Boise Town Buck...???

[cwitt]

Is it possible the guy had the late archery controlled hunt and took him in late November/early December? He just posted the pics last week. I have no clue where this buck lived so I don’t have a clue how far he would’ve had to wander.


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The original post said otc. Maybe he threw that in to throw people off? If it was the case he had that tag, maybe? But it still would have taken a lot of stars to align and that buck to do some funky stuff…

 

[elkmaster]

I don't have a problem with someone legally taking a buck - but claiming the valor of an OTC public land monster buck in pics like that by shooting a town buck...that's like paying a stripper to pretend to be his girlfriend, just to make his bros jealous.

Wait. You meant his "girlfriends jealous" right?

 

[IDElkmagnet]

My two cents.. A lot of us in town knew about this buck and knew where he lived. At least the last two years that I knew about him. I know I spent my fair share of time scheming and looking at the regs to see how we might have been able to get him killed. But the reality of it was that it wasn’t possible. The only way he was getting killed where he lived was by a car. But now that he’s been shot, that means he walked a pretty long ways and past a lot of does in October for him to end up anywhere he could have legally been taken with a rifle.

I’m not saying it couldn’t happen but I sure am suspicious. If it was done legally, I’d love to buy the guy a beer and hear how it went down. I’m jealous somebody was able to make it happen. Either way, I’m sad we won’t get to see him next summer. A badass buck.

I didn't know about the buck prior to this thread although I do recognize the last pic with the chain link fence. I try to avoid boise anymore.
If you really feel there is very little chance he wasn't poached you should contact idf&g.
With first hand knowledge of the buck you seem to have a reasonable opinion.

 

[BH107]

My two cents.. A lot of us in town knew about this buck and knew where he lived. At least the last two years that I knew about him. I know I spent my fair share of time scheming and looking at the regs to see how we might have been able to get him killed. But the reality of it was that it wasn’t possible. The only way he was getting killed where he lived was by a car. But now that he’s been shot, that means he walked a pretty long ways and past a lot of does in October for him to end up anywhere he could have legally been taken with a rifle.

I’m not saying it couldn’t happen but I sure am suspicious. If it was done legally, I’d love to buy the guy a beer and hear how it went down. I’m jealous somebody was able to make it happen. Either way, I’m sad we won’t get to see him next summer. A badass buck.

When the picture of the deer sitting in someones front yard was posted he claimed he didn't have any knowledge of it being a town buck...

 

[LIWolverine]

On the field photos, Rokslide is one of the biggest/loudest about people posting field photos and blowing out unit and honey holes. I would NEVER post field photos just to prove to people on social media that I didn’t do something illegal. If Fish and Game want them, then fine. Happy to show them but no randoms on the internet are getting my spots.

I have public spots right next to town or parks and I will not be sharing those, ever, and I’ll be more than happy to smoke an animal that walks right out of town or the park.

People act like town or backyard deer/animals are completely tame. Wrong. Step one foot into their territory and the game changes. I’ve seen and experienced it more times than I can count.


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[Poser]

My experience living in a town full of highly visible, big bucks surrounded by public land with not so visible, smaller bucks, is that these bucks just don't seem to leave town.

My two cents.. A lot of us in town knew about this buck and knew where he lived. At least the last two years that I knew about him. I know I spent my fair share of time scheming and looking at the regs to see how we might have been able to get him killed. But the reality of it was that it wasn’t possible. The only way he was getting killed where he lived was by a car. But now that he’s been shot, that means he walked a pretty long ways and past a lot of does in October for him to end up anywhere he could have legally been taken with a rifle.

I’m not saying it couldn’t happen but I sure am suspicious. If it was done legally, I’d love to buy the guy a beer and hear how it went down. I’m jealous somebody was able to make it happen. Either way, I’m sad we won’t get to see him next summer. A badass buck.

Yeah, living in a town with a lot of big bucks that is also immediately surrounded by public land, the delineation between private land and public land is dramatic. Private land is flat with yards, shrubs and edges. Public land is steep with scrub oak. Private land has a great concentration of sign everywhere. Public land has sporadic and random sign. Given the amount of does that live in town, there's no real reason for a buck to leave unless he was in direct pursuit over a longer distance and the land that he would cross, while BLM land that you could technically hunt, would be, what most people would consider impractical to actually hunt due to the size of the parcels, the immediate proximity to houses and/or the amount of recreational traffic.

Not saying it couldn't happen, because it certainly could, but I, too, would raise an eyebrow with suspicion at recognizing a buck I've seen daily/weekly for 3-4 years in the same 5 block radius year around.

 

[ethanbillingsley]

We had a situation here in Virginia where someone illegally killed a locally-famous whitetail in a Richmond park, then tried to claim he shot it in the wild a few counties over.

I remember reading about that all the way in S.C. That was the graveyard buck right?

 

[Q_Sertorius]

I remember reading about that all the way in S.C. That was the graveyard buck right?

Yes.

 

[ColoradoV]

Only schmuck’s shoot town bucks…

I have a bunch around my place as well. It would be harder to kill my 3 legged dog than one of em. Folks still do it. Heck some even pay a guide. Complete joke but is what it is.

Whatever floats your boat “great white hunter”…

 

[IDElkmagnet]

My experience living in a town full of highly visible, big bucks surrounded by public land with not so visible, smaller bucks, is that these bucks just don't seem to leave town.


Yeah, living in a town with a lot of big bucks that is also immediately surrounded by public land, the delineation between private land and public land is dramatic. Private land is flat with yards, shrubs and edges. Public land is steep with scrub oak. Private land has a great concentration of sign everywhere. Public land has sporadic and random sign. Given the amount of does that live in town, there's no real reason for a buck to leave unless he was in direct pursuit over a longer distance and the land that he would cross, while BLM land that you could technically hunt, would be, what most people would consider impractical to actually hunt due to the size of the parcels, the immediate proximity to houses and/or the amount of recreational traffic.

Not saying it couldn't happen, because it certainly could, but I, too, would raise an eyebrow with suspicion at recognizing a buck I've seen daily/weekly for 3-4 years in the same 5 block radius year around.

In my youth we drove 50mi to get to "the cruise" in downtown boise we drove past a lot of beautiful girls to get to the spot where we knew the girls were the most receptive. Did every country boy in Idaho?Not likley, but I did. Simple creatures but still individuals.

 

[wind gypsy]

Only schmuck’s shoot town bucks…

I have a bunch around my place as well. It would be harder to kill my 3 legged dog than one of em. Folks still do it. Heck some even pay a guide. Complete joke but is what it is.

Whatever floats your boat “great white hunter”…

Interesting. I've never been around such a thing. Town deer in the midwest i've been around wouldn't be that easy to kill. All whitetails though.

 

[Pacific_Fork]

For all you guys that want to kill a town buck. I’ll start taking silent bids for someone to sit in my shed or on my roof next fall. I’m out of city limits so it’s all legal, I’ll make sure that he will take an apple from your hand for extra $$$.

I’d imagine he will easily break 200” next summer if he doesn’t get hit by a car. I have zero interest in shooting him or his buddies out of my yard.

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I’m a proud public land backcountry hunter and I’ll gladly come to Oregon to shoot a 200” buck off your yard if it’s legal. I just won’t post it anywhere for the likes like the moron I was as a younger man. I sense you aren’t serious tho

I killed a famous buck once. Felt great even tho I went through hell afterwards because jealous well known poachers called the tip line followed by over zealous young wardens thinking they got me… nope, all legal and mounted on my wall.

Should anyone be proud of a giant when it’s tamed or frequents a golf course or neighborhood? Hell no, but IMO it way more ethically wrong any deer lives that way being famous and eats out of crazy cat ladies hand.

 

[Macegl]

You're naive.

I don't know the whole story about this buck but ask yourself this: why do so many convicted poachers post their kills all over social media and even television until they get caught and then suddenly pull down the photos and videos?

You’re probably right, but a big part of me hopes it was legitimate. Hopefully the truth makes it out either way.

 

[ColoradoV]

Yeah what a challenge I was 5 feet from this guy in the pic. my 2nd grader w a tib/fib fracture on crutches could kill one… In the end a “great white hunter” got him. Must have been a “grind” !!

It is what it is = a joke and in my book if you kill one your a joke.. Like I said what ever floats your boat. Lazy folks do lazy things…

The guy who pulled his pic sure showed his cards as to how he feels or why pull the pic…

 

[LonerangerID]

Is it possible the guy had the late archery controlled hunt and took him in late November/early December? He just posted the pics last week. I have no clue where this buck lived so I don’t have a clue how far he would’ve had to wander.


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The guy posted a story of the kill. He said it was killed with a rifle.

 

[IDElkmagnet]

The guy posted a story of the kill. He said it was killed with a rifle.

Sounds riveting can you post that up?

 

[LonerangerID]

Sounds riveting can you post that up?

 

[Poser]

 

[Rizzy]

Was that Buck living downtown or in the foothills? There is some Public Land near some of the foothills neighborhoods.
If anyone else is getting any ideas, keep in mind there is a portion of Ada County that excluded from hunting, you have to dig through the regulations to find it.

 

[IDElkmagnet]

Was that Buck living downtown or in the foothills? There is some Public Land near some of the foothills neighborhoods.
If anyone else is getting any ideas, keep in mind there is a portion of Ada County that excluded from hunting, you have to dig through the regulations to find it.

We call it the triangle. It has a controlled hunt It also has some good bucks and some lu lu lemon scenery about 50% of said scenery is also bucks so be careful in the triangle.