SuperMn106 Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 ok so after i got laid off i went on a little vacation. My brother lives in missouri but had gotten an Illinois liscence this year. Towards the end of the year he was not seein any deer so he asked me if i wanted to come help him scout for next year. so we went out scouting for a day and hopefull we would find some sheds. we hadnt been walkin for 10 minutes and see 3 does within 100 yards of us. we were walkin a fence line and the fence had a creek/ditch running next to it. After we watch the does run off we only went about 10 yards and something caught our eye in the ditch. The closer we got we thought it was a deer carcass and then we see the antlers. We are not sure how it died or how long it had been there. We didnt have a saw to cut the horns off so we were kinda mad about that, so we put him back in the water and my brother was goin back this week to get the horns. we walked for about 2 hrs and found no sheds and we were gettin a little frustrated. Then we start seein fresh rubs, like within 4-5 days old so we came to the conclusion they were not ready yet. All in all good day scouting and found where they were moving in the late season. just had to share the story, hope you guys like the pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest buddy ahart Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Re: Interesting late scouting trip in IL with pics. Thats a shame for that deer he could have been a real nice one in a year or too. Where there any signs of why it died any holes ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMn106 Posted January 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Re: Interesting late scouting trip in IL with pics. not that we could see, we only pulled it out of the water a little bit but could not tell of anything that might have led to his death. yes it was sad to see something go out like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG_BUCK_1 Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Re: Interesting late scouting trip in IL with pics. that is a pretty cool find just wish it would have matured more that would have been a good looking buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMn106 Posted January 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Re: Interesting late scouting trip in IL with pics. yeah big buck it might have been close to you, it was around the rend lake area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popgun Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Re: Interesting late scouting trip in IL with pics. That's a shame that someone didn't find him, assuming that someone shot him in the first place. I am surprised that some of you are saying what a nice buck he would have been in a couple of years. Around here in Arkansas, that is already a nice deer. I certainly would not have passed on him. ....popgun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okbowman Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Re: Interesting late scouting trip in IL with pics. Too bad, that is a pretty good buck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMn106 Posted January 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Re: Interesting late scouting trip in IL with pics. yeah he is a good buck, when we were looking at him we guessed him to score right around 110-115 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cutter Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Re: Interesting late scouting trip in IL with pics. That looked pretty rank? nice buck though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMn106 Posted January 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Re: Interesting late scouting trip in IL with pics. yeah as soon as we pulled it out of the water the smell hit us and it was bad. anyone have a guess on how long it was there just by lookin at it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtBowhunter Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Re: Interesting late scouting trip in IL with pics. Rough guess........6-8 weeks. Beautiful buck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whttlbucksteve Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Re: Interesting late scouting trip in IL with pics. A shame it went to waste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Re: Interesting late scouting trip in IL with pics. nice buck. you sure he didn't have an arrow or bullet in him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMn106 Posted January 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Re: Interesting late scouting trip in IL with pics. steve, im not really sure. we did not look that good nor did we roll him over and check the other side. but from what we seen we could not tell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puffy Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Re: Interesting late scouting trip in IL with pics. I bet the last thing on your mind was poking around the body cavity to see if it was shot or not. LOL Too bad he expired in the water. Nice buck though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoyt_hunter Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Re: Interesting late scouting trip in IL with pics. nice deer, he'd be on my wall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowJoe Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Re: Interesting late scouting trip in IL with pics. Where at by rend lake? Was is private or public? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMn106 Posted January 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Re: Interesting late scouting trip in IL with pics. it was public, not really exactly sure where cuz it was my first time there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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