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Old 11-14-2010, 06:43 AM
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Smile I have been hunting for 25+ years, biggest deer I have ever killed. How big is it?

I took an 4x4 that probably weighs around 180. It was taken in the Southwest Ozarks in Missouri about an hour east of Springfield on our private farm. I have killed multiple 5x5s but nothing with the spread and weight of this deer. We went to B&C website to use their calculator to measure the points. According to them it would be a 149. How big is that? How big do typical whitetails get down here in southern Missouri? How many points does it take to cross the threshold of big and really big? I am just talking about typical versus non. I am just curious, I'm not going to submit it for a trophy or anything. I know its not that big. Any help or advice would be great.

I included some pics, I am the young one that looks about 20. For reference I am 6 feet.

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Old 11-14-2010, 06:54 AM
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That's just a little smaller than my dad's biggest deer which is also an 8 point. And he's been hunting about 30yrs.

And Missouri is where the world record non typical was found. The Missouri Monarch
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Old 11-14-2010, 06:56 AM
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Nice buck and congrats!!
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Old 11-14-2010, 06:58 AM
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Congrats!!!
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Old 11-14-2010, 07:01 AM
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Would you say a 149 is accurate?

Thanks for the compliments. It was a hell of a morning. I had shots at another 6 point and a large doe but let them go because they were very easy shots. Total we saw 10 different deer in 2 hours, 5 of them bucks.
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Old 11-14-2010, 07:14 AM
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I know its impossible to tell the score from pictures, but a nice range for bragging rights will work.
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Old 11-14-2010, 07:53 AM
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Nice buck,I have heard that it is awful tough to get over 130" on any 8 point buck but I dont know still a good buck.
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Old 11-14-2010, 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by blackhawk_archery
Nice buck,I have heard that it is awful tough to get over 130" on any 8 point buck but I dont know still a good buck.
Well, we followed the calculator on B&C and 149 was the score. I'm not saying that you are wrong. That's just the score we got.
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Old 11-14-2010, 10:26 AM
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close to 140 is close. i dont know about over..ya have the rack, there is a scoring post around here so you can diy
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Congratulations!!!! I don't know what it would score in the B/C book but it scores pretty Dam high in mine!!!! , Doc

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