 2011

Nice management buck. Congrat. to your Dad. How wide was it?

Camper_A1 · Nov 12, 2011

Nice buck and lots of great memories with your family. You can't beat that.

treedagain · Nov 12, 2011

GREAT buck, congrads to your dad...

tylercreek2 · Nov 12, 2011

how TALL is that thing? very nice

eldorado · Nov 12, 2011

Great looking buck. Sweet G2's.

Eldorado

hunt4130 · Nov 12, 2011

hes heavy! congrats!

elkun · Nov 12, 2011

love those big 3s

huntinfanatic · Nov 12, 2011

Thanks for the comments. He's 26" wide and has 17" G2's. How did you do on the hunt cannonball?

nebo · Nov 12, 2011

Awesome buck.

DougW · Nov 12, 2011

Wow that's a GREAT deer and a great story. HOw many big ones did you run across that you weren't allowed to take?

nfh · Nov 12, 2011

his right G2 is awesome

huntinfanatic · Nov 12, 2011

We saw about a half a dozen mature bucks a day. I didn't get many photos because I was busy checking for how many points they had. Here's a few photos of 2 bucks I did manage to catch on film.

This was the biggest one we saw.

fin little · Nov 12, 2011

Thats the kind of buck the hunt was intended for. Great buck ,Congrats Mr. Scarth.

cannonball · Nov 12, 2011

At the time it took much deliberation to shoot the deer which I shot. I had my finger on and off the trigger many times before shooting. Some friends kept telling me it was a good buck. Anyway I shot it and wasn't to happy with it until I had it checked in and the DWR Officer told me it would score 175" - 3x5. I thought he was just trying to make me feel good. I took the deer to a taxidermist to see if he wanted the cape. He said that he thought the Officer was right on. The DWR measured it at a little over 25", but the taxidermist measured it at just a fraction short of 27". My conservative measurements tally was 174 1/4". I felt better about it then.

Would like to compare notes with you sometime.

huntindad4 · Nov 13, 2011

Awesome 3x3!!!!

I love it!!!

Bill

Look out Forkie, FTW is watching us!

conch · Nov 13, 2011

Congratulations to Mr. Scarth. Great buck and great memories made. I was out on this hunt with a good friend. It surprised me just how tuff it is to make absolute certain that the buck you take is legal. We looked over several bucks that were likely legal but we just couldn't be positive until a 4x3 gave us a great look at about one hundred yards.