$500,000.00 Deer??
 

Just read a rumored sale of the "Amish Buck" outta Ohio on opening day taken w/ xbow was sold to Cabelas for a half million!! Anybody heard anything??

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Haven't heard this. But it wouldn't surprise me. If the Cabela's that bought it was within driving range, you bet I'd be making a trip there to see it in person, and so will a lot of other people.

Terri S.

RE: $500,000.00 Deer??
 

Must be rumor. There was a very nice buck taken on opening day, but nothing of that stature.

RE: $500,000.00 Deer??
 

true, a monster taken in amish country with a cross bow on opening day this year.

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You're prolly right on the rumor, as a later post on same forum pointed out the fact that the world record non-typical only brought $100,000.

Terri: I might be wrong, but I think when an outfit like Cabelas buys something like that, they have copies made and put them in all of their stores.

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dont know if the price was true...but that fact that the brute was killed in amish country with an xbow is true.

sorry for any confusion. if i killed that buck i wouldnt sell it for any amount of money, unless they wanted to buy copies of it. but they arent getting the original.

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I agree it would bring a lot of money, but I highly doubt near 500K. The World Record Lovstuen Buck from a couple years ago, sold for speculated 100-125K It was a bigger buck and much more famous deer. The Hole in the Horn Buck sold for around 200+K(If I remember right) It's the most famous buck of all time, and 2nd biggest ever, in the world.

Not saying it's not possible, and I could be wrong,but I don't see Cabelas or anyone spending 500K on a deer rack which doesn't reach 300 B&C

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wonder what this guy will sell for...he was grown in a pen then killed...sad for him!

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I to would say that is rummer. I know the famous Beatty buck killed here in Ohio was only offered a little over 100K I thought. And you are right about the replicas. I remember when they wanted to buy the Beatty buck it said in the deal that mike would get a exact replica since they make them for all there stores. I just cant remember if he sold his or not.

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Goliath ( a pen raised deer)actually had the biggest rack of any Whitetail Buck that ever lived at over 400".
The Hole in the Horn is ranked second in the "flawed" scoring system to the Missouri Monarch but actually had much greater mass than the Monarch and should be second to Goliath.
Here is a pic of Goliathat the height of his glory.


Sag

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was stolen & returned correct ? from PA.
and wasn't the hole in the antler a road kill ? my memory fells me sometime.[&o]
yes BB&T SUCKs @**

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Pajay,

Yes, Goliath was stolen but later recovered and returned to original owners in Pa.
Hole in Horn buck was presumed to be hit by a train as it was found dead nearsome railroad tracks by a chainlink fence.
One of the guys in the group, who discovered it, claimed in later yearsthe hole in the antler was caused by a piece of the chainlink fence being imbedded in the soft tissue in that areaof the antler.
Most people, over the years,thought the hole was caused by a .22 caliber bullet hole in a poaching attempt until the story about the chainlink fence was told.
To me, the Hole in the Horn is the most awesome Whitetail that ever lived and the most awesome looking.
Agreed 100%, BB&T sucks.


Sag.

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Money,money It's amazing to me that society covets these hunks of bone and everybody says I'd never sell. First you can say that cause you don't have a 250" plus buck but if you did and the checks came in I tend to think everybody has their price. It was estimated that a large buck like that can bring in upwards of 500,000 in product endorsements alone.Big bucks to be had in big bucks

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I can't agree with comparing this wild, taken in fair chase, buck with ANY pen raised buck on a tightly controled diet.

What if this Amish buck had all the high protien feed ect. of that pen raised Goliath buck? How much larger would his rack have been then?

A very fine buck indeed. Could this be a world record for X bow? Does anyone keep X bow records?

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I intended to quote this post, for the pics, clicked the wrong button. But just consider how much larger this buck would have been on a controled diet & without preditors or fighting for domanace.

Does anyone know what this amish buck scored?

RE: $500,000.00 Deer??
 

That is an amazing deer...they all are for that matter, but I agree with the previously statedthat anyone in here would sell their deer for 500 k.......Thats alot of dough, for anyone!!!