Whitetail monster near 7’6” tall!!

[Buckwild64]

I already know whitetails are not supposed to grow to heights of near 8ft. Well about 20 years ago i downed a 7pt who had lost 1 inside tine in a battle.Was late Dec, dressed weight read #200lb on a outdoor ol spring coil scale. I decided to put a tape measure to top of his front shoulder straight down to bottom of hoof. Tape read 4'11" well i didn't realize it at the time but this is a very rare extremely tall deer.So i did some measurements after much thought. Post processing, i measured from the bottom of my left knee to where bucks antlers topped out, about 3" past my left shoulder. Yes i know it's not a scientific biologist preformed method of measurement.I have harvested lots of 8's a 9 and several 11pointers. This buck was exceptionally tall and long. Keep in mind in late Dec, a buck has shed 25-30% of his body mass, So in late Oct-early Nov he may have been over #300lbs on the hoof. He was not a valley farm fed, but from a very rugged mountainous physically demanding terrain.
Seen one i still dream about in same spot who i believe to have been every bit as large and tall with a lot more antler mass.
That's what keeps me going and fired up about whitetail hunting!!
Wiidbuck64

 

[BSK]

Maximum height at the shoulder of even the largest bodied borealis whitetails rarely exceeds 46".

 

[Volbuck777]

Pretty cool, tallest deer I've ever seen was in roane co. Longest deer I've seen, I killed and it was in Morgan co Georgia. I think deer are like humans some are just larger than others.

 

[Buckwild64]

Maximum height at the shoulder of even the largest bodied borealis whitetails rarely exceeds 46".

The other measurement from knee to just above my shoulder shows 2'6" so + 4'11" is 7'5" . Keep in mind i'm visualizing from the hoof to the tips of the antlers. My tape showed 59" inches at top of shoulder.

 

[backyardtndeer]

That's a nice wide buck. Congratulations. Never seen a deer anywhere near that tall.

 

[arickettsjr]

So the tips of the antlers would nearly be scratching a standard height, 8 foot interior ceiling.

Or roughly 8 inches above LeBron's head.

Or roughly a foot taller than a stock height F150.

He's have to duck to go through a garage door!

Sorry, just having fun lol.

 

[Pilchard]

Where did you buy your tape measure? I've got a body part I need to remeasure.

 

[Deer Assassin]

cool

 

[Buckwild64]

Just saying i've seen thousands of deer over my lifetime. I've taken near a hundred, whitetails ,have never seen a bucks body structure like this one he reminded more of a horse honestly.
I'm not saying was anything special i did. God provided the habitat, terrain, the mountain he lived on. His gene pool was exceptional.!
His head was near more like a horse as well. Anyhow what an expirence.

 

[Hillbilly Hunter]

I have ocean front property in Tennessee

 

[Snake]

I killed a 11 point last day of the season one year that was the biggest I have ever killed in Giles Co.. He weighed 175 dressed after the rut and he was with a doe when I killed him . Didn't measure him but my friends were commenting how long he was , sure filled up the bed of of my pickup . Guy that mounted him had an old Mayfield truck cooler to put deer in to cool out . We hung that buck with his head touching the top of the cooler and his hams were setting on the floor of the cooler . Taxidermist commented as well of how long legged that buck was . May have been a hybrid of a jack who knows J/K he was a stud but his rack was kinda messed up .

 

[UTGrad]

Where did you buy your tape measure? I've got a body part I need to remeasure.

Wooo doggies

 

[Buckwild64]

I killed a 11 point last day of the season one year that was the biggest I have ever killed in Giles Co.. He weighed 175 dressed after the rut and he was with a doe when I killed him . Didn't measure him but my friends were commenting how long he was , sure filled up the bed of of my pickup . Guy that mounted him had an old Mayfield truck cooler to put deer in to cool out . We hung that buck with his head touching the top of the cooler and his hams were setting on the floor of the cooler . Taxidermist commented as well of how long legged that buck was . May have been a hybrid of a jack who knows J/K he was a stud but his rack was kinda messed up .

I found some more pictures of this xtra large whitetail.Very long neck, long legs, and very long length along back. I'd like some more discussion as i hope to one day, take one even larger. How unusual is a deer with this overall body size?

 

[Buckwild64]

I found some more pictures of this xtra large whitetail.Very long neck, long legs, and very long length along back. I'd like some more discussion as i hope to one day, take one even larger. How unusual is a deer with this overall body size?

Buckwild64

 

[cbhunter]

Looks like a normal nice size buck to me. Great rack

How many times did your shoot it??

 

[gasman]

Why?

 

[Shed Hunter]

His neck looks really long