If that's a feed pen STX then it's the largest I've ever seen. How big you reckon it is?

jshouse- Wow, that's an OLD bruiser! Very cool, I assume you hunt way north or feed a lot of protein?

I built it and it is only 10 panels. Not that big though really. Some corn will still hit outside the pen. We used to build them 96'x96' on several ranches I visited in the past. Those were big. Plenty of room for deer to run. Some even had 3 protein feeders per pen.

They're not ugly they're unique!

Great thread to start. I love the ugly old deer and here is the ugliest one I ever shot. He was 5.5 when I shot him and had been like this 3 yrs running, just kept getting bigger. I had lots of pics of him but he was very elusive. The night I shot him was the first time I ever laid eyes on him. I was hunting a typical 10 with 3 kickers that evening. When this guy came out I had no hesitation in shooting him instead. When I saw him at the edge of the brush about 150 yards out, I thought, game on, let's go. 45 minutes later he was on the ground.


A lot of the goofy racked bucks are only a one year thing from some sort of injury. I never shot one unless it repeated from year to year. Most people see a goofy rack and think it immediately qualifies for a cull even though they have no history with the buck. A lot of outfitters are prime examples of this. Just something to think about.

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