Got him on trail cam now he's down!!! With Pics.
 

Folks I captured a photo of this buck a few months ago on my trail cam. And a buddy of mine that comes up to IL. every year to hunt on the same farm I do downed him today. Hes a great buck and you can definately tell that he is been doing some fighting recently. G2, G3, and his main beam are all broken off on one side. Here are the game cam pics.






Here is the after photos.

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Congrats to your buddy on his deer! You gotta love them game cams!

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Wow, the trail cam photos don't do that deer any justice. He looks much bigger in the "deer down" pictures. Great job to you and your buddy!!

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Congrats -- good looking pics! Looks like he's been tangling with another buck too....

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he looks way way bigger after the shot, cant complain about that haha.

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I'd love to see the buck that broke off his antlers. Very nice buck, You IL guys should consider yourselves very lucky to have such a great deer population. Here in PA the buck are getting better with the AR's but still not as nice as those midwest deer. Tell your buddy Congratulations.

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PA Hardwoods took the words right out of my mouth. If that is what he looks like, what inthe world was he fighting with????

Thats who I would be looking for.

Great buck, Congrats.

Be safe and Good Hunting

God Bless

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I also agree that he looks much bigger in the "down" pictures. The body on him is just massive. Tell your bud congrats. And yes you gotta love those Cardinals.

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No ground shrinkage, looks even bigger on the ground!

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Nice buck. That has got to be the biggest 7 pt I've ever seen.

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Congrats to your friend.Great buck.

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nice buck

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nice buck! he must of been in a little fight.

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Nice buck, congrats to you and your friend.

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Heck of a deer and it sure does look bigger in the after pictures. I really like those kicker points it has on the bases of each antler. Makes him look like the devil.

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Wow, very nice! Let's hear the story.

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Congrats...nice buck!

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Congrats to your buddy on his deer nice looking buck

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That's what it's all about! Congrats on a great deer!

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I agree the trail camera pics did not do the deer justice.

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WOW i had to go back and look for distinguishing characteristics...them trail cam pics do him absolutely NO justice at ALL at first glance...go back and his bases are the size of his EAR though...WOW....thats a pretty awesome buck!! lots of character..lots of mass...lots of spread! congrats!!

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Wow, what a deer! I gotta get up to the Midwest and shoot a bruiser like that. I'm just as impressed by the body size of the deer as I am with the racks. The 8 point I killed a couple weeks back here in Texas weighed a whopping 135# live.

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Awesome buck toobad about the broken points but a trophy nonetheless...Great Buck!!!!

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This deer weighed 191 pounds dressed. The 11 point I killed off of the same farm 3 weeks ago weighed 223 field dressed. My buddy said he thinks he will get the broken points repaired since I have a trail cam pic of him when they weren't broke. I have mixed feelings about it. I think it shows the bucks true character. He must have been a fighter for sure.

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Congratulations on one heck of a deer!!

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I had to do the same thing. LOL. It just goes to show you how decieving our trail cams can be sometimes. I saw this deer on hoof myself last week and could not get a shot. Thats when I realized how big he actually was. When I seen him on the game cam I thought he was just a decent 7 point with some stickers.

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Congrats on a nice buck!