View Full Version : new information morgan co. buck
DERBYDEER03
02-25-2006, 01:35 PM
hello all !!!! new user.... looking for info on morgan co buck????
any fresh news on score???? ect
WarEagle
02-27-2006, 09:17 AM
Welcome to the site. Unfortunately, I am here for the fishing. :)
No news from my end.
WAR
Bocephus
02-27-2006, 09:52 AM
no new news newbie, not now anyway
DERBYDEER03
02-27-2006, 11:59 AM
Thanx ..... Alot To Read///// Love Big Deer Stories!!!!!!!!!!!111
The Fort Wayne Gazette paper had a piece about the Morgan Buck and a picture of the buck it says the in the picture is John ferguson shows off the big buck shot by his son (Brian Ferguson). It is on the Boone & Crockett Club watch list. the article also say that a man name Bogucki said he was told it had a preliminary score of 220 and even with deducions for minor deformities it could have topped 200 and been a state record. Bogucke said, they were told Ferguson traded the antlers for an all terrain vehicle and a pickup truck.
INBowhunter
02-27-2006, 01:15 PM
hello all !!!! new user.... looking for info on morgan co buck????
any fresh news on score???? ect
Welcome to the site DerbyDeer03. Where "near Patoka Lake" are you? I'm pretty near myself.
HuntinIN
02-27-2006, 01:17 PM
This old dog won't hunt anymore. Good luck.
DERBYDEER03
02-27-2006, 01:23 PM
Birdseye Ind
JoshS
02-27-2006, 02:10 PM
Derby,
Is the "Dairy Barn" still open?
brad24
02-27-2006, 03:22 PM
The Fort Wayne Gazette paper had a piece about the Morgan Buck and a picture of the buck it says the in the picture is John ferguson shows off the big buck shot by his son (Brian Ferguson). It is on the Boone & Crockett Club watch list. the article also say that a man name Bogucki said he was told it had a preliminary score of 220 and even with deducions for minor deformities it could have topped 200 and been a state record. Bogucke said, they were told Ferguson traded the antlers for an all terrain vehicle and a pickup truck.
Traded the rack for an ATV and a truck? Hadnt heard that one but it would not be a surprise. Last i read on this board nobody could get any info becuase the family had changed there phone number.
treehugger
02-27-2006, 03:34 PM
I heard the same ATV/Truck story from other "sources" than this site.
BREWERSVILLE OUTFITTERS
02-27-2006, 04:04 PM
they were told Ferguson traded the antlers for an all terrain vehicle and a pickup truck. NO WAY would i trade for anything.They must not be antler worshiper. DAMM that would be the TEMPLE at my house
QuailDancer
02-27-2006, 05:55 PM
Dean, why haven't you made these people take the Oath???
This is not the way to pay respect to the antlers.
We now keep a candle lit near our stuffed jackalope.
scrapewatcher
02-27-2006, 06:53 PM
if we find out where the rack is we can go there for a worship service.
Dean Weimer
02-27-2006, 07:51 PM
Bow down and repeat after me everyone....
I am a man,
but I love giant whitetail antlers,
And I think I can change,
but I doubt it.
And, I love beer.... oops wrong subject!!!!!
Hawghunter
02-27-2006, 08:48 PM
For everyone that's not familiar with where Birdseye is located, it's about 2-3 inches from it's ass. Hope that helps.
Bocephus
02-27-2006, 11:33 PM
BEEEEEEEEEER!!!!!!!!!
psychobubba
02-28-2006, 05:55 AM
:Welcome: :woohoo1: to the forum :fish:
BREWERSVILLE OUTFITTERS
02-28-2006, 06:00 PM
The Fort Wayne Gazette paper had a piece about the Morgan Buck and a picture of the buck it says the in the picture is John ferguson shows off the big buck shot by his son (Brian Ferguson). It is on the Boone & Crockett Club watch list. the article also say that a man name Bogucki said he was told it had a preliminary score of 220 and even with deducions for minor deformities it could have topped 200 and been a state record. Bogucke said, they were told Ferguson traded the antlers for an all terrain vehicle and a pickup truck. Has anybody else seen this in paper and what was the date of post.
jbwhttail
02-28-2006, 07:00 PM
I was at the Deer & Turkey Expo and talked to people in the know. We had tried and tried to get the deer there as a FEATURE and have it officially scored as a seminar. It was relayed to me that the deer had in fact been traded for a F150 pick up and a 4 wheeler.......
Guess time to let the deer rest in peace.......
Brewer the post was last sunday and if you would like I will mail you the paper. We heard alot about this great big huge buck and now we know what happen to the buck it was traded for other goodies, the one who shot the deer must not care as much as we do.
scrapewatcher
03-01-2006, 06:45 AM
Brewer the post was last sunday and if you would like I will mail you the paper. We heard alot about this great big huge buck and now we know what happen to the buck it was traded for other goodies, the one who shot the deer must not care as much as we do.woooooooow!!what a way for a true indiana giant to be gone. someday that truck will be in a junkyard. i hope the rack at least is mounted and shown and not hanging in some smoke filled bar somewere with hats hanging on it.
BREWERSVILLE OUTFITTERS
03-01-2006, 07:07 AM
Brewer the post was last sunday and if you would like I will mail you the paper. We heard alot about this great big huge buck and now we know what happen to the buck it was traded for other goodies, the one who shot the deer must not care as much as we do. 410 thanks for Info.I heard in chat room the Buck was sold for a COOL 1 MILLON.They say the trade deal is not SO.just trying to clear the air waves :bouncy: :bouncy: :bouncy: 1 MILLON DOLLARS wife say quit job start HUNTING.
lilkrou
03-01-2006, 10:40 AM
I find it amusing that the hunter that shot that monster may have traded it for something else. To me, it shows that a rack was of consequence for him to be able to fill a tag. :bowdown: not necessarily that he was looking for such a monster. I guess what I am trying to say is that this goes to prove that, unlike what some seem to think, a big rack is not everything! :yikes: (I am sure that I will get some slack on this one!)
He must not of been after a big rack. Or maybe his old clunker just broke down and he had to do some horse-trading (er, deer-trading;) ) in order to get to work the next day!
In any event, it sure leaves the rest of us wondering!:dizzy:
DBurris
03-01-2006, 11:30 AM
I sure would like to see a photo of this very famous rack??? Where and what web site!?
Here you go, DB.
http://www.indianasportsman.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/345/cat/2/limit/views
dleslie217
03-01-2006, 01:20 PM
I was at the Deer & Turkey Expo and talked to people in the know. We had tried and tried to get the deer there as a FEATURE and have it officially scored as a seminar. It was relayed to me that the deer had in fact been traded for a F150 pick up and a 4 wheeler.......
Guess time to let the deer rest in peace.......
What a fool, the guy should have held out for a brand new half ton Chevy !!!! I think I would have tried for one of those new 4-wheeled drive golf carts too. Hard to believe this is true, hoping to hear it's just another rumor.
Why not a new bass boat? :fish:
DERBYDEER03
03-01-2006, 02:24 PM
Red Barn Opens Today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Come On In!!!!!
BREWERSVILLE OUTFITTERS
03-01-2006, 05:55 PM
What a fool, the guy should have held out for a brand new half ton Chevy !!!! I think I would have tried for one of those new 4-wheeled drive golf carts too. Hard to believe this is true, hoping to hear it's just another rumor. DON'T hold your BREATH :16suspect :16suspect :16suspect
BREWERSVILLE OUTFITTERS
03-02-2006, 07:06 AM
Why not a new bass boat? :fish: JAMES you may have somthing there.THEY must not be Deer HUNTERS.FISHING may turn them on.
treehugger
03-02-2006, 07:15 AM
How about all of the above, some cash, hunting lodge, new house, etc., etc.?
DBurris
03-02-2006, 08:00 AM
well if the deer was taken legal why would anyone give the rack away!? Car truck 4wheeler boat your nuts !!! He can write his own ticket by adverting the products he used when taking the buck. fees for diplay at public events ect...
something smells like yesterdays socks!!!!!!!!:mad:
Hey gang remeber the man in the pict. is not the one that killed the deer it was has son and I don't know the age of the boy. We don't know if the boy likes to hunt the way we do. I would never give up the horns but you know how kids are. Think about itwhen you were a kid, GIRLS run the streets and parking lots, and you got to have wheels to do that. Would it be nice if we knew the whole story.
treehugger
03-02-2006, 10:11 AM
Hey gang remeber the man in the pict. is not the one that killed the deer it was has son and I don't know the age of the boy. We don't know if the boy likes to hunt the way we do. I would never give up the horns but you know how kids are. Think about itwhen you were a kid, GIRLS run the streets and parking lots, and you got to have wheels to do that. Would it be nice if we knew the whole story.
.....remember...just because we all have a brain cavity doesn't mean there is equal amounts of gray matter there. :bash:
oldrookie
03-02-2006, 10:22 AM
heck at his age an atv and truck sounds like a good deal! At that age, I would have given them to my girl friend for a sniff!! Remember a teenager with a 40 year old mind would be a dangerous machine.:tongue:
rook
Someone can correct me if I am wrong, but I heard that the son is a student in college.
BREWERSVILLE OUTFITTERS
03-02-2006, 10:52 AM
Someone can correct me if I am wrong, but I heard that the son is a student in college. OK what one go ahead spit it OUT .....let them down easy though :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:
I don't know which one, Brew.
dleslie217
03-02-2006, 12:04 PM
I don't know which one, Brew.
I'm bettin' Purdue !!!!
trdtnlbwhntr
03-02-2006, 12:10 PM
It would have to be purdue cause that is the only school that would accept someone; dumb enough to trade a monster for a truck and an ATV. Look at Beatty. I saw that goofey looking dude on a hunting show the other day. That guy could probably stop working with all the money he makes off of taking his deer head to shows, and for letting Primos put his picture on their product. That guy has it made..... all because he blew a shot at an 8 pointer earlier and got lucky.. what a crock
BREWERSVILLE OUTFITTERS
03-02-2006, 04:21 PM
Let me see if i got this right. grow up go to school then college. get a degree shot a MOSTER BUCK.THEN trade it for truck and atv. HMMMM somthing wrong with this picture wonder where guy went wrong.:help: :help: :help:
lilkrou
03-02-2006, 06:06 PM
Let me see if i got this right. grow up go to school then college. get a degree shot a MOSTER BUCK.THEN trade it for truck and atv. HMMMM somthing wrong with this picture wonder where guy went wrong.:help: :help: :help:
That goes back to the Purdue idea:dizzy:
Dean Weimer
03-02-2006, 06:09 PM
Someone can correct me if I am wrong, but I heard that the son is a student in college.
He goes to I.U.....which makes Randy's response above this one seem Oh so true!!!
dleslie217
03-02-2006, 06:54 PM
He goes to I.U.....which makes Randy's response above this one seem Oh so true!!!Dean: I was hoping you wouldn't find out about that part. I did hear that the Dad went to Purdue and the kid is a minor, so Dad is the one calling all the shots.
:hide:
indylandon
03-02-2006, 07:46 PM
I heard the kid was 15, but I can't remember where I read that info.
HuntinIN
03-02-2006, 09:45 PM
Smack I heard was the son is around 19. Lots of informed individuals that I know seem to think maybe the rack was traded for 1/10 of what it is worth due to the circumstances surrounding the harvest. It seems everyone is biting on the truck and atv thing, good story. I think if I was selling that rack to the highest bidder at a private auction I would also tell everyone that lame story and have mister hrb spread it for me. Makes me look stupid to everyone while I am raking it in. Also known as collectively thumbing their nose at all us yahoos. You make the call.
BREWERSVILLE OUTFITTERS
03-03-2006, 05:48 AM
I think if I was selling that rack to the highest bidder at a private auction I would also tell everyone that lame story and have mister hrb spread it for me. Makes me look stupid to everyone while I am raking it in. Also known as collectively thumbing their nose at all us yahoos. You make the call.[/QUOTE] HMMMMM private auction that does sound DUMB...hope you invite the right people with right money.:coco: :coco: :coco:
QuailDancer
03-03-2006, 07:04 AM
I have conducted my own investigation into this story and here is what I found. For years the government has been hiding the fact that giant bucks have been flying over Area 51 north of Las Vegas. The buck in question after the last flyover took a left turn over Albuquerque on a heading towards Indiana. Exhausted from the long flight the buck crashed down over Morgan Co, landed on the boy’s mother and began servicing her as all bucks will do. Seeing this, the boy shot the buck, then fell into a state of shock, that’s why Dad checked in the deer. A reporter for the National Enquirer witnessed the event, paid the family to gain exclusive rights to the story. First installment for the story was a truck, atv AND a lifetime supply of chewing tabacco. Future installments will be paid by the rag when photos of the ½ human ½ buck baby are published. The US government filed suit against the rag to stop the story fearing they would have to initiate a DRAW for hunters into Area 51. And now you know….the rest of the story….Good Day!
Dean Weimer
03-03-2006, 07:17 AM
I think you have smoked yourself retarded Quail.....:bouncy:
BREWERSVILLE OUTFITTERS
03-03-2006, 10:36 AM
First installment for the story was a truck, atv AND a lifetime supply of chewing tabacco. CHEWING TABACCO now we are getting closer to a good TRADE :chillin: :chillin: :chillin:
QuailDancer
03-03-2006, 07:21 PM
Oh well, it was just a theory.:bonk:
BREWERSVILLE OUTFITTERS
03-05-2006, 09:27 AM
if we find out where the rack is we can go there for a worship service. Still waiting for location...Ready to worship :chillin: :chillin: :chillin:
Dean Weimer
03-05-2006, 01:43 PM
Bow down and take the oath Brewer......
I am a man,
and I am hopelessly addicted to giant racks (heh,heh,heh!!),
And I know I can change...
No, not really.
BREWERSVILLE OUTFITTERS
03-05-2006, 06:28 PM
Bow down and take the oath Brewer......
I am a man,
and I am hopelessly addicted to giant racks (heh,heh,heh!!),
And I know I can change...
No, not really. Iam way to old to be doing any CHANGING ...LIFER :help:
QuailDancer
03-05-2006, 07:09 PM
This isn't fair man...when I took the oath you charged me ten bucks!!!:banghead3
BREWERSVILLE OUTFITTERS
06-17-2006, 09:12 PM
Ok what is the word on this Deer now ??? Any NEW NEWS....Lets Hear it!!!!!
Dean Weimer
06-17-2006, 09:26 PM
Nothing Folks!!!! Haven't heard anything in quite some time....
Indianahunter
06-18-2006, 12:29 AM
One man's ceiling is another man's floor.... A truck, ATV, and most likely a trailer, $30,000 or so...Humm, I,ve heard of less money paid out to other's for simular "top 5" deer.... A simular "typical scored" top 5 Kansas buck brought much less by Cabela's and I've personally seen a top 5 non-typical harvested in Ohio in 2004 fell well short of a new truck, ATV, etc. in cash value...
Ps.. In both cases the above shooter's recieved full credit for the harvest and the right to reproduce the mount anytime they saw fit. To me fame from the B&C crowd, local legend statis, and a good five figure payday is a great weekend of deer hunting in central Indiana.....
Any thought?
BREWERSVILLE OUTFITTERS
06-18-2006, 10:28 AM
One man's ceiling is another man's floor.... A truck, ATV, and most likely a trailer, $30,000 or so...Humm, I,ve heard of less money paid out to other's for simular "top 5" deer.... A simular "typical scored" top 5 Kansas buck brought much less by Cabela's and I've personally seen a top 5 non-typical harvested in Ohio in 2004 fell well short of a new truck, ATV, etc. in cash value...
Ps.. In both cases the above shooter's recieved full credit for the harvest and the right to reproduce the mount anytime they saw fit. To me fame from the B&C crowd, local legend statis, and a good five figure payday is a great weekend of deer hunting in central Indiana.....
Any thought?A great weekend of Hunting is a DEER Head Mounted on the WALL....Keep the Fame and money...LOVE to look at a BIG MOUNT.....but thats just me
Dean Weimer
06-18-2006, 05:02 PM
Indianahunter, You asked for some thought, so here goes....
This buck is a monster, regardless of score. Becoming a "local legend" obviously isn't a concern in this situation. As far as anyone knows, this buck has never been scored. If someone was interested in becoming a "local legend" don't you think the person would get it scored and then market the thing for all it's worth? Maybe not....
Everyone who knows anything in this industry realizes that establishing a net score will set the price of the rack...should someone want to sell it. "Status from the Boone and Crocket crowd"? I have no clue what you mean there. There are more 200" Typicals out there than most people believe there are.
"5 figure payday"? Sam Collora shot the highest gross scoring typical ever shot with a bow in Henry County, Iowa in 1996. Sam has been offered boatloads (6 figures plus) of money for his rack and has never, EVER considered selling it. Nor will you find Sam's buck in the Iowa deer hunting records. Sam, a great friend, cares nothing about money, being a "local legend", or having "status from the Boone and Crockett crowd". And, he is also a national hero, but cares little about this tag that others have put on him. He's so humble, that it hurts. Sam believes in God above, and is just happy to have had the opportunity to harvest the "Collora Buck". He's killed 2 Boone and Crockett bucks since then....
If I'd have shot this buck, I'd never, ever in a million years trade it for a truck, quad and a trailer. The truck will rust and quit running some day, as will the quad and trailer....but the rack would look good on someone's wall for years and years thereafter. If this buck truly will net around 200" Typical, it would be worth way more than 35,000 dollars...if you're really into money that much.
By the way can you please tell us all which Kansas buck, and Ohio Non-Typical from 2004 that you are talking about? Give us score, hunter's name, etc. if you could. I'd also like to know how you know exactly what price was paid for these racks.....?
Nice post Dean. Get real gang I would never sell a buck that size for money. But now like me think about this, what if you were sick and did not know if you were going to make it home again, what if you had lost your job with six months and two days to retirement, what if you lose $579,000 in stock and that was your retirement and your 59 years old. Then would you sell it, yes this is looking at it a different way, and this did happen to me. But you know life go on no matter what happens and NO I would still not sell that a big buck head. We sometimes look at things a different way and maybe who ever kill this huge buck (IF THEY DID) just maybe they needed money more they a deer head. Just stop and give it a thought.
vBulletin® v3.8.4, Copyright ©2000-2010, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.