My 2012 Review..

[ColoradoV]

It was less than a month to the season opener when a text changed what the season would hold for me. But before that here is another sunrise.





Yea as soon as I saw the text I knew I had some driving and lookin around ahead of me here in the next month. Not too often you run into a buck like this! The pics are small because they are the actual text message pics. Also the pics were taken in the 3rd week of July so trust me this guy is not done growing at this point!













I had no problem getting out the door at 3:30 am the next day...

[MuleyMadness]

That a massive dropper off the passenger side?

[Huntnfool7]

That is a huge buck. Even in the small pictures.

[9er]

Gagger buck for sure

Thanks for sharing and welcome to the site

[JBird]

I love it. Keep them coming. That last buck is a bruiser.

[ColoradoV]

Another sun rise!






Yea that dropper is just what it looks like. Also he has 4 kickers one that splits off the left and 3 off the right. Also hard to make out in this pic as the curve away but pry 3" brow tines! You cant see the gnarly bases this guy sports as well. Kicker to kicker he would go over 30" wide...

Well I saw him for the 1st time right away and trust me he looks bigger in person - a true jaw dropping once in a lifetime buck - it was 2 -3 weeks after this pic was taken and by then he was working his way into a 180 class frame and my estimation was close to 210" gross w extras and by the time he was done growing. I was able to watch him feed through the timber for about 10 min.

So now the list was.

#1 Dropper
#2 The big typical
#3 Big 3 (I just like big 3's )
#4 Splits

If someone would have told me that splits - or a great typical that would go 28" - 30" wide with split brow tines would be #4 on my list before the season I would not have believed it.

It is nice to have a list but I knew the season would really only be about 1 buck. As there is always a catch dropper was hanging out not in the summer range but in a giant stand of black timber at 10k ft. He was so easy to see that first time - I thought I could pattern him. Well the next 8 days proved me wrong as the next time I was even able to catch a glimpse of him was over 4 miles from where I saw him the first time. Now with less than 10 days til season opener it seemed I was chasing a ghost in black timber. I did not get any pics in this time as when I saw him it would be inside of 100yds as that is what the terrain dictated. Also with him moving around miles at a time I knew this would not be easy.. I spent the next week looking for him and found him again 2 days before the opener 3 miles from the first spot and 7 from where I saw him the first time. The last couple of days before the season started I had not seen him but I was sure excited to have my bow in hand as I headed out on August 25!

[MuleyMadness]

loving the post, that dropper buck is flat out INCREDIBLE!!

[killerbee]

This has the makings for the post of the year, and it's only January.
That dropper buck is more than just a once in a life time buck, that is the type of buck your grand kids would still be talking about!

Now all I can ask is "what happens next?"

[waynedevore]

Good thread, outstanding! The bucks You photoed are something else.
Thanks for sharing this.

[brn2hunt]

Lookin forward to the rest of the story! That dropper is Awesome!!