WOW! What a season to remember!  Beautiful buck Barry! No reason for despair, you did great as usual!  You'll get your late season tag and be able to finish up the year hunting Hurley. I'm still putting my money on you. The "slow walker" concept is very interesting, and it makes perfect sense when you think about it.  6 or 7 years ago, I saw a huge buck do something I thought was very interesting.  My buddy Tom Alford and I were doing a push (with bows) along through a small narrow piece of timber in southern Illinois. On the first push, nothing came through.  We went to breakfast, and after eating were driving past the piece of woods we had just pushed when we saw 3 bucks, one of which was huge, quartering upwind and then enter the patch we just pushed.  After seeing this we decided to give it another go.  It was a 3 man drive, and it went perfectly.  Tom and I were the posters, and another buddy was the pusher.  The guy that was the pusher was great, because he always went very slowly, and was able to get the deer to move toward us without being in a panick.  Anyway, the pusher entered the woods from the upwind side about a half hour after Tom and I were in position.  What I witnessed after this was amazing.  All 3 bucks made their way too us, oblivious to the fact that we were there.  The pusher was weaving side to side through the stip of woods and was probably 300 yards away when I noticed that the biggest buck was also moving side to side, keeping tabs on him through the wind.  He was cool as a cucumber, and my guess is that he would score in the 180's as a non-typical.  Anyway, as the pusher got near, the big one realized it was time to get out of there, and took the lead to exit the woods with the two smaller ones following. My buddy Tom shot the second biggest buck but the big one crossed a picked corn field into the next patch of woods.  I thought it was fascinating the way he kept track of exactly where the pusher was by using his nose.  You gotta love whitetails!

Very nice, love the mass and the "third" antler.  Unusual and mature bucks do it for me, and your's is both.  Awesome    

Travis

Gene told me it needed another year. Is that what you call losing control?

Do you notice this "slowwalking" year round or is it more pronounced during the prerut meaning do you think it has to do with danger or doe's!

Great story! Thank you for sharing!!!

Looks like a wonderful buck.  Congrats and good luck with Hurly.

And here is an even better update...

Uncle Barry and his TallTines put Hurly down this morning!

Way to stick with it big BW            


I am pretty sure he will eventually make it in here with some pictures and a story.

How awesome is that!      

Happy for you Uncle B!

Very nice!  Looking forward to those photos!  Congrats Barry!

Way to go Barry, can't wait to read this one.....            

David

I love these long, happy ending, stories!  

Very nice Uncle Barry!!!

Nice job and congrats!!            

Great read and very nice buck.  Even though you misjudged him, with all that character, he is a shooter for sure.

God Bless,
Nathan

Thats awsome!

My first thought was "what a stud"...the buck of course. Thanks for sharing the story and the pics.

Congrats Barry!!

i hate you...lol....congrats

Good stuff. If it were me I would hurl if I shot a pig like that, Hurly still applies.