Dude, I think you missed a measurement. He's bigger than 160. His tines are just as big as I thought they were.

Really weak on mass I'm guessing?

Here are the numbers.

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You missed a part on th form.... Exact Locality Where Killed: is not filled in.

Thanks. I missed his mainbeams, mass and spread. He sure looks much bigger in your pics. Great buck that no one would pass up.

Very deceiving. Still an amazing deer, and it's refreshing to see someone score a deer properly. Well done.

My lord

Talk about stunned silence! Are you hunting the FW Zoo again? Congratulations on an awesome buck.

I keep coming back and looking at this one....awesome deer.

Regardless of score, he's an amazing trophy......but I would double check measurements - he sure looks bigger!

still an awesome deer sir

Congratulations on a great trophy !!

Re: Waiting Pays Off

For some. I have been waiting 61 years to kill a deer like that and it has yet to happen

I took about 50 pics of him and in all of them his antlers looks really big! Even in the ones with me and other objects and people in the photos that would give a size perspective. I guess maybe because of his small body size, age and it was dark, and he is surrounded by black, it makes his antlers look huge! I quartered him up shortly after before the storms hit and got him on ice. I have not taken any more pics of just his head and antlers in the day light. All I can say is that in the moment I saw him raise his head and wave it around (120 yards), I wasted no time watching him and trying to analyze him as I have all the other nice bucks I have passed the last 10 years. I knew to shoot him. It was almost dark, but not too dark to see him good through the binos and scope. He was very skittish and 1 second from bolting back in the brush if something spooked him. At that moment my heart was instantly pumping and he looked 180” to me too!!! I shook for 30 minutes! It was a great feeling that I had not felt in years!

Just to philosophies for a moment like ole Augustus McCray, most of us on here know hunting is not just a hobby to us, it is a way of life that goes on every day that we breathe! Me and my old buddies don’t hunt near as hard as we did back in our 20s -30’s but we are doing something with hunting and fishing all year long. Now deer camp is more laid back and we look more forward to our big breakfast and what we are going to cook for dinner! Our boys, now in their late twenties are shooting most of the bucks. If either one of them, or my buddy had been with me at that moment I would have gladly let them take the shot. As it turns out, it was my turn and it felt good!!!

Thanks everyone for the nice comments

Well worth the wait, congratulations on an outstanding buck!

Wow! what a buck.

Ok we know the score, now let's talk age. I'm guessing 4.5. That means you should have let him go and get bigger next year...

Kidding... Very nice. Will you be more specific than North Central Texas? Maybe a county?

Dang! That's a beautiful Buck!!

WOWSERS that is a GREAT buck

Congrats!

Why do yall want to know where it was killed so bad. If I was the op I certainly wouldn't tell now because I'd be suspicious about why yall are so interested.

Once again hell of a deer. I would've thought it scored way higher too but who cares on score when its that impressive. Thats a monster

I don't think their asking for the ranch name just the County

Awesome Buck

I guess you used the typical score form and not the non typical? Truly outstanding buck once again. I have never seen a whitetail with a 16 inch tine, it just blows me away.

That is just amazing.

Feel free to post some more of him! Awesome to look at.
Also, what is the deer lift on your ATV? Did you manufacture or buy that?

OUTSTANDING BUCK!!