Hunt for a world class typical

[Baker]

Was 270 live or dressed weight?

Great deer.

Total weight

 

[Catscratch]

Finally got a chance to watch the video! Lol... "I can't breath". I don't blame ya!
Great video, great hunt, great deer. Thanks for posting.
Any idea why he got smaller for a while? Was it environmental or possibly genetic?

 

[Baker]

Thanks. I appreciate you comments. Actually I think it fairly common for them to drop back a bit in middle age. They are in the breeding pool. Run themselves down really hard and sometimes haven’t recovered well before they grow their next set of antlers. Some of. Our very best bucks have been the ones that are becoming less aggressive with age and have the second big jump in antler growth somewhere between 7-10

 

[Baker]

Here is an interesting perspective. The field photo is the rack on a 270 lb whitetail . The next pic is what the rack looks like in front of a 150 lb skinny guy. While I was fairly sure the buck would be over 200" I underscored him in there field once again. I'm usually pretty accurate especially on inside spread but I missed this one by 3" Yet one more reason field scoring can be challenging.

 

[Baker]

Final tale of the tape.
Gross score 212 0/8
MB's 28 3/8 -28 6/8
mass a bit over 41"
I.S. 25"
For the fisherman here net score 206 0/8

 

[Catscratch]

Nice!

 

[SwampCat]

Everything about that buck is amazing. Symmetry from one side to the other about as close as it gets.

 

[T-Max]

If I drew a picture of my perfect buck, it wouldn’t even be that nice. Wow!


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[Dogshooter]

The pic of you holding the antlers and skull cap really puts it into perspective just how big that deer is!

Very cool!

 

[strawhead]

Outstanding trophy! Congratulations!

 

[Crimson n' Camo]

Awesome deer!