Hard to keep a deer typical in today's management when you get a rainfall year like this one. Deer just want to seem to be nonytpical..but the season just started and I would be that their will be a 200"+ typical this year also (maybe even LF).

hah... I remember lurking and reading the post with that picture on it...

The suburban was getting criticized... well... when you have 4 contests to go to... and you don't want a deer to spoil... what do you do? You put it in a closed cab... wear a jacket and turn the AC on 60 and HIGH...

Thought that was pretty funny...

Amos, out of curiosity, how much do you feed/spend annually on protein?

Amo, I've never seen the inside of a Suburban look any better! In fact, for a deer like that I'd gladly put the entire body of the animal in there and even when it was in full rut!

Hwyman, I said Texas, not Kansas! We all know that you can shoot a 300+ inch deer on every street corner in Kansas!

hey, the panhandle might as well be Kansas!

So now we get the whole story!

Nope, no deer in the panhandle!

Agreed.

I dont really care about the story behind that buck. The smile on that old man's face is priceless

Correct me if I am wrong, but he won't be recognized by B&C if the ranch is high fenced. Awesome, once in a lifetime deer, but does that make him the new High Fence State Archery Record? Why would you high fence 4,000 acres?

Just read that the ranch was fenced around by neighbors. I would hate that my buck not be recognized by B&C because of my neighbors. If it is not recognized by B&C, would it still be the state record?

X2 - pic with his son even more priceless

A lot of guys feel that way but to me I couldn't care less if I shot a big deer and he wasn't in the B&C book. I don't know why but it just isn't a big deal to me at all about having my name in some book along with several thousand other people.

That is kind of funny...would almost make a person call that fella' a city slicker. (Like the guy I saw loading a small buck into the back of a Lexus this weekend @ DCNF)

Congrats to Marko and his dad!! Truly awesome buck.

Most of the negative comments on here are from guys who are jealous. Hell, I'm jealous. I've never laid eyes on a buck even remotely close to that size. High fence, low fence, no fence...who cares?? Heck of a buck, and it took a little luck for him to grow to that size and a little luck to kill him. He could have easily gone nocturnal and they wouldn't have ever found/killed him.

Give the man his due.

Brady texas- "the Brady buck"
&
Camp Bullis Buck

Right there are two bucks that are LF that are very close to 300 inches of horn in TX

talk about element of surprise once you open up the back

camp bullis is high fence smart guy. 8 ft chain link, and they do some supp. feeding.


If anybody want a pic of it, give me 5 min and I'll be back with a pic

I want to see the pic.

28k acres and found 7 miles from the fence.

I'd say 43 sq miles is about as close to LF as you can get.

My point is its not a breeder buck and it wasn't genetical engineer other then by nature.

I can't believe anybody would criticize a deer of this magnatude.

I read a post earlier stating that he passed him up at 220 and six years old because "he knew he was in a high fence and could't leave"

there are 365 things that could have happed to that deer to end his life besides a bullet or arrow. coyotes, stress, drought, getting in a fight, etc.......all these things can and do happen to mature bucks on a regular basis. for him to let a deer like that walk shows DEDICATION that 1% of the hunting population has. for you to say something like that just reeks of jealousy.


all this bull**** about "oh, he shot it under a high fence on MLD, a 160 class low fence buck would be more impressive, you can take that 160 and put it where the sun don't shine, I'll take you to a ton of ranches, low fence, that have produced 160 in deer. Hell, I'll take you to some that have produced 180's and one that produced a 197.....low fence/no protien.

I would agree that this deer, had it been pen raised, cross bred with northern genetics, etc, would't be nothing to write home about, but its 100% native, grown on what 10,000 other ranches are doin with their herds.

what this buck represents, is what can be done with proper herd management. No need for outside genetics, DMP pens, just good old texas stock and some time and good groceries.



Way to go Mr. Barrett. Looking forward to seeing that buck at the los cazadores awards banquet next year!

For all the jealsous winey babies...

The only thing a high fence does on a place like that is keep the neighbors from shooting him before he got where he is.

I have 330 acres in south texas, it is low fence, and we feed corn, protein, and have lots of good food plots. Why wont we ever shoot deer close to being that big??? because they will get shot before they get the chance, genetics has little to do with it if you dont let them mature.

That is an awsome deer, I love the trash, great job and keep it up, I want my old man to get a good one too, prob wont be that good but great to us.

matt