Beauty of a Buck!! Congrats!!

Congrats on the deer! Looks great! Glad to see such a buck in the Hoosier State

Congrats on your first! I got my first buck this year (10 point) after hunting longer than you have. It's a great feeling you won't soon forget!

very nice buck congrats

Well I have a few measurements for him. I don't have the full amount of measurements but what do you guys think he would score with the measurements I have. Inside spread is 17in, G3s are 11in & 11in, bases are 5 1/8in and 5 2/8 in, beam lengths are 25 1/8in & 24 4/8in. I am taking him to the taxidermist tomorrow so I will know more then. To me he is a trophy without a score but I just would like to know for curiosities sake. By the way has anyone noticed the white nub in the middle of his forehead? What causes those to form? Thanks for everyone's input!

That is an awsome deer! congrats! what the heck was the axe for though!

Ha! Yeah I guess a bloody ax does look a little scary. When we field dressed him my dad and I forgot to bring a saw into the woods. We didn't realize this until we had him opened up and we needed something to break the pelvic bone. It was the only thing we had in our cabin that would work. The ax might seem like overkill but actually with a few light smacks into the bone it is quite effective and not very messy. Then when we took some pictures my dad decided to use it to prop his head up so we could get a better shot of him front on and not leaning on his side.