Author Topic: Pathfinder101's 2013 General Season Buck (Read 7863 times)

Pathfinder101 · « **on:** October 14, 2013, 09:47:26 AM »

Not a ton of story this year.
I was covered up in deer on Saturday morning. I had scouted enough that I knew which deer I wanted and had decided I was going to hold out for him. He (and his twin brother, who has the same rack just not quite as heavy) showed up at about 7:30 in a canyon I was glassing and bedded down with a few does. When they settled into the bottom of the canyon I looped around them and came in downwind on a stalk. When I saw them, a couple of does were up and feeding, so I sat down and waited for the bucks to get up too. While I was waiting, deer kept filing into the canyon in groups of 5s and 6s. After a while a 3 point that was with the group I stalked popped up about a 100 yards away and spotted me. He turned around and started to trot off, and the rest of the group got up and followed. At about 250 yards they stopped on the opposite hillside long enough for me to get a shot. He was dead on the ground at 8:15.
Not a lot of spread, and he's only a 3 point on his left side, but I am happy with him. He was the best buck that I saw out there in the time I scouted. Body-wise he is huge. I don't think I have ever killed a deer that weighed that much. At first I didn't notice, because I was actually able to drive up to him. But when I tried to load him in the back of my truck, he wouldn't budge. It took me an hour and a tangled mass of ropes (I didn't have a ratchet strap with me) to finally wrench him in there. I have never had trouble loading a deer in my truck by myself before. Usually, I just hop up on the tailgate, grab him by the horns and pull him in. Nothing doing with this guy.
My buddy Cory built a walk in cooler, so I drove to his house to skin and hang him. When I got there, there were 4 other deer hanging in the cooler, all bucks. This deer's carcass dwarfs them.
PathfinderJR had a cross country meet on Saturday (who the %^$# does that

), so he couldn't be out there with me. We gave it a good honest try yesterday (walked about 9 miles), but came up with a goose-egg. We'll be out there this week trying to correct that.

Broken Arrow · « **Reply #1 on:** October 14, 2013, 09:51:35 AM »

Great job!

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 14, 2013, 10:14:33 AM »

A couple more pics. FIrst one is of my buck's twin brother.

gtrplr · « **Reply #3 on:** October 14, 2013, 10:32:26 AM »

Nice job! That is one fat buck!

CoryTDF · « **Reply #4 on:** October 14, 2013, 10:42:29 AM »

he is a beast for sure. only deer that has ever toched the floor in tje cooler

blackveltbowhunter · « **Reply #5 on:** October 14, 2013, 10:56:25 AM »

Thats a TANK! Nice job with the before and after pics

ldjbuff · « **Reply #6 on:** October 14, 2013, 11:04:44 AM »

Very nice buck.

Huntboy · « **Reply #7 on:** October 14, 2013, 11:13:45 AM »

Nice buck, congrats.

deerhunter_98520 · « **Reply #8 on:** October 14, 2013, 12:58:40 PM »

Nice buck path! Congrats

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #9 on:** October 14, 2013, 01:00:24 PM »

Thanks guys.

boneaddict · « **Reply #10 on:** October 14, 2013, 01:07:09 PM »

Congratulations on filling your tag on a fatty. Hes got some mass to him.

MLBowhunting · « **Reply #11 on:** October 14, 2013, 01:46:40 PM »

dandy for sure

runamuk · « **Reply #12 on:** October 14, 2013, 02:33:29 PM »

congrats...nice buck

Michelle_Nelson · « **Reply #13 on:** October 14, 2013, 03:49:27 PM »

That's a good looking buck!

BIGMIKE · « **Reply #14 on:** October 14, 2013, 04:39:49 PM »

Thats a great buck, Congratulations. I'll shoot that buck anyday. Good luck on your hunt with Jr. Awesome.

rosscrazyelk · « **Reply #15 on:** October 14, 2013, 05:37:09 PM »

Very cool

bowhunterforever · « **Reply #16 on:** October 14, 2013, 11:43:54 PM »

Nice buck

congrats

huntnphool · « **Reply #17 on:** October 15, 2013, 09:51:04 AM »

Was he a stag?

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #18 on:** October 15, 2013, 10:18:39 AM »

Quote from: huntnphool on October 15, 2013, 09:51:04 AM

Was he a stag?

Nope, full equipment. ( I took pics of the gutting process for the Hunter Education class I teach). If you are referring to all the velvet, you see a lot of that out there. Not much to rub off their antlers on except some scattered sage. If you look at a couple of the live pics you will see strips hanging off a couple of racks.

combs338 · « **Reply #19 on:** October 15, 2013, 03:19:45 PM »

ShaneTyTrey · « **Reply #20 on:** October 15, 2013, 03:24:51 PM »

Great buck, way to go!

huntnphool · « **Reply #21 on:** October 15, 2013, 03:27:21 PM »

CoryTDF · « **Reply #22 on:** October 16, 2013, 01:00:11 PM »

Quote from: Pathfinder101 on October 15, 2013, 10:18:39 AM

Quote from: huntnphool on October 15, 2013, 09:51:04 AM
Was he a stag?

Nope, full equipment. ( I took pics of the gutting process for the Hunter Education class I teach). If you are referring to all the velvet, you see a lot of that out there. Not much to rub off their antlers on except some scattered sage. If you look at a couple of the live pics you will see strips hanging off a couple of racks.

LOL typical Mark leaving the bladder and "junk" on to deal with at my house! LOL

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #23 on:** October 16, 2013, 02:46:02 PM »

Quote from: CoryTDF on October 16, 2013, 01:00:11 PM

Quote from: Pathfinder101 on October 15, 2013, 10:18:39 AM
Quote from: huntnphool on October 15, 2013, 09:51:04 AM
Was he a stag?

Nope, full equipment. ( I took pics of the gutting process for the Hunter Education class I teach). If you are referring to all the velvet, you see a lot of that out there. Not much to rub off their antlers on except some scattered sage. If you look at a couple of the live pics you will see strips hanging off a couple of racks.

LOL typical Mark leaving the bladder and "junk" on to deal with at my house! LOL

Yeah...I hate that guy...

jon.brown509 · « **Reply #24 on:** October 16, 2013, 09:18:08 PM »

Awesome buck

The Weazle · « **Reply #25 on:** October 16, 2013, 09:24:07 PM »

Great buck. Love the velvety antlers! And the height!

ICEMAN · « **Reply #26 on:** October 16, 2013, 10:09:03 PM »

Awesome deer!

JJB11B · « **Reply #27 on:** October 16, 2013, 10:28:47 PM »

Cory showed me your "deer" looks like a calf congrats! That's a lot of meat for a deer

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Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #28 on:** October 17, 2013, 09:52:14 AM »

Thanks guys. I am going to euro mount him. Funny how much bigger the antlers look when you get them removed from that big body...

I'll post a pic of the skull once I get it done.

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #29 on:** October 29, 2013, 09:40:45 AM »

Euros are done. I like how it turned out except that once I scrubbed all the shredded velvet off it left the antlers too light. I may rub a little stain on them before I hang it up.
Pretty happy with our season so far this year.

combs338 · « **Reply #30 on:** October 29, 2013, 09:42:52 AM »

gunnarnewt · « **Reply #31 on:** October 29, 2013, 10:13:34 AM »

Skyvalhunter · « **Reply #32 on:** October 29, 2013, 10:28:05 AM »

Great end to the story.Good to see everyone write their own hunt thread.

The Weazle · « **Reply #33 on:** October 29, 2013, 07:11:10 PM »

Those look great!

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #34 on:** October 30, 2013, 12:04:48 PM »

Quote from: The Weazle on October 29, 2013, 07:11:10 PM

Those look great!

Thanks. (Don't tell Michelle Nelson that I "boiled and picked" them, she'll slash my tires...

)

The Weazle · « **Reply #35 on:** October 30, 2013, 05:32:21 PM »

Quote from: Pathfinder101 on October 30, 2013, 12:04:48 PM

Quote from: The Weazle on October 29, 2013, 07:11:10 PM
Those look great!

Thanks. (Don't tell Michelle Nelson that I "boiled and picked" them, she'll slash my tires... )

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