Merry Christmas to me!!!!
Contributors to this thread:Massachusetts
From: Ungie01201
26-Dec-18
Well fellas. I shot the freak I missed tonight! 4:15 pm. 50 yards. Dropped him. I’m humbled and speachless
From: Ungie01201
26-Dec-18
Well fellas. I shot the freak I missed tonight! 4:15 pm. 50 yards. Dropped him. I’m humbled and speachless
From: fran
26-Dec-18
He's a beauty good for you!!
From: Ungie01201
26-Dec-18
From: Moons22
26-Dec-18
Wow ungie congratulations what a monster! Great job!!!!
From: fran
26-Dec-18
What zone?
From: spike78
26-Dec-18
Wow congrats! Odds of that we’re slim and none!
From: bjstcrusn
26-Dec-18
Nice!!! That the Prohunter fx if so I have the same gun rocks
From: lunker
26-Dec-18
Ive been reading about your story with him on several different posts and I just got to say wow amd a very deserved congradulations .Way to go !
From: lunker
26-Dec-18
Ive been reading about your story with him on several different posts and I just got to say wow amd a very deserved congradulations .Way to go !
From: xi
26-Dec-18
Haha Ungie, redemption buck down, well earned and deserved, congrats Brother !!!!!
From: Ungie01201
26-Dec-18
Antlers popped when I put him in truck. Ugh. Zone 3.
From: lunker
26-Dec-18
I hope the story is to come
From: MA_Bowhunter
26-Dec-18
Congratulations!
From: Deanmann
26-Dec-18
Congratulations Ungie! On a Giant!
From: Passthrough
26-Dec-18
Wow congratulations! Great buck!
From: Auggie
26-Dec-18
Congrats Ungie!!
From: bigwoodsbucks22
26-Dec-18
Wow what a deer. Congrats!
From: Les
26-Dec-18
Nice job, nice buck!!
From: Arrownoob
26-Dec-18
What a rack!
From: stillhunter
26-Dec-18
awesome deer
From: Bowhunt3138
26-Dec-18
That's awesome !! Great job man . Congratulations !!
From: peterk1234
26-Dec-18
Mother $%^$$^& ! Wow!
From: brooktrout59
26-Dec-18
Lifetime Buck- great persistence paid off. You have indeed redeemed yourself! Ungie you are the man.
From: Shanation
26-Dec-18
Wow man! Huge congrats and way to represent for zone 3!
From: Public land hunter
26-Dec-18
Congratulations! Persistence pays off
From: HOOFHANGER
26-Dec-18
Awesome buck congratulations!
From: Wachusett
26-Dec-18
Awesome job man, the hard work paid off. Always a lot sweeter after a long season with ups and downs.
From: UrbanHunter
26-Dec-18
Yes!! way to go, Ungie!! Glad you you scored on the second go around with that beast! Awesome!
From: TT-Pi
26-Dec-18
Perfect! Best ending one could hope for. A great example of "keep going".
Wasn't too long ago you were saying " I'll never get over it... never " You're over it now aren't you?
Congratulations Ungie , enjoy the victory.
From: Jimbo
26-Dec-18
That's a great buck, Ungie! Congratulations!
From: Proline
26-Dec-18
Nothing the taxi can't fix! Sweet story to round out the season. Little drop on the left. That smile on your face should last all day tomorrow!
From: Tazman
26-Dec-18
Nice job Ungie! Well deserved. Way ti stick with it.
From: MaBow
26-Dec-18
Congrats Ungie. That’s a great looking buck!!!
From: Ungie01201
26-Dec-18
Thanks everyone! I’m still in shock. Doesn’t seem real
From: Skippah
26-Dec-18
Great job man!
From: Snowshoe
26-Dec-18
From: mattthehairy
26-Dec-18
What an amazing buck. Hard work paid off, enjoy the harvest!
From: 8's or Better
26-Dec-18
That’s awesome man...you put in some serious hrs nice to see you get another shot at that deer!
From: mrw
26-Dec-18
Excellent! That buck is awesome! So how did it go down?
From: arch2112
26-Dec-18
Incredible. Congrats.
From: hickstick
26-Dec-18
Awesome! Looks like a mulie.
From: Deerdawg
26-Dec-18
Your like a dawg on a bone Ungie! You didnt let up and you got him! Good for u! Congrats on another great buck!
From: Deerdawg
26-Dec-18
Your like a dawg on a bone Ungie! You didnt let up and you got him! Good for u! Congrats on another great buck!
From: Ungie01201
27-Dec-18
So, as most of you remember, I missed this buck the last Friday of shotgun with the muzzleloader. I can’t lie... it’s been eating at me, but I have just been telling myself that it’s part if it. It wasn’t meant to be. While simultaneously telling myself I suck. Daily. Haha So, I took yesterday off. Was still feeling under the weather. Cold and a few too many Christmas IPAs. My wife had asked me to stay home to help pick up after Christmas as well. I dropped my daughter off for ski team practice at 1:30. Went home and changed, and got in tree at 2:30. There had been a couple pics of him there in the middle of the night since last Friday. I wasn’t very optimistic, but you never know. It was a cold afternoon. We got about 1” of snow in Christmas Eve. The sun had just dipped over the mountains behind me and I New it would be getting dark quick. A few min later I noticed movement in front of me across the brook coming from the thicket I assumed the deer were bedding in. I put the gun up up and saw his right side in the scope and Knew it was him instantly. I cocked the hammer back in the TC ProbHunter Fx and was just praying he’d give me a shot. The banks to the brook are steap. I’m in my bowstand which is on a nice shelf in the hillside. The shelf creates a nice crossing area for the deer and it’s not as steep. The deer have nice run crossing there and down onto the flat I’m on. Anyway, The buck is up top taking a step or 2, stopping, taking a step, and stopping. He was coming. Tail flick, couple steps. I had plenty of light left. He got behind some brush and trees and then he started heading to the run. I had crosshairs on him and just kept telling myself to just wait. Be patient. He hit the run and was at about 11 o’clock and coming down slightly quartering to me, but right to me. Now he’s at 50 yards. He Looked huge coming in. He got to the brook and stopped behind some trees. I told myself first good shot i get I’m shooting. He stepped into the brook at about 35 yards slightly quarting to. I was on him when he cleared the tree and let him have it. He just dropped in his tracks. Barely moved. Most unbelievable animal I have ever had the blessing to kill. I’m still shaking typing this thinking about it.
From: brooktrout59
27-Dec-18
Great story - Redemption at it's finest! Well done.
From: Mako73
27-Dec-18
That's awesome way to stick with it. It almost seems like he kept he's antlers on just for you.
From: Backwoodsboy
27-Dec-18
Way to go! I’ve been following your story. Way to stay with it. Awesome buck
From: Ungie01201
27-Dec-18
I forgot to mention, I turned over the bleat can about 6 times about 10 minutes for he came in. Not sure if that had anything to do with it. Mako, not completely... when I was pulling him into the truck both antler popped! I almost puked. I am holding them on in the pic with him.
From: Ungie01201
27-Dec-18
From: Belchertown Bowman
27-Dec-18
Holy Merry Xmas what a deer! Well done!
From: Will
27-Dec-18
Sooooo awesome Ungie! That's just fantastic. To think, another day or so and he'd have looked like a doe :)
Awesome timing and congrats! So cool to see your fortunes reverse!
From: Notme
27-Dec-18
Nicy nice Congrats!!!!
From: InRut-KB-Bowhunter
27-Dec-18
great read congrats , way to stick with it
From: Addicted
27-Dec-18
Congrats man, what an awesome way to end the season.
From: sneakin&peakin
27-Dec-18
Awesome buck, congrats way to stick with it!!
From: Dan6310
27-Dec-18
Congratulations and great storybook ending!
From: Ungie01201
27-Dec-18
I just realized that I shot a nice late season 9 point with my daughter 2 years ago yesterday as well. Pretty cool!
From: drslyr
27-Dec-18
Great hunt and great story and that’s why I film. Congrats Ungie!
From: iKnowKungFu
27-Dec-18
Congrats. Love the persistence.
From: swamphunter
27-Dec-18
Thanks for sharing nice deer .
From: bowandspear
27-Dec-18
Ungie that is amazing!!! What a buck, and the history. That's really special, Merry Christmas it is!
From: Dthfrmabove
27-Dec-18
What a beast !!! Well deserved ungie!!! Congrats
From: mrw
27-Dec-18
Amen! That buck was yours, you just had to follow through. Nicely done! Thanks for taking us along!
From: jdrdeerslayer
27-Dec-18
Awesome .....total stud . Huge congrats
From: Paul
27-Dec-18
Well done
From: Tekoa
27-Dec-18
Great job Congratulations
From: Bowhunt3138
28-Dec-18
Awesome story and huge buck. Congrats man well done.
From: Tek
28-Dec-18
Congrats! Awesome buck! And no worries, the taxidermist will take of it.
From: Ungie01201
28-Dec-18
Brought him to the taxidermist today. We put the antlers on the skull perfectly and measured 21" inside spread... he went over the base kit they will be using and how it micro adjusts. When he is ready to mount the antlers to the form I will go up and do it with him with many pics of the deer alive to make sure we set the rack absolutely perfect.
From: Teacher
28-Dec-18
Congrats, man! Awesome story.
From: Bowhunt3138
28-Dec-18
Dang !! I didn't think that the taxidermist could fix it. I didn't do anything with mine.
From: captain
28-Dec-18
Very nice deer congrats
From: Ungie01201
28-Dec-18
Bowhunt, the kit is really cool. They can get it to match up to pics and ejatvis should be almost perfect now I guess. We shall see. I hope to have back over the summer. I’ll be sure to post when done.
From: Bowhunt3138
01-Jan-19
I ended up buying a kit on Amazon made for shed antlers. Looks ok. If I found both shed antlers without seeing the buck I'd never think they came from one deer. Crazy.
From: Bowhunt3138
01-Jan-19
From: Bowhunt3138
01-Jan-19
From: Moons22
02-Jan-19
That’s a nice one bowhunt. Zoom out a little let’s see the other mount!
From: Ungie01201
02-Jan-19
Looks cool Bowhunt
From: Jimbo
02-Jan-19
Wowser! What a great big-rack mature buck... and an even better story. Good for you, Ungie. You'll enjoy re-living that hunt for the rest of your life. Congratulations!
From: Ungie01201
02-Jan-19
Jimbo, I am still day dreaming about it non stop. It will be a long impatient wait until the mount is done!
From: Bowhunt3138
02-Jan-19
That's an amazing deer ungie !
From: Squall24
02-Jan-19
Congrats man, great deer, great story! I got a nice one during bow season and had to wait over night to recover it. Took four hours with no blood for 200 yards and I thought I was screwed but ended up finding him. I think the agony makes it a better experience in the end. I was day dreaming about it all day for a while...I drove to the wrong place, cut a hole in the wrong ceiling, forgot to do just about everything I was supposed too do and it was to the point my wife thought I maybe had a stroke but told her it was just buck fever. Congrats again, thats an absolute stud!
From: Bowhunt3138
02-Jan-19
Here it is moons. Sorry to hijack ungie.
From: Ungie01201
02-Jan-19
Great deer Bowhunt. He's got it all... Split brow, drop, and that mass throughout the main beam! Awesome. I shot a big one in NY w the smokepole back in '08 with beams like that that are thick to the tip. Gotta love it!
From: Bowhunt3138
02-Jan-19
Thanks ungie . That's where he came from too. Yates county 2011.
From: Ungie01201
02-Jan-19
mine was in Cayuga.
From: Cougar
03-Jan-19
Beautiful deer. Cheers brother
From: Moons22
04-Jan-19
Beautiful bowhunt. Congrats again ungie
From: Ungie01201
11-Mar-19
Antlers got mounted to the form in the kit that mounts sheds. I went up and spent some time with the taxidermist to make sure the matched the pics we have of him. Pretty darn close in my opinion. Pretty cool how adjustable these shed antler kits are. You can adjust to near perfection. He's waiting on hide from tannery. Hope to have completed and home July sometime.
From: Will
11-Mar-19
Looks awesome Ungie!
From: lunker
11-Mar-19
Memories forever
From: brooktrout59
11-Mar-19
Looks like a KS Buck. Very nice. Deer of a lifetime!
From: fran
11-Mar-19
It doesn't get any better than that! That is gonna be incredible when it's finished.
From: Deanmann
11-Mar-19
That's a beautiful deer Ungie.
From: Huntskifishcook
11-Mar-19
Wow! I missed this post back in December. Congrats on a monster buck!!!
From: Ungie01201
12-Mar-19
Thank you.
From: spike78
12-Mar-19
Looks bigger on the mount then in the pic nice!
From: fran
12-Mar-19
What did he score Ungie? If I missed it I apologize.
From: Ungie01201
12-Mar-19
Not officially scored. I taped him in mid 150s
