MONSTER Texas non-typical........

[Guest Bamaslamma]

i could put all the deer ive ever killed together and not have that much horn. unreal!!!!

[Texan_Til_I_Die]

This deer is a perfect example of why Texas doesn't have the most B&C and P&Y entries every year. It came from the Los Raices Ranch in South Texas. That ranch is over 4000 acres (between 6 and 7 square miles), but it's high fenced on the perimeter. That automatically disqualifies all of it's deer from the record books. And there are literally hundreds of such deer killed every year in Texas that fall under that same exclusion. Even though these are truly wild deer, and in no way are these anything close to a "canned" hunt, there is still zero chance of them ever making the book.

[Texan_Til_I_Die]

Here's some pics of him live.

And here's what the lucky hunter had to say...

I had the good fortune to see him a few times on the ground before the season. Since July, long hours of scouting crossings to food sources, game cam setups, and brainstorming made everything come together about a week before the opener. These pictures were taken from an open brush blind on a road where we had seen the deer in years past. Previous years, this deer would be seen regularly in October and November and then disappear during the rut. Last year however, I only saw him twice. Once was on our annual deer census survey, and the other was on the ground (I'm in blinds for probably 4 months a year 4 days a week scouting).

I killed the deer Monday evening (October 1st). I had been watching him for about a week hoping he would rub out. I saw him 3 times before I shot him during our legal MLD season, but my nerves couldn't take it anymore. I was just too afraid that he would break something during the entire process of "rubbing out".

I scored him that night at 280 1/8 and Los Cazadores scored him the next day at 273 3/8... which really isn't that much of a difference with 33-35 scoreable points. There is a huge margin of error. If you are off by 1/8 of an inch for every measurement, that is just about the difference. Personally, I think he will end up somewhere in the mid 270's when he is stripped of velvet and dry.

This deer was just the perfect storm. He had a huge rainfall year in 2004-5 when he was a 4 year old and made a monster jump over 200. We then had a mediocre year the next year but he put on some frame. Last year was just ugly. We had 11 inches of rainfall. You can look for yourself on the survey photos in the photo section from 2006-2007. He was still a big deer, but as a 6 year old... he scored less than as a 4 year old. I think he was below 195.

Then 2007 happened... 56 inches of rain and counting.

On a deer like this, you just have to get lucky. To our credit, we let him walk around until he was old enough and supplied him with supplimental protein. But in the end, there is still a huge element of luck.

[c_lou]

WOW! That is a monster buck.

Although he wouldn't even be a shooter in Oklahoma.

[Guest bow_hunter101]

Oh my gosh! What a buck!

[earnhardts12000]

wow

what monster

[Guest slayabuck12]

alright that thing is big.

[Shaun_300]

Wow! Now that's a big lad!