Nice buck found in the river Saturday. . . .

[RUT JUNKEY]

Found this buck in the river while scouting for ducks and geese. He was in about 4 1/2 ft of water. . .and yes it was cold!!! I had my hip boots not my chest waders(not smart) in the jeep. . .I waded up the river as far as I could to try and get him and was still about 50yds short of getting to him. My best friend yells from the sand bar "What do you think"? I said "I think I'm getting ready to get wet"!! I walked about 10 more steps and then the water poured in. . .as I was trying to breathe. . I spotted the buck and threw my grappling hook and snagged him and back to the dry sand bar we were headed. . .still trying to breathe regular but failing. . .It was as cold as Ive been in quite a while for sure!! Stupid? Yes. Worth it? To me, yes! We looked him over and didn't find any holes or injuries. I did notice some velvet still on his brow tines, so, I'm guessing it was blue tonge that got him earlier in the year. Nice buck. . .hate to see this kind of thing!

 

[1_pointer]

That is a dandy!

I'm guessing that water was cold enough to give you a "George Costanza" moment!

 

[fowladdict]

That is a dandy!

I'm guessing that water was cold enough to give you a "George Costanza" moment!

"Like a frightened turtle!"

That looks like a pig and a great find for sure!

 

[RUT JUNKEY]

YES. . .it was that cold! LOL

 

[danr55]

Judging from the look of the antlers, he may have died from old age. THat is about the most mature looking deer I've seen in several years.

 

[Loaded For Bear]

Looks like every single point has got some good mass. Too bad he keeled over but hey, nice find. There's been a lot of blue tongue cases where I live also. I'm a fan of the whitetails and hate to see it happen.

 

[pseshooter300]

That is a nice one

 

[OriginalOscar]

What's blue tongue?

 

[idnative1948]

Did your *marbles* ever thaw out? I have been over the top of my waders a couple of times in my younger years and swear it took a couple of days for the thaw.

 

[naturebob]

Nice find. I bet Your tounge was Blue too!.....BOB!

 

[JDH]

Its a virus carried by a certain type of gnats
http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12150-26647--,00.html

 

[noharleyyet]

That gnarly old relic would make a nice euro. Nice snag.

 

[DaveHawk]

The use of a grappling hook , having it with you nice. Great find. Euro for sure.

 

[RUT JUNKEY]

NHY, thats what I'm doing with it. . I'll send pics when I finish it.

 

[L. I. Yankee]

That is a nice buck....

 

[MT_elk]

Wow! What a story! Cool looking deer.