I'll take this email thread into the realm of first hand accounts. I too got that message and photo texted to me.
Later that day I got an email forwarded to me entitled
"My Southern Utah Buck". The email was written by Jason Carter.
Since I am a Huntin Fool member and have Jason's email I contacted him and asked him if he wrote this email. He confirmed he did.
Following is Jason's response.
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As you probably know, I harvested a great buck this year in Southern Utah just south of Beaver Utah. Somebody (I would love to know who) started a rumor and sent it via cell phone text that I shot the buck out from under another hunter. The rumor is absolutely not true.
We bedded this buck and I stalked to within 35 yards of him and sat on him from 11:30 ? 5:30 p.m. He got up a couple times in the thick trees to re-bed but I didn't have a shot. At 5:30 he got up to feed a bit and I shot him. We video taped the entire hunt including the kill scene. This is the second year that I have hunted this buck. Last year I estimated he scored 215 or so but just couldn't get the job done. We scored him at 247 gross with right at a 200? 4 point frame. We plan on releasing the story and video in January of 2011.
There was another hunter by the name of Rylan Orton that was hunting with my cousins Daniel (the hunter I supposedly screwed) and Mitch Carter. He wrote the following and Daniel Carter texted it to me directly:
?In regards to the bogus story that has been spread around about this deer and the hunters that had him supposedly shot out from underneath them. I am the hunter that was with jasons cousin. jason and his huntin fool crew just out hunted us. While we went home for a nap jason sat on this deer all day in the sun and when we came back for the evening hunt jason shot this deer while we were on our way in to sit 150 yards in front of us. Jason and his crew did an awesome job and this story that has been going around is just gossip. Please forward to everyone that sends you the blown out of proportion story.?
Also, here is a text from Daniel Carter himself to me:
?I just wish this all wouldn't have got blown up like this. Welcome to beaver county. You killed him fair and square I hope the best for u. Your a great hunter?
I really appreciate those of you who know me well enough to stand behind me. It's too bad that we as hunters have to defend ourselves against faceless, nameless rumors. This one has spread faster than I have ever seen probably due to the magazine and the size of the buck.
Best of luck to everyone this year! Feel free to forward this email and/or call me with any questions.
Jason Carter
Carter?s Hunter Services
