The cutover has no food sources, other than natural, and it had a small drainage ditch down in this one bottom with one stretch of small pines. It's one of the biggest ever killed in the Southeast. We thought that maybe he had been killed, but when we checked cameras [in] mid-February, he had returned in late December. During that stretch, Hall finally encountered the buck twice. "About 50 yards behind the doe, there he was. Then I raised his head to see the right side and almost passed out. He went right to where the doe had been, then turned to follow her.. On Dec. 3, 2018, William Lloyd of Wynne killed a 14-point buck in Lee County that netted a Boone and Crockett . The region is unique to Arkansas in that it doesn't have a traditional rifle season. So was Lefty. The following year, he put on significant main beam length. That was set to change on Aug. 22, though. We started game planning, dreaming of getting close to this magnificent animal.. Spencer Neuharth Mar 1, 2021. Location: Calhoun County, S.C. Taylor's Temptation. Although Moreland hadnt gun-hunted in years, he made the decision to muzzleloader hunt during Arkansas early blackpowder season. Then, the buck disappeared again for more than a week.. . He has trail . Two weeks ago, Arkansas hunter Chase Watson took the biggest buck he's ever killed however it came with a price. If you have a deer you would like us to consider listing here e-mail us with a picture, story and details. When you see a photo of a young hunter with a world-class deer, it's tempting to wonder if he or she "lucked" into it, or if perhaps an older hunter did most of the scouting and strategizing. . His stand location was in a draw between two ridges that led to a destination ag field. Ive been hunting all my life, Murdaugh said. When they found the arrow, coated with chunks of meat and hair and little blood, they knew the buck was not dead, and backed out. On Dec. 3, 2018, William Lloyd of Wynne killed a 14-point buck in Lee County that netted a Boone and Crockett score of 200 1/8. I was locked down by the doe that was really close.". He bolted and was jumping over treetops in the clear cut and finally after 80 yards he jumped into one last fallen treetop and stopped, he said. Wardens recently concluded a three-month investigation centered around a 34-point whitetail that was poached this fall in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. These are world-class numbers, and there's no doubt the animal fell to a most deserving bowhunter. Lefty wasnt like many other bucks on the property. I shot the exact hair on the deer that I was aiming for, says Moreland. This deer had a track that was undeniable. "I started getting pictures of him on my cameras. We estimate he was 7 1/2 years old. "I was standing there holding my Mathews Helium bow, and my knees were knocking," Ryan remembers. I didn't know he was 214. Taking any deer with a traditional bow is an accomplishment, but shooting a giant buck with a traditional bow can be a truly once-in-a-lifetime experience. "At least I think there were six. Lance Hill's South Carolina Stud. Still, they thought they had a good chance of seeing Spider Man up and on the hoof. Check out more stories, videos and educational how-to's on deer hunting. That's based on photos from 2010, when he clearly wasn't over 3 1/2. I shot and put the arrow at the back of the ribs, and it went through everything important.". It was about 100 yards . He used briars and small cedar trees as cover as he went. This season, Murdaugh had the opportunity to cash in some of that knowledge on a huge whitetail. With such success behind him, Jon felt all of his hunting dreams already had come true. Watts shot the buck at about 50 yards with a rifle chambered in 6.5mm Creedmoor. When he succeeded, he was hooked. Did I gut shoot him? Ryan didn't bother taking his bow that day, as he'd been hunting for seven straight days and hadn't seen the big deer once. I still have a lot of friends and some family in Mississippi, and the only time I get to come back and hunt is during the Christmas holidays, he said. He decided he would try to take a deer with it. With a whopping 40 inches of non-typical growth, he has a gross Boone & Crockett score of 215 3/8. I cant wait to see you again and tell you about this one., Jacob Latimers Kentucky BuckScore: 170 inchesDate of Kill: Sept. 30, 2021Location: Montgomery County, Ky.Weapon: Compound bow. I would hunt this deer in the afternoon and the wind would be blowing 1-2 miles per hour and swirl, Latimer said. Not only that, but he also got the biggest buck killed in Arkansas during the 2008-09 deer season. Gordon Whittington heads north to his personal Missouri farm for some crossbow action. A little buck was chasing a doe.. Deer was killed in Clarion County, Pa. , weighed 412 lbs. The campus is only about an hour away from where he hunts. Hall hunts some swampy ground, and some of it is navigable by water. Bucks over 200 pounds in the state receive a patch to display on [their] hunting jacket. Four hours later, Latimer returned, and followed the trail 140 yards to where the buck had fallen. Rather, there's a short muzzleloader/shotgun season. Yet, the state Game Commission charged him with poaching, killing out of season what was described as the largest bear ever seen in the county. On the afternoon of Oct. 13, Moreland finally got the shot hed been waiting for. I moved 150 yards downwind of his bedding area and started rattling, Lee said. Sept. 25, 2021, brought warm temperatures in the 80s and clear skies. They didnt have any encounters with the deer until after the rut. I killed him in the mock scrape I created., The deer ran 30 yards and tipped over. Jonathan Moreland grew up hunting with a compound bow until, one day, he saw one of his fathers old recurves hanging on the wall. As he waited for the sun to rise, he couldnt help but think of all his memories of the place, as well as the many times his father had taken him hunting as a kid. The one on the right was 4 inches. He knew something was wrong. All in all, about 15 deer filtered in and out of view. Jeremy Martinson had been hunting in the area throughout the season, but on Nov. 1, 2021, he received an opportunity at a huge whitetail. "But he evaded me. He was a good-looking, 150-class 10 . Fortunately, the boy was able to take him, resulting in a great first whitetail and sparing the big one's life. To his right and rear were stands of thick timber that opened in several spots, and to the left was more meadow with intermittent timber. In regions without great habitat, many deer seem to plateau out after age 4 1/2 and don't make the huge leaps in antler development. . Deer hunting is my peace. "I knew he had potential." Bowhunting gives the deer a chance to grow. "I thought he was going to go downhill after 2012," Ryan admits. Kamps settled the pin and took it. My dad gave me news that he had terminal liver and pancreatic cancer. There was an additional sticker off the left main beam. Throughout the day, we saw a few bucks that I rattled in, one being a nice 4-year-old, Kamps said. After several tense seconds, the deer offered a quartering-away shot opportunity, and Hill took it. Ryan's foresight and patience were mature beyond his years. Let us know what you thought about these Monsters! The story of Loyd's Arkansas buck shows why effective deer management in many states is creating the potential for record-book . Then there were the two drop tines, with the longest being 7 inches off the left beam. All I had been doing for the last four years was hunt this deer, and there he was, lying dead. Zach Edey had 17 points and 19 rebounds as No. It later taped out at 186 3/8 inches. And wouldn't you know it not long after the cousins had sat down, the 9-pointer appeared, walking directly behind a good 7-pointer. This 8 1/2-year-old buck killed by Mississippi hunter Justin Develle on Oct. 22, was ear-tagged in 2018 by the Mississippi State University Deer Lab as part of a buck-movement study. My other younger brother was hunting the same property 200 yards away and I called him, he said. My dads spirits never once faltered.. Morelands brother, Josh, had been headed to hunt himself when he heard Johnathan hollering in celebration, and went to investigate. They continued planning, but his fathers health continued declining. He was a good-looking, 150-class 10-pointer. During the offseason, he used HuntStand to find and mark numerous stand locations to target this deer. 3 Men Cited for Poaching 34-Point Buck. So, Lance went with that. The majority of these came from Maverick (28), La Salle (24), Webb (23), Dimmit (20) and Kleberg (11) counties. Published Nov 26, 2020 2:00 PM EST. Arnold, an environmental engineer for Tyson Foods, is an expert bowhunter who hunts in some of America's most . I was speechless. On Friday evening, Nov. 8, Ryan saw the monster for the first time all season. Is This the Largest Buck of the 2019 Deer Season. All of the efforts Hall invested in hunting this buck including boat rides and many dawn-to-dusk hunts culminated in shooting a buck that he might never best, and almost certainly not in Arkansas. I do know it was not the deer I killed. However, when it happened, he was focused on finishing the job. Read other stories about big bucks killed this season by clickinghere. We started leasing this property in July of 2020, and this buck was the first deer that I got on camera, he said. . Arkansas deer usually score around 120 to 130 inches, Moreland says. biggest deer ever? Franz finally killed the deer on an Oct . Realtree is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible experience to everyone, including those with disabilities.2023 Jordan Outdoor Enterprises, Ltd. All rights reserved. But the bowhunter was wrong. Bryant scored big in 2007 when he took the Oklahoma state record whitetail deer. Lee settled the crosshairs and pulled the trigger. Wilson sat back down in his tripod stand, realizing how he stuck out in the huge cutover. Gordon Whittington talks with 13-year-old Troy Metzger about the 2016 hunt that landed the young man a monster non-typical buck on this edition of Big Buck Profile. Knowing I couldn't even come to my knees without breaking the little concealment we had, I decided to lie on my left side, using my left elbow for as solid a rest as could be achieved within the slight incline of the old fencerow. Photo by: Markus Semmler. The deer closed within range, and Jared took the 27-yard, quartering-away shot. The next day, Luke Wilson was back in the same stand at 3:30. I had just built a rifle but hadnt set the scope. He went from fighting mode to loving mode and made a move. It scored 164 6/8 and ranked 9th overall. I was trying not to pass out. He had a little standoff with the 10-pointer, with them grunting at one another. Stephen Tucker's non-typical record once the largest hunter-killed non-typical in the country was taken in Sumner County in 2016 and is the fourth largest non-typical of all time. I said, did you hear my shot? He said, yeah, what did you get? I said, Im not sure but its the biggest Ive ever seen here. He fractured a bone in his right . Moreland, with his Arkansas archery buck. Deer. The G3 on the right had three stickers and the left G3 had two. I've got to be in the stand.'". We dont think it could have been this big buck.. Countrywide, it isnt often you get to hunt in August, let alone with a rifle. Michigan: 31 deer per square mile. Typically, in regions influenced by the flood stages of the Mississippi River, the rut is later than the traditional Midwestern rut of mid-November. On Nov. 23, they decided to move in. Surprisingly, one camera took 50 to 60 pictures of the monster within a few days. Three does milled around as the sun dipped toward the horizon. The big buck was right behind her. With the buck on his right side, Watson spun himself around to get in position. Knowing the buck was too far away for a shot, Murdaugh carefully stalked down the fence line toward where hed last seen the deer. He was quartering to my right and I let him put another 100 yards between us so I could get turned. He went through the patch so fast I just knew he was good but never could really tell what kind of rack he had. "I didn't see him fall or hear him crash, but I could see the blood trail from the stand. He would have been the first person I told. Mike Clerkin heads to Buffalo County, Wisconsin to bowhunt whitetails. 5 Purdue outlasted Wisconsin 63-61. The gross score evidently makes this the highest-scoring wild whitetail ever harvested on professional video. After 38 years of hunting, the dreams of a Booner finally came true, Jared said. My brother said, Dude, you just got a B&C buck! Wilson said. "The buck I missed was the sixth one to run through there that morning," said Hooper, a former Jackson resident now living in Benton, Ark. The Boyett buck sits at . Then, 2020 arrived, and Lefty was back on the farm. He was just a special deer, and very much a result of patience in both management and hunting. From his stand, he was able to see the buck go down. The first time, the buck was chasing does and didnt come close enough for a shot. He settled in for the afternoon sit and waited for deer movement. I remember telling them, 'It's going to be a perfect morning in the morning. Eastern Arkansas farm country is home to a growing number of record-book deer. The arrow hit its mark, and the huge deer ran down into a ravine. I would leave late Thursday night, and all my friends ragged me about it. Skis are easily the most efficient way to cover snowy ground on foot in winter. Although he doesnt remember the fall, he does remember picking himself up, walking over to the buck, and putting another arrow in him. As luck would have it, the buck didnt show. So I was pretty nervous when I started that walk across that field.. The footage confirmed that Moreland had made a great shot. He charged in out of nowhere. They dreamed of another season hunting this big deer. During the spring conservation order, you can hunt with outfitters from Arkansas to Saskatchewan. He watched the buck working a licking branch from his tree, but again, didnt have a shot. This deer means so much, Reed said. Its hard to justify shooting a spike or forkhorn when you know there is a Boone and Crockett buck in the area. On Nov. 1, Moreland got a later start than he had planned, and didnt get to his stand until 12:30 that afternoon. The first year was challenging, as they had to learn how deer used the property. He finished the season with 11 encounters, but passed the buck each time in hopes of it living another year. Arkansas hunter Tres Jackson took this big whitetail on a muzzleloader hunt in Pope County, Ark. It was a long 4-year process, but it paid off.". From the Los Angeles Blade, December 12, 2022: Meet the Bisexual Wife of Pennsylvania's New US Senator. This time he got a gross non-typical score of 261 3/8, with a net of 230 7/8. But Ryan isn't just any hunter. I was overcome with emotion when we recovered the big eight. The moment Moreland got photos of a buck with wide, heavy antlers and what looked like 15 scoreable points, he made the decision to target only that deer. I knew he was a shooter, but I didnt really see all that he had. Instead, they hunted elsewhere in hopes of allowing the deer to live another year. Instead, he recruited another friend to help him grid-search the woods. At least, he did until a buck he'd never seen showed up on one of his trail cameras. He grew up around hunting and intuitively knew how to put the pieces together on this home-turf trophy. He went to the mock scrape I set up earlier in the fall and started pawing the ground, Martinson said. By the fall of 2013, Ryan was enrolled at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. Score: 155 inches. Stan Potts heads to Montana with his rifle in search of a Big Sky buck. 2023 Outdoor Sportsman Group. Even so, I didn't figure that would matter if I aimed at the right spot and squeezed off a clean shot. A friend killed a big buck that he entered in the Big Buck Classic, and Watts said the bigger buck was running with it. Which begs the question: Why arent more bird hunters using them? Later, Watson began hunting him two days after the archery season began. Then, later in the season, he finally crossed paths with the deer one last time. . He decided to leave work early, hiked into the woods, and climbed the same tree he had done so many times before. Three double-digit tines of 10 2/8 to 13 5/8 inches, plus 7 1/8- and 9 3/8-inch brows and a 21 3/8-inch inside spread, add plenty to this regal crown. Subscribe to OL+ for our best feature stories and photography. In fact, going into 2013 he'd shot two net Boone & Crocketts: one a non-typical scoring over 200, the other a typical from public land. "When we recovered the deer, his head was leaned on a sapling, propped up. So I guess Im back to hunting the 100-inch 8-points, but I know I will be more selective and start passing on the promising ones, he said. Field Dressed Weight: 431-Lbs. I had a shooting lane through the pine trees. Hunting public land, he killed a buck in the Natural State that would make a Midwesterner swoon. What Hooper found was a 205-pound buck with long, thick main beams. Being in the open, Wilson decided to sit still and let the buck continue to walk in the direction he was traveling, hoping it would cross in front and provide a right-handed shot. That errant shot allowed him to stay in the stand, wait another hour or so and shoot and kill a 183-inch 16-point non-typical with double drop tines. Wilson said the buck kicked, but that he heard the bullet hit the deer. Right before Halloween, his trail cams captured good photos of the deer during daylight. In hindsight, Ryan is glad no one killed the big buck in 2011. WASHINGTON (AP) Sen. Sherrod Brown has survived a decade of statewide Democratic losses in Ohio by building a reputation as the rare person in his party who can still connect with the white . Then, a big deer walked out of the timber to his left. Non-Typical: 312 inches. It was another doe, and the big buck was right behind her. Morelands first encounter with the buck occurred on a hunt early in the season. The buck took off, the arrow still in him. Once there, they followed blood and found the deer in a logging road about 75 yards into the tracking job. "All my buddies were expecting me to be jumping up and down when I found the buck," Ryan says, "but I didn't. He wasnt hunting that day so I asked if I could borrow his.. . The doe came by, and I knew he was fixing to come right past me.". Its hard to put into words. I hunted him pretty hard, but never encountered him.. "I hunted every weekend in 2013," Ryan recalls. Men are terrible with sharing their emotions. Ryan hunted the buck all season but saw him just one time from the tree stand. Ryan did have one other encounter with the buck that season, but it was while he was taking his 7-year-old cousin out for his first-ever deer hunt. Literally a 600-yard radius. The buck turned broadside, and Hall grunted to stop the buck for a top-pin shot. His father passed away in October. Even though he was in the tall weeds and stuff, I could see his body and his vitals. The giant non-typical sported a typical 1211 frame, but was scored as a non-typical because of an abundance of small kicker points. He closed the remaining distance needed to get within range, dropped into a kneeling position and took the shot. Fowler's buck scored 212 6/8 making it the #12 All time Non-Typical in Arkansas Matt Howard had the biggest Typical that scored 172 6/8 making it the #44 largest typical in Arkansas to date. On Sept. 30, 2021, he was glad of these strategic decisions. That's the beauty of hunting. With the deer on food sources, Ryan was able to pattern the buck before Oct. 15. I never knew this buck existed, not until my brother and I found him dead, piled up in the top of an old fallen tree in that cutover, Wilson said. They both laid their ears back and stood their hair up, Hall says. About an hour into the afternoon hunt, a doe appeared about 100 yards away and walked down through the finger of trees. 'I'm sure the entire encounter only took a few minutes, but it seemed an eternity. He encountered the buck a second time soon after. The buck spun and took off into thick cover. He was hunting hill country in a 65-acre hay meadow, which was part of the larger 160-acre cattle operation. "I knew about this buck in 2018," he says. Its not as common, however, to see that monster buck taken with traditional equipment. But the big buck, even with a good shot, bounded out of sight. I only saw him one time on stand while bowhunting in 2011, and he skirted around me at about 60 yards.". He came to 40 yards and stood by a brush pile. It is also the new state record for the biggest buck killed with archery equipment. | From there it was probably a five-minute ordeal, and he worked every scrape that young 8-pointer had worked, Watson said. It worked, Lee said. Bobby Cleveland has covered sports in Mississippi for over 40 years. In this edition of "Big Buck Profile," Gordon Whittington talks with young whitetail hunter Reid Crawford about his trophy buck taken in 2017. Thank you, Dad, for being my constant in life. I called my dad at 7:45 a.m. and told him what had happened." Mississippi Sportsman Frequently Asked Questions. Lucky hat brings nurse Jefferson County monster, 159-inch buck killed by 15-year-old East Rankin Academy student, With hunting season in the books, its time to make plans to bring your bucks to the Louisiana Sportsman Big Buck Contest. A mature Missouri buck showcased some serious head gear totaling a staggering 333 7/8 inches, making it the most giant whitetail ever scored. After a wait that seemed like an eternity, the doe finally started walking . Like many of his fellow Arkansans, Ryan is a deer and duck fanatic. Jurassic-era insect found near Arkansas Walmart . This is one big deer. MILWAUKEE (AP) Cleveland Browns owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam have agreed to purchase Marc Lasry's 25% stake of the Milwaukee Bucks in a deal that puts the value of the NBA franchise at $3.5 billion, two people with knowledge of the negotiations said Monday. Subscribe to our newsletter for new stories, tips & events. This time everything came pouring out.. But at his shot, the deer jumped the stream and his arrow hit high. As part of the BuckVentures field staff, they understand whitetails, and it came as no surprise when this 5-year-old deer fell to a Reed.

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