I have said in more then a few posts this year that in my opinion a large buck taken in an area that only sees them once in a blue moon is a much better trophy then a big boy taken where they grow on trees.

Well as fate would have it I now believe that more then ever. I killed a 13 pointer on Thanksgiving morning and it is even better then I ever thought it would be. This deer is legendary already. EVERYONE knows I killed it........EVERYONE wants to see it, hear the story, know where I shot it, what I shot it with, etc

I have hunted 17 years and never seen anything like this guy, my dad has hunted 40 years and never seen one like him, my brothers 24 and 19 each and only one big arse 8 ptr by my older bro.....big bro has never seen a big boy. They just don' t live that long where we hunt. I don' t know how the hell this guy slipped through the cracks but I am just glad when he goofed up I was there to take him.

When I saw him coming I almost died of a heart attack. Guys in Kansas, Iowa, and other huge buck states wouldn' t think this buck was anything to get too excited about..........but here the odds of taking a buck like him are worse then winning the lottery.

So what defines a trophy? Size of deer or amount of skill, effort, luck required to take him??

I take special pride in my trophy because I know that very few guys in my area have been able to what I did last thursday. If 8 out of 10 guys had one just like him on their walls he would be just another big buck in the crowd.

So is it just antler size or is there more to it for you guys??