This buck was found dead in the weldon river near Leon, Iowa. The fellow holding the rack used to work for me but now I have no contact. I was hoping to know the final score on this giant. I heard the buck died of blue tounge around 1999. Super large Buck! sorry about photo it went through washing machine. Any info is appreciated, I heard it scored 274+ but not confirmed.

I haven't seen it, but awesome buck for sure!

Wow what a rack ,I think I'd wet my pant's if he had walked undernieth my stand LOL

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that's an awesome buck...hopefully you'll get the final score on him.

That's an incredible animal, i would have loved to have seen a field photo him...that's a shame the way he went.

That is a great buck, I think 274 would be a record...

That is just unbelievable to say the least.

HOLY COW...thats a monster

That is unreal.
What exactly is blue tongue?

Blue tounge is caused by flies and from what I understand causes the deer to go to water and die. Iowa and northern missouri got a dose of it in the late 90-'s. I was lucky in my area of Missouri that I never found any dead, so it passed and now no more cases. I did hear of groups of deer dead on ponds in north Missouri.