200" typical zone 3

[B. Amish]

You are implying APR can grow nice bucks, but not world class bucks. Once they get 4 points to a side they are fair game, likely 2.5 to 3.5 years old, but according to you it takes at least 5 years to grow the rack on this buck. I disagree.

i am implying that the buck is older than 3.5 and i think most would agree with that. that's it.

[tengy]

Those 8's will be the ones doing the breeding!

[96trigger]

He could be 4.5, he could have been a marginal 8 pointer in 2010, one that maybe got a free pass because a hunter wasn't sure he had all points. That would put him at 4.5 in the 2012 season.

For what its worth, I think he is older than 4.5. I think he was a genetically superior buck even at age 2.5, and if someone would have seen him on public land, he would have been shot. This deer had a knack for survival right up until it was kicked up and shot during a deer drive. His home for much of his life, was probably private land that bordered the state ground. He probably got passed on by the people that live and hunt there because they pass on young bucks. He did make the fatal mistake of wandering onto public ground, where he eventually was killed.

[slimngrizzly]

Blows my mind how some of these bucks make it several years and then get shot. Youd think by age 5 or 6 or whatever theyde have it figured out. A buck I know of thats 8 or 9 years old just got shot on public land... I was very suprized! I guess even the "old men" still get in trouble for sniffin around!

[TruthWalleyes]

Cuz their small... i practice selective harvest..but do not support apr

[Musky Buck]

Amish you said my thoughts precisely, I've been an APR guy since 1991, we were trying to say that I would hope those big bucks weren't a fork last year, I'm sure and certain they were legal targets a year ago, or even in their 1st year it wouldn't shock me if they were small 8's as a yearling, the mild winter and 1 more year of age, with good food available and they hit their potential carrying the genetics you want to see. Think of how many does were bred by those 2 giants. There are large properties down there where they practice go-grow, which means they get that chance to grow and along with growth comes larger racks. From the trailcam front most of what I'm hearing and seeing is that there are more mature ish bucks surfacing on film. Plenty of yearlings for future seed. Many anti-apr now are starting to change their stance. It's certainly a plug for APR I guess.

[TruthWalleyes]

We should make it illegal to keep a walleye less than 28"...That way we can all go fishing and catch a 31"

[LightningBG]

We should make it illegal to keep a walleye less than 28"...That way we can all go fishing and catch a 31"

ehhh. why not letem go? then we can all catch 35s and 40s!

[CANOPY SAM]

Geez you guys. This thread is about celebrating, acknowledging, congratulating, and admiring a great big giant white-tailed deer, that we would all dream of tagging someday.

Can we please leave the petty arguing out of it?

[Musky Buck]

True enough, there is nothing wrong with trying to put some sort of age structure in the buck population which leads me to this ? Genetics. If those 2 large bucks bred does as a 1.5 year old buck are those future buck fawns born with his genetics ? I'd think the answer is yes, but why do I hear so many concerns for 1.5 year old bucks breeding does then ? A person can only speculate what that yearling will be in a year or 2 or 3. I hear take that yearling 6 out of the population etc. Given age he may be a 200" buck someday, unknown, but right ? I just didn't want to start a thread, hey no denying those are monsters and the hope to cross paths with 1 like those keeps me going. I wonder who had or has those 2 giants on trailcam ?

[niterydr]

Monster bucks. Congrats to the hunters, harvesting and outsmarting bucks of that nature is not an easy task.

[tengy]

Geez you guys. This thread is about celebrating, acknowledging, congratulating, and admiring a great big giant white-tailed deer, that we would all dream of tagging someday.

Can we please leave the petty arguing out of it?

i think we are all just a little full of "ENVY"

[fishuhalik]

Holy huge bucks!!!! Congrats to the lucky hunters. Pretty sure I woulda passed on em though. I woulda thought they were elk

[Laska]

Great deer, do you retire after a deer that big? or put up a texas fence to get one bigger? lol Im jealous but very very happy for those guys!

[96trigger]

More than one person I talked to said they would be done. I know I wouldn't hang it up but I wouldn't even try and top it. That is truly a buck of a lifetime.

[Laska]

I wouldnt hang it up either, there's a great story behind every kill, some better than others... Shoot, I shot a 9pt 11years ago, still talk about it but my main story and that I get dump for is a antlered female I got 4 yrs ago..... My wife keeps bringing it up If Ill shoot another HEshe this year lol... FUN TIMES!

[pikerliker]

It's not just zone 3 this year with big bucks. My cousins son shot one last Sunday the 11th South of Mankato in zone 2 that grossed 206 & 1/8! It had 19 pts but basically had a typical rack with one big drop tine, a brow tine that split into 3 pts, and one other odd pt. It was a massive deer! Also had a buddy at work who's Bro in law shot a big one up in zone 1 that probably scored 150's. Very nice deer.

[nonteepical]

Tell your cousin to send you a pic so we can see it

[Cheetah]

Nice deer. Too bad everyone gets into a big fight over it.

[Gofishleech]

It's not just zone 3 this year with big bucks. My cousins son shot one last Sunday the 11th South of Mankato in zone 2 that grossed 206 & 1/8! It had 19 pts but basically had a typical rack with one big drop tine, a brow tine that split into 3 pts, and one other odd pt. It was a massive deer! Also had a buddy at work who's Bro in law shot a big one up in zone 1 that probably scored 150's. Very nice deer.

Surely you can come up with a pick ??

[HandGunner]

wowzers! new world record? what ever happened to that exselsior buck? Im just happy to even be able to take any size deer doe or buck man these guys are just straight out lucky or have been targetting these bad boys

[hockeybc69]

I wondered about the Excelsior buck too. He just kinda fell of the map.

[CANOPY SAM]

Is that the Excelsior buck? The deer pictured above has an abnormally large head, and probably the most perfect, lovely set of antlers I've ever seen!

The plastic lawn ornament deer at Kmart don't look that nice?

[hockeybc69]

That is indeed the excelsior buck.

[muskiemanAD]

Old co worker lived neat that area and he said no sightings this year... Could have got hit. Hwy 7 was middle of his home range.