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<blockquote data-quote="freddiej" data-source="post: 1822172" data-attributes="member: 26227"><p>I have two actually. one out of Chico, CA and one out of Applegate, CA</p><p>My father told me about this one. there was a huge monster buck that alluded everyone, all the hunters in the 1960's up in Chico, CA. everyone would get to see this one once maybe twice but never for long enough to shoot him. My father was sitting down resting and having lunch when the buck in question ran passed him in a dead sprint. about 20-30 minutes later a hunter with dogs came passed and my father just laughed. the dogs were making so much noise the buck probably was still running. </p><p></p><p>In the late 1980's and throughout the 1990's every deer season this one buck would just vaporize into the brush around Boole Road in Applegate, CA. in the mid-1980's I got my first hunting license and drew a deer tag in my home district. I had seen this monster everywhere during off seasons. He never feared anyone in the off season and was seen eating in pastures with the cows, or pigs, or horses, or with the sheep. about 2 weeks before deer season he would simply disappear into the night and was not seen for 3 months. I should say he was never seen for those 3 months in the daylight or not seen for more than 2 seconds in the daylight during hunting season. in 1989 I became an outdoor guide with the Flying "Y" ranch and guide service. This is where I finally got a good close up look at this monster. he would be out among the horses when I fed them in the mornings. his rack could be seen over the backs of the horses. once he got sight of a human he went the opposite direction like a pin ball. his rack was the worst pile of trash I had ever seen, points going off in every direction, thick bases, most years he was a chocolate brown, once in a while you saw the ivory tips and a tannish brown rack. My last hunting season with the flying Y I had a seriously close encounter after a long trip into the back country of Ca. I was tired, my horse was tired, I looked up to see this beast in the middle of the trail lying down. I just froze as he got up, and walked off down the draw to the canyon. he was only 20 feet from me. it was like he knew I was just too tired to shoot him. a month or two later I stumbled upon his sheds of that year. those sheds are up on the wall at Chris' house right now. they have a deer tag hanging off of them, mine, from 1986, the first time I saw him with my first hunting license. To this day; no one has admitted to shooting this monster deer, he is most likely dead from old age. all I have is memories of him. </p><p>as they say, without pics it did not happen.. I have pics, in my head.. no proof except the sheds hanging on a wall in Chris W's house.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="freddiej, post: 1822172, member: 26227"] I have two actually. one out of Chico, CA and one out of Applegate, CA My father told me about this one. there was a huge monster buck that alluded everyone, all the hunters in the 1960's up in Chico, CA. everyone would get to see this one once maybe twice but never for long enough to shoot him. My father was sitting down resting and having lunch when the buck in question ran passed him in a dead sprint. about 20-30 minutes later a hunter with dogs came passed and my father just laughed. the dogs were making so much noise the buck probably was still running. In the late 1980's and throughout the 1990's every deer season this one buck would just vaporize into the brush around Boole Road in Applegate, CA. in the mid-1980's I got my first hunting license and drew a deer tag in my home district. I had seen this monster everywhere during off seasons. He never feared anyone in the off season and was seen eating in pastures with the cows, or pigs, or horses, or with the sheep. about 2 weeks before deer season he would simply disappear into the night and was not seen for 3 months. I should say he was never seen for those 3 months in the daylight or not seen for more than 2 seconds in the daylight during hunting season. in 1989 I became an outdoor guide with the Flying "Y" ranch and guide service. This is where I finally got a good close up look at this monster. he would be out among the horses when I fed them in the mornings. his rack could be seen over the backs of the horses. once he got sight of a human he went the opposite direction like a pin ball. his rack was the worst pile of trash I had ever seen, points going off in every direction, thick bases, most years he was a chocolate brown, once in a while you saw the ivory tips and a tannish brown rack. My last hunting season with the flying Y I had a seriously close encounter after a long trip into the back country of Ca. I was tired, my horse was tired, I looked up to see this beast in the middle of the trail lying down. I just froze as he got up, and walked off down the draw to the canyon. he was only 20 feet from me. it was like he knew I was just too tired to shoot him. a month or two later I stumbled upon his sheds of that year. those sheds are up on the wall at Chris' house right now. they have a deer tag hanging off of them, mine, from 1986, the first time I saw him with my first hunting license. To this day; no one has admitted to shooting this monster deer, he is most likely dead from old age. all I have is memories of him. as they say, without pics it did not happen.. I have pics, in my head.. no proof except the sheds hanging on a wall in Chris W's house. [/QUOTE]
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