Thats not a DEER its a STEER!!!

My wife took down a a true beast of a buck this past Saturday morning. Put it on the scale AFTER we dressed him out and it came in at 283lbs. (plus or minus a few, this is not certified scale). I guess the food plot program and the off-season feeding is paying off. Well at least Id like to take some credit for filling his belly with high quality forage. But we generally do have BIG deer in my area. But this one had me wide eyed as we walked up on him. Hes not even that old from my judgement but man he sure favored the food buffets rather than chasing all the girls around burning off steam!

This was her first (SOLO) kill buck. 3 years ago she shot a buck non-lethal.. And I was there to (HELP) out the cause or we never would have gotten him. So she has had a personal vendetta to get it done all by herself. I told her she had the keys to the farm, and she could shoot whatever buck she would like. I was proud to see her pass a few young ones knowing she doesn’t have alot of time in the stand.

Pretty cool morning.

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Man, that’s a nice rack and it actually looks small on that body! RR

Good gravy. What a beast. I’m much more impressed by a big bodied brute than manufactured antlers. Congrats to her!

That is a brute! Congrats!

What are you feeding them Steroids? That is a beast, I thought a 240 dressed was big. 178 gross with 22 1/8 inside spread

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SUPER TANKER!

Wow, what a bruiser! I’d be interested in the score of that rack, because it’s body makes the rack look like a basket 10…which is unlikely! lol Congrats to the Mrs!

Congrats to her for sure!!!! That’s a “GIANT DUDE!!”

Wow. Make room in the freezer for that big boy. He’s been eating well.

Good job to your wife. Nice work.

Grouse

Both of those deer are tanks. Congrats to each!

Beast! Congrats

Congrats to your wife that is awesome. I’m always more impressed by big bodied deer than antlers.

WOW !!! I thought my 240 Lb’er in Manitoba last year was big…

What a GIANT! Congrats!!

Nice deer no matter where your from, Id guess between 350 and 375 on the hoof.

Nice one Lacey! Must be that Iowa luck!

That is a beast! With deer like that what do you hunt with a bazooka? Congrats that is one heck of a trophy.

Haven’t had time to Put a tape to it yet to find the score. I would guess low 130s. Will update later date.

A well placed shot with her NEW Browning .270 did the trick in very short order. Hornady Superformance – SST bullet.

Wow!!! What a Tank!! Congrats, That’s a Giant!!

Holy Crap! She done good shooting that one, that thing is a tank.

How big are the freaking backstraps!

270 is a great deer gun, does not have the recoil of an 06 but it sure can knock them down with good range as well. I would love to know how many lbs of meat you get off of it, just a beast.

TANKER, congrats

Awesome Deer! Congratulations to your wife!

Icenutz,

Not to get off track from the original post, which is an awesome buck, but why do you have a board between the antlers? Is that to keep them from shrinking in as they dry and help maintain the original spread? Also, if that buck scores 178 now, what will it score after the official 60 day period?

Both great bucks.

Boone

Congrats!!

@Boone,

Yes I think that is the intent of the board between the rack. A guy I hunt with does that for his larger deer. My buddy shot a symmetric 10 last year that green scored around 174 and I think it netted 172ish after the 60 day drying period.

As a side note, I think it is illegal to place a board between the antlers and have the buck entered into the P&Y or B&C book. I was told this a long time ago by a taxidermist so I’m not sure if it is/was true, but just thought I would pass that along since you were asking about it.