I saw one several times.

I've seen 150" deer from the stand the last couple years, but the one I saw this year was the buck of a lifetime anywhere in the country. I have him on film if I could only upload it, I explained to Germ via email that I put him at a 170" 8 Point. That's right, a world class 8 and I had him called to 60 yards for a friend after I tagged out.

I'm still drewling over him in my dreams and doubt I ever see one like him in a long, long time. There was a gun kill that resembled him in the paper, not the same buck but I wish I had it to upload. Wait let me check on line.

Found it, The one I saw was bigger/wider.

Rob, I saw one like that year before last. I saw him twice. The second time, he was comming in to my grunt calls when two 1 1/2 yo. bucks came in from behind me to investigate. They got down wind and blew my cover. He was gone. Haven't seen him since. It's funny, but I've noticed that a lot of the biggest bucks that I see are only for that season. They don't seem to show up every year.???

For hunting mostly public land in northern Minnesota I think a buck of a lifetime would be anything close to 150 gross

Greg, your exactly right, many of the bucks I see that are "mature" I see them once, maybe twice and never even hear of them being taken.

Just for you troy i am chasing milo for the record. Hard to say up here i know i have seen deer that will push 190's. Will i ever get a shot at one with the bow, i doubt it but i know i will get at least a 170 with the bow before my days are done. I see at least 4 or 5 boonies a season and an absolute pig about every 2 or 3 years. Either with the bow or the rifle I have hunted long and hard enough. I am due. Bring on August baby.

Uh , well let's see......I'd have to say here in nw ohio, going by all the head gear that i see hangin on my friends walls, i'd have to say at least 180 typ. or 220 ntyp. But i wouldn't shoo away one if it was a little smaller than that.

Troy

The area I hunt in ND does have decent bucks but not the quality as of other states/Providences. QDM/TDM is not practiced at all. Inmost respects for me, I am glad it isn't practiced. In order to take a big mature buck, you are going after something that has lived through many years of hard pressure from hunters.

Wenormally see a dozen or so 130 -145 class bucks while scouting and hunting each year. We will see a couple that will go over 150 in a year's time. We can usually find 1 buck thatgets in the160 range. These are gross scores of course.

Last year I took a buck with bow that went 160. While I am hoping to some day take a bigger buck with bow, I have my work cut out taking a 140 -150class buck everyfew years. Life time buckwould be160 - 170.

20 years ago when I moved here, you were lucky to see a buck gross 120. Things have changed since then!!

Tim

Here In Illinois I think anything over 180 would be a "once in a lifetime buck" but there are bigger ones running anound. I saw one about 3 years ago that I could swear was at least 180. It was hard to tell becausehe never got closer than 60yds. I thought I was going to have a "grabber" right then and there in the tree.

I shot a buck last year which went 163 inches and I have seen a couple this year that would score higher so hard to tell exactly. I hunt in Ohio.

Catskill mountains,New York State.I have bow hunted for 12 years and between a ton of scouting and a ton of hunting I have never seen a 120 class deer on the hoof.Two close friends of mine,one deceased are and were two of the best bow hunters that I am aware of in my area,in their entire lives including rifle hunting each of them has shot 2 bucks that would go 120 to 125.
Once every few years a rifle hunter hunting way back in the mountains kills a 140 incher.Hopefully with the newly imposed antler restrictions as of last year we will be looking at a greater quantity and quality of increasing larger bucks over the next 3 years or so.
I know you wouldn't live in an area like mine Troy.We have had this discussion,but it is home and the roots are deeply planted.