Chapter sadly ends

[tanelson]

I had been watching this deer on camera for a couple of years. Never saw him but had 1000s of pictures of him. He is bigger than I had originally thought. The thing that irritates me is I think he was poached. Atleast i know now what happened to him.Measured in at 144 1/8.

 

[TNlandowner]

Dang it....
Why do you think he was poached?

 

[tanelson]

One of the guys around town was bragging about shooting a deer on my family farm and we found him 50 yards outside the field were a lot of people spotlight.

 

[Shed Hunter]

That sure does suck. I remember when you posted him

 

[Planking]

He is bigger than he looked in the live pics. Sorry man that stinks.

 

[easy45]

Man that sucks

 

[bigtex]

What a shame! Hate it for ya.

 

[bassinbrian]

Friggin poachers!!! Usually shoot anything that moves, usually under a spotlight or use a rifle during bow season, leave to waste instead of recovering the animal and ALWAYS on someone else's land!!! friggin Poachers, I hate em!

 

[tanelson]

Yeah those are the joys of having fields on a back road were there is very little traffic at night. We have had the game warden trying to help us out but unless you are there every night it can be difficult to catch them shooting deer, and in Morgan County the game warden stays really busy during hunting season. We have a huge poaching problem. Almost ever year at least 5 to 10 people get caught spotlighting deer. I know of 4 already this year. Some people are too dang lazy to get out and spend time finding deer the right way. It's frustrating to spend money leasing land and buying and running cameras when the deer you are chasing gets shot by some lowlife in the middle of the night. Anyways enough of the rant, can't go back and change the fact that this deer is dead just going to move on and find another one.

 

[Boone 58]

 

[rem270]

Nice buck. Sucks it was wasted like that if it was poached.

 

[treefarmer]

Can you plant shrubs or cedars along the road? Several rows of Loblolly pine will create a screen in 3 years or less.

 

[Trevor2]

One of the guys around town was bragging about shooting a deer on my family farm and we found him 50 yards outside the field were a lot of people spotlight.

That don't surprise me at all around here. That sux man.

 

[plinker22]

I hate that for you man.

Can you plant shrubs or cedars along the road? Several rows of Loblolly pine will create a screen in 3 years or less.

^^^^^^ This.

 

[Deer Assassin]

that is terrible

 

[in the dog house]

That sucks. I would be looking to plant some pines and cedars. That way when the pines get big enough to see through the cedars should be big enough by then to block the view.

Worked on farm long ago that did this and it put a stop to it.

 

[Rubberduck270]

Since you have such a history with him, I'd have him mounted. Even though you didn't kill him, you still hunted him. And a deer that size needs to be remembered.

 

[Mike Belt]

Not to repeat but you might talk to the land owner and see if he wouldn't pay for/split the cost of some type of shrubbery or fast growing roadside cover wherever open fields meet roadside.

 

[tanelson]

I believe my dad is going to have it mounted. It will look good in their log house. We have talked about planting pines for years now. The problem is the land is in my grandfather and his sister's names and they don't like the idea of planting trees so they can't see the property from the road. I have been able to plant some food plots for the first time ever and hope to keep the deer closer to the few protected fields we have.

 

[348Winchester]

What part of Morgan County do you live in?

I live in Brewstertown and we have a terrible poaching problem!

 

[tanelson]

I live in the Wartburg area. The biggest problem is most of the poachers are "buddies" of mine. I have even sat in the fields waiting for them but have never been there at the right time.

 

[Mudbone]

I live in the Wartburg area. The biggest problem is most of the poachers are "buddies" of mine. I have even sat in the fields waiting for them but have never been there at the right time.

dang man!! You don't need those kinds of "buddies".

 

[tanelson]

Needless to say I have cut ties with the ones I have found out have been poaching on our property. Just don't see what those guys get out of it. I wouldn't even brag about shooting a deer at night. If someone needs meat or is starving to death by all means do what you have to do but shooting the biggest buck in the field isn't what you have to do. I really wish Tennessee would do what Ohio and some other states do to poachers and get I'm their wallets and they may stop. If they hunt illegally what good does it do to take their license for a year?

 

[Adam Jackson]

I hate that. Definitely a shame.

 

[156p&y]

You ever thought about hiding a no flash camera on the road?, at least you would know who came through at certain times.

 

[X-Tennessean]

I live in the Wartburg area. The biggest problem is most of the poachers are "buddies" of mine. I have even sat in the fields waiting for them but have never been there at the right time.

Sorry you didn't connect with him and I know what ya mean about your buddies or "used to be buddies".

I'm in a similar situation to where everyone knows that I live out of state so the have free range during the week......it's not really my buddies but actual family or I should say blood as I don't consider them family.....It takes a low life to do what they do and I don't condone it one bit.
All honesty, with the way the law system is, It's cheaper to poach and trespass and take a CHANCE on getting caught than it is to pay a lease or purchase.....It's a shame

My lease is not on a back road either but come season, especially turkey season, it looks like I40 !! I have even seen them come by with spotting scopes fastened to the driver window....gets my goat every time.

 

[xtremedeerman]

Poachers Hurt Everyone!!