You know what is very devistating? When you hunt a deer for 5 years simpily because you know it is a monster. We've only seen this buck 7 times because it hangs out in our swamp and its been the target of my life for 5 years. We found the shead only once and it was a 5 point single shead. I basically got into bow hunting to eliminate the monster but the past week it got hit by a car. The buck was a 14 pointer witha inside spread of 24 inches. That is total bad luck!

Sorry to hear that man. Thats a waste of a good deer. The only consolation is
that his offspring are out there too. There will be another big boy move in
before long.

to bad

I know the feelin , 2 yrs ago a brute i was seeing chasing doe all rut got smacked 2 days before the opener of gun season , i woulda surely had him!!!

well the good news is , is that he has been breeding for 5 years so at least his genetics should be in the area.......you never know one of his offspring could be the next big boy!! but that does suck now...good luck.

Doesn't matter.....
Yea, it's hard to lose onelike that,but man, if there is one monster around there is more than one around. Another one will move in to take his place.
Keep hunting!