Your Biggest WT

So chime in. We want to know what your 3 BEST ever TEXAS deer have been. Scores and pics would be nice. I'm curious. Mine is a 116, yep that's it. Nothing bigger. I will do a mule deer thread as well as we progress. No bashing, bragging is appreciated though. Please share. If you have no pics not a problem. Place the score, yr, county and how it was harvested. ok go................

I've killed 3 nice ones.

I would have to agree with you, very nice

I have hunted more here in fort ben county than anywhere else. I dont have pics on my phone, but my three best were all between 105" and 118". All between 8 and 10 points. I have been on that lease for 12-13 years on my own, and I am 28. To be honest i think i have killed the highest scoring deer to my knowledge. Have not killed a buck in the last 3 years because i am wanting bigger than I have and havent seen one yet in person.

163 6/8 is my biggest I've had scored. Shot a high-fence cull that may be bigger, but more proud of that low fence deer. I've shot 4 low-fence bucks over 130. Biggest off our family property is 138. Have one that would beat that running around. Saw him this morning in fact, but not within range.

Hard to pick my best...but here are 3

my first and also biggest, eastland county in 1993 i believe, 8pt with a little knuckle on the left MB out towards the end, probably scored about 115", taken at 110 yards with my marlin 3030.

the only pic is an old polaroid and i have no idea where it is. about 12 years ago i gave the antlers to a little kid that lived down the road when he moved away, kind of regret that lol.

I have four that all score right around 120, with one being a little over that. He would have been about 135, but he broke off one of his best tines.

My 3 best are one over 190"(had 20+" broken off not included in score) Colorado County Dec. 2010, one around 177" taken in Bandera County in Nov. 2003 and one around 171" in Colorado County Nov. 2011.(all gross scores)

Here's my 3 better bucks. Can't find the pic of the last buck after I took him opening morning 2010 but that pic was on TC the night before I believe. He scored 136 as is. If you give him the same inches on busted G2 as the opposite side G2 gets him as 139". Didn't measure the other 2. Any guestimates on the 20" wide buck in the first pic?

I killed my first nice buck when I was 13 back in 1994. It was a nice 8pt from Nolan county. I was lucky to have a cousin and uncle that got permission to take me hunting a few times.



After about an 18 year hiatus I was able to get on my first deer lease and after a long season took a nice 8 pt on the 2nd to last weekend.



This year on opening morning I was able to take my best buck to date and ended up being the first buck I ever got a picture of on the lease. I hunt in Coke county so I don't expect to shoot any Monsters but am happy with the quality we do have.

My son's biggest, shot 2 hrs ago.

http://www.texashuntingforum.com/forum/u...one#Post4755651

136 ,11pt 19 1/2 inside, Houston county 2001. 145 ,9pt Houston county 2003,132 8 pt Houston county 2006. A bunch more120-130 but these are biggest and most memorable as 2 were with my bow.. I don't know how to post pics, I will figure out how from my iPad one day,lol.

Scored right around 140. Killed on 60 acres on the last day of deer season.




Never really put the tape to this one. Thinking somewhere around 130.

9 pt 128' mason, 8 pt 127 mason, 8 pt 126 mason, 9 pt 124 refugio, 8 pt 120 refugio

Wow , some mighty nice bucks shown here .

Largest to date is 231" from PA a couple weeks ago...213" and 170" at the Nooner Ranch last year (muzzleloader)...and largest archery 146" in Missouri (LF)...few nice 8's from 110-125"

Not sure what he score and really don't care to know.

no doubt

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Typical 12. 145 and some change, Taylor county LF

10 pt I shot last year. 151" low fence in wheeler county. Pick it up Friday.

167 4/8" I killed with my bow. My biggest to date my others are like 148 and 149"

I just moved here from Louisiana this year so no chance to take a whitetail, but my largest buck taken is a 148 p&y on public land in north Louisiana, sadly I don't have any pics but I will post some as soon as I get him back from the taxi

From left to right, 143.5, 147 and 172 gross.

The 172 on the right, all I can say is WOW!!!

Wow is right! That's a dandy. In my experience, mounts of really big bucks need to be seen in person to really appreciate them. My brother in the Midwest has a 170 and a 162 on his wall and when you walk into the room it nearly takes your breath away.

BTW, great thread. I sure like seeing nice bucks!

Don't have three but here is my first buck. Shot him this morning about 730. In red river county. Eight pointer, not a clue what he scored was just happy that I killed my first buck off my own property.





Walter

Biggest was shot last saturday, 202-4/8" offical. Second is 199" and then a mid 160s and did ai mention I love my taxidermist, dead to mounted in 7 days isnt bad..

Yes small buck but my biggest. I have not had a chance to hunt Texas yet. This is a Washington WT.

Good choice of form for your deer. Gotta love quick work from taxidermist

My largest was a 10 point that scored 143, no scores on the rest.
All killed in Cherokee County.

Any mature buck is a trophy.

Alot of nice bucks posted here and that is a testament to management.

If you killed any buck that made it to 5 years of age kudos to you, that is something to be proud of, regardless of score

Parker County 2006


Palo Pinto County 2007


Parker County 2012

Wood County. Pre ARs...haha:

before:



after:

Good Lord those are all good uns!

201 Gross Net 198 qualified for B&C book - low fence

Also have two 165's

Any buck you are proud of is a trophy...regardless of age or score

wow that is one heck of a low fence buck.

I have never taken a whitetail in Texas. These are my 3 largest, all within the last 13 months. 158, 148, and 131

Here are my two worth mentioning.

Killed in 2009, Bosque County. Little 140ac place.
10 pt, Scored 130 broke off as he was.





Kennedy Co, 2010.
Scored 133, 21" inside, 7.5 years old.





And, this one was just as special, my wife's first buck. I was more nervous than if I was doing the shooting. Dressed 146 lb.

Lot of nice deer!!!

213" Killed with my bow last year on the ground on Christmas Day



172" Lasalle Rifle Kill in 10'

This is my biggest to date. I shot him on opining morning of bow season 2011 in Eastland County.
He scored just over 146 Pope and Young.




This is my sons first and only buck so far. He shot it last year (2012) in Eastland County. It scored just over 140.

308 4/8 Limestone County, 267 3/8 Medina County, 236 5/8 Colorado County.

My best, 142 inch gross typical 12, 4.5 YO from Duval Co. 2012



My second Best, 126 inch 10(8 with mule deer forks) 6.5 YO from Kendal Co. 2003



Don't really have a third biggest, but here is my next favorite, first buck I shot on our own place, 105 inch 7pt(scored as a 6 because G-3 didn't make the inch min.) 5.5 YO also from duval Co. 2011

177 2/8'S

Link to story on THF

Only other decent deer was an 8 I took in Irion County several years back. Scored 137, no pics.

Come on....really?

Ok. What do I win?????

lol my thoughts too. we need pics for sure one anything that large.

very possible off of high fence ranches - look in the Los Cazadores deer contest online and look under the high fence section - lots of deer that size

On the wall now, my best is 161 5/8", followed by a 159 and a 149. But in Saskatchewan last year I got lucky on a buck that we green-netted at over 179. I left it with a Canadian taxidermist before the 60-day drying period had elapsed.

I should be getting my mount back in the next two weeks. I hope when I re-score him, he will still qualify for B&C all time. He would be my 7th B&C book animal, if he makes the cut.

A bag of Indian corn.

These are from South Dakota, but they are my two biggest which happened to be by bow. Non-residents cannot buy a gun license there and there's no lottery option so I was 'forced' into bow hunting if I wanted to hunt the tree rows around the farm. No complaints here!

I'm guessing around 125" each?

Never had access to or the money for "Monster" bucks...but I hunt hard for what I get. Love this thread...keep it going!
No Monster, never had him scored...but my best after over 30 years of hunting.(2012 Season, Limestone County)

160 7/8ths gross

Leon co. LF 143 and some change.



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nice bucks Nav!

yep, and that mount is awesome

All legit. I have seen the pics and guided one of them.

My two best, both East Texas bucks:

2009:


2013:

Yep money can buy you anything these days even memories.

I like that open mouth mount

Few ive killed over the years. The mainframe 12 is in the mid 140's.

I really like this thread most folks on here hunt their whole life and finally get that 130-140 class deer and are the proudest hunters in the world after all the work they put in to get him, and then on the other hand you have a few that you can tell just stroked a check and smiled for the camera

No.1 rule of hunting is to hunt where the big deer live.

you can't kill what isn't there.

I know guys who have been killing big deer on leases since they were kids because they hunted in good areas.

A lot of whats involved in killing big deer is location, location, location

going to a ranch and paying for a hunt and shooting a big deer isn't any different from going to Colorado and shooting a big elk or to Canada and shooting a big deer or going to Africa and shooting a big kudu.

my buddy hunts in Canada, they went up their year before last and he shot a 165" and his dad shot a 185". both true wilderness 100% as fair chase as fair chase gets, if their is such a thing.

Do those deer mean less than someone elses buck because it was a paid hunt instead of a paid lease?

If you're referring to me since I listed three huge whitetails, you couldn't be more wrong. I've been deer hunting for 48 years. I've hunted public lands, private lands, low and high-fence. If I'm in an area where a 130 is a trophy and I get one, I'd be just as happy as the biggest deer I ever killed. See, some of us measure our success not by score, but by the experience. Friendships and memories made. Lessons learned. And most of all for me, it's where I'm closest to Him.

That I have the ability to afford to hunt a few big deer each year that are giant, makes me no more nor less a HUNTER than you. I'm plenty comfortable in my own skin and don't need to stroke my ego.

I hunt because I love the outdoors. I hunt because I like to eat venison. And I hunt for the chance at a trophy. Just because I've killed some giant whitetails doesn't mean they were tied to a tree.

Well said.

its just jealousy for the most part.

the guy driving the Toyota corolla gets mad at the guy driving the Vette', the guy driving the ranger downplays the guy that is driving the king ranch diesel.

I don't hear bass fisherman dogging the guys that fly into mexico to catch these giant bass, where they have days where they catch 2 or 3 double digit fish, yet its common that a hunter will dog another hunter if they kill a deer that was on a paid package hunt.

I'm rockin' an extremely impressive 128 8-pt as my biggest kill.

I do not follow txtrophy85's rule, typically. i.e. I hunt where there ain't [censored] but tiny bucks. Thought I might finally break that trend this year, but alas, my buck swam the creek and it out of my reach now.

Hope his brother shows up or something.

Lots of great trophies posted here…thanks for sharing!!

Exactly, location is the #1 factor in what kind of buck you can expect to take. Obviously everyone would like to take a Booner but we've got to be realistic.

Where I hunt any whitetail over 130" is a dandy and I've been lucky enough to take a couple nice bucks over the years.

Is it wrong of someone to go hunt on a HF ranch in South Texas and take a monster buck relatively easily? No and not only because it's within the legal limits of the law. For all we know that same person may have hunted his whole life and never even seen a nice buck, let alone taken one.

Instead of judging one another we should just be happy with the fact that we're all able to experience the outdoors in the first place. Regardless if the mature buck in your area is 120" or 180" just enjoy the pursuit and the thrill of the hunt. You'll be glad you did!

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Thanks fellas

I'm sick of how in all your posts you "assume" that everyone that's not from a big city and doesn't pay to let someone guide them and tell them exactly when too shoot a deer on a HF ranch is poor and lives in a trailer house, you could not be more wrong sir I don't PAY to LEASE anywhere my family owns more land than I could ever possibly hunt in a season, and by the way I don't own a ranger either but it would be about your size of truck

I think his analogy has less to do with wealth, and more to do with value (what someone is willing to pay). I have the money to hunt with outfitters, and prefer to do that, but I wouldn't mind having your problem of being land wealthy (even if it is family land). Life is too short, and you can't take the money with you. Might as well spend it as you choose.

I think you took something the wrong way.

How does a thread about show your best deer turn into a battle between classes, money, etc. Best advice ever? To each his own.

I have hunted hill country and been proud to kill a 130 inch buck. I have hunted high fence and proud to kill an awesome buck. I have hunted South Texas low fence and blessed to kill a 200 inch deer after years of hard work.

If someone chooses to hunt high fence, low fence, high price, no price - it is America and we are blessed with the freedom to CHOOSE. So how about continuing with the great pictures on this thread so far from all walks of life and in diverse ways and each of us enjoy someone else's success?

Easy cowboy, no reason to try to make something into something that it is not

it always turns into a battle/argument.

and the guys that have killed the bigger deer are never the first to start fighting, its the other way around, always saying stuff like "you can tell who just stroked a check and smiled for the camera"

some real nice deer in this thread though

Funny. You started this by making an assumption. Now you're whining about someone else doing it.

I get what txtrophy is saying but I'd add SOME guys get jealous of the nicer rides and bigger deer ect..

I know you're not saying all do.


I don't care to be around guys like that. Most the friends I have could drive a king ranch and pay for sit and shoot hunts for 200+ inch deer but don't care to. Myself included.

fouzman l wanta see pics of your giants!!

138"..Sutton Ctny..

thank you and DITTO!

159 7/8", 2006 in Cottle County with a model 70 3006 at 90 yards. Pretty crappy pic......


154 1/8", 2012 in Wheeler County with my bow at 21 yards.


147 7/8", 2006 in Donley County with a Savage 99 308 at 110 yards.

My wife's 3 best......
134 3/8", 2011 in Donley County. 230 yards with her Remi 700 270.


129 7/8" with broken brows, 2010 in Donley County. 110 yards with her 270.


117 3/8", 2009 in Donley County (first buck). 130 yards with her 270.

My biggest is the one in my sig 160 1/2. I have 1 about 130 that I never officially scored and 4 that are all about 120. I have no pcs of the smaller ones.

Pretty deer - the frame is awesome

2011 18 yard bow shot 155" 10pt



2009 22 yard bow shot 130" 7pt

Nice!

That 7 point is a beast

I only got one Three years ago. The Sabine River was flooding and pushed a bunch of swamp donkeys out looking for dry ground. Processor measured him at 131", 13 point. I had a big 10 the next year but got no pics to upload.

Good looking buck. Looks bigger than 131"

Thanks. I thought he was bigger than that too, but I'm no scorer.

yep, with those brows and kickers i bet hes closer to 140. cool looking buck, i love kickers like that.

Did these bucks come off your little honey hole?

PSE 15yds Rusk County

Let's not turn this into a pissing match about money, HF, LF etc. just asking to see more nice Texas WT pics. Carry on and thanks for posting.

If I only had one, that'd be a nice way to do it.

I herd of the one out of limestone co. also never got to see it though.

Come on fouzman post pics man!!!

X2 espeically with those brows and kickers, I bet that's a net score and not gross. Look upper 40's if not 50

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Come on fouzman post pics man!!! [/quote]

I don't know how. Be glad to txt it to one you and you can post it. PM me a cell #.

You should a get a second opinion on that 131" your processor scored...I would say at least mid 140 gross...great buck either way.

Some great deer here.

Come on fouzman post pics man!!! [/quote]

I don't know how. Be glad to txt it to one you and you can post it. PM me a cell #. [/quote]
PM sent

Looks like a 131 to me. So many scores on the Internet, whether guessed or measured, are inflated so bad that when someone actually scores it right, people think it's been shorted.

I got the opposite from my taxi today when he picked up the cape from my son's buck. He text me 143 2/8ths. I just don't see it. When I had my hands on the deer I didn't think he'd get out of the mid 30's.

Double post pic but its on page 1 of this thread. Do y'all see 143?

Never had the opportunity to shoot a buck growing up. Now that I have two boys, it's all about getting them a nice one 1st, then maybe dad can go after one. This is the 10 point my oldest son got last year. Hopefully one day I will be able to put his younger brother on one comparable.

That's a gorgeous buck!

Heck, just measure it and see what it is. People make it out to be rocket science but it's very straight forward to get a gross score.

193 1/2 Inches
11 Points
39 3/4 Inches Wide

Last Thursday in Viking, Alberta. 10 pt that weighed 250 lbs and measured 148 5/8. The outfitter, a guide and a taxidermist measured him but I don't think he is quite that large. I believe 145-146 is closer.

I know how to score one, just didn't do it that day. It was 60* when he was shot and climbing to 70* by the time pics and celebration was over, had to get him to the walk in asap.

Biggest yet, scored a 148 3/4 according to the biologist. Shot in Quanah LF 4.5 year old.

fouzman sent me these to post for him.....

Said he's proudest of the native genetics.


Killed this one in Medina Co. This year. Native deer. No outside genetics. 1,000 ac high fence. 192 5/8 gross, 187 7/8 net green for Texas big game awards


308 4/8. Hunted him seven times with a bow. Missed once at 47 yards. Finally picked up the rifle on the eighth time out and got him just before dark on the last day of my hunt

without the 2 extra pionts the drop tine and the 10 inch browtines that deer probably wouldnt make it to 120. With all the goodies I would believe the score you posted. Those brows are like extra points! Awsome deer

@Nathan - that's insane! What a great deer.

Yea chevy hope you're right. I just PM'ed STX and asked him too. I'm kicking myself for not measuring it now and I don't want to show up at the taxi and make him think I don't believe him. Just have to wait and see I guess.

Wow!!!

Here is his 3rd buck. He was 238.5" gross with well over 40" of mass. He was taken in 2009.



He followed that up the next year with this buck. He was over 206" gross and more typical.

One of those and all 3 of my wife's are from there. I didn't post anything about our hunt last year, just didn't feel like dealing with the hassle. I'm debating on posting our opening week "luck" from this year.

Here is my 190"+ gross nontypical with a double beam from Colorado County.


My 177" gross typical from Bandera County.

My 171" gross nontypical from Colorado County.

Those are all great looking bucks! Got any pics of the mount of the top 10?

I love that 171 from colorado county... what dreams are made of, mine anyhow!

That's insanely wide. Do you have the rest of the measurements?

Some Hosses fo sho

Nice Bucks!

Thanks Ranchman. I don't have any handy but will try and get some. I got him in '06 and hadn't looked at mounts much and just thought I had to have him in an upright pose like he was "the boss". Everybody tried to talk me out of it but I wouldn't listen, even the taxidermist. He did a fantastic job but it is a very simple, straight forward pose. Wish I would have had him offset, turned, semi-sneak, something but oh well. Live and learn.

I might have mounted that buck in an upright pose as well. He is a purty deer

thanks

Took this guy last weekend of Buck season near Tilden last year. Last hunt i had on that lease due to the oil boom. worked out beautifully.

X2 That is a crazy looking buck

They are all 3 fantastic deer. I love that Medina county buck.

HOLY nice bucks!!

My biggest whitetail is nothing to brag about but it is my biggest. Never even put a tape to him. Killed him on thanksgiving 2010 in 200 acres in rocksprings
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Id probably brag about him

May seem strange to some but this is one of my most memorable bucks... watched him all through rut because he stayed in a no go zone near the boss mans house....he injured 2 nice young 10 points that I know of... one really bad. He was also one of the biggest deer iv ever seen on the hoof during rut but had lost a lot of weight when I got him... got a go ahead on him for one afternoon only in late January (MLD) and just happened to work out. 21 wide 5yr old 7pnt.
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cool lookin buck, a good story makes it even better

Thanks man

Something about the crazy looking antlers gets me. "Biggest" isn't always the best

Years ago in late 70's, early 80's my neighbor and I worked some and hunted the Rafter S in Batesville for Mary Nan West. He carried a friend who did the Armadillo Commercial ect and PR for Lone Star Brewery. Bill had lost his wife to Cancer recently. Virgil put him on a free range low fence Buck that was 15 points, 30" wide and 15" high. Bill shot him with a 270 and old factory ammo, bullet popped on his shoulder and the buck ran. Virgil shot him off hand with Bills sons 243 in the back of the head over 400 yds away. Christmas Day Virgil gave Bill the mount as a Xmas gift. Bill was just going to put the horns on a board!

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153" Irion County 2006
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154" Irion County 2005
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149" Irion County 2010
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My kids big 6pr 117" 2008 Irion County

That six point! Wow!

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Got my biggest WT about 4 hours ago.

Great looking deer!!!

That six is awesome

Congrats on connecting Flip

Great buck, Flipper.

146", 10 point, Mills County



133", 11 point, Hamilton County



Unknown measurements, 8 point, Mills County



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MY MULIE
Growing up in a small town up in the Rolling Plains back in the sixties was not exactly a deer hunters haven, My grandfather had property up in Dickens County which at the time was wonderful for hunting blue quail but never a set of horns except on his cattle. This property is still a wonderful getaway and hunting destination for our family and friends and has a lot to do with my story. In the early seventies a few whitetail were released by the Texas Parks and Wildlife up in this area and after a few years we finally started seeing the deer population increase slowly but surely. While up hunting whitetail one weekend, back in 1985, I was invited to hunt on a friends place in Cottle County outside Paducah. He had told me there were not a lot of whitetail around but I may see a mule deer. Seeing a mule deer for the first time was very different and I could not believe how odd it was to see a deer hop instead of just seeing the buff on a whitetail heading for the nearest cover. These were the first mule deer I had ever laid eyes on and it was on this trip I managed to take a spike off my friend’s property. After this I always wondered what a thrill it would be to harvest a trophy mule deer and this would stay with me for quite some time. Well, I went on a dry spell for a number of years only hunting a few times for mulies up in that area with no luck. Hunting the panhandle has always produced a lot of memories and it was in 2005 I had the great privilege of hunting on a friend’s ranch in Gray County. On our first trip I thought this had to be one of the most beautiful places I had ever been on with deep rugged canyons, large cottonwoods, tall grass and thick plum thickets. It was that year while on a whitetail hunt, after mule deer season had just wrapped up in mid-December, I was sitting on a bluff enjoying a beautiful sunrise when a group of several mulies crossed a ravine only 100 yards from where I sat. They were all large bodies with tall wide antlers and had to be mature trophies from what knowledge I had about mule deer then. After this encounter I was really looking forward to future hunts on this beautiful ranch. My friend let me continue hunting the ranch and then here comes the big fire of 2006. It brutally took its anger on many large ranches in the area and I thought it would take years to recover and would never be the same. I was extremely wrong. The ranch lost some beautiful cottonwoods and was scorched dearly but after a couple years of good fall and spring rains things were starting to come back little by little. It did scatter the deer population but over the next several years I returned during each season only seeing a few mule deer which were in need of growing up a little. In 2010 I had my chance on a nice mature 4x4 but the time must just not of been for me that season. Always check your ammo and make sure it is not out of date or gone bad! This next year was one of the worst draughts I have witnessed growing up in Texas. We had over seventy days of 100-degree weather and hardly any rainfall at all. During the fall I was at a benefit for the Ridley Sea Turtle which is put on by a friend who works with the Texas Parks and Wildlife. I had been eying a shoulder mount on the silent auction and ended up as the lucky winner which you will hear of again later in the story. Well, although I had the mount it had to be used within the year and I was not to very sure if there would be a chance for this because of the terrible draught conditions we had been encountering the past few years. Oh well, for a good cause! When deer season came around and the mule deer season was coming to an end a few months later, my friend, who owns the ranch up in Gray County, met up with me to hunt some whitetail on my farm in Dickens County. Because of the terrible draught we decided not to take any of the whitetail we were seeing off the property this trip so we loaded up and made the other 100 miles north to the ranch up in Gray County hoping for a little better results. Although they had received a little more rain than other parts of the panhandle, and I had since been back several times, it was still not the beautiful ranch I remembered from my first trip. We pulled through the gate of the ranch about two o’clock in the afternoon and did not take any time in getting the Polaris off the trailer and riding one of the larger pastures. To our surprise we were seeing quite a few nice whitetail bucks. The following morning bright and early we hit another one of the larger pastures and began what we thought would be a wonderful day of not working and hopefully some good hunting. It was a very cool morning and could not be any better than hunting with good company along nothing but miles of nature with deep canyons and open bluffs. While enjoying the beauty and still an eye open for the reason there I just happened to see a patch of white, reflecting off the morning sun, on the east side of a ravine. I quickly told my friend to stop and turn off the Polaris. After a few moments, rubbing my watering eyes from the cold wind, it looked to be a very nice mature mulie getting some morning sun out of the cold breeze. My friend scoped the small ledge on the ravine and said it looked to be a good one and if I was going to take a mulie this would be my chance. I was hunting with my Remington model 788 .308 and it has been a very good gun to me for the past thirty years. It was only about a 165 yard shot across the ravine and seemed like only seconds for the squeeze of my trigger finger and a good shot. It was not until after the long ride in the Polaris, which seemed like hours, to the far side of the ravine I finally knew exactly what a magnificent animal he was. Completely in aw here I was standing over the mule deer of my dreams and the most proud hunter you could ever imagine. This had to be one of the most intense and wonderful times a hunter could ever go through. Even a few tears! I was not hesitant in making a call to my wife and bragging a little bit and will now remember this moment forever. He weighed in at over 275 lbs-5x5-7 years old and grossed 182 inches with a net score of 178 ¾. He is number 1 in the panhandle region and number 2 in state for typical mule deer. I still cannot brag on him enough and so thankful for the opportunity of sharing it with a special friend. I had a really good feeling that the money for my shoulder mount would go for a good cause and used wisely, both for the Ridley Sea Turtle and myself. What a wonderful 60th birthday present and he is forever on my wall and will be admired by family and friends for years to come.

whoa

Nice one Lotto a real nice one.!

What a story and what a deer, Lotto. All of that should be in a magazine.

I just copied from the article .......... It was in Texas Trophy Hunters last June.

MY WHITETAIL

It was in 1995, on this beautiful piece of Texas that I scored my first trophy whitetail and will forever be a special and wonderful moment in my lifetime. The winter had been a little cooler than usual that year and a little more rain than normal for this part of the Texas Panhandle. Not having the opportunity to make the normal seasonal trips as usual I was there with a good friend for the final weekend of deer season for a little relaxation and in hope of a little venison for our freezers. Enjoying the outdoors and cool weather we were not seeing any mature bucks and doe were still off limits for this county. It was on that Sunday morning I thought I would give it that one last try even though it was cold, windy and my buddy decided to sleep in. After a very cold sunrise and with my toes not having too much feeling left, the sounds coming from the cabin were telling me my friend was up and I made the decision to give it up and head back for a hot cup of coffee and start packing for the trip back home. With two steps already down the ladder from the blind I saw a glimpse or shadow over my right shoulder at about 150 yards. A second sighting was a group of four bucks popping over the back fence and out into the open prairie. I almost crashed and burned trying to get back up the ladder and knew it was either now or never for this last outing to come out successful. I only had 3 of my Sierra boat tail 165 grain bullets and knew the odds would be thin with all four of the bucks in full run. They turned to the left behind me and again were all topping a dividing fence at about 150 yards. I could tell the slow guy had to be the oldest but all were wide and thick horned. As he lagged behind my first shot was over his head, chamber another round, and a miss behind his back foot. At this time he was in full stride and topping the cross fence behind the others and I knew this last shot had to count. Careful aim, lead and Wham…in midair he crashed to the ground as the others were up and away. I began to wonder as I could not see anything walking out to where he went down for the bluestem grass was very tall this year. It was then the tip of his horns appeared glistening over the tall grass and I could see a shadow of his large frame. I was shaking and very cautious as I walked up to see for the first time a truly magnificent whitetail trophy which would score 140 inches and make the Texas Big Game Award for the 95-96 season of that region. I Finally Did It! Needless to say, my friend was thrilled when I got back with my trophy and a little disappointed as I told him there were plenty to go around and maybe on his next hunt he will remember the old saying “the early bird gets the worm”.

128" pope and young big heavy tall eight point when I was 17 I really havnt shot a buck since other than spikes just havnt seen anything that would top him now I do have a 135-140 8 on cam but he is nocturnal been hunting him hard all season helpfully I can connect

Great stories and deer Lotto!!! Thanks for sharing

Figured I would resurrect this post and see if y'all had any more to add

129 7/8 8 point Coryell County chasing a doe.

great thread...surely there are some to add from the last 2 years...

2014

2015

High Fence
304 4/8
276 7/8
267 3/8

Low Fence
181 0/8
172 1/8
162 3/8

I have a couple probably a little bigger than the last two but they were taken before the advent of cell phones so no handy pic. These are all good deer for where I was hunting but I am still looking for that "once-in-lifetime-buck". Keeps it fun!

STX,

Who did the taxidermy on this one?

Wonderful work, and thanks for sharing the photos.

Navasot, that's a beautiful buck.

Nav, post your buck from page 3 that isn't showing up...I loved that mount.

Thank you sir

Im sure those six you listed aint to shabby either

uhhhhhh give me a sec lol let me put my puter skills to work

Ill take a better pic tonight... hes in a much better spot now lol

Pic of smooth 8 on far left. 135 0/8 5.5 y.o. Freestone Co. 2014



Pic of 9 on far right above. Never measured. 4.5 y.o. that I thought was 5.5. Rutted up and chasing does. Freestone Co. 2013



Pencil horned 5.5 year old 10. Never measured. DIY mount kit from wally world I did myself. Freestone Co. 2012

Well I'm not posting pictures. I can't hang with you big guys I only drive a golf cart around LOL!!! These are some nice deer guys congrats to all on some great trophies.

Some really nice bucks here, this is mine from East Tx, 28 acres

PWT, love the brows on that trophy buck.

I'm an eternal optimist when it comes to big WT deer so please don't laugh at my guess on his inches of antler.

147"

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My biggest, 143 gross.12 point, split G3 I took this picture before I knew he was dead.

My #2 119.5" 8 Point, he was so pretty.


There is no 3.

The only one worth posting a pic of. The other two were probably 110ish

139

Once in a lifetime Buck. Bought the hunt at an Auction for youth 4H.
272 6/8"

after seeing all the monsters you've harvested, I truly appreciate you asking. And I'll honestly tell you I'm not sure man. When I killed him, a dude I worked with called him mid 130's, Not sure though, but this dudes my pride and freakin joy. Perhaps my buck of a lifetime. Not sure I can top that on my small property, with all the pressure and everybody shooting everything that's brown. But I digress, I pulled the shot and gut shot that deer, searched for hours, ended up pushing him. Twice. That was my bad, X2, for gut shooting him, then for pushing him. I found him well after the 24 hour mark, but was a warm day/night. I tried to cape my first WT stiff as a board by myself, and didn't turn out so well, had to get a cape from the taxidermist. Got this on my dads property, who's since passed, but he helped me find this buck, by telling me where to go look, before I left to go home.

I'll let you know ...

My first and best bow kill. Not sure of the score, but damn good for my first.

13 pt. 164 2/8

147 5/8 gross, LF, Kimble County, Last deer I killed on a home place that we owned for over 45 years.

some great looking bucks fellas

my biggest came last year, 142ish as he sat.

still waiting on the mount...

A spike, had 6" on one side and 8" on the other. Aged at 3 1/2

what no Tahoe pic?

I feel bad for that deer... even holding that trophy I can see the lust in your eyes for another buck...

My two biggest - Top buck taken off of 12,000 acres LF near Uvalde - never scored
Bottom buck taken off 500 acres LF between Kerrville and Frederickburg - never scored

haha, I have only 1 true love red.

here ya go nav..

142 2/8th

First buck I ever killed scored I think 137 before deductions.

Two biggest deer, top from December 2014 scoring 154". Bottom from October 2015 scoring 136".

Biggest at 137 shot last season.

My first buck, I was 13 yrs old. Scored 135, took me 21 years to top that.

Prolly my favorite buck. Shot this one in 2000 on the last evening of the season.

And yes, that's a Savage .270 with a Bushnell 3x9 scope. 250 yard shot.
Dropped like a rock. I was shocked.

My Top 3

152-7/8"

145-3/8"

135"

What a wonderful story...hope you've saved it for generations down the road to enjoy.

All low fence. Refugio and LaSalle counties.





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I have no idea on the scores, but here are my 3 best. They aren't as big as some of you fellas by a long shot, but I'm dang happy with them

2013 San Augustine Co
2014 Austin Co
2015 Eastland Co

Not real big but my biggest. Shot it in Tennessee 2 years ago, but still a lot of years to get my biggest.

I was hunting with both of my boys who decided to take a nap during the evening hunt when this Panhandle bruiser made an appearance. My oldest son would have been the trigger man had he been awake. They didn't even wake up when the gun went off. Ended up being my biggest whitetail in 30+ years of hunting. It had a gross score of 161 and some change, and just a tad bit under 40in of mass.

That's a great bucks very cool pic