Hey guys,

I just got some still pics off my camcorder of the big 8 point I got footage of about three weeks ago. He is hanging around in an area that only my friend and I have permission to hunt. The land surrounding it is all posted and not hunted. The land hasn' t been hunted in probablly 10 years.

Now, at the time this was taken, this deer had probablly 2 months of antler growth left. You can' t see it in the pics, but, it appears that he has a little rise on the forward part of each main beam, kinda like me might turn into a 10 point.

The thing that got me is the deer doesn' t look old at all.

What do you guys think is age and score are. I would say 2-1/2 years old and a 132" score.

Nice Buck!! I' d say 130' s and 2 1/2- 3 1/2 yrs.

Nice buck, Buck Magnet.

I hate to bust your bubble and I mean no harm, but at this point and time I don' t think he would even make the 125 " minimum for P&Y. Keep in mind he has a little bit of time to grow some more but from the photos (and they can be very deceiving) he is not in the 130 class yet.

Before you light a match on the flame throwers take a look at his left ear in the first photo. That ear is approximately 7" inches long. Now look at his brow tines and compare that with his ear. In photo no. 2 you get a decent look at his G-2 & 3 on his left side. Compare that to his 7" ear. Do the same thing on the G-2 & 3 on his right side in the last photo. Doing a comparison in terms of a ratio of ear length to tine length I think you can see he has a ways to go before he gets to the 130 class catagory.

He looks as if he has good length on his main beams and a decent spread, but I would rate him no better than average (in terms of a record class buck) for mass.

Still he is a very nice buck. One anyone should be proud to get.

I hope you get him !!

He looks a lot like one of mine that was 3 1/2 years old and scores 118 " . Your might gross in the 120' s . Good Luck !!

Antler Easter- shhhhhhhhhh Wishfull thinking

I didn' t really think about the size, I just looked at the rack and made a guess. I always seem to over-estimate deer in velvet.

very nice

Who cares what he scores, its a wall hanger [8D]

Exactly my feelings on the matter.

What a beauty.
You need to take a printed pic of him and take it to KINKO' s so they can make a poster sized target for you. After a couple of weeks of practice shooting at him, you might not drop your mighty mite when he steps into view!!.
I know I would!!

Good luck getting on him!!

Hey DaveC,

That is actually a pretty cool idea. It would be awsome if I could get a life poster made of him, and put my bag target behind his vitals. I just wonder how much $$$$ that would cost, and it probablly wouldn' t hold well for long. [:@]

That is a great idea though.

The score doesn' t really matter much to me as he is a biggun and he would, I mean will look good on my wall