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BuckTracker: Concrete Kills
It is the last day of February in a long, hard winter here in the Midwest. Spring is supposedly coming soon. Still, the need for entertaining story-telling is critical for us light-deprived northern folk. So what better a tale to brighten the day than this one, which involves a kid, a giant buck, and a concrete statue.
According to legend, the kid is returning from a morning bowhunt on his grandfather's farm. He spots a monster buck, sparring with a deer statue in the yard. He shoots at the preoccupied buck, hitting it in the leg. The buck runs off, stops, and reconsiders his pain. Perhaps the statue got him, and not something else? The buck lowers his head, makes a full run at his rock-hard rival, and slams into it. The buck is cold-cocked by the statue, which falls over on him. Boy reloads bow and finishes off buck...which has a gross antler score over 200 inches.
If you want to spoil my day, please respond and tell me the verifiable origins of these photos. If all you have is hearsay or cheap criticism, keep a lid on it. This is a hunting tale as good as it gets...in a winter as long as they come!
This is no bull. It actually happened to petzal. Seems he was using the statue as a sort of decoy since he left his actual decoy at home. Somewhat emabarrased by the way he missed the first time, he told of how this occurred to a young hunter.
Posted by: as moeggs | February 29, 2008 at 06:24 PM
Wow! I think this a true story. It's just hard to believe.
Posted by: adam | February 29, 2008 at 08:52 PM
The whole story sounds like something that Heavey would think up!
Posted by: Jon R | February 29, 2008 at 09:21 PM
Guess I just gotta keep my mouth shut!
Bubba
Posted by: Bubba | February 29, 2008 at 09:46 PM
once seen a gobbler mounted up on a (canadian goose)yard ornament in king george va. true story no kidding.
Posted by: buckhorn33 | February 29, 2008 at 10:33 PM
C'mon Scott
No hearsay or cheap criticism!?
You just cut out about 2/3's of us who normally respond!
But then again, I don't suppose it's ever stopped us in the past!
"A hard hearted woman is a real killer!"
Bubba
Posted by: Bubba | March 01, 2008 at 08:10 AM
I wish I coulda seen that.
Posted by: Blue Ox | March 01, 2008 at 08:16 AM
that fall i was working midnight shift and seen a monster buck horning a light pole next to a driveway...never thought no more about it couple of days later noticed it was folded to the ground.stopped and ask home owner if someone hit it(baked over it)he said he hadnt owned a car in 20 years.go figure.
Posted by: buckhorn33 | March 01, 2008 at 02:37 PM
sorry 4 the spelling meant (backed over)
Posted by: buckhorn33 | March 01, 2008 at 02:41 PM
Seen this 2 or 3 other places. Wish we could get the whole story and more pics. Hell Ive seen stranger things!
Posted by: GREG | March 02, 2008 at 12:04 AM
well lets hear em.lotta strange things going on in the world....
Posted by: buckhorn33 | March 02, 2008 at 08:04 AM
It seems like this blog is the last one to report a lot of these stories, including this one. This has been going around for a long time.
Posted by: | March 03, 2008 at 09:30 AM
I actually heard the buck bled to death internally from blunt trauma to his hoo-ha. The arrow was Photoshop.
Posted by: John D | March 03, 2008 at 10:11 AM
Trauma to the hoo-ha! LOL!
Posted by: Blue Ox | March 03, 2008 at 10:15 AM
Imagine how long winter would have been if not for GLOBAL WARMING!!
Posted by: Chris H. | March 03, 2008 at 02:22 PM
damn hoo ha hoo ha WOW
Posted by: buckhorn33 | March 03, 2008 at 08:57 PM
looks like it has been field dressed already then they set the statue on it
What states have seasons that go to the end of feb.
Posted by: J Pike | March 04, 2008 at 11:49 AM
never mind i see the story was on the last day of feb. still if you look at it it looks like it is already field dressed
Posted by: | March 04, 2008 at 11:50 AM
Crack kills to!
Wow
Posted by: Wow | March 04, 2008 at 04:25 PM
cool
Posted by: dude | March 04, 2008 at 04:39 PM
wow
Posted by: toool | March 04, 2008 at 04:40 PM
interesting....next year I will pour a cement buck and cover with stump licker or tarsel sent and see what happens. must be hard to pack in and out though...
Posted by: NH Philosopher | March 05, 2008 at 03:21 PM
I'm going to fill my whole field with cement bucks! I'll fill my tags in one day!
I'll call it deer trapping.
Posted by: MPN | March 05, 2008 at 06:15 PM
Wonder if they would make regulations like one cement deer to every 50ft. He he he.
Posted by: MPN | March 05, 2008 at 06:44 PM
Its true i kno the guy he lives in indiana and thats were im from its about 50 miles from where i live its true
Posted by: murphy | March 05, 2008 at 08:58 PM