I have seen some very big buck in my day a 195+ giant double drop tine in the city of Youngstown ,ohio several years ago that was next to a 24- 26" 8pt at wkbn on midlothian and South ave in the fence. I also saw a 185+south east of new Castle, pa .ended up hit by a car .also a 180" double drop tine also hit by a car on 224 3years ago by pa line
I have a Great Friend that has a 200"+ giant running around his stand this season is winding down they are very rare but they are out there I'm hoping that he gets the opportunity to get the shot he had it at 30yds but no shot I give him credit for not taking a bad shot and possibly wounding him.
Tell your story's would love to hear them or see them.
Like others here, have seen some big bucks. A few in the 170's for sure. Bow hunted one for 4 yrs that probably went mid 180's. Can't say I've ever seen a 200 in the wild.
That one was taken up the road from me and my wives aunt took the picture.
I have seen a non typical 230 to 240 at westbranch. I was squirl hunting. Had 8 bucks with him. One was a 170 8 point.
Sides of it were 8 to 9 inches shaped like a hand and proably 30 or more wide. He was dipping his head to walk between the trees
Kicked myself for not deer hunting that day.
I also saw a 180 to 190 8 point out there. A couple years later. Busted by the sun and my breath.
I am sure they are dead now. That was 10 to 15 years ago.
Ya know how people put there two fingers together and say "I was this close"? That's my case with the 200" dream buck. The buck I shot scored 187 0/8" Boone and Crocket Net Non-Typical and 199" gross non-typical. We scored it the night I shot it at 205 1/8". But the official BBBC is what I go by. Harvested on my home farm when I was 14. We've only seen one bigger buck since then and that was a few miles away on a summer scouting trip.
Very nice Bucks they are all Great Deer. We are still plugging away till the end we have several 145- mid 160" bucks but nothing bigger hopefully next year they are going to be some real studs
The stats would suggest that a deer scoring over 200 is very rare and I'm guessing as others have that maybe field scores could be tad bit over estimated a little in the excitement of the moment.
Since 2002
Deer reported harvest - 3,217,048
Deer reported to Ohio Big Buck over 200 since 2002 - 127
Percentage of deer over 200 killed and reported - .0000394
I realize that not all bucks over 200 are reported but........
Lundy, as usual your numbers don't lie. A 200+ deer is truly amazing. I feel a 170 deer is incredible, and something to be proud of. The only 200 deer I've seen is at Cabela's.
Cant say that i have, neither in the field or on any of my trail cameras. Biggest buck ive ever hunted was in 2008, He was a main frame 10 with some kickers and roughly foot long brows. I would put him in the 170-180ish range.
Never saw him again after the 08 season and never heard of anyone killing him
That's funny. The deer in post 24 is the same deer in post 28. Drop tine on left side, palmatted right side with that giant G2 ( no mistaken that )and split brows. Zoomed in looks like the same deer to me.
Not sure what this one would score, but he's the biggest one I've seen. I saw him this year running with another big 10/12 pointer during rut in an unhuntable area.
Yep same deer, but certainly not my deer. (I wish).... I posted that pic in a hurry. I should have added that it was a pic that made quite a buzz all over the internet and should have no problem reaching 200". Congrats to the hunter!
The only buck I've seen close to 200" was about 15 years ago. It was the day after Thanksgiving and I was scouting for gun season, without a bow of course. I usually carry my bow any time I'm scouting because you truly never know. Well wish I would have had it along that day. The buck jumped from a bed about 100 yds in front of my uncle and it ran straight up the hill and stopped 25 yds from broadside looking back at my uncle. 3 days later on opening morning of gun season my uncle put the giant on the ground. No doubt the same deer I saw. Biggest buck anyone in my hunting circles has taken. Scored just over 195, 27 scoreable points. Bummed I didn't get a chance at him but happy my uncle did. Buck of a lifetime. My brother took a 180+" deer last gun season. 15 point with multiple drop tines. The pic of just the deer mount was my uncles, the pic with the big guy is my brother.
I've seen several around the 180" mark, with one that was probably close to 200". I was shelling corn and he came out of the corn about 100 yards in front of me and just stood there as I passed within 60' with the combine. Wish I had my bow with me. He was absolutely huge and had to have been over 26" wide. A buddy of mine shot one this past fall that is right around 185 with a 24" spread and I know the big one I saw was wider than him.
Isn't it amazing that deer just aren't afraid of most farm equipment in farm country and will let you get very close to them? Often, even the big boys.
I posted this before but years ago, our neighbor that had polio as a kid hunted deer off a mule(4legged) and said you could practically walk up and stick the muzzle in a deers ear.
I went to the Buckeye Big Buck Banquet last night, in 2015-2016 season 188329 deer were taken and only 10 scored over 200'', there were 2 over 265 and Ohio was the only state to have that.
Here is a picture of my buddy with the 265 7/8 buck he got last year in Stark County 2 miles.south of Alliance, the other deer on the lower left has the shed antlers from the year before at it scored 171, the other buck that scored 287 5/8 was taken in Fairfield county ,I didn't get a picture of it
Ive seen 2 in the 200 range but both were in urban areas around Dayton and both in 2007. One was south east of the dayton mall in miamisburg crossing my highschool parking lot at 8am in November, and the other crossing dorthy lane onto the golf course from the neighborhoods in kettering. Middle of the day. My jaw dropped both times. Big non typical freaks. The way a 200+ carries its rack is something dreams are made of. I dont think it was a cooincidence that I saw both in the same year when the herd was peaking. And the state tries to tell us quality over quanity. We're loosing habitat fast now so it might be true down the road.
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