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[Steve Foss]

Maybe I'm missing something really basic here, but can anyone tell me why that buck shed its velvet and is in full hard antler mode at that point in summer?

You might also search out how many cities, townships, etc., are named Excelsior within the range of the white-tailed deer. There are quite a few of them. Nothing in this video says it came from Minnesota. A steadier camera might have allowed some of the vegetation to be IDd, and I was hoping for sound so I could maybe ID some birdsong.

But that's just all details. Most importantly, wherever it was filmed, it's one dayum monster, and I'd be very hard pressed to stop shaking long enough to put a Barnes Expander in its boiler room come November. Those sheds are phenomenal!

[Bear55]

Cool, any news on a score?

[nonteepical]

I was measuring at the duluth deer classic this past weekend and the guy who found them was working the show brought them in to be measured. they measured 175. 91 3/8 on the left and 89 5/8 on the right. rank #1 for minnesota and i think #6 in the world for shed antlers.

[mrklean]

nice what a buck now the big question is can that buck be hunted or not if its in the cities

[Jameson]

...my zip code...

[matchset]

got this from a buddy. picked up in the "metro" too.

[Bear55]

Maybe I'm missing something really basic here, but can anyone tell me why that buck shed its velvet and is in full hard antler mode at that point in summer?

Steve the video said Aug 31st which is perfect for the velvet peeling time of year, late Aug to early Sept.

[WalleyeChamp]

Match Set.: What's the deal with that antler??????? NICE!

[klecker]

If you pause the video at 1:27 and compare it to the pictures with the sheds, I don’t think it's the same deer. The right side looks different.

[CANOPY SAM]

klecker, you might have something there. There appears to be a little up-turn at the end of the right side main beam with a 2-3 inch split at the end (in the vid). Looks like it may have been broken off before the shed, or perhaps it is a different deer.

Either way, that's quite a deer, and an amazing shed find. I'd never put those things down!

[mrklean]

Same deer, i think you are seeing the left side of the rack there looks like another little point there

[Deitz Dittrich]

I got to see sheds off the deer in the original post this last weekend.. I want to say that the sheds scored over 170 without the spread pretty easy.. Got to talk to the person who shot the vid and found the sheds as well.. Awesome deer for sure.

[Muskie456]

doesn't 91 3/8 and 89 5/8 = 181 and not 175

[Muskie456]

Oh, that is net score. oops

[sticknstring]

Any word on whether these sheds will be brought to the Deer Classic or PY banquet?

[Gofishleech]

If you pause the video at 1:27 and compare it to the pictures with the sheds, I don’t think it's the same deer. The right side looks different.

Looks like part of the crab claw had broke off.

[Billy_Burbout]

You guys are right, he broke a tine off. Look at the video again at that 1:27-1:45 and you can see it had another tine. You can also see the "bump" in the still photo on his right side where the tine was. Thats ok cause it helped his net score. awsome awsome deer

[WalleyeChamp]

You guys are right, he broke a tine off. Look at the video again at that 1:27-1:45 and you can see it had another tine. You can also see the "bump" in the still photo on his right side where the tine was. Thats ok cause it helped his net score. awsome awsome deer

Interesting thought. Lets say you have a giant that would be a record book NET score if you broke off a 3" tine, I bet guys have done it. And who wouldn't do it if it means the largest typical of all time. This guy could be that deer next year with that crabclaw tine attached. But I suppose by the time you know the score many pics and eyballs have already been on the rack.

[HandGunner]

OMG he did break it... or maybe the deer broke it... who knoes... either way if it meant i have to break off a single tine just to make a world record i wouldnt... im fine being second place or third or whatever but breaking off tines and whatnot is just the equivelant of cheating and plus it ruins the beauty of the animal we all grown to love

[sticknstring]

Quote:

OMG he did break it... or maybe the deer broke it... who knows...

Exactly. Lets not start casting accusations here.

[honker23]

would breaking a 3" tine help your net?

[sticknstring]

Yeah if there wasn't a matching tine on the opposite antler. 3" extra of side-to-side deducts. 184" gross + spread. It'll be interesting what he puts on next year.

[Billy_Burbout]

Holy smokes! When i said "he" i ment the deer...not the guy that found the sheds! The deer broke it off iam sure somehow while the rack was still on his head. Dont even know how you could even fake a broke tine.

[Quackaddict9]

Definitley the same deer. Broke part of the crab claw and we need more angles of the the buck's left side in a angle shot to see the browtine sticker points and I bleieve it will truly show its the same buck.

Nice deer nonetheless.

[hockeybc69]

Think there is gonna be any "outsiders" following this deer next year???

Eeeks. World class deer and in the public eye now.

That thing is beyond imagination.