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Re: HUGE Bucks of th' 60's/70's
[Re: Wambaw]
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08/17/19 06:49 PM
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Round ‘bout there
Clem
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I killed one this afternoon that weighed 210. Edge of soybean field in Orangeburg county. I weighed it myself. They are common in the area I hunt. Full velvet Congrats, Wambaw! Good start to the season!
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Re: HUGE Bucks of th' 60's/70's
[Re: Wambaw]
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08/17/19 08:32 PM
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Tuscaloosa
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I killed one this afternoon that weighed 210. Edge of soybean field in Orangeburg county. I weighed it myself. They are common in the area I hunt. Full velvet Congrats!!! But on here, pics or it never happened. I forgot August 15 was the manic day for you low country boys. Guess I better check on Capt. Buster and the gang on YouTube.
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Re: HUGE Bucks of th' 60's/70's
[Re: Frankie]
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10/20/19 08:15 AM
10/20/19 08:15 AM
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the Flatwoods
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Think about this , nearly all the big deer back then we're kill because of dog hunting . If I remember right the one Troy stated was killed on a dog drive . Man drives are deadly on big bucks ..
They way a lot of us hunt ain't gonna see deer like this . They get 6/7 or older they hard to kill .
Just add this, imo a muture buck is 6 and ovet not 41/2 to 51/2 A 6 or 7 y/o buck is hard to kill in front of dogs too. Heck if a deer makes it through 3 seasons and he ain't dead yet, he's pretty smart. I think (around here anyway) still hunters kill more big bucks in dog hunt areas than they do in still hunt areas. The dogs make them move when in still hunt areas, all they have to do is lay around till pitch black dark.
May the sound of hounds never die!
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Re: HUGE Bucks of th' 60's/70's
[Re: daylate]
#2930878
10/20/19 08:53 AM
10/20/19 08:53 AM
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the Flatwoods
Fldoghunter
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Maybe all these gigantic Saskatchewan sized Alabama deer were just before my time. I have been hunting or have known people hunting in Alabama since the mid seventies. The heaviest deer I have ever credibly heard of was a 230 lb 12 pt killed in Sumter County in the mid seventies. I saw the picture of that one and although I cannot verify the weight, it was a toad for sure. I, like others on here have said, would love to see some pictures of these gigantic bucks from the glory days. We may never see Alabama deer of that size again.
What is interesting here in Florida is the rising number of 200 lb bucks in recent years. Just about every club I used to hunt has taken one or more a year lately. I watched a 210 lb 8 pt weighed on good scales last season. When I was hunting Florida, 180 lbs was about the biggest I ever saw. I killed that one on the Escambia River and he had wide skinny horns that probably score around 90". Why are Florida deer increasing in body weight? Baiting has been allowed since at least 1990 so it isn't that.
Interestingly, FL buck scores are going up as well. I know of 3 killed within 80 miles of my house in the last two years that were 140 or better. That was unheard of when I hunted here. 2 things come to mind. People being more selective and realizing Florida can grow bigger deer. And the internet making finding out about big deer easier. People used to brag to a few buddies, now the post it 9n FB.
May the sound of hounds never die!
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Re: HUGE Bucks of th' 60's/70's
[Re: Peach]
#2930882
10/20/19 09:05 AM
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There were some giants killed around Portland Landing and near the Cahaba River in the mid 70's. Soy beans and corn planted everywhere. We killed a 283 on a man drive. I hunted that area in the 80's and can attest to that fact. Man that place had the big bucks back then. Haven't hunted it in the past 25 years so don't know how it was then. We used to drive around the portland loop at night and saw some huge bucks. Saw one that had a rack so big he got caught up in a tangle of vines trying to run off the road and sat there thrashing around for a couple minutes trying to get loose. Booner.
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Re: HUGE Bucks of th' 60's/70's
[Re: Sasquatch Lives]
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10/20/19 09:37 AM
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There were some giants killed around Portland Landing and near the Cahaba River in the mid 70's. Soy beans and corn planted everywhere. We killed a 283 on a man drive. I hunted that area in the 80's and can attest to that fact. Man that place had the big bucks back then. Haven't hunted it in the past 25 years so don't know how it was then. We used to drive around the portland loop at night and saw some huge bucks. Saw one that had a rack so big he got caught up in a tangle of vines trying to run off the road and sat there thrashing around for a couple minutes trying to get loose. Booner. We hunted all the land that bordered Portland. (Hit and Miss Hunting Lodge at that time) We had to drive through Portland to get to a few pieces of land. We had 12,000 acres of hardwoods and cropland to hunt.
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Re: HUGE Bucks of th' 60's/70's
[Re: Nightwatchman]
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10/20/19 05:19 PM
10/20/19 05:19 PM
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Boxes Cove
2Dogs
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I worked at a deer processor in Livingston AL back when I was in school at UWA. A guy brought in a monster buck to the processor and I put it on the scales myself. It weighed 248lbs. The man said he killed it just outside of Aliceville and he didn't really act like it was a big deal to kill one that big so that makes me think it wasn't all that uncommon in his area. The rack was also huge(no idea what it scored but it was much bigger than any deer I've ever seen dead or alive) but the guy who killed it told me he didn't intend to mount it, and that he didn't even care if he got the antlers back. So that makes me think it wasn't all that uncommon. I know I took a picture of it myself, and if I can find the pic I will try to figure out how to post it
Was that 248lbs live weight or field dressed?
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Re: HUGE Bucks of th' 60's/70's
[Re: 2Dogs]
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10/20/19 06:18 PM
10/20/19 06:18 PM
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Tuscaloosa, AL
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I worked at a deer processor in Livingston AL back when I was in school at UWA. A guy brought in a monster buck to the processor and I put it on the scales myself. It weighed 248lbs. The man said he killed it just outside of Aliceville and he didn't really act like it was a big deal to kill one that big so that makes me think it wasn't all that uncommon in his area. The rack was also huge(no idea what it scored but it was much bigger than any deer I've ever seen dead or alive) but the guy who killed it told me he didn't intend to mount it, and that he didn't even care if he got the antlers back. So that makes me think it wasn't all that uncommon. I know I took a picture of it myself, and if I can find the pic I will try to figure out how to post it
Was that 248lbs live weight or field dressed? Live weight. I weighed it before I knocked the guts out of it.
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Re: HUGE Bucks of th' 60's/70's
[Re: Nightwatchman]
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10/21/19 09:46 PM
10/21/19 09:46 PM
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Tuscaloosa, AL
Nightwatchman
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I worked at a deer processor in Livingston AL back when I was in school at UWA. A guy brought in a monster buck to the processor and I put it on the scales myself. It weighed 248lbs. The man said he killed it just outside of Aliceville and he didn't really act like it was a big deal to kill one that big so that makes me think it wasn't all that uncommon in his area. The rack was also huge(no idea what it scored but it was much bigger than any deer I've ever seen dead or alive) but the guy who killed it told me he didn't intend to mount it, and that he didn't even care if he got the antlers back. So that makes me think it wasn't all that uncommon. I know I took a picture of it myself, and if I can find the pic I will try to figure out how to post it
Was that 248lbs live weight or field dressed? Live weight. I weighed it before I knocked the guts out of it. I found the picture. I will send it to someone if they'd like to post it. I haven't really bothered to figure out how to post pictures.
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Re: HUGE Bucks of th' 60's/70's
[Re: Festus]
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10/21/19 10:04 PM
10/21/19 10:04 PM
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Montgomery, AL
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200lbs is not uncommon in the Pike Road area outside Montgomery.
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Re: HUGE Bucks of th' 60's/70's
[Re: Nightwatchman]
#2932732
10/22/19 12:33 PM
10/22/19 12:33 PM
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WSW AL
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I worked at a deer processor in Livingston AL back when I was in school at UWA. A guy brought in a monster buck to the processor and I put it on the scales myself. It weighed 248lbs. The man said he killed it just outside of Aliceville and he didn't really act like it was a big deal to kill one that big so that makes me think it wasn't all that uncommon in his area. The rack was also huge(no idea what it scored but it was much bigger than any deer I've ever seen dead or alive) but the guy who killed it told me he didn't intend to mount it, and that he didn't even care if he got the antlers back. So that makes me think it wasn't all that uncommon. I know I took a picture of it myself, and if I can find the pic I will try to figure out how to post it
It's definitely not abnormal for deer in that area with regard to body weight. 200+ pounds is nearly as common for a mature deer as <200 pounds. The deer density now for that area is less on average than it was 15 years ago and average weights are down a tad on average as well. But in the area that is still in production, deer are still larger than most in terms of body weight. Their racks are good, too, but they are not much different than any of the other above average areas in the state.
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Re: HUGE Bucks of th' 60's/70's
[Re: Nightwatchman]
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10/22/19 12:48 PM
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I worked at a deer processor in Livingston AL back when I was in school at UWA. A guy brought in a monster buck to the processor and I put it on the scales myself. It weighed 248lbs. The man said he killed it just outside of Aliceville and he didn't really act like it was a big deal to kill one that big so that makes me think it wasn't all that uncommon in his area. The rack was also huge(no idea what it scored but it was much bigger than any deer I've ever seen dead or alive) but the guy who killed it told me he didn't intend to mount it, and that he didn't even care if he got the antlers back. So that makes me think it wasn't all that uncommon. I know I took a picture of it myself, and if I can find the pic I will try to figure out how to post it
Was that 248lbs live weight or field dressed? Live weight. I weighed it before I knocked the guts out of it. I found the picture. I will send it to someone if they'd like to post it. I haven't really bothered to figure out how to post pictures. PM me or email jmudler(AT)gmail.com
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Re: HUGE Bucks of th' 60's/70's
[Re: Festus]
#2932765
10/22/19 01:10 PM
10/22/19 01:10 PM
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Montgomery
WmHunter
14 point
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I have killed a couple that were in the 225-230 range.
But they are imaginary deer.
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Re: HUGE Bucks of th' 60's/70's
[Re: oldbowhunter]
#2932842
10/22/19 03:08 PM
10/22/19 03:08 PM
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Birmingham
wew3006
Booner
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Birmingham
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There is a picture at Ezells (original one) of a 299 pound buck weighed on cotton scales.
It was killed by Dave Barr Tutt in Nanafalia. I heard the story from the horses mouth several times
over the years and it is a heck of a story. It looks like a Canada deer. now; Dave Barr could tell a story
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