It's that time of year. Let's see those kills.

[Immike]

My 7yr son shot his first buck last night and second deer ever. I couldn't be a happier father. 9pt weighed 199# on the hoof, but just a little 80.5gn berger from the 223ai dropped him in his tracks.

Holy Cow that’s a monster!! Beautiful deer!

 

[Huckleberry75]

Holy Cow that’s a monster!! Beautiful deer!

Thank you sir. It's far bigger than anything I shot until much much later in life. He and we are very blessed.

 

[timeout]

Moved out of my comfy stand to the ground in a spot where I had seen a decent looking buck (from a distance anyway ) twice in three days. I love it when a plan comes together. Not the same buck, but at this point in the season with standing corn on 3 sides of our farm, I jumped on the opportunity. 700 Remington, 6 Dasher/105 Berger HVLD's, Reloader 15, Jewell trigger, #3 contour Brux 1 in 8, Leupold VXR 4-12 X 50 LRV reticle. Took out part of the heart and liquified some lungs. Ran about 50 yards into the brush on pure adrenaline.

 

[hogpatrol]

Moved out of my comfy stand to the ground in a spot where I had seen a decent looking buck (from a distance anyway ) twice in three days. I love it when a plan comes together. Not the same buck, but at this point in the season with standing corn on 3 sides of our farm, I jumped on the opportunity. 700 Remington, 6 Dasher/105 Berger HVLD's, Reloader 15, Jewell trigger, #3 contour Brux 1 in 8, Leupold VXR 4-12 X 50 LRV reticle. Took out part of the heart and liquified some lungs. Ran about 50 yards into the brush on pure adrenaline.

Nothing wrong with him!

 

[300_whisper]

My 2018 Wyoming bull elk. View attachment 1075250

Elk can get up to 1000 pounds?! What’s a normal sized elk?!

 

[jds holler]

Elk can get up to 1000 pounds?! What’s a normal sized elk?!

That's the normal size for one that big.
I just couldn't help myself.

Seriously, it's hard to say what most weigh, cause there probably isn't one out of a hundred elk ever get to a scale before being gutted and skinned.

Coastal elk are huge beyond imagination, and big Rocky Mountain bulls in their prime are also. Seems to me that mature bulls are about a third larger than the big cows. jd

 

[FeMan]

Elk can get up to 1000 pounds?! What’s a normal sized elk?!

I really don’t know. That is what they said. He was a huge bodied boy, that’s for sure. Based on what I have seen and read, I’d guess more like 700 to 800.

 

[mmcu]

This nice buck came out of south Texas about a week ago.

 

[Bc'z]

Lots of character to that one.

 

[GaryL1959]

Nothing with antlers so far, but did score a decent sow hog Saturday night. .223 with a 60 grain Partition did the deed at 65 yards.

 

[Immike]

There he is! No big deer in Tennessee? This is a buck of a lifetime right there!

Edit: just got a call from the hunter, it’s hilarious how excited he is about all this. They have scored it at 180” by the taxidermist. This buck may be ranked as one of the states bigger taken once officially scored.

 

[dedogs]

There he is!

Good job, way to stick with it. More details? dedogs

 

[Immike]

Good job, way to stick with it. More details? dedogs

That’s my cousins husband, avid deer hunter. He bounced a arrow off his back 2 months ago and stayed after him. Don’t know the score yet as this just happened. I bet he’ll sleep better now! Lol

 

[Bojo]

Opening day of PA gun season . My daughters 2nd deer at 14 years old. I have never killed anything this big. 1964 adl in 243. 85 game king over h4350. Aw some 10 point went about 60 yards and piled up.

 

[rudysts]

Washington state Black Tail

 

[300_whisper]

Washington state Black Tail

Isn’t that a like a really big black tail? I’m on the east coast and know that black tails are smaller right?

 

[rudysts]

They can get big this one I think dressed out was right at 200 if not over. There were a few bigger ones taken this year that I know of. they are also known as the grey ghost around here they love to hide out in the dark timber where not much light gets through the canopy. it was tough getting it out whole in some steep country.

 

[Immike]

This young man needed this bow kill. He went all the way through rifle season without seeing a deer. Looks like he found one tonight. Justin Henry buck.

He shot it @ 4:30 and it went 100yds. He’s pretty happy tonight and can’t wait to show me tomorrow. Him and his wife are expecting their first child so it’s a good year for him!

 

[Bc'z]

Nice rack

 

[Corey Schwanz]

No bucks down yet, still waiting for a good one. Couple does for the freezer, my little buddy getting to witness "Daddy shoot a deer" for the first time and fawn killer I took out with my bow earlier this year.