I took this great buck on Novemeber 22. My Thanksgiving buck I guess. I had to skip out early on the family, but it turns out it was worth it.
I took him with bow and arrow in Olmsted county, MN.
I taped him and had a few others tape him. 191″ gross. Seems like he will net 178″ish. 21 1/2 spread, 27″ mains. 5+ on all the mass measurements.
An absolute monsterright here in Olmsted county….and I drive over an hour to hunt Houston County! Congratulations on a true trophy.
Awesome buck Eric!
Congrats Eron.
Honestly, how could you draw on a buck of that calibre????
I am positive my bottom jaw would be at my feet, my eyes would be watering, and the rest of my body would have went into shock.
That is an AWESOME buck. Congrats 
Yeah, what Wats said !!! Holy Crikey, he’s huge !!! Now what do you hold out for ???!!!
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I have buck fever just looking at those pictures. My arrow would have landed in the the next county.
The is a great deer. 
Congratulations
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Honestly, how could you draw on a buck of that calibre????
I am positive my bottom jaw would be at my feet, my eyes would be watering, and the rest of my body would have went into shock.
That is an AWESOME buck. Congrats
Luckily it happened too fast to have all that time to start to worry and get nervous. I am thinking from the time of first seeing him till the time I shot couldn’t have been 25 seconds.
Whoa, Congrats on one hog of a buck, those don’t come around too often, OK never! Way to go!
Congrats! That is what I was after this year…you did a heck of a lot better than me!! All it takes is 1 minute in the right spot, and your whole year comes together. I love those quick shots, that come out of no where, and you don’t even have time to get buck fever, instinct just sets in.
Congrats on the buck of a lifetime!
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Congrats on the buck of a lifetime!
Thanks. I am fully aware, I won’t probably get another like this again. It is a buck of a lifetime. 3 days later here its still not set in yet.
Nice buck, Nice mass, tines and mainbeam. Nice shooting!
These photos are great but I had the honor of helping eric haul this beast out of the woods and that deer is a GIANT!!!! Great JOB. Eric earned that buck with the amount of time he spent on stand this fall.
Awesome buck!! I think my buddy may have last years sheds of that deer. Way to get em with the stick and string
Holly buckets Eric!!!
What a monster Congrats on you buck of a life time.
Did you enter the big buck contest at Archery Headquarters?
I was pre entered in that.
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I was pre entered in that.
Good luck you should have a good shot at winning that, did you enter any other buck contests? What did he dress out at for weight?
I went to Gander and its only based on weight there with the tie breaker going to rack size. Kinda stupid I think but whatever.
Believe it or not it field dressed at 165 pounds.
Did they tell you by chance what the best weight was so far?
holy crap thats a nice buck you must have a horse shoe up your 
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Did they tell you by chance what the best weight was so far?
No, I just left. Didn’t ask.
165# dressed is still good sized. He has probably been running hard chasing does and kicking the snot out of every buck that crossed his path 
It also looks like he put a lot of growth into antler alone. Just think, that dude has some offspring that is running around and will have more genes on the ground this spring
Great buck. It’s nice to see that you took the time for a photo shoot. I wish I was better at making sure That I took some good pics before I cut the deer up.
Congrats Eric! What a true monster!
Wow, that is an amazing buck. After spending the last 3 days in the stand, I can REALLY appreciate that buck
A truly awesome buck Eric! I would love to hear the story on how you got him. Did you see him before? Congratulations! 
Holy smokes, that thing is HUGE. If you mount it right, you could use that rack as a chair!!!
Excellent work Eron, and congrats!
Great buck!
Buck of a lifetime! Way to go!
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