toddyboman Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 I got this email saying this buck was found dead.....The email said it was from MO and it scored 265 and some change. I did some research and found this...... Natural Causes? Illinois Pick Up January 19, 2009 Trophy Watch was sent this photo of a buck found dead in Illinois. There is no work on a possible score or what county in Illinois. The state DNR is looking into cause of death. Tremendous animal. B&C records accept picked up or found trophies as long as the skull plate is intact for an accurate inside spread measurement. http://www.boone-crockett.org/news/trophyWatch.asp?area=news B&C says it came from IL. Regardless its a monster and a shame.... pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 A friend of mine sent me an email about that same buck back but I received it on Jan. 12th. I haven't deleted the email yet either. That's the only reason I know the date. Jan. 19th must be when the pictures were submitted to B&C. The only thing in the message was "Big buck found dead in IL" along with these 3 pictures. Obviously it's the same buck. Obviously with a trail cam pick in the email I got, somebody knows something. I haven't heard anything from my buddy yet when I asked him what county it came from in IL. Heck of a buck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csualumni21000 Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Waste. Cause of death? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJL Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 I had three years of Animal Science in College and I'd have to concur with the officials. That buck is definately dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntaholic1 Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 seeing a waste like that makes me feel sick. What an amazing animal, it deserved better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireStrut Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 What a monster. Some one may have shot it, but did not kill it abd then could not find it. Anyway, what a shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 I saw that buck on opening day of the IL archery season and let him go waiting for a bigger one. Too bad he couldn't have been taken legally harvested by a hunter. He looks pretty old and may have lived a long life and died of natural causes? I also see a farm house close by. Where there is a house there is a road and that buck may have been hit by a car? Reagrdless I'm glad he was found and not plowed into the ground or ended up in some farmers tractor tire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted January 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 WOW that trail camera pic really adds!! Thanks for sharing Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 WOW that trail camera pic really adds!! Thanks for sharing Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringpicker Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 WOW! If it was wounded by a poacher then that is really a waste and that makes me mad. If he died of natural causes I tip my hat to him for the good, long life that he lived, because I'm sure he gave a few hunters buck fever during his life. He is a true monarch. Congrats to the guy who found him. I would love to be in his shoes! The trail camera pics of him are something to behold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washi Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 Awesome buck. I thought it was illegal to pick up deer racks in Illinois. I had heard sheds were okay but not from dead deer. Just think if you shot that deer and couldn't find it and then somebody else found it. You would hurt twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorden Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 Wow thats too bad, that is one nice deer:cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowtech_archer07 Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 That is a great buck. Too bad he had to go like that. It will be interesting to find out the whole story, if it ever comes out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvantageTimberLou Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 Sweet buck, shame no hunter got a chance to harvest him. Sure hope he gets a nice mount to honor that headgear he was sporting. What a stud!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 What a shame that buck was not killed or tagged by a hunter. Awesome deer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 Yeah folks, I'd love to know that bucks age... What a whopper! Cool pics for sure. Funny though, how when a good buck is found, the e mails are endless on where it originated. Wish it was from my neck of the woods! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NS whitetail Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 WOW ~ what a buck, too bad it was found dead. It would sure have been nice for someone to harvest that monster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambo Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I got that email also. Wow is that buck a stud! I agree the trail cam pic adds alot to the story. Sombody knows more about that buck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I tip my hat to that ol' boy and hope he lived a long and happy life and died gracefully. Hopefully he passed on a lot of his genetics into the deer herd! Dakota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbuckchaser Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 one word to describe it STUUUUUDDDD !!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggs Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Wow...I don't think the term monster even covers that bad boy. I'd fall out of my stand if I saw him cruising by. With the flesh eaten way...I don't think the true cause of death will ever be known. Things like that usually make me think the worst though, especially considering he was caught on a trail cam and people knew what field he was hitting after dark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKYhunter Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 What a hoss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuffnufOutdoors Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 What a shame and can I say holy crap he's huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rackmaster Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 Here is a link to the story about this giant. Enjoy http://www.prairiestateoutdoors.com/index.php?/pso/article/grosboll_buck/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 (edited) Updated Information Got this information in today via email from a friend of mine. All the pictures, including a larger version of the same trail cam picture were attached. Tales from the Timber: Grosboll January 20, 2009 at 04:02 AM BY STAN MORRIS Years and years of hunting have produced 35 trophy deer mounts for Petersburg resident John Grosboll. But the 36th will be his biggest and Grosboll didnt even have to hunt to get it. In fact, the 60-year old full-time farmer had never even seen the buck with 24 points that green-scored 246 inches. Not until two quail hunters stumbled upon it Jan. 2 on his land. Its unbelievable, Grosboll said of what is thought to be the largest deer shot or found this season in Illinois. The only big deer Grosboll had seen on his land was a two drop tine buck hunted by one of his employees and his son, Nathan Grosboll. I knew fellas were hunting big deer down in the area, but I thought they were hunting the one Id seen, John Grosboll said. But it was the one wed found ... with four drop tines. One person attempting to track down the big buck was Petersburg hunter Mark Beck, who, according to Grosboll, has 89 pictures and even video of the massive deer. Beck had been hunting the prize for 26 consecutive days at one stretch of the season. But it was Grosbolls friends Scott and Kyle Hackey who finally found the buck. Only after the Grosbolls were finished hunting the land were the Hackeys given permission to quail hunt that Friday morning. These bird hunters didnt really know what theyd found, Grosboll said. Theyre bird hunters, not deer hunters. Actually, Im glad I didnt find the deer. Im glad somebody else found it. The bird hunters quickly notified Grosboll and the group went together to look at the deer. It was pretty well eaten up by coyotes, Grosboll said of the deer. There wasnt anything left but hide. It could have been dead from two weeks to six weeks. Grosboll was thankful for the honesty of the Hackey brothers. Theyre real trusting guys, Grosboll said. The only guys I let bird hunt on that farm. I just feel so fortunate they were honest guys and they told me about the deer. Im a fourth generation Menard County and that deer now will always stay in Menard County. It will stay in my family. Word got out quickly as Grosboll called friends and had several pictures taken. Grosboll called two game wardens who were unable to make it that night. Later in the evening, a pair of game wardens came to the house and said allegations of foul play had already been made. They were saying that the deer was moved, Grosboll said of those making the allegations. People have been telling me every time theres a big deer shot or found the stories just go wild. The two people that made the allegations have since apologized. They just hadnt heard all the facts first. A game warden from Mendard County came out the next day and put an orange dead find tag on the bucks antlers. We tried to do everything by the book and the way its turned out everything is fine, Grosboll said. Anybody that finds a deer really wants to go through the right procedures, because allegations will come out anyway. But they will a lot more if you dont go through the right procecures. The Petersburg area farmer plans to have an official Boone & Crockett scorer score the deer, either locally or at the Illinois Deeer & Turkey Classic the last weekend of February in Bloomington. What happened to the deer still remains a mystery. A farmer I know told me earlier in the fall that hed seen this deer several times last year and this year and his quote was, I dont think that deer will make it through the year because its a lot poorer this year than it was last year, Grosboll said. The body wasnt as filled out, as muscular. It went through the rut and if he wasnt built up for the rut I can see where he could have gone downhill. Edited February 6, 2009 by Rhino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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