This is very true. It would of made it a lot easier, not to mention safer to unlock them, specially when he was so concerned with their ability to make it after they were released. If you look at his eyes he was contemplating it.
SouthernMan Outdoors I would of shot him because only big bucks around here are 6 points and those are really rare here I shot any spike or doe I see cuz there’s nothin
David Shafnacker oh im sure that there’s plenty of knuckleheads and yahoos out their that would shoot a buck that’s locked up. Same jackasses that go for head shots, road hunt, get drunk and hunt. Those type of dumbasses would!!!
I agree that was the ethical and right thing to do. Always do the right thing even when no one is around. It’s the way to be. Would be pretty pathetic shooting a deer locked up!
DOD, these videos are incredibly informative and so very enjoyable. Thank you for putting in all the time and effort to bring it to our screens, keep it comming!
This is what I love about the DOD team, Mark you and Terry live the outdoors. This was a tribute to the love that you have for your deer and the time you spend with them. I am a wildlife photographer/sometimes hunter. I would rather photograph than take. I have friends that are deer breeders and even as a photographer/breeder I would rather see one killed than die. Memories are made in the photos and videos we acquire and when someone kills one then the meat can be consumed and a story told. This is sad for this to be his end. I salute you guys and keep up the good work!
Amazing story This is why I love Drury Outdoors... Documentation of deer and showing the people outside the Inner circle .. Mark I believe it's time for you to write another book and produce a video about the extended story of the deer you follow and the ones who have been harvested. I've followed since day one and always wondered what happened to certain deer that just up and disappeared from Drury Outdoors.
It's HUNTING NOT KILLING Thank-you DOD for promoting good sportsmanship and ethical hunting tactics. That gift of BUCKTOBER is reward from the Lord for Character of Men You Are. God Bless
Never seizes to amaze me just how "random" mature bucks can be while others can be somewhat easy to pattern. Mind boggling just how smart a deer can be to "out smart" hunters for so many years to survive season after season and never be harvested. Awesome story.
Nice to see you have honor and let him live when he was locked up. Nice to see you only wanted him in a fair game way. The best man win. That's greatness. You have much respect in my book
@@DruryOutdoors thank you. I can relate. I'm after a 7 yr old that has walked under me 3 yrs in a row as a brut. Hopefully he does it 1 more time now 😅
You just gained a tremendous amount of respect from me let me tell you! Not shooting him when he was locked up just shows the true sportsman you are and you truly respect hunting! Not very many people would have passed him up In that position. God bless!!!
I really appreciate that, bud! At the end of the day, I feel blessed to be able to pursue my passion of hunting, but I want to make sure I do it the most ethically way possible and be a good steward for conservation.
@@DruryOutdoors amen to that...I rarely watch hunting videos these days..but that one episode I watched on UA-cam made me a viewer let me tell ya. I was able to harvest my biggest buck last year...155 3/8 that I called ghost! My life time deer. My dad had his own smallmouth bass fishing show for years in Tennessee..so he taught me conservation in that area as well as hunting. Keep putting the videos out and I'll keep watching....god bless and good hunting!!!
I'm sorry but I would have tagged out when they was locked up lol. Never even got deer half that size here. I got pics of my biggest buck ever this year hunted him hard. Was within 30 minutes of him 3 different hunts according to my camera. He went missing 3rd week of September. Pushed down towards the creek bottom to see if I could lay eyes on him in bedding area and sure enough I smelled a dead animal glassed from top of ridge and all I could see was horns and ribs I could have cried I was so sick... had to tag him to keep him but I skull mounted him. For NC he was a good deer pushing 145.... would love to have took him with my compound but God had other plans. Game warden and the biologists said probably died of ehd it hit allot of the counties around us.....
Not likely. With the amount of stress he had gone through. He was physically exhausted and if that area has a high coyote population, which is increasingly common for there to be so, with it being so close to nightfall he likely laid down to rest and was snatched by them. Also with winter coming on it would be more difficult to find nutrients to gain strength back from a fight like that! It is possible though, that he did in fact survive and is still out there today. On the fact that we never hear anything about that deer in future DOD videos I'd say he's probably gone.
I just love you boys and you movies and the story I am bill MO. I love to bow hunting but now I can't git around because of back problem I fall off a ten story building that I was working on but you boys keep me intertended. I am on disability and so there no way I have money go out and git four wheel but thanks boys very muck four the great move to see god bless to keep it up here s two to buck I got the loud give us the land for us to. hunt
There is always a reason big bucks live as long as they do....the art of hiding and yet being right under your nose is a prime example of this bucks maturity.
That's an awesome story guys, thanks for sharing it with us! Looking at him in the first pics, I don't think he was 4 that year, more like 2 but that's just my opinion.
yes last year I took a 190 class whitetail.see pictures at bushy creek whitetails outfitters I'm the one in the red shirt. when I took this buck I asked if any bow hunters had seen this deer or had trail cam pictures or even sheds. nothing. also check out the testimonials my 30 second claim to fame lol great video of captain hook
I have a huge main frame 8 point I’ve been hunting for a couple years and he’s been elusive like Captain Hook. I got him a couple times in august and then for months nothing. Then mid November I got him on camera and boy he’s big . I’d say 150 plus on size, and that’s good for a 8 pointer. Anyways I tagged out Nov 3rd with the other big 8 point buck I been hunting as well that I had on cam for 3 years. But I’m hoping “buckzilla” it’s the name I named it lmao is still around 🙏. I’m gonna set out a few more cams tomorrow. I’m very happy with the buck I got this year with my bow. He will score in the mid 140s. I hunt in Indiana, and we don’t really have giant bucks like Iowa and some of the other states, but we do have some big ones in certain areas, especially around river bottoms it seems. Anyways good luck fellow hunters 🤝
I remember watching this live.. What an awesome buck.. Thats the reality of hunting elusive whitetails.. I cant tell you how many times someone has killed or found a buck we were hunting.. Its nauseating..
It's called respect for the buck to not shoot him locked up and it's called real sportsmen ship !!! if you don't understand that your not a real hunter!!!
99% of y’all don’t realize that this happens so frequently. Mature bucks die every single day from all kinds of reasons. Car wrecks, disease, broken bones, old age, fights, the list goes on. Just crazy that they actually found him, it was meant to be, a gift from god!!
I Leaned something.....i did not know deer make that noise, so now i know if im ever hunting and i here that, im b lining to that noise because ylu said they could be dying
P Sylar not necessarily, if they make that noise it doesn't mean the deer is dying it's just a distress call deer do, to warn other deer when there's a predator or something suspicious going on, but if there doing it repetitively for that long yeah probably good to go check
Great story. Possibly one of the top archery whitetail hunters on earth. A true sportsman and an unmatched passion and love for the sport. I'm shocked at the garbage comments by all the jealous scum hunters that are aimed towards the Drurys. They obey all laws and are always fair chase. So they have much better land to hunt then you or I. Props to them. Living a dream the RIGHT way. Thanks so much for all the great videos of gorgeous buck
Two years ago on opener I seen a deer on one set of land. Later that day I shot at and missed him two miles away from where I seen him in the morning. Two weeks later my uncle shot that deer right between both of the places I seen him
My grandpa had a similar story he got a picture of a buck with 2 drop tines on the left side which made him a nontypical 12 and he was around my grandpas trail cams consistently for 2 yrs never could get him close enough to shoot or never saw him then he dissapeared so we thought he went to better grazing lands or something we didnt know but one day we were pulling out fence posts and my dad sees what he thought was a ribcage of a deer in some grass and we walk over their and it was that buck no idea how he died
Man, sorry that happened to you too. It's tough finding them that way, but at least you know that he's not around anymore instead of constantly wondering where he is. It's still a huge bummer though!
hey mark if you have any old black racks or anything you don't want or need would you be able to help me and send me them I need extreme help to get better at hunting and get more hinges to help me. I would greatly appreciate it. please respond
There called timid Tommy bucks. You had to many mature deer around for his liking. He in my terms a non dominant buck that would avoid other deer at all cost. Prolly why he showed up the day after you shot another 5 year old buck.
What u know i watched this till yhe end and i seen something. At the end it said fb live and i saw the date and day and i cant believe yall found this amazing mature deer on my birthday I thought it was pretty funny but wow. He a monster
Get a buck to come in without any lures... that's a tough one. rattling antlers imitates an aggressive buck to tempt the more dominant or territorial deer. same thing with calls... but there you can imitate dominance with a male, or call like a female to tempt in a buck that may still be looking to mate. If you're in the timber, unless you have a buck you've patterned and you have some solid insight on his path to and from food, water, and bed, you're likely going to have to do some sort of calling. If you're hunting over a known food source or travel corridor, you have a chance to get a buck without calls if you make sure you set up in range of a highly used entry/exit point. or you have planted your plot it in a way that funnels the deer to you. Good luck and be safe out there!
So many people would have killed him when he was locked up with that other buck. Glad to see you guys didnt do that. Shows what true sportsman you guys really are.
Awesome story.
Awesome buck.
Can't help but love it when they outsmart us. Respect.
RIP Captain Hook
It’s funny how that deer never been shot just died of old age
Great deer at least he was able to spread his genetics for all of those years.
steven scott I hate when bucks get locked up and one breaks the others neck it’s just sad
Drake Bell it didn’t break the others neck, they both ran off
@@big_male_shooster2471 it's part of life. Survival of the fittest. I don't like it either. But that's just the way of life
Not shooting him when he was locked up with the other buck really shows how good of a sportsman you really are.
This is very true. It would of made it a lot easier, not to mention safer to unlock them, specially when he was so concerned with their ability to make it after they were released. If you look at his eyes he was contemplating it.
SouthernMan Outdoors I would of shot him because only big bucks around here are 6 points and those are really rare here I shot any spike or doe I see cuz there’s nothin
Just wouldn’t feel right. Killing a buck in a position of already suffering. Your just a shitty hunter if you do that.
David Shafnacker oh im sure that there’s plenty of knuckleheads and yahoos out their that would shoot a buck that’s locked up. Same jackasses that go for head shots, road hunt, get drunk and hunt. Those type of dumbasses would!!!
I agree that was the ethical and right thing to do. Always do the right thing even when no one is around. It’s the way to be. Would be pretty pathetic shooting a deer locked up!
Great story. Great gift from Captain Hook. It worked out for the best of both of you. And he gave you his rack to always remember him.
I’ve always liked watching Mark’s hunting videos. Ever since I was knee high to a grasshopper. Much respect to you sir 🫡🤝
I never get tired of watching this video - great respect and sportsmanship for an amazing animal.
DOD, these videos are incredibly informative and so very enjoyable. Thank you for putting in all the time and effort to bring it to our screens, keep it comming!
This video shows the ethics of a true hunter
This is what I love about the DOD team, Mark you and Terry live the outdoors. This was a tribute to the love that you have for your deer and the time you spend with them. I am a wildlife photographer/sometimes hunter. I would rather photograph than take. I have friends that are deer breeders and even as a photographer/breeder I would rather see one killed than die. Memories are made in the photos and videos we acquire and when someone kills one then the meat can be consumed and a story told. This is sad for this to be his end. I salute you guys and keep up the good work!
Awesome story. Thanks for sharing. Prolly the coolest hunting story's I've ever heard
This animal is amazing and smart!! Glad you found him !!
Steven Alford yeah he didn't get that big from being dumb haha
That is the coolest deer story any one will ever tell. With pics and videos to prove it! That’s awesome
And the deer won!!
Amazing story This is why I love Drury Outdoors... Documentation of deer and showing the people outside the Inner circle .. Mark I believe it's time for you to write another book and produce a video about the extended story of the deer you follow and the ones who have been harvested. I've followed since day one and always wondered what happened to certain deer that just up and disappeared from Drury Outdoors.
It's HUNTING NOT KILLING Thank-you DOD for promoting good sportsmanship and ethical hunting tactics. That gift of BUCKTOBER is reward from the Lord for Character of Men You Are. God Bless
Thanks Bob! Best luck and stay safe out there this fall!
Bob Desmond and Danger
What a giant!!!!! Thank you for sharing!!!!
the randomness shows how smart mature bucks actually are and that's why they live so long
Damn I just watched Captain Hook locked up in another video.
awesome history of Capt. Hook. Happy he lived a long life.
Undoubtedly he passed that DNA on to some youngin's that will provide some excellent hunts in the future! Thanks for the great video!
I hope he does so his legacy goes through that young one
Awesome story guys! Thanks for sharing
Never seizes to amaze me just how "random" mature bucks can be while others can be somewhat easy to pattern. Mind boggling just how smart a deer can be to "out smart" hunters for so many years to survive season after season and never be harvested. Awesome story.
What a Kool story! Mr Drury!💯🦌👍
Great Story, and Beautiful Deer.
Incredible Deer.... Awesome story !!
That was an awesome story to have been able to fallow that deer for so many years!
I respect that that's something I probably wouldn't do if I came across a 185 locked up in a creek bottom
Nice to see you have honor and let him live when he was locked up. Nice to see you only wanted him in a fair game way. The best man win. That's greatness. You have much respect in my book
Appreciate you recognizing that it's all about the hunt, not just the kill. Good luck this season David!
@@DruryOutdoors thank you. I can relate. I'm after a 7 yr old that has walked under me 3 yrs in a row as a brut. Hopefully he does it 1 more time now 😅
Great story! love it, keep it up
great story as usual. keep em coming
You just gained a tremendous amount of respect from me let me tell you! Not shooting him when he was locked up just shows the true sportsman you are and you truly respect hunting! Not very many people would have passed him up In that position. God bless!!!
I really appreciate that, bud! At the end of the day, I feel blessed to be able to pursue my passion of hunting, but I want to make sure I do it the most ethically way possible and be a good steward for conservation.
@@DruryOutdoors amen to that...I rarely watch hunting videos these days..but that one episode I watched on UA-cam made me a viewer let me tell ya. I was able to harvest my biggest buck last year...155 3/8 that I called ghost! My life time deer. My dad had his own smallmouth bass fishing show for years in Tennessee..so he taught me conservation in that area as well as hunting. Keep putting the videos out and I'll keep watching....god bless and good hunting!!!
@@jaybean8086 Thank ya sir! I really appreciate it, and good luck out there this fall! We'll try to keep the good content rolling in for you! ;)
The thrills of the outdoors. Great story guys! Hopefully Captain left a first mate for you to chase!
Mark, are you guys using Black out cameras or LEDs?
what part of iowa are you near?
Amazing story. AMAZING!
Y'all got the best Job ever!
I'm sorry but I would have tagged out when they was locked up lol. Never even got deer half that size here. I got pics of my biggest buck ever this year hunted him hard. Was within 30 minutes of him 3 different hunts according to my camera. He went missing 3rd week of September. Pushed down towards the creek bottom to see if I could lay eyes on him in bedding area and sure enough I smelled a dead animal glassed from top of ridge and all I could see was horns and ribs I could have cried I was so sick... had to tag him to keep him but I skull mounted him. For NC he was a good deer pushing 145.... would love to have took him with my compound but God had other plans. Game warden and the biologists said probably died of ehd it hit allot of the counties around us.....
So did the other buck ever make it?
Not likely. With the amount of stress he had gone through. He was physically exhausted and if that area has a high coyote population, which is increasingly common for there to be so, with it being so close to nightfall he likely laid down to rest and was snatched by them. Also with winter coming on it would be more difficult to find nutrients to gain strength back from a fight like that! It is possible though, that he did in fact survive and is still out there today. On the fact that we never hear anything about that deer in future DOD videos I'd say he's probably gone.
Captain Hook congrats on your victory 😉
Just a crazy rollercoaster ride with that buck. Just goes to show you how cagey and smart deer can be.
Sad ending for such a beautiful buck. Very cool story
I just love you boys and you movies and the story I am bill MO. I love to bow hunting but now I can't git around because of back problem I fall off a ten story building that I was working on but you boys keep me intertended. I am on disability and so there no way I have money go out and git four wheel but thanks boys very muck four the great move to see god bless to keep it up here s two to buck I got the loud give us the land for us to. hunt
I am new to this channel but that buck behind you guys almost had my cousin faint
That's an awesome story. It's also cool to think that that buck was alive for three quarters of my life
There is always a reason big bucks live as long as they do....the art of hiding and yet being right under your nose is a prime example of this bucks maturity.
Great insight!
What do they mean by the 200 inch deer. Like how do you measure it.
Just dick size.
That's an awesome story guys, thanks for sharing it with us! Looking at him in the first pics, I don't think he was 4 that year, more like 2 but that's just my opinion.
Good yall got closure and found him but it really sucks you weren’t able to tag him.
I am curious who gets to keep the Captain Hook buck, they guy who found it (I think his name is Wade) or if Mark gets to keep it? Just curious.
There are some nice deer here in liberty mo. About 145 miles from iowa border
Yet more awesomeness from Drurys!
True ambassadors of the industry!!! Amazing sportsmanship. Would have been easy to take a chip shot and not get them fair chase. Hats off to you Mark.
That’s heart breaking!!!!!
We hate when this happens. He was such a beautiful deer, and this is definitely not the way we wanted to see him go!
How much money would it cost for you to guide 2 people on 1 hunt looking for 10 point 12 point or giant 8
yes last year I took a 190 class whitetail.see pictures at bushy creek whitetails outfitters I'm the one in the red shirt. when I took this buck I asked if any bow hunters had seen this deer or had trail cam pictures or even sheds. nothing. also check out the testimonials my 30 second claim to fame lol great video of captain hook
how did he die ? old age or shot ?
Ever find out what he does from?
That story sounds like the one that is hanging up on our wall. He scored 146!
I've got a deer named hooker who is 200 inches and I haven't seen him in a while...
I have a huge main frame 8 point I’ve been hunting for a couple years and he’s been elusive like Captain Hook. I got him a couple times in august and then for months nothing. Then mid November I got him on camera and boy he’s big . I’d say 150 plus on size, and that’s good for a 8 pointer. Anyways I tagged out Nov 3rd with the other big 8 point buck I been hunting as well that I had on cam for 3 years. But I’m hoping “buckzilla” it’s the name I named it lmao is still around 🙏. I’m gonna set out a few more cams tomorrow. I’m very happy with the buck I got this year with my bow. He will score in the mid 140s. I hunt in Indiana, and we don’t really have giant bucks like Iowa and some of the other states, but we do have some big ones in certain areas, especially around river bottoms it seems. Anyways good luck fellow hunters 🤝
Depending on how many tags I had one of those giants would have lost that battle to my Mathews DXT!
I remember watching this live.. What an awesome buck.. Thats the reality of hunting elusive whitetails.. I cant tell you how many times someone has killed or found a buck we were hunting.. Its nauseating..
Hey you guys aren't on tv anymore?
New seasons of Thirteen, Critical Mass, and Bow Madness start in a few weeks on the Outdoor Channel!
Man what a buck well good luck this year@Drury outdoors
It's called respect for the buck to not shoot him locked up and it's called real sportsmen ship !!! if you don't understand that your not a real hunter!!!
My friend shot a 16 point last bow season and it scored over 210
99% of y’all don’t realize that this happens so frequently. Mature bucks die every single day from all kinds of reasons. Car wrecks, disease, broken bones, old age, fights, the list goes on. Just crazy that they actually found him, it was meant to be, a gift from god!!
Was those Mac-10 or Draco slugs you found with the skeleton?
very interesting and great video
Y’all have a pic of the mount of him?
I Leaned something.....i did not know deer make that noise, so now i know if im ever hunting and i here that, im b lining to that noise because ylu said they could be dying
P Sylar not necessarily, if they make that noise it doesn't mean the deer is dying it's just a distress call deer do, to warn other deer when there's a predator or something suspicious going on, but if there doing it repetitively for that long yeah probably good to go check
And you near Knox city or Plevna or Edina my grandpa has a few hundred acres in Plevna mo and we have a few very high scoring deer
How do you know in 2010 pics of him how do you know you did already have a pic on him
Just lots of time setting out trail cameras and studying the pictures!
Great story. Possibly one of the top archery whitetail hunters on earth. A true sportsman and an unmatched passion and love for the sport. I'm shocked at the garbage comments by all the jealous scum hunters that are aimed towards the Drurys. They obey all laws and are always fair chase. So they have much better land to hunt then you or I. Props to them. Living a dream the RIGHT way. Thanks so much for all the great videos of gorgeous buck
What a testament to how smart these trophy bucks are! This one cheated the hunters and died on his own! Chalk one up for a wise ole boy!
He was the old man. Love the pic. Of him..
Can only imagine what you would have given to get some telemetry on that buck through all those years...really see what he was doing.
Two years ago on opener I seen a deer on one set of land. Later that day I shot at and missed him two miles away from where I seen him in the morning. Two weeks later my uncle shot that deer right between both of the places I seen him
My grandpa had a similar story he got a picture of a buck with 2 drop tines on the left side which made him a nontypical 12 and he was around my grandpas trail cams consistently for 2 yrs never could get him close enough to shoot or never saw him then he dissapeared so we thought he went to better grazing lands or something we didnt know but one day we were pulling out fence posts and my dad sees what he thought was a ribcage of a deer in some grass and we walk over their and it was that buck no idea how he died
Man, sorry that happened to you too. It's tough finding them that way, but at least you know that he's not around anymore instead of constantly wondering where he is. It's still a huge bummer though!
hey mark if you have any old black racks or anything you don't want or need would you be able to help me and send me them I need extreme help to get better at hunting and get more hinges to help me. I would greatly appreciate it. please respond
I live in north eastern iowa so 👌 lots of nice bucks here i got a nice 10
There called timid Tommy bucks. You had to many mature deer around for his liking. He in my terms a non dominant buck that would avoid other deer at all cost. Prolly why he showed up the day after you shot another 5 year old buck.
awsome story but how did he die starvation stress ? im half way threw the video btw
At least y’all found him!!
Very true! It's better than wondering what happened to him!
How did he die
was the other buck high tower
Me and my dog found a six point buck, we were very lucky to find him because the coyotes started naring on it’s antlers
Did he die from that fight?
Lol never-ending watched more lol
What a shame. Beautiful deer
Great story wow
That was a great buck story!
Awesome !!
What u know i watched this till yhe end and i seen something. At the end it said fb live and i saw the date and day and i cant believe yall found this amazing mature deer on my birthday I thought it was pretty funny but wow. He a monster
Happy Belated Birthday! lol... Best luck and stay safe this fall!
You to
awesome story
so did he die from old age? im assuming
how do I get a buck to come to my stand without a black rack or anything like that and calls
Get a buck to come in without any lures... that's a tough one. rattling antlers imitates an aggressive buck to tempt the more dominant or territorial deer. same thing with calls... but there you can imitate dominance with a male, or call like a female to tempt in a buck that may still be looking to mate. If you're in the timber, unless you have a buck you've patterned and you have some solid insight on his path to and from food, water, and bed, you're likely going to have to do some sort of calling. If you're hunting over a known food source or travel corridor, you have a chance to get a buck without calls if you make sure you set up in range of a highly used entry/exit point. or you have planted your plot it in a way that funnels the deer to you. Good luck and be safe out there!
thanks I will be safe
The drurys find a lot of deer dead on their property I notice
What do you suppose killed him?
So many people would have killed him when he was locked up with that other buck. Glad to see you guys didnt do that. Shows what true sportsman you guys really are.
That would drive me nuts on end. Small home range and not even seeing him in the stand for 5 years. I’d sell all my gear lmao
RIP Capt. Hook