mathews4life84 Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 (edited) HERE IS THE STORY THAT MY DAD WROTE ABOUT IT: Hey guys I normally don’t tell anyone about my misses however I thought that you would find this story interesting. It involves a very rare animal. The outfitter makes mention of this buck being missed by two different archers. Well, I was the first one. I started my eastern Colorado archery hunt on November 5th. We had spotted this buck in a large CRP field with a hot doe. I watched until they bedded and then lined them up with a landmark. I crawled approx. 600 yards and thought that I had another 80 or so to go. The CRP was so thick that I had to kind of bust through it as I crawled forward with my bow. As I busted through a patch I looked to my right and this big buck and doe had jumped up and were looking at me. I was laying face down with my bow under me! I was able to get an arrow nocked as the doe took off. The buck was still facing me trying to figure out what I was. He turned broadside and I came to my knees while drawing my bow at the same time. There was no time to range him. I shot him for 40 yards and at first thought that my shot was going to be a good one. However at the last moment the arrow arched down just under him. He ran off about twenty yards and then stopped to look at me again for a moment and then he was off. In hind sight he must have been 45 -46 yards from me when I took the shot.I was on this buck three other times during my six day hunt but could not close the deal. At one point I was within 35 yards of him in a 50 mph wind but could not get a shot.The tumbleweeds had stacked up over 6’ tall in a tree line and became a barrier between me and him. I was able to get some pretty good video. Overall it was a very exciting hunt with many encounters but that was my only shot. This time the buck won as the big ones often times do.However, finding out after the fact that he was a true hybrid does sting a little bit. HERE IS THE STORY FROM THE OUTFITTER:A few years ago I donated a hunt to Grand Slam Cluc/Ovis which was bought by Scott Jesseman. Scott has hunted with me once before as well.Scott killed this awesome hybrid deer on opening day of the December 2008 rifle season. Two of my previous archers missed this deer inNovember. Too me, this is a trophy of a lifetime and Scott is going to mount this deer lifesize. He is 29" wide with 28" mainbeams and 7" browtines. He had a monster body - 68 inches from nose to base of tail and 8 1/2 inches from corner of the eye to nose. Must have weighed 300#+. Scores 187. I see a couple hybrids every year but this is by far the largest true hybrid I have seen or heard of. Note the tail, hide, face, glands, and antler hybrid characteristics. This is NOT a mule deer with a white-tail looking rack. Edited December 22, 2008 by mathews4life84 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backwoods07 Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Sheesh, that's a huge animal. Buck of a lifetime for sure, too bad your dad couldn't harvest him. I'd be proud just to see this buck, let alone get a shot at him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 wow what a buck! To bad about the miss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Awesome deer, too bad your dad missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Great deer. To bad dad missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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