New Record Buck in Pennsylvania

but rumors do get crazy. I remember when I shot mine, seemed everyone had a different story how I got it. started to get comical after a while. but if these rumors are true he will be tainted as a hunter.

 

I shouldn’t have said Rumor. I guess i should have said it was a well known fact that he found it 41 days later.

 

Regardless of the particulars of this buck, the way it was killed, and when it was recovered, it's still nice to know that we have bucks like him roaming the deer woods of Pa!

 

Good for the hunter! At least he got closure. If I shot a buck like that and never found it, or found out what happened, I'd be pretty mad and disappointed at myself.

 

totally agree!

 

http://www.deeranddeerhunting.com/a...pennsylvania-archery-record#.WmFF5gULspA.link

Here is the article that sheds some light on what happened.

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What light does it shed? He found a buck that he may not have killed.. This was known before the article.. Its a disservice to the Previous Record Holder if it’s permitted to remain the Record..

 

I didn't say it was right or wrong, it does explain the where and why of the pics w/ the hide on. I also read (not confirmed) that he contacted the game commission days after he shot to let them know. I don't condone the shot choice but I have to believe that game commission did their homework before making it a record. Just because we don't have every detail doesn't make it wrong. Guilty til proven innocent? It's hunting and it's an awesome buck for PA, especially for public land. Congratulate him and move on.

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I got this far in the article before I couldn't read any more.

There are few things that bother me more than these words when I hear someone explain the story of their hunt. If the words "It was the only shot I had" or "I wasn't going to get a better shot" come up it makes my blood boil. Unfortunately there is a growing trend of this type of stuff in hunting where people believe the ends justify the means. Now we see photos of a guy holding a huge rack and getting recognition for a major accomplishment that, in reality, was a poor decision and pure luck that he recovered the animal at all. Lame.

 

Funny. I thought the same thing and had the same reaction. I even stopped and re-read the part about the shot placement and how the buck turned.

 

Which why his Story is in all likelihood a fabrication..

 

I think it would be pretty hard to fabricate a story like that. I haven't seen any evidence that he was hiding info from the PGC. I am more inclined to chalk this one up to a bad decision under pressure and a lucky recovery. According to the article the PGC had enough evidence to deduce that the buck he discovered during rifle season was the same one he arrowed a month before.

 

I have no doubt he hit the buck.. But what killed the Deer? Car? Coyotes? Sea Gulls? Sasquatch?

 

But his Rage broadhead should have made up for his poor decision!

 

probably one of them Mountain lions that don't exist

 

I've read the article and some other sources of what happened, etc. I'm more bothered that the PA Game Commission would consider this a kill and recovery and not a pick up. The guy made a very poor shot decision and the results are evident. But, we've all been there, done that, on a deer in our lifetime. I'm not going to beat the hunter up on that. I just don't know how anyone worth their salt as a hunter could be honest with themselves and allow the buck to go into the books under those circumstances. I know for a fact I could not. I personally feel the game commission is willing to go to great lengths and ignore the obvious to gain national recognition and sell more licenses.

 

Justin, welcome to PA! haha

it will be interesting if p&y and b&c reject it. if they do reject it then I wouldn't think it would be legit for a state record. why do I get the feeling this is a slob hunter? who knows maybe he used a crossgun and it is just a way to sneak it in the books? lol something smells fishy about this whole thing! something similar to this happened in another state and the kid ended up spilling the beans in the end. I can't remember where it was but this seems similar.

 

Incredible Buck!