MN world record 8pt. (different than earlier post)

  • scottb.
    Southeast, MN
    Posts: 1014
    November 4, 2009 at 3:24 pm #200904

    Hi all. This buck was shot this last week just outside of Cannon Falls. Its a buck some friends have been after for a couple years and have sheds from. Unfortunately it was not shot by them. Doing some quick research I believe this buck is the biggest 8pt ever shot bow or gun. Gross score of 192″ and net of 189″.

    Check out the measurements of this freak!
    32″ in beams!
    27″ inside spread!
    6″ bases carried all the way out!

    The guy in the picture is not the person who shot it, its my uncle who went to look at it yesterday. Sorry for the style of pics, if I get some from the hunter out in the field I will post as well. Can you believe this giant!! Congrats to the Cannon Falls hunter who was fortunate to harvest a truley once in a lifetime buck!!


    jason_ramthun
    Byron MN
    Posts: 3376
    November 4, 2009 at 3:27 pm #66373

    Good god that thing is a PIG …. Congrats to the hunter

    scottb.
    Southeast, MN
    Posts: 1014
    November 4, 2009 at 3:31 pm #66374

    I would also like to say that QDM does work! Because guys/gals in this area are letting the small ones walk is exactly why this guy got a chance at this beast!

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22540
    November 4, 2009 at 3:31 pm #66376

    OMG Can’t think of anything else to say…. OMG Does anybody else think the rack on the floor in the last pic is a different 3 x 4 ??? Looks different ???

    lick
    Posts: 6443
    November 4, 2009 at 3:39 pm #66380

    holy heavy horns batman

    the last pics with the eyes in freaks me out a little

    does appear to be a 3×4

    gobbler
    Central, MN
    Posts: 1110
    November 4, 2009 at 3:50 pm #66387

    it’s the same buck on the floor. look at the meat under the bases on the skull and on the right cheek. the pic was just perfect enough to cover the G2 w/ the G3.

    That is an amazing 8 pt!!!

    Also,

    The world record stands at 185 7/8” and was shot by Lonnie Copeland from Arkansas (i believe) in 1992. After the mandatory 60 drying period the possibility of this buck setting the new mark will put MN on the map as the biggest 8 pt buck ever!!

    sauger
    Hastings ,MN
    Posts: 2442
    November 4, 2009 at 3:55 pm #66390

    O.M.G!!!!What a beast!!! Congrats to the hunter!

    coppertop
    Central MN
    Posts: 2853
    November 4, 2009 at 3:56 pm #66391

    That is absolutely insane! What an 8pt. If I were the guy who harvested that deer I would have the antlers in my posession until the taxidermist is ready to mount them on the form.

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    November 4, 2009 at 3:57 pm #66388

    mpearson
    Chippewa Falls, WI
    Posts: 4338
    November 4, 2009 at 4:12 pm #66402

    That is a BEAST! I’m with you G…looks like a 3×4! Where is the curl on the G3 on the right side? Also, look at the brows! Awesome animal anyway!

    scottb.
    Southeast, MN
    Posts: 1014
    November 4, 2009 at 4:23 pm #66409

    I am not sure what you guys are saying, the G2 is covered in the last pic but its all the same deer. 4X4 – 192″ gross!

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22540
    November 4, 2009 at 4:30 pm #66412

    Very weird Gobbler, I see the meat thing, but the 1st 2 pics, the right G3 looks like it has more of a hook on top ??? Even the mains on 1 & 2 curl more ??? If it is 2 different deer…. WOW !!!

    sunnyd
    Central Minnesota
    Posts: 116
    November 4, 2009 at 4:32 pm #66413

    Unbelievable! Can’t even imagine.

    pelzel12
    Plum City WI
    Posts: 69
    November 4, 2009 at 4:36 pm #66414

    That is a GIANT. How old was this PIG? The guy that shot that thing must have balls of steel. I’d be shaking so much probably couldn’t even pull the bow back.

    Besox
    Posts: 590
    November 4, 2009 at 4:37 pm #66415

    Wow! That must have been an awesome day for that hunter!

    mpearson
    Chippewa Falls, WI
    Posts: 4338
    November 4, 2009 at 4:43 pm #66418

    Quote:

    I am not sure what you guys are saying, the G2 is covered in the last pic but its all the same deer. 4X4 – 192″ gross!

    Not trying to start anything Scott just looks different to me. Awesome deer anyway…congrats to the lucky hunter. Hopefully we can get a story from it!

    scottb.
    Southeast, MN
    Posts: 1014
    November 4, 2009 at 4:44 pm #66421

    I hear ya, me neither. I see what you guys are saying but its the same deer, the camera angle is disguising a bit of the actual shape.

    phishirman
    Madison, WI
    Posts: 1090
    November 4, 2009 at 5:07 pm #66433

    what a GIANT.

    DANPEARSON
    Central WI
    Posts: 594
    November 4, 2009 at 5:30 pm #66441

    What a beast! I agree that it’s the same deer…compare the meat on the skull in all the pictures.

    norseman
    FAIRMONT MN
    Posts: 559
    November 4, 2009 at 8:33 pm #66487

    WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    scottb.
    Southeast, MN
    Posts: 1014
    November 5, 2009 at 12:10 am #66518

    Just a side note to this story, the guy that has the sheds of this deer and many trail cam pics shot a different giant 8 pt. the following day as this one was shot. This buck was shot last Saturday and on Sunday morning in the same block of woods but different property the guy chasing this one shot a 162″ eight point! Can you believe two 8 pts. of that caliber in the same block of woods! WOW!

    chev70
    SW Wisconsin
    Posts: 1008
    November 5, 2009 at 1:13 am #66540

    That is one Huge Eight pointer WOW

    eronningen
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 1885
    November 5, 2009 at 1:18 am #66542

    What a monster. Geez. That rack is heavy

    lick
    Posts: 6443
    November 5, 2009 at 1:30 am #66547

    Id love to put it on a scale

    flatfish
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 2105
    November 5, 2009 at 1:48 am #66552

    to the hunter
    That’s just down right awesome

    perch_44
    One step ahead of the Warden.
    Posts: 1589
    November 9, 2009 at 3:14 am #67051

    i hunt approximately 1/2 – 1 mile from where this was taken, and we found out today that the deer is now in possession of the DNR.

    rumor is (nothing verified yet) that he had already arrowed a buck this season and tagged/registered it. this deer he shot, and tagged with a friends tag. when the dnr started to investigate, they found 4 or 5 more deer this week/weekend at his home that were not registered or registered correctly.

    but it is definitely confirmed that the wardens took this buck from the taxidermist and the shooter is under investigation. i have no idea if he was arrested or anything.

    a friend of mine that also hunts next to the area, and has trail cam pics of the deer from this year on his property, uses the same taxidermist, and stopped by there to see the deer, and that is when he was informed by the taxidermist that it was confiscated.

    if he truly did poach this deer, i hope he is put away for a long long time. and i will be glad he is no longer hunting the valley.

    perch_44
    One step ahead of the Warden.
    Posts: 1589
    November 9, 2009 at 3:20 am #67054

    also, this was told second hand to me, but supposedly he was drawn on a 160+ 10 pointer, when this 8 pointer ran off the 10.

    ranger777
    OtterTail Cty/Minnetrista
    Posts: 265
    November 9, 2009 at 3:36 am #67055

    oh no, this is very unfortunate! Why do people have to be so greedy!?
    I hope they max out the penalty on the guy if he is convicted!

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