RE: 412 pound Neb. deer
 

It looks like an elk in a costume, trick or treat![8D]

RE: 412 pound Neb. deer
 

Most of the deer hunting magazines are put together 3 months or more ahead of time. Every once in while a writer will put an "as I write this" in their article and clue you in. One I remeber was " as I sat in the woods yesterday oblivious to that mornings events in New York (9/11)" ...or something similar. The article was in the March issue.

RE: 412 pound Neb. deer
 

I love to see real pictures myself.BUT if this is real I to believe
it will be in north american whitetail,or one of the popular deer hunting magizines!!:)

RE: 412 pound Neb. deer
 

If i'm not mistaken, the unofficial record for estimated live weight for both Whitetails and Mule Deer is exactly the same............511lbs. A quote I found on a WI website shown below seems to back up the whitetail.

John Pettengill, the founder of Iron River, killed a 477 pound deer in 1905.
At that time, 73,000 people hunted in Wisconsin. There was a 20 a day season that lasted 20 days, November 11th to November 30th. The estimated total kill for the season was 6,000 the bag limit was 2 deer of either sex. The legislature had just banned salt licks and the use of dogs for deer hunting.
The Pettengill deer camp was several miles south of the town Iron River, a town with "more drunks per square foot than any other town in the United States. The camp had 12 hunters and one reported he saw a 400 pound deer. By the second day of season the 12 hunters had 11 deer, two wolves and a 43 pound lynx.
John hunted by himself on the 3rd day. He heard a branch crack, saw the deer about 100 yards away and fired one shot. The deer went down. According to an article from the Iron River Pioneer it was a 10 point buck, the bases were as think as a man's wrist. Suddenly the deer quivered and jumped to its' feet. With hair bristling, it charged Pettengill. John pulled a hatchet from his belt and hit it between the eyes.
The deer dressed weighted 367 pounds and had an estimated weight of 477 pounds.
In 1924, Robert Hogue shot a 386 pound deer near Hayward, with a live weight of 488 pounds. IN the years of 1937 and 1928, a total of 17 deer were killed that had live weight of 300 to 400 pounds.
In 1941, Arnold Peter shot a deer estimated at 478 pounds.
In Minnesota, in 1981 on the Fond du Lac Reservation, a Native American shot a 402 pound deer with a calculated weight of 511 pounds.

The guy's head in that one picture does look a little goofy, but to me it just looks like someone trying to photoshop their picture on the original just to make it look like "They" killed the buck.....maybe as a joke and that's the version of the picture we got. The pics of the actual deer and it's proportion to the guys looks legit and that's a hog of a body.
I can beleive a deer that came from NE could have a 400lb live weight......I'm guessing they mean an estimated live weight when they state 411lbs. Dressed weight would lower the odds of that being legit considerably.

RE: 412 pound Neb. deer
 

Look at this elkIt was 10,000Lbs took it with my fiber glass kiddy bow and a sharp piece of tin foil. Then I hit it over the head with a beer bottle and cut its neck with toe nail clippers

RE: 412 pound Neb. deer
 

[8D] Thanks Rich, I needed a good laugh and you show an excellent reason why so many pictures are questioned.....you can't believe anything you see anymore....;)

RE: 412 pound Neb. deer
 

I saw this post but didnt read it. Then I saw all the play it was getting, and decided to see what was being said. To me, that size deer, while enormous, isnt unheard of. Ihad a feelingI would see this kind of response! I mount huge midwest bucks every year, and 350 lb brutes are not all that uncommon, and bigger bucks, while not so common, do exist. If a guy was going to go to all the trouble to fool some of the "experts" in here, dont you think hed go bigger, and try to break a record? Thats a huge buck for sure, and I have no reason not to believe it. I have seen many captive raised bucks over 400 lbs. Some dont want to believe it, thats fine. Now, show me a 550 or 600 lber, and Im as skepticle as anyone. That picture shows a typical midwest hawg, plain and simple.

By the way, great elk pic, Rich, that was a good one!

RE: 412 pound Neb. deer
 

Yep, He put up quite a tussel I had to unload into himHe was so tuff I had to lick the ends to stick him

RE: 412 pound Neb. deer
 

damn thats a big deer !!;)

RE: 412 pound Neb. deer
 

There is no way that is photoshop, I have photoshop and there is no way you could do that. I does look fake but there is no way it is photoshoped