It was taken to a taxi in Junction, but now I am hearing that DOW has taken possession of it. Seems it may have been taken 2 days before the season opened while trespassing on private property? Can't say for sure, but that is the report I got from a local friend anyhow.
Well, I have a family member that knows the guy that took it. His son was on the hunt with the guy that shot the buck and it was taken during the 2nd season in unit 421 on the Grand Mesa. Here's a pic of the buck while it was in camp the evening it was taken and the young man that took it. By the way, this was a young local hunter that was hunting meat and there was no guide involved.
![[Linked Image]](http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/Big_Buck.jpeg)
I read the CO papers daily and if this buck had been poached and the DOW had it, the papers would have the story. Bottom line, they dont. Not even the Grand Junction Sentinel has anything about a huge buck being poached and one like this would have made the papers!
