Kudos, I hope some day I can be a part of a similar program!

Wow, what a deer. I'm not sure I could ever let a world record class deer walk, no matter the age. Too many things to go wrong....he damages in velvet, gets hurt, breaks off a tine, etc.

Y'alls management is truly special....how a true trophy hunting ranch should be ran. Congrats and would love to see the pics for the last 3 years.

It's not been a fun couple of months. We own a 162 acre ranch in Young County, not huge but it's ours. On my west side I have two neighbors one with a 162 acre ranch and the other with 325 acres. Across the main Rd to my north my neighbor has 325 acres. We all work together on game management and share game pics. We work with our local state game biologist and he tells us the shooters and based on our herd size how many does to take. Our deer genetics produce 120, 130 & some low 140 class bucks. For the last four years minus this year, I've taken a couple 130's, one 142 and a couple 120 class bucks. My neighbor to the west took a 158 10 point four or five years ago. None of us saw him on camera nor had we ever seen a buck that big on our cameras. It was in the middle of the rut, great deer and we always hope to see another.. My neighbor to my south high fenced his 168 acres and put trophy WT in and a bunch of exotics. His HF covers my ranch and my neighbors entire south fence. Don't get me started on HF, as HF 168 acres is ridiculous if you ask me. To my east my neighbor has large wheat fields.

I have two big boss 150 lb gravity fed protein feeders and I run seven corn feeders and stands. We don't hunt the protein feeders. Yes, seven corn feeders is a bit much for 168 acres but I need places for the boys and their buddies to hunt when they all come out. Each stand has pics of shooters and non-shooter bucks I start filling the protein feeders in early April. Usually we fill each protein every four to six weeks. I usually keep them filled until rifle season. This year since I was in the hospital I'm not sure when they went dry.

On the covid front, I finally started walking without a walker or cane. Though my balance is not great. Four weeks ago I could walk 30 yards with my walker before wanting to collapse. I can know walk a 1/4 mile but I'm very wibbily wobbly so my wife stays close if I go down, which I've only done once. Going back to work 1/2 days next Monday. I'm an engineer and work from home but any type of normalcy I can get helps me greatly. Plus it's our slow part of the season with X-mas and New Years. It will be nice to chat with peers.

My apologies, I've never heard of a LF producing multiple 200 class buck. Y'all are very fortunate.

Jeff if you need someone to fill your feeders or any help at the ranch let me know. I'm not too far from you, over in Baylor county Megargel.
I'll be out there this weekend and have already filled my buck tags. Just hunting for fun now and to assist my wife and daughters when they come out.
Seriously if you need help I can be there!!

Bolt Guy - man that is very thoughtful of you

That ^ is a fact!

Boltguy,

Many thanks and I would like to meet up since you're very close. We had a small army of help from our friends in town. The actually had a Care Flight Ambulance take me from Wichita Falls Regional hospital to Presby Allen Hospital where I spent 16 days in the ICU and a total of 40 days. The put me on the ventilator while in route to Allen. Folks came everyday to feed and stay with the dogs, put hay out for the cows. One weekend a few buddies showed up to cut grass and fill the feeders. I owe so many people so much for all their help and a lot of it was not by asking. They simple did what needed to be done to help up us. In-debted is what my wife and I are to all of them. I would have done the same for them. PM on the way!

PM sent

WOW. Im not sure what's more impressive, the deer or y'all's ability to let him walk after this year!!! That is the most beautiful typical I've ever seen!!! I may have missed it while going through the thread, but what region is your lease in?

we are deep south texas -

any openings coming up on that lease?

I brag on tlk and his place all the time. He truly has it going on and I know it wasnt easy to get it started nor is it easy to keep it going. One of the better looking bucks I have ever seen. I understand the program and the need for discipline but Im just not sure I could ask my guys to pass that up. I know tlk makes some guys jealous when he posts deer like that and I know he holds back posting more but I am so glad he posts cause they are a thing of beauty and I love looking.

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Appreciate it - last thing I try to do is make somebody else jealous - I just enjoy sharing with other hunters what we do and I enjoy seeing and hearing what other hunters/leases do and picking their brain. Always trying to learn and get new ideas.

There are folks here who I have exchanged information via private message and/or phone talking about our management plan and lease as well as others not on this forum. I have also learned a lot from others on this forum.

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Wow

What a fantastic buck for sure and I couldn't agree with your more TLK

They cannot get to their full potential unless you let em walk!

God, I wish I could say that I would let that one walk for one more year. But that would be dishonest of me.
Beautiful buck Sir.

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I think the only regret you'll have is when he's gone. Managing for ultimate LF bucks doesn't get any better than this. Congrats on your efforts & patience.

Have you ever found any of his sheds?

We have not and we have a shed hunt weekend every year - would love to find them when they drop this year for sure!

Wouldnt a pro photographer pay to try and photograph him. He really is THAT special. I would pay to have a quality print of that animal.

photograph or photoshop?

i keep trying to spread the word Jeff but get chastised for being chicken little over in the OT

Looks a little phony to me.

We have video of this deer - I would post it here but it does not have the option to post videos that I can find. The still picture is taken off the video.

It is not photo shopped or phony - geeze

These photo shopped or phony?

I hope you guys have been seriously looking for his shed the past couple of years.