We have been watching this buck for several years now and his name is "Crazy Legs" I think you can see why.
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What ever happened to him it was when he was very young and he has adapted very well. He has always been a chaser and hits every scrape we have on this place. Sometimes it's even hard to tell it's him he runs so well on that leg.
Well he is 4 years old now and still doin just fine and still being a stud.
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More pictures coming of him fighting.
Tracy
Check out this fight and you can see how tuff he really is. He is one of my all time favorite bucks! :D
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The winner gets the scrape and maybe the girl!! :D
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Tracy
He is such a cool buck! Hope you get him, or he makes it til next year :bigsmyl:
thanks for the pics, that's one tough buck.
Thats awesome!!!!!
They are amazing animals.... Thanx for sharing
You'd do him no favor if you killed him. He's somewhat handicapped and entirely remarkable but he doesn't know it. You should let him go and continue to enjoy him just as he is.
They are amazing animals!
What an interesting animal. I'd have a hard time shooting him, he just has too much character; more than a set of horns or freezer filler.
I had an odd encounter with a doe earlier this season; I literally had the string back at 8 yards and was ready to drop it but I didn't. She busted me and put on a show, then hung around to 'evac' the clueless yearling following her around (who never knew I was even there). Was just something about her behavior; she had guts and I admire that. If I were to encounter her again (and I think I did at long range once), I'd let her pass with a nod. To me at least, the world is a more interesting place with such spirits in it.
nice buck indeed. Keep him a live! and see how he does on the long time!
He's had enough time to pass on his traits, don't let him die of old age or get chewed up by predators. Dump him if you get the chance, and put his pics around his rack and make a bow rack from his feet!
Cool old buck, tough for sure.
Those are some cool pics!
Bisch
That is cool I would have a hard time dropping the string on him. Like flyfishing if the trout fights to the bitter end or fights above his weight class he always lives to fight another day. Cool buck though
"Let him live".....because he broke his leg, he should get a free pass? Seriously?
Tracy never shoots young bucks, he lets any he see's grow up no matter if they have a healed up leg or not. He's got the pix to prove it.
It's easy to do when you live in KS and have the bucks he does.
"Crazy legs" is a mature 4.5 years old stud now...
I know Tracy very well, and he's been sharing pix of that buck since the very first time he got them. He may pass him up to let him get a little bigger, but I doubt he'd pass him up just because he's survived a broken leg.
By the way buddy, never get tired of seeing his pix!
Only way they could get better is with you sitting behind him :thumbsup:
id say hes a shooter now, 4.5 yrs thats plenty old, hes mature now. takem if ya can! :D
thanks for showing those pics
Curt is right he is a mature deer now and are bucks get a free ride till they turn 4yrs old. Like he said I can do that around here, Some make it another year or two and some don't and it's taking a chance that I might not see them again because there are plenty of other hunters around.
I would really like to see what this buck will do with one or two more years of growth but if he gives me a perfect shot I will take it. As somebody else already said I have plenty of picks of him growing up and how tuff he really is so I would be proud to take this fine animal.
This is the first year that he has grown browtines and I thought for sure he was going to grow up and be a big 6pt so I was happy for him when I seen those G1's this year. :D :thumbsup:
Tracy
They are so tough. But I suppose living outside every day of the year helps with that. Adapt or die.
Thanks for sharing.
That is a very nice mature buck I would take him in a heartbeat.Our buck/doe ratio is so out of wack here that seeing deer of that age class is a rareiety.Nice pics of a fine buck.
I'd keep that guy in the gene pool.
He is Mutant Buck...take him out before his gene pool creates other abnormal deer, lol.
"I would really like to see what this buck will do with one or two more years of growth but if he gives me a perfect shot I will take it. As somebody else already said I have plenty of picks of him growing up and how tuff he really is so I would be proud to take this fine animal."
Proud indeed!!
Tracy will do what Tracy will do.. either way will be the "right thing".
Thanks Tracy for sharing this awesome critter with us.
He would make a great display especially with all of his photos surrounding him.
God bless,Mudd
Great stuff Tracy. Love seeing the bucks mature from year to year. That's almost as much fun as killing one....Almost. To watch one grow then take it as a mature adult it is a wonderful and at the same time somber feeling that is hard to describe.
Good stuff brother. Good luck on ol' "Crazy leg".
Good for him.Always like the underdog
Animals are tough SOBs. There are few humans, if any, that could truly live in the animal world. Gotta love this guy's tenacity.
I shot a nice 8 pt during MS season,not as big as this guy though, got to him and found out he must have been hit by a car at some point.His right leg, at almost the same place as Tracy's buck,was about 3 times the size it should be.One big knot. It was also about 3",s shorter.Well he's getting half mounted with that leg showing.When I dressed him I was surprised at how big his heart was compared to others I've gotten.I'll second doing a display. Good stuff and good luck !JG
Those are some cool pics of a cool buck, Tracy. Hope you are able to get him.
I think you are mistaken. That is a genetic mutation that has allowed him to be the toughest SOB on the farm. Really he has an obvious leverage advantage and I would say it borders on cheating. It's plain unethical and you should do the other, more honest and traditional bucks, a favor and take him out :)
I'm kidding of course. Thanks for sharing. He's super cool.
This old boy must have had some tough times early on. Just from a sentimental point of view, I hope he survives a long time.
However, good luck if you decide to take him down.
Joe
Very cool!
It's great to watch animals that you know some history on. Good luck!!
Here's a pic of a doe that was victim of a bad wheelie shot in 2000. This pic was from last year but she has been seen this year, just not on the camera. She's had fawns every year since the injury. While I've never seen her "in person", seeing the pics is pretty darn cool. It's amazing what these animals can endure and overcome.
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Rusty
Very nice picture story on a great buck! Thanks for sharing!
Bernie Bjorklund
NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
great pics!!!
Very cool! Thanks for sharing. I had a young mulie pass by me this year at 5 yards, and he was missing a least 8 inches of his front right leg. I have no idea how it happened, but he was getting around real well so I let him pass. I did take a picture of him as he passed but you can't really see that he's missing some of his leg. I'm always amazed at the will to live wild animals have. Doesn't matter if its a deer, turkey, or coyote ect. I've never came across one that was feeling sorry for itself and give up.
1994, I rattled in a buck from the ground. He came in like a pitbull on steroids. First time I was truly nervous about being on the ground with a buck like that. All I saw was his left side rack, looked like a decent 8pt. I made a lucky shot with my Groves reurve and a big Snuffer, and dropped him. Found out he had a twisted, gnarly 2 pts on his right side. His left front foot and part of his lower leg was missing from a gunshot wound the year before and had grown into a club looking lump. I named him Chester after the Gunsmoke character. One of my best memories.
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i saw this buck chasing a doe last sat morning he is missing his foot on his right back leg it is cut off right above the dew claw.
Thanks for the picks and storys guys, amazing animals :thumbsup:
I'm sure there's alot of tuff critters out there running around that we will never know about I'm just glad I get to see a few and get some picks every now and then.
Pretty inspiring really!
Tracy
That is Cool!
Hope you are able to get crazy legs!
Very cool pictures and story, thanks for sharing them here!!! Hope to see a picture with you and crazy legs together sometime.
Nice pics of a nice (tuff) buck.
Pretty neat he gets along with his 'hitch' so well. Also interesting that his 'problem' in his right leg doesn't show corresponding antler deformities on the left side....sometimes the case with these injuries.
Pretty darned cool.
Now that's an amazing Buck! :thumbsup: