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Before and After

Posted By: TonyinVA

Before and After - 10/22/16 05:37 AM

I have had this Virginia deer on camera since July/August and then he disappeared in mid Sept for about 3-4 weeks and I was a bit depressed to say the least. I think he was hitting a soy ben field about a half mile from my property. Anyway he started showing up again in October and I figured my chances were better than even on killing him.




After seeing him on camera in shooting light on the 11ths (note the temperature) and on camera again on the 19th, I decided to sit a stand about 150 yards in the woods from the field this evening since the temperature had dropped about 20 degrees from previous days (in the mid 80's) and was in the low 60's (much like it had on the 11th. Long story short I got lucky tonight.




Roughed him out at 156 gross for the 6x6 frame and another 6 inches of trash or 162 total.
Posted By: QuitShootinYoungBucks

Re: Before and After - 10/22/16 05:51 AM

Oh man!!! Congratulations! That's an outstanding buck, Tony.
Posted By: mikei

Re: Before and After - 10/22/16 10:48 AM

Great animal; a real trophy, for sure! Congratulations!!
Posted By: Drop Tine

Re: Before and After - 10/22/16 11:11 AM

cheers Nice!!!
Posted By: Jkd106

Re: Before and After - 10/22/16 11:35 AM

Super deer congrats
Posted By: SowHntr

Re: Before and After - 10/22/16 11:54 AM

GreAt deer, congrats
Posted By: Dalee7892

Re: Before and After - 10/22/16 12:24 PM

Great looking deer, way to go.
Posted By: Stevarino

Re: Before and After - 10/22/16 12:47 PM

That's a good one!
Posted By: Hunt Texas

Re: Before and After - 10/22/16 12:51 PM

Fantastic! Congratulations on a really nice buck!
Posted By: Red Cloud

Re: Before and After - 10/22/16 12:55 PM

Congratulations! That Sir is a h-ll of a buck! texas cowboy
Posted By: Mr. T.

Re: Before and After - 10/22/16 12:56 PM

congratulations on an outstanding buck.
Posted By: CTR

Re: Before and After - 10/22/16 01:13 PM

Nice!
Posted By: rifleman

Re: Before and After - 10/22/16 01:20 PM

Congrats! up
Posted By: dogdown23

Re: Before and After - 10/22/16 01:21 PM

Wall hanger for sure.
Posted By: kmon11

Re: Before and After - 10/22/16 02:00 PM

Congrats Tony, that is a great buck
Posted By: TexasUplander

Re: Before and After - 10/22/16 02:52 PM

Very nice indeed.
Posted By: HuntnFly67

Re: Before and After - 10/22/16 03:05 PM

At'll do!! Congrats!!
Posted By: waverider

Re: Before and After - 10/22/16 03:05 PM

Nice!
Posted By: billyhunt

Re: Before and After - 10/22/16 04:13 PM

Very nice buck!!!! Congrats sir.
Posted By: Dirt

Re: Before and After - 10/22/16 06:04 PM

Awesome animal.
Only been to VA once and the country was beautiful.
Posted By: SapperTitan

Re: Before and After - 10/22/16 09:20 PM

Originally Posted By: Jkd106
Super deer congrats
Posted By: SnakeWrangler

Re: Before and After - 10/23/16 12:59 AM

Originally Posted By: dogdown23
Wall hanger for sure.
Posted By: TEXASLEFTY

Re: Before and After - 10/23/16 11:08 AM

Congrats!! Nice buck!! Thanks for posting that up!!
Posted By: Pitchfork Predator

Re: Before and After - 10/23/16 12:08 PM

Originally Posted By: kmon1
Congrats Tony, that is a great buck


cheers
Posted By: JKC

Re: Before and After - 10/23/16 02:32 PM

cheers
Posted By: majekman

Re: Before and After - 10/23/16 02:44 PM

Good ol big un....congrats!!
Posted By: EddieWalker

Re: Before and After - 10/23/16 02:51 PM

Outstanding. Congratulations!!!
Posted By: Deerhunter61

Re: Before and After - 10/23/16 03:10 PM

Originally Posted By: Jkd106
Super deer congrats
Originally Posted By: Drop Tine
cheers Nice!!!
Posted By: TonyinVA

Re: Before and After - 10/23/16 07:13 PM

Thanks for all the nice comments. The part I am proudest of is that I grew him up on a 150 acre parcel in Northern VA that is heavily hunted on all sides. I passed on him in 2015 as I have killed enough deer that I do not have a need to shoot a buck unless he's mature. If I need meat I can shoot does.

Here is a pic of this deer from 2015


Here is a pic from 2016. I tried to get the same head pose.


He went from a 125-130 inch deer (I have one of his sheds) to a 160 inch deer in a year. Pretty good for a free range deer here in VA. I am guessing he was 4 1/2 when I shot him this year.
Posted By: stxranchman

Re: Before and After - 10/23/16 07:36 PM

Dang fine buck! Great buck for anywhere a WT lives in North America, but even more special from home. Did he break a point off the inside of the left beam at the base of the G4 or is there one that is not seen by the camera angle? Very symmetrical buck also with some character points. I yet to kill a 6x6 buck and has been n my bucket list to kill for a long time. Congrats on a really great buck.
What ever happened to that real pretty narrow tall buck you had pics of? Did he ever show up anymore?
Posted By: TonyinVA

Re: Before and After - 10/23/16 08:08 PM

Originally Posted By: stxranchman
Dang fine buck! Great buck for anywhere a WT lives in North America, but even more special from home. Did he break a point off the inside of the left beam at the base of the G4 or is there one that is not seen by the camera angle? Very symmetrical buck also with some character points. I yet to kill a 6x6 buck and has been n my bucket list to kill for a long time. Congrats on a really great buck.
What ever happened to that real pretty narrow tall buck you had pics of? Did he ever show up anymore?


1. The rack was mainly perfect as far as the points go. Nothing broken just small character points and the splits/hooks on the G2's



2. I think this is the buck you are referring to when you asked about the big tall racked buck from 2015.


He was never seen during hunting season nor was he killed. He was on a property pretty far from me and one of the lease members had the picture and sent it to my taxidermist who shared it with me.

3. Here is another GIANT that was seen last year but never killed. This one is about 10 miles from my property..so the genetics are there if they can get the age. This deer is world class and has to be a 180-190 class typical. The fellow who took the picture is still babbling incoherently about this buck.
Posted By: dkershen

Re: Before and After - 10/23/16 08:13 PM

Very nice up
Posted By: stxranchman

Re: Before and After - 10/23/16 08:15 PM

What I was seeing that I thought was a broken point shows to be a small point in those pics. Yes sir, that is the tall buck. Good news he is still around. That other buck is a huge. Are you only allowed one buck in your area?
Posted By: TonyinVA

Re: Before and After - 10/23/16 08:43 PM

Originally Posted By: stxranchman
What I was seeing that I thought was a broken point shows to be a small point in those pics. Yes sir, that is the tall buck. Good news he is still around. That other buck is a huge. Are you only allowed one buck in your area?


The reason we do not see more trophy bucks is (1) you are allowed 3 bucks..which is too many for our area, (2) the season runs from first Saturday in October for Bow....Muzzleloader is first Saturday in November...and Gun/Rife is 3rd Saturday in November through first Saturday in January. THEN they have an antlerless season from when rifle season closes until March.....so a lot of bucks that have dropped their antlers get killed. So a very long season....muzzleloader during the rut...lots of opportunities to kill lots of bucks. I think our State Record typical is about 189 and our non-typical is about 252. Typically in my part of VA an 8 pointer that scores 130 is a shooter and a 10 point over 140 is a really good deer. This deer is my best VA deer. I have shot lots of high 130's a mid 140s and a 150 here in VA and this brute is my best VA deer. As an aside, I am guessing his live weight was in the 225 pound range. I have shot bigger deer (body and antlers) in Iowa, KY and South Dakota...... but those are states known for trophies.
Posted By: Age N Score ?

Re: Before and After - 10/24/16 01:02 PM

texas Very nice buck.! woot
Posted By: redchevy

Re: Before and After - 10/24/16 01:11 PM

Congrats! amazing deer
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