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Not clear on his mission but this is rather interesting.

Adventurous buck

Really incredible what some do.
There was a buck here that wintered in one state and summered in another.
I think he crossed the Mississippi river between Louisiana and Mississippi several times a year.

That mighty river is a mile wide in some places down here!

That is pretty neat.

That's a neat story.

Mebbe the same reason some of us men did strange things... Women...

Is it possible that the trip was in a horse trailer towed by someone who likes to screw with scientists?

Very interesting.

Maybe he was trying to get away from the collar on his neck?

I'm sure many of us have traveled a lot further for similar reasons.

I reckon that's possible. I've heard stories of wolf collars from northern WI catching rides on vehicles with Illinois plates before (unbeknownst to owner of vehicle).

Oh for sure. I'd had made that buck look like a rooky when I was a young Marine!

That's what I was thinking! Traveled across the country a couple times when I was rutting.

Interesting to read for sure

I know the answer. I live in NorthWest Missouri. He travelled rather quickly thru the areas that I hunt in. So it is obvious that he had heard of my shooting and hunting abilities and wanted to get further south were they all shoot Thirdy Thurdys. Mystery solved. All jokes aside he travelled thru some pretty heavily hunted areas during the peak of the rut during gun season. He stayed put during the day and travelled at night. He was obviously pretty savvy.

Was he shot with a Creedmoor? 🤣🤣🤣

Likely not. He’d have gone at least 300 miles if clipped with the Creed.

Very cool story. Don’t see too many articles diving that deeply into the science & investigation portion of the story.

3-4 times. Didn’t even phase him. 😜

.243 Win

And for less reward!!😡😡

I wish I could find the article I read years ago. It was about a doe that summered in Minnesota and wintered in Missouri. Something like 700 miles.




Of course, this was before Facebook fact checkers....