That thing's a toad. Great deer no matter the score. But 202 even for a gross seems a bit of a stretch to me. Unless the deer is even bigger that what he appears to be in the picture. Still a buck of a lifetime.
I would say it was a green score because from what I understand a deers horns have to dry for 60 days in a dry enviroment before being officialy scored
Thats much more than what I expected, but pics can be decieving...either way, its a buck of a lifetime! I'd love to know a true age on that animal. I would have fallen out of the tree.
Thats much more than what I expected, but pics can be decieving...either way, its a buck of a lifetime! I'd love to know a true age on that animal. I would have fallen out of the tree.
I was the one that spoke to adam yesterday morning he told what it scored and i was to busy yesterday to post it so when i talked to smack i told him so he could post it. Thanks smack for posting it for me i was real busy yesterday.
I am curious who scored it? It was no doubt, the buck of a lifetime for 99% of hunters, but I didnt see 200 inches there. Pic can be decieving, hope to see it in person some day.
Does it really matter what it scored? I bet there is not a hunter on here that wouldn't give anything to have that brute in the cross-hairs. Just my .02 worth. GREAT DEER!
I dont think there is a hunter alive who would let him walk by. He will definitely make the deer registry, and a lifetime memory for the lucky hunter, and isnt that what we are after?
I'd like to get a story from the hunter, as far as how the deer was taken. was he running does, feeding, cruising through? Bucks that old are smart and really tough to kill!
they DONT shrink inches when drying at all horns shrink very little[/QUOTEI have seen horns shrink up to 2.75 inches in the 10 years IVe been doing Taxidermy work .But you can put a bar in between the horns to stop that just be careful they can shrink an break.
One of my good friends killed a big nontypical in Kentucky in 2008 and it dried from 257" down to 249", but it had alot of drop tines and abnormal points. When a buck is over 200" a few inches wouldn't mean s**t to me anyway. The main thing is that this big deer really boosts my confidence, because my hunting lease is just a few miles down the road on the same mountain and he may have some offspring running around.
What would it matter if Adam told his story? The majority of folks on this site would have something negative to say about it or laugh and disagree. I saw the deer with my own eyes, and held its antlers in my hands. It's a lot closer to 200" than the deer that the vast majority will ever have in their sights. Be happy for somebody every now and then. Jealousy sucks.
