USA: Whitetail Hunting In The Midwest

[DillonG]

I hope everyone in the states are having a good deer season so far. I am striking out on a very nice deer that I have pictured earlier in the year. Let me know how you all are doing. I will leave a little picture of my current target.

 

[DillonG]

I hope everyone in the states are having a good deer season so far. I am striking out on a very nice deer that I have pictured earlier in the year. Let me know how you all are doing. I will leave a little picture of my current target.View attachment 566523

Let me know what you think he scores!

 

[Altitude sickness]

45” of mass. Can’t tell how wide he is. My numbers all add up too. Definitely big enough

 

[Tucketed]

He has some thickness which goes along way.

 

[BRICKBURN]

168 Net.

Good luck tracking him down. It will be well worth it obviously.

 

[Jondnov]

110 down and 62 up. 172 gross.

 

[Jondnov]

Great deer thanks for sharing

 

[Rickmt]

173 gross

 

[Trophyhunter01]

He is a brute of a whitetail. Good luck with the hunt.

 

[DillonG]

I had a good friend that is much better than me look at photos. He believes the deer is 4 or maybe 5 years old. Hopefully I catch up with him, but he may have one more year of growth left.

 

[DillonG]

 

[DillonG]

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Another photo for some context.

 

[HankBuck]

Let me know what you think he scores!

DillionG. — Scores? I know that’s always the question over the past 25-30 years But —- That’s a Great Buck and if he “scored” 100” or 180” would it change anyone’s opinion that he’s a “Great Buck”? I know I’d be thrilled with him regardless of what the tape measure says and hope you will be too (if you get him). I think too many hunters are defining trophy’s only by “score” and Not the TOTAL animal: Age, weight/size, rack mass, how buck was taken etc.. Not implying that you are looking at that buck that way - but many do and because of all that’s written and shown on Hunting Shows etc.. Our Grandfathers “never” used the word score to describe a Great Buck - it was “an 8 point”, or a “200 pounder”.....it was always a Trophy & Memory, stories to be told and those can Not be measured in inches. My opinion, my “memory”. Good luck going after that buck!

 

[DillonG]

DillionG. — Scores? I know that’s always the question over the past 25-30 years But —- That’s a Great Buck and if he “scored” 100” or 180” would it change anyone’s opinion that he’s a “Great Buck”? I know I’d be thrilled with him regardless of what the tape measure says and hope you will be too (if you get him). I think too many hunters are defining trophy’s only by “score” and Not the TOTAL animal: Age, weight/size, rack mass, how buck was taken etc.. Not implying that you are looking at that buck that way - but many do and because of all that’s written and shown on Hunting Shows etc.. Our Grandfathers “never” used the word score to describe a Great Buck - it was “an 8 point”, or a “200 pounder”.....it was always a Trophy & Memory, stories to be told and those can Not be measured in inches. My opinion, my “memory”. Good luck going after that buck!

I have several shoulder mounts done. I have never had one actually measured. I find it to be a fun conversation to guess and talk about big deer with other hunters.

I know servers hunters that insist on only shooting P&Y bucks. They do it just for the certificate. I’m not very inclined to ever have one officially measured for the books. We have gotten way too much publicity in recent years. It is starting to impact local hunters access to hunting ground.