The (record) Buck considers the local crossbow hunter – Post Bulletin

Chidfield-Shane Ferguson has told his story at least a few dozen times and will probably tell again on March 14th to 16th in the Minnesota Deer & Turkey Classic in the Twin Cities.

This is the price you pay for shooting a state record.

He let the Monster Buck fall from Chatfield with an unusual antlers on November 12, said on Wednesday when he was asked to tell the history of money that achieved 174 4/8.

“I never knew he was there until last winter,” he said. “I saw the whole deer.”

His first thought was “giant, I thought he was at least 190 (inch rack achieved). However, knee surgery ended his chance to keep this money in mind.

This year he and his son Brodey saw the purse in Velvet in August. “I saw him immediately” in a group of dollars; It “was incredibly out,” said Shane Ferguson.

“We tried to keep it calm, but it's difficult,” he said. “We saw it and saw it, but suddenly he wasn't there.”

Ferguson chased it twice, but didn't see it. Finally, around 9:30 a.m., November 12, scouting paid off.

“I saw how he crossed the street,” he said. “He came down the hill, went up the hill … I had seen it from a good 150 (meters). I knew he would come because it was the fool. I knew he was immediately. “

Ferguson's pulse went crazy.

The buck went up a hill and he could have made a shot at 40 to 45 meters. He tried to use his Grunza call, but he pulled apart. He watched the money. If it turns to the right, it would be a 40-yard shot. If it is left, it would be closer. The money turned left and was about 15 meters away. He shot and the money ran.

“I knew I did it well,” said Shane. But he waited a few hours to make sure that the money was dead before trying to find it. He called Brodey.

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They followed the money and found it dead.

But how big was the rack? “The installment game started,” he said.

Some thought 190 inches, but not 200. They knew that it was older and probably lost several centimeters of total antlers from his heyday. “I think it went downhill,” said Ferguson.

When it was finally achieved after it was allowed to dry, it scored 4/8 inches in 174 and hit the old record by almost 4 inches. Due to the way poultry is rated for the boon and the Crockett Club, the entire interior distribution of incredible 29 4/8 -CC centimeters is not fully counted, which means that the buck has lost about 4 inches, he said.

Nevertheless, he said it was the record for the state and the second largest in the record book.

But the antlers of the money has a strange thing – they all look as if they had broken up at the top. The father and the son think that it might not have had enough blood for the antlers because it was old not to get enough blood and so brittle that they had broken off.

Ryan Tebo, Department of Natural Resources Acting Wildlife Supervisor in Rochester, is not so sure.

“It's pretty strange,” he wrote. “The G4S (tines) on both sides have a clean break. For some reason, the other points don't look so broken. I wonder if this deer may have caused a certain damage to the points when it was still in velvet to prevent the point from not growing to a certain point.
“It could be possible for him to have a kind of infection during antlers that could have led to a stunt to the last part of antlers. If this money were 7.5 or 8.5 years old, I do not think that this would be so far enough to be so far away that he would have these problems. ButSometimes wild animals deal with things that we don't see often, so they cannot really rule out their theory. “

A few years ago, Shane Ferguson had a massive non -typical and decided that he wanted the really big typical, which he shot last year. Now he has his crossbow view of another difficult to grasp and is typical of 8 points. “I always want to shoot a bigger one,” he said.

“I will not shoot now (something) unless it's 8, a huge 8,” he said. “I have to get it typical, but it has to be a giant, not 10, no 12, 8, 150 (customs) plus.”

When he shoots this buck, imagine how often he has to tell this story.

John Weiss has written and reported outdoor topics for the post -bulletin for more than 45 years. He is the author of the book “Backroads: The Best Of The Best from the columnist to Bulletin, John Weiss.”