Biggest deer you've seen
Oct 13, 2023 9:18:22 GMT -5
Woody Williams, scrub-buster, and 6 more like this
Post by esshup on Oct 13, 2023 9:18:22 GMT -5
This one:
I have no idea what he'd have scored, but as a 9 point there would have been a big deduction. I don't care. LOL
Those are the only 3 pictures I have of him. He's dead now, that was in 2010 or 2011. I haven't heard of anyone shooting him so maybe he died of old age, or the farmer just South of where I hunt shot him during his depredation shooting. He hates deer and gets a bunch of tags every year. Anyway.
Deadeer knows the property. This was during muzzleloader season and I was shooting my .50 cal Savage. The wind is blowing from South to North. I was sitting in a canvas camp chair with the muzzleloader on a set of shooting sticks on the North side of what is called Pond #1, looking South. There was a group of does about 2:00 from the pond on the far side, about 170 yds away. I see this deer walk out of the woods from the East, along the South tree line, walk about 40 feet then turn to walk South, so all I had was a Texas heart shot. I thought that the deer deserved better than that and just as I thought that he turned to his right and started to walk toward the group of does. I didn't want to shoot him on the walk so I just tracked him with the muzzleloader scope.
He stopped and about half way through the trigger squeeze I notice a blur on the right side of the scope. I look up and about 15-20 feet in front of me is a 24" dia Oak Tree. The bullet will be VERY close to the truck of the tree and I thought that the sabot would be opening as it was passing the tree, possibly kicking the bullet to the left in to the guts, so I moved the tripod and gun, setting it up so it was on the right side of the tree. I'd have him when he walked out as he went toward the does.
He stepped behind the tree and I never saw him again. He must have walked due South away from me.
The genetics are still in the area, but three 10 acre parcels have been sold since then and houses built on them, so there is more hunting pressure now. Looking on Google Earth, there's about 600 acres of woods if you count the different properties and total up the woods. This area is 80 acres with about 500-600 acres of crops next to it, and another 80 acres of wooded property that basically is a sanctuary that nobody can hunt. I have shot a few nice ones there over the years, one was a mercy killing because I heard (what I thought was a .223) and not 10 min later this buck comes hobbling past with it's front leg swinging (this is during muzzleloader season). I knew where the deer was headed and I hustled around to get in front of him. I shot him when he stood up from where he was bedded.
I had a chance at that one during archery, but I passed because I thought the tines were too short. But with the broken front leg I didn't think he'd make it through the winter. It looked like he was shot through the front knee with a FMJ .223.
I have no idea what he'd have scored, but as a 9 point there would have been a big deduction. I don't care. LOL
Those are the only 3 pictures I have of him. He's dead now, that was in 2010 or 2011. I haven't heard of anyone shooting him so maybe he died of old age, or the farmer just South of where I hunt shot him during his depredation shooting. He hates deer and gets a bunch of tags every year. Anyway.
Deadeer knows the property. This was during muzzleloader season and I was shooting my .50 cal Savage. The wind is blowing from South to North. I was sitting in a canvas camp chair with the muzzleloader on a set of shooting sticks on the North side of what is called Pond #1, looking South. There was a group of does about 2:00 from the pond on the far side, about 170 yds away. I see this deer walk out of the woods from the East, along the South tree line, walk about 40 feet then turn to walk South, so all I had was a Texas heart shot. I thought that the deer deserved better than that and just as I thought that he turned to his right and started to walk toward the group of does. I didn't want to shoot him on the walk so I just tracked him with the muzzleloader scope.
He stopped and about half way through the trigger squeeze I notice a blur on the right side of the scope. I look up and about 15-20 feet in front of me is a 24" dia Oak Tree. The bullet will be VERY close to the truck of the tree and I thought that the sabot would be opening as it was passing the tree, possibly kicking the bullet to the left in to the guts, so I moved the tripod and gun, setting it up so it was on the right side of the tree. I'd have him when he walked out as he went toward the does.
He stepped behind the tree and I never saw him again. He must have walked due South away from me.
The genetics are still in the area, but three 10 acre parcels have been sold since then and houses built on them, so there is more hunting pressure now. Looking on Google Earth, there's about 600 acres of woods if you count the different properties and total up the woods. This area is 80 acres with about 500-600 acres of crops next to it, and another 80 acres of wooded property that basically is a sanctuary that nobody can hunt. I have shot a few nice ones there over the years, one was a mercy killing because I heard (what I thought was a .223) and not 10 min later this buck comes hobbling past with it's front leg swinging (this is during muzzleloader season). I knew where the deer was headed and I hustled around to get in front of him. I shot him when he stood up from where he was bedded.
I had a chance at that one during archery, but I passed because I thought the tines were too short. But with the broken front leg I didn't think he'd make it through the winter. It looked like he was shot through the front knee with a FMJ .223.