#3114302 - 01/08/13 08:58 AM
DropTine Buck Recovery - 2 Yrs Later
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tellico4x4
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Opening day bow season 2010:
One of our members shoots a drop tine buck in a food plot. The hunter is self videoing his hunt and is able to review film, but the angle is bad and he can't tell exactly where he hit the buck. Three days later during daylight, the buck returns to the plot and we get another pic of him with arrow still dangling.
The deer is searched for by several people and never found. While looking for sheds and during turkey seasons (2011 & 2012)the hunter continues to search for the skeleton, but never finds it. The area is close to camp and we never see any buzzards circling. We all figure he'll never be found...
January 5, 2013
While searching for another deer, a member finds the skull of the droptine buck! It is laying on top of a pile of dirt next to a creek that is about 1/8 mile from where he was shot. Since there was no other bones laying around, we suspect that a coyote dropped the skull there.
Needless to say, we had a very happy hunter! Jawbone was still intact and buck was aged to be 3-1/2.
Randy and Droptine by Bullet Hunting Club, on Flickr
Edited by tellico4x4 (01/08/13 08:58 AM)
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#3114317 - 01/08/13 09:08 AM
Re: DropTine Buck Recovery - 2 Yrs Later
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Wow, talk about completing a story..... You were sure lucky to be able to find such a rare buck after so long!
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#3114323 - 01/08/13 09:11 AM
Re: DropTine Buck Recovery - 2 Yrs Later
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RiverBuck10
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That's a great story!!
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#3114333 - 01/08/13 09:14 AM
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Cool surprised the rats hadn't chewed it up.
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#3114334 - 01/08/13 09:15 AM
Re: DropTine Buck Recovery - 2 Yrs Later
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That's awesome!
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#3114335 - 01/08/13 09:15 AM
Re: DropTine Buck Recovery - 2 Yrs Later
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that's pretty cool!
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#3114356 - 01/08/13 09:21 AM
Re: DropTine Buck Recovery - 2 Yrs Later
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tellico4x4
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Cool surprised the rats hadn't chewed it up.
One tine had a crack in it and had been slightly chewed. The rest were untouched.
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#3114373 - 01/08/13 09:32 AM
Re: DropTine Buck Recovery - 2 Yrs Later
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Jarred525
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Cool story!
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#3114377 - 01/08/13 09:32 AM
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Awesome. And very lucky
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#3114381 - 01/08/13 09:38 AM
Re: DropTine Buck Recovery - 2 Yrs Later
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Andy S.
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Awesome story, congrats to all that were involved.
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#3114461 - 01/08/13 10:37 AM
Re: DropTine Buck Recovery - 2 Yrs Later
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easy45
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Awesome
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#3114595 - 01/08/13 11:46 AM
Re: DropTine Buck Recovery - 2 Yrs Later
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mathews338
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nice!
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#3114892 - 01/08/13 03:23 PM
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What year do you figure the buck died?
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#3114904 - 01/08/13 03:33 PM
Re: DropTine Buck Recovery - 2 Yrs Later
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tellico4x4
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What year do you figure the buck died?
2010. He was shot in late September while it was still hot. We figure that infection probably got him.
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#3114951 - 01/08/13 04:15 PM
Re: DropTine Buck Recovery - 2 Yrs Later
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Congrats! lucky find!
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#3114980 - 01/08/13 04:49 PM
Re: DropTine Buck Recovery - 2 Yrs Later
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tarsalgland
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cool!
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#3115002 - 01/08/13 05:15 PM
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in the dog house!
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WOW!!! Great story! Nice buck! Congrats of your long awaited trophy!
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#3115003 - 01/08/13 05:18 PM
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I'm not sure what is more than "cool" but whatever it is that is what this is...I wouldn't mind hearing the complete/full story
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#3115021 - 01/08/13 05:39 PM
Re: DropTine Buck Recovery - 2 Yrs Later
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Very cool right there
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#3115060 - 01/08/13 06:12 PM
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Great! very lucky
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#3115217 - 01/08/13 07:42 PM
Re: DropTine Buck Recovery - 2 Yrs Later
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Congrats. That's a dandy.
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#3115365 - 01/08/13 08:50 PM
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That's awesome. As the old saying goes better late then never.
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#3115372 - 01/08/13 08:53 PM
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thats a awesome buck
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#3115952 - 01/09/13 09:52 AM
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REM7
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nice one
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#3116926 - 01/09/13 07:49 PM
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Phil1979
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Awesome.
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#3118240 - 01/10/13 06:46 PM
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BowGuy84
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great story...trail cam wounded pic makes it real (as in yesterday) feeling when you read it
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#3118377 - 01/10/13 08:13 PM
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Jim H
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Wow!
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#3119819 - 01/11/13 08:43 PM
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Great story.
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#3120988 - 01/12/13 07:30 PM
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strshooter;)
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Glad you found him.
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#3126294 - 01/16/13 09:39 AM
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Congrats on the find.
Was this a Tennessee deer?
Did he check in the deer?
Just curious?
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#3126303 - 01/16/13 09:47 AM
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That is cool! Its amazing the rack is still in good condition and the squirrels haven't chewed it up.
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#3126391 - 01/16/13 10:51 AM
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No GREAT story ever got started by somebody eating a salad.....whoops, this story is truly an example of "WINNING"....
Congratulations to the hunter. I bet he couldn't begin to count the minutes he spent thinking about what ever happened to that buck. Nice buck.
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#3126408 - 01/16/13 10:59 AM
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Very good story. Congrats to the hunter!
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