Got it done in Ohio!

[Ski]

That is an awesome buck! Definitely an older deer, probably 7.5 or older. Congrats!

I know for sure he's at least 5.5yrs. I started hunting him when he was either a very big 3.5yr or 4.5yr old. Left to right is 2020, 2021, and 2022. He peaked last year in terms of frame but still put on some mass and brow length.

I have a file on this specific buck with an excel sheet charting his activity by location, date, and weather for the last 3yrs. A little serial killer ish but I love this stuff. I live, eat, and breathe habitat work and hunting specific bucks. They win 99% of the time but sometimes I win.

 

[pockets]

Awesome. Congrats.

 

[trout]

Congratulations on a well earned trophy buck!

 

[KTS]

Great buck, really good mass and super brows. Congratulations!

 

[Acorn]

Great buck, Congratulations!

 

[Southpaw]

Congrats on a nice one!

 

[bowhunterfanatic]

Heckuva buck!

 

[sharpshooter]

Nice buck, congrats!!

 

[kkh325]

Ski Congratulations on an awesome Buck ! Looks really good.

 

[JCDEERMAN]

I know for sure he's at least 5.5yrs. I started hunting him when he was either a very big 3.5yr or 4.5yr old. Left to right is 2020, 2021, and 2022. He peaked last year in terms of frame but still put on some mass and brow length.

I have a file on this specific buck with an excel sheet charting his activity by location, date, and weather for the last 3yrs. A little serial killer ish but I love this stuff. I live, eat, and breathe habitat work and hunting specific bucks. They win 99% of the time but sometimes I win.

I'm interested to see how close this deer was to location and time, year over year, that you've talked about in the past. I also love the serial killer ish aspect

 

[DoubleRidge]

Awesome buck! Super mass! Congratulations!

 

[batten_down]

Awesome buck. Love the browtines. He's a stud. Congratulations

 

[Ski]

I'm interested to see how close this deer was to location and time, year over year, that you've talked about in the past. I also love the serial killer ish aspect

I'll have to compile this year's info and overlay it with previous years. But im fairly sure he was a week later this year, which seems par for the course with this entire season.

He could have been late for other reasons. While gutting and caping him we found that he was healing from another arrow wound that inevitably double lunged him. He also had an absses on his skull plate with an inch of another buck's antler tip in it. He was strong and dominant but boy I bet he was hurting.

Oddly, I shot him within 10 steps from where I shot a big 8pt two yrs ago, and missed a giant last last year. They were all on the same rut path. Two were on Oct 30th. This one was last night. An hour before him, I saw another big one but didn't turn my way. The spot is where several finger ridges adjoin in a creek bottom below a saddle. If you could create the perfect rut funnel, this would be it. I was here a week ago and there were no bucks around, no activity at all. Then like flipping a switch, it's crazy town.

 

[tellico4x4]

Good job, congrats! Love the history.

 

[RockMcL]

SKI can I assume a double purpose there Ski. I would not have truly appreciated the mass of those main beams without the size reference of the can.

Impressive! Congratulations

 

[PossumSlayer]

Congratulations! What did the monster weigh?

 

[Ski]

SKI can I assume a double purpose there Ski. I would not have truly appreciated the mass of those main beams without the size reference of the can.

Impressive! Congratulations

Hahaha Ski is a locally bottled favorite around my Ohio place, and although I'm not much for drinking soda pop, I always enjoy some Ski when I'm here. Figured to show the mass, a can of Ski paints a pretty clear picture! Bases measure just at 7".

 

[Ski]

Congratulations! What did the monster weigh?

Thank you. I don't have a scale in the barn, but that's on the to-do list along with an electric winch. Taxidermist came out to cape him out and guessed he was pushing 300lbs on the hoof. I'm 6'2" 240lbs and he dwarfs me.

 

[tree_ghost]

Third year hunting this fellow on my Ohio property. The good lord made me work for it, but really blessed me with a great experience.

Dude!!!!!! That's what I'm talking about! Congrat!

 

[Hillbilly Hunter]

Congratulations!