WTG Dukkillr!! Big Congrats on taking that Kansas Buck. But what about the story behind the picture? Hope you don't mind, but I found the story on your blogsite, The Daily Limit, and decided to post it here. If you want me to remove it just give me the word and I'll delete it. Anyway, I'm off to price one of those lucky North Face "Denali" vests. I can only hope it would bring me as much good fortune as yours seem to have brought you. 
The following story has been copied and pasted directly from Dukkillr's blog, The Daily Limit:Down to the Final Day…Posted by dukkillr on December 17, 2009So Sunday morning I was down to the last 12 hours of the season and I was not in a good frame of mind. The day before I’d blown the buck I was after out and passed on a buck I would probably regret letting go.
I decided to hunt the waterway again, this time hoping to catch the big buck coming back to bed. I knew after spooking him out the day before it probably wouldn’t work… and it didn’t. After an hour I moved into the prairie grass pasture that I had seen the other deer bed in. It has a small cattle pond in the middle and the dam is the highest point in an otherwise flat area. I sat down under a hedge tree on the dam where I could see several hundred yards in 3 directions and hoped the bucks would be back eventually. Not long after I got settled the tall 8 showed up. A couple of minutes later, the heavy 9 joined him. They were grazing and working their way toward me slowly, so I got prone and just watched.
After 15-20 minutes they had gotten to around 80 yards, and there was no sign of the big buck. I’d already decided not to make the same mistake twice. I waited as long as possible for the big buck, but when the heavy 9 started to leave I was ready. He went about 30 yards with top of his heart missing.
He’s got good mass that carries throughout the rack. His bases are heavy enough I can’t get my hand around them. Many of his teeth were missing and he had very little fat. I’m pleased even though the biggest buck got away. Oh well, that means I have something to focus on during shed season.
Yes, the
lucky vest strikes again!
http://skinnymoose.com/dailylimit/2009/12/17/down-to-the-final-day/
