9.5yrs spent in the same woods with a very special buck and we final get to meet!

[Covey]

That kill would definitely have a bitter sweet kind of feeling. After having a history with him for all those years you probably had a soft spot in ya for that old brute. Congrats man, awesome deer!

[Bill Carlsen]

That's sweet. I shot my best buck after a four year hunt for him. Back then we had no cameras...just tracks and scrapes and rubs and every once in a while an apple tree helped in making venison. The buck in my avatar was the one I'm speaking of. Never saw him til I shot him. I know the feeling and am  happy for you.

[KAZ]

I've been following this thread from the beginning and every time I go to post I'm speechless. I can only imagine the trials old crazy legs went through during his life. A true warrior no doubt. You have honored him well in this thread. Hopefully you'll share what you come up with for his final resting memorial... Well done!

[ron w]

Really neat stuff........

[Mark Baker]

Great buck, great history, and great job telling us all about it, Tracy!

[bluegrassbowhunter]

Couldn't have happened to a better fellar..
Congrats Tracy...

[Paul/KS]

Glad you got the story and pictures up here Tracy.
And congratulations again Amigo. A great story indeed and well told.  

[KSCATTRAPR]

Very cool, heck of a buck!

[DennyK]

Beautiful Animal, Congratulations!!

[wapiti792]

Thank you Tracy, thank you for sharing this buck with us. I know it feels like you lost a friend and that when you are glassing it will be for CrazyLegs even though you know where he is. Sometimes when we have a relationship with a deer like that the kill is anticlimactic. The journey WAS the destination. You deserve him my friend. Long live Crazy Legs!

[FerretWYO]

Love this story. How amazing is it to have that kind of history with a buck.

[Keefer]

One of the best story's
 about a special deer that I have read in a while.
Congratulations on a "Legendary Whitetail".

[Keith Zimmerman]

Really bitter sweet.  Sad actually.  Im glad u got him.  Great thread.

[Jake Scott]

I forward to your posts every year about this time.  Thanks for sharing your buck with us!! That is wonderful!! Happy for you!!

Jake

[drewsbow]

great buck , Thanks for sharing

[huntnmuleys]

wow that is a GIANT old buck.  congrats!

[RC]

Fine Buck Tracy!! congrats.RC

[ti-guy]

[Jim Boettcher]

Congratulations on such a fine animal. This is one of the coolest stories I've read here on the Gang!

[K.S.TRAPPER]

Thanks guys! Just set down been helping butcher another good buck for a friend all day.

I sure appreciate all the nice comments and will I miss him you bet, sad not really he has passed on some great genes to a lot of does for a lot of years. His size and mass which is hard to tell in the picks because of that body is always welcome. I'm not sure who his dad was but we've taken some great deer out of there for years and he has done nothing to hurt are breeding stock that's for sure.

His name will not go away for a long time and I will be reminded by him when I find a spot to display him with some of his blood brothers from the same woods

 

Or maybe this wall, please excuse my messy shop just built this wall and still getting everything put up on it. Doors aren't ready yet.

 

He will have a special spot with every year of pictures to go with the mount and his sheds I found.

Thanks again!    

Tracy