Here is the story on the " POSSIBLE' NEW WORLD RECORD" ! If true this kid is stoked! can you say big buck$.....

http://www.jsonline.com/outdoors/nov03/187293.asp

Has anyone seen a picture of this, would love to check it out.

I believe the photos are being withheld for an exclusive article in North American Whitetail, coming out in Jan. This is the first I have heard that the buck was not recovered until the day after shooting it. Unfortunate to have the meat unusable if this is true.

There also is an article in Field and Stream(Dec,03 - Jan,04), with shed Picture, from 2001! Impressive!

What are you talking about. Just because an animal doesn' t get recovered until the nex day doesn' t mean that the meat is unusable. My dad has killed a couple of deer by making a bad shot(not on purpose). If he new that he made a bad shot, he usually let it go until the next day. He just marked where he hit it and made sure there was a good blood trail to follow and then as long as there should be no bad weather come back in the morning. I remember being with him one time when he did this (both the day of shooting, and the day of recovering). We reovered the deer and took it home, no bad meat spoilage.

Congrats to the person who shot that deer.

it all depends on the shot and the temp. on to if the meat spoiled or not, if it was cooler out and it wasnt a gut shot then the meat should have been fine.

the hole in the horn and the missouri giant were found dead. so there is no name next to them in the book. they are found dead and never taken responsibility for. so they dont count as the world record b/c they were found dead.

i have seen this buck in person, and he is truely a monster. no pics will be seen until the january issue of north american whitetail hits the stands.