Originally Posted by
tyrone33g
I figured that was the top buck, I think Stan Potts used to hold that record with a 220" deer he shot.
That's got to be one of my favorite hunting scenes of all time. I drew a Kansas any deer tag that year for the adjacent unit about 20 miles from where he was hunting when he shot this deer. I shot a buck about 2 weeks after Spook on opening day of rifle that grossed 218" non-typical and at the time thought he would be one of the top grossing deer of the year from KS. After seeing this video, I realize just how special hunting the mid-west really was! Spooks and one other kid who shot a giant during early rifle season beat mine, but to my knowledge mine was the number 3 that year. Kansas is a crazy place as far as whitetails go, to think that 2 deer of this caliber were taken just a few miles apart. I do worry however with the increase of non-resident tags that they will shoot out the quality of deer they are known for in the next few years, and I'm saying that as a non-resident!