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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.
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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. Damn shame if that turns out to be true.
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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.  Say it aint so! Shades of Kurt Darner.
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Giant set of antlers and the guy still can't help but long arm it....TFF.
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Giant set of antlers and the guy still can't help but long arm it....TFF. Bill Dance approves.
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Giant set of antlers and the guy still can't help but long arm it....TFF. I was thinking it, just didn't want to say it. 
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Taken on the Grand Mesa, supposedly up on Spruce Mountain. Spread was 42" wide. One hell of a buck!
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That could qualify as a baby elk with a spread like that. All I can is wow. Cheers NC
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What a giant. I'd love to just get to *see* a buck like that in the wild, let alone shoot one.
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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!
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Sweet! That is great to hear. Glad everything turned out to be legit, because that is one gagger of a buck!
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Awesome, awesome buck. Congrats to the hunter. I concur with Pirate. I saw this the other day at Darryl's and it's even more impressive in person. No word of DOW having any issue with it and I just spoke to Darryl today. The Grand Mesa isn't (wasn't, at least) known for a lot of recent giant bucks. It gives hope to us regular folks! Shameless plug for Darryl's web site I built for him: www.darrylstaxidermy.com sd
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Good grief that buck is simply unbelievable.
Glad to hear it was not poached. That young guy has a lifetime of hunting ahead of him. He will nrver kill a bigger one.
But thats ok!
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Giant set of antlers and the guy still can't help but long arm it....TFF. LOL. Great buck. Happy for the gent.
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I hope a public lands hunter got it.
Magnificent!!! Judging by the red boots and tarps to hide the evidence I woulda guessed it was shot by a drunk injun outta a 1979 Chevy pickup on the rez.....
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Giant set of antlers and the guy still can't help but long arm it....TFF. I thought the same thing when I saw the picture. Extra classy right there.
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Great job! Congrats!! That must be a very tall door
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