150"+ 8 pts

[TDW05]

Not an 8 but he is my biggest to date. No scales but I guessed him 200+ on the hoof. Might have grossed 130. Short tines, but he had heavy beams and bases.

 

[Rakkin6]

Got him in 2018

 

[Ski]

It takes a really, really big 8pt to gross 150".

Sho nuff! It's not a common thing.

 

[BSK]

Got him in 2018

Wow, that's a big 8! Is he in velvet?

 

[easy45]

None were 150 but here are a few I've gotten.

 

[BSK]

Wow, those are some big-bodied deer Easy45!

 

[Rakkin6]

Wow, that's a big 8! Is he in velvet?

Yeah he is still in velvet killed him on opened day I'm 2018.

 

[jag1]

Got this one back in December. Green score was 153.

 

[BSK]

Wow jag1! Just wow!

 

[Tnshooter15]

Here is my second best 8 pointer. I don't have a picture of my best one on my phone.

 

[DoubleRidge]

2016 grossed 150" with 9 points. Main 8 point frame mid 140's.

 

[BSK]

Good Lord DoubleRidge!

 

[DoubleRidge]

Not 150".....but a main frame 8 around 130 We had 3 years history with him.....lost sleep over this one.

 

[DoubleRidge]

Good Lord DoubleRidge!

Never seen him before....never one picture on any trail cam.... early November he showed up chasing does hard....watched him 20 minutes out of muzzleloader range chasing.....30 minutes after he vanished.....he reappeared at 70 yards still chasing.... amazing morning.

 

[JCDEERMAN]

2016 grossed 150" with 9 points. Main 8 point frame mid 140's.

GREAT bucks!!!!

 

[jmoreland]

Here's a few that tormented me several years ago.

 

[beefydeer]

big 8 pt. gross 154". Obion county.

 

[FLTENNHUNTER1]

Holy Moly!!

 

[Hduke86]

I got this one during muzzleloader couple years ago and thought he was a tall 8 but he was on a trot after some does. I was surprised when I walked up on him.

 

[BSK]

big 8 pt. gross 154". Obion county.

Wow!

 

[BSK]

Not 150".....but a main frame 8 around 130 We had 3 years history with him.....lost sleep over this one.

Isn't it crazy how differently a buck can score once he's on the ground? From that picture, I would have thought he scored considerably higher than 130.

Had one like that a few years ago. Also a 3 year history with him. Finally killed him last day of December when he was 5 1/2 years old. I thought he would score high even as a 7-point (every year was missing his left browtine). But he only grossed 130.

 

[DoubleRidge]

Isn't it crazy how differently a buck can score once he's on the ground? From that picture, I would have thought he scored considerably higher than 130.

Had one like that a few years ago. Also a 3 year history with him. Finally killed him last day of December when he was 5 1/2 years old. I thought he would score high even as a 7-point (every year was missing his left browtine). But he only grossed 130.

Solid mature buck! Love the wide rack and big body....very rewarding to catch up with a mature buck that you have a history with.

 

[jag1]

Wow jag1! Just wow!

Very blessed no doubt. Thx.

 

[Ski]

Isn't it crazy how differently a buck can score once he's on the ground? From that picture, I would have thought he scored considerably higher than 130.

Had one like that a few years ago. Also a 3 year history with him. Finally killed him last day of December when he was 5 1/2 years old. I thought he would score high even as a 7-point (every year was missing his left browtine). But he only grossed 130.

When you only have 8 points to score, getting to 150" has to come from somewhere else, either an exagerrated spread or insane mass or both. A 130 class 8pt is as impressive (or more so) as any 150" 10pt I've ever seen. A 150" 8pt usually dwarfs 10's of similar score. You wouldn't think two tines makes that much difference but it sure does. That buck you got is a brute and would not look a bit out of place on a wall of giants. No doubt he was king of the woods!

 

[BSK]

When you only have 8 points to score, getting to 150" has to come from somewhere else, either an exagerrated spread or insane mass or both. A 130 class 8pt is as impressive (or more so) as any 150" 10pt I've ever seen. A 150" 8pt usually dwarfs 10's of similar score. You wouldn't think two tines makes that much difference but it sure does. That buck you got is a brute and would not look a bit out of place on a wall of giants. No doubt he was king of the woods!

If I remember correctly, a study of bucks making B&C found, on average, 70% of their score came from tine length. When it comes to adding up score, tine length is everything.

 

[Ski]

If I remember correctly, a study of bucks making B&C found, on average, 70% of their score came from tine length. When it comes to adding up score, tine length is everything.

That makes sense. 2" on every tine adds up to make the difference between a 135" 8pt and a 150", all else equal.

 

[tree_ghost]

This is the best thread I've seen in a long time! It's going to be a long 4 months to wait when I'm this fired up already!!!!!

 

[Ski]

This is the best thread I've seen in a long time! It's going to be a long 4 months to wait when I'm this fired up already!!!!!

Indeed!!! On both accounts

 

[tickweed]

A 150 net is really rare. Just takes so much with just 8 points. Has to have it all.

 

[AT Hiker]

Here is one I mounted for someone this year. It breaks the 150" mark with minimum browtine contributions.