mathews4life84 Posted November 23, 2010 Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 Well the story of the buck that I nicknamed "Ol' Droptine" has come to a close this past Sunday morning. I first discovered the existence of this buck last November as he was cruising looking for some does. I had the perfect opportunity to shoot him broadside at 42 yards and elected not to shoot and see if he would give me a closer shot. Well a long story short, he went back the way he came from and didnt give me the shot I wanted. We saw him again that evening and many more times throughout the season. Shortly after we saw him for the first time he broke off 6 tines. He was a 16 point last year with a gross NT score of 148". I know this because I found both sides of his sheds last winter. Early November this year I see him again. Unfortunately he did not grow the droptine that gave him his name. He came in to 50 yards on this morning and beds down and gives me the perfect opportunity to take the shot, but there was limbs in between him and myself. Again, Ol' Droptine eludes me.Jump ahead to Sunday November 21st, 2010. I had seen him the morning before and did not get a close enough shot. So on this morning, I had the perfect wind to get setup on where I was hoping to get a shot at him. I am sitting there for about 30 minutes and I caught movement about 150yards away. It was him! Again I did not have a good comfortable clear shot. Of course I was frustrated once again that he had put the slip on me. 20 minutes later, here he comes directly at me to come scent check a doe I had bedded at 95 yards. He was starting to put the slip on me once again when I gave him a loud maaaaaat to stop him in about a 6-8 inch shooting lane I had at 105 yards. I slowly squeeze the trigger and BOOOOM! The smoke clears and I see no white tail or buck running away! I throw up my binoculars to see Ol' Droptine laying dead on the ground, right where he stood. I hit a little higher that I had planned but still caught the top of both lungs and the shock of the bullet was so close to his spine that it dropped him. I was very excited with the shot due to being the first shot that I have ever fired out of my new CVA Accura Muzzleloader at a deer. I guess it was one heck of a way to break it in.He is not a huge scoring buck like I had my sights set on for this year, but he is as unique of a buck as I will ever shoot and I couldnt be happier with the whole story how it all unfolded. To those of you that have had a tough season like myself, keep your chin up and your time will come. To those who also have been lucky enough to be successful this year, congrats! Sorry for such a long story, but it had to be told in full to understand the history that I have had with Ol Droptine! He may not be the highest scoring buck that I have taken, but he is the oldest, most mature buck. He was at least a 4.5 year old deer, if not older. I have attached a trailcam pic and a field photo of him as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muleyman Posted November 23, 2010 Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 Congarts! What an awesome buck and a great story behind it! Who really cares the score on a deer, its about the character. With a deer like that who cares what it scores Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathews4life84 Posted November 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 On this particular deer, those are my exact thoughts! Score doesnt matter. You can grow a big typical buck, but you cant make a deer a freak like this one. I am just tickled to have the history and opportunity to take this buck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiobucks Posted November 23, 2010 Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 Great buck with some history as well, congrats!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted November 23, 2010 Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 Congrats on a great buck! I too am chasing a droptine buck this year, hope my story ends like yours! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muleyman Posted November 23, 2010 Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 On this particular deer, those are my exact thoughts! Score doesnt matter. You can grow a big typical buck, but you cant make a deer a freak like this one. I am just tickled to have the history and opportunity to take this buck! And thats exactly it. Look how much rewording it is after the history with this buck. My dream is to shoot a droptine buck. I guess I gotta lot of years of hunting ahead of me to get it done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldridgem1 Posted November 23, 2010 Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 Great Buck.. Love those narly o bucks. Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted November 23, 2010 Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 Thanks for sharing the history of that bad boy. Great buck! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted November 23, 2010 Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 Love it with a happy ending like that! Congrats on a great buck with nice character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig mack Posted November 23, 2010 Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 Congrats!!!! That thing is a stud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointing_dogs_rule Posted November 24, 2010 Report Share Posted November 24, 2010 It's so rewarding (reagardless of the score) to harvest a buck that you have a history with and that you have worked so hard to harvest. congrats. good luck to all the dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike13candace Posted November 24, 2010 Report Share Posted November 24, 2010 Congrats.. enjoyed the story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stcif Posted November 24, 2010 Report Share Posted November 24, 2010 Just a beautiful buck! Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted November 24, 2010 Report Share Posted November 24, 2010 Great buck and awesome story behind him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted November 24, 2010 Report Share Posted November 24, 2010 Awesome story, and nice buck! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted November 24, 2010 Report Share Posted November 24, 2010 yea the history makes it even better. congrats on finally sealing the deal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaneB Posted November 24, 2010 Report Share Posted November 24, 2010 i wouldnt care what he scores you have history with him congrats on a once and a life time deer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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