I’ve put my hands on several in the 190-210” range that have come in at Black Warrior WMA too.

That deer ended up scoring in the 160s, a grand marquis got him

Tuscaloosa

Crenshaw county a few years ago. Had him at 75 yrds 2 mornings in a row at around 11am but he was 25 yards across the property line. Both mornings he was heading my way but the neighbors came riding their 4 wheeler down the line and he would ease back into the thick stuff and disappear. He was found locked up dead with another deer after the season was out. He was in the 150's and the other deer was in the 130's.

Coosada, Alabama river bottoms, around 1985. Me and a buddy was spotlighting, when it was legal, and a big 8 point stood up, probably 130", when a bigger deer stood up from behind him that made the 130 look small. Our best guess was 180". Huge one on the side of 280 in Waverly 10 years or so ago, 160".

David

Seen a pile of monsters riding the roads at night and shining fields making the loop from Thomaston over to Linden, up to Demopolis, and back down through Dayton, back in the late 80's early 90's. Too many different 140+ to count over the years. Best was probably a non-typ that was best guess, pushing 200". Out of a treestand, 160" in Choctaw County back in the early 80s.

In person: I have 2: Biggest one was in Coosada across from Parker's Island back around 1992 or so. He walked out of some pines and into a food plot I was walking through as I was walking back to the truck on evening. Walked right in front of me at 40 yards. I wasn't sure what it was so I threw my scope up to check him. He turned and faced me and looked like an elk in my scope. He saw me move and wheeled and like a flash went back into the planted pines. I had a friend that was downrange and most likely in my firing line so I didn't shoot him. 3 weeks later a guy my dad let hunt down there killed him. I went to Ken's taxidermy in Autaugaville and saw him and wanted to throw up. Scored over 160. Massive rack with trash everywhere and drop tines on both main beams.

#2 was in Sardis in Dallas County while scouting cotton back in the mid-80's. Was still in velvet but had the widest and thickest rack I've ever seen.

On camera: Coosa county. I had several good pics of him. He was a 12 point with all kinds of trash and even a tine growing backwards off the base. The folks I sent it to said he'd go 150-160. Massive deer that I never saw in person. He was my #1 on hit list. Killed #2 on hit list though.

#1 Barbour County - Early 90's. Dad and I had just driven through one of our gates and as I got in the truck and closed the door two bucks jumped up 50 yards from us. The second one was massive. Obviously didn't lay hands on it, but based on our best guess this deer would have been a 170 inch deer. Width, height, mass plus 10 points. Just huge. Forester working the property told us later that year that he picked up a shed that was the biggest he had ever encountered. I have not seen a live deer even close to this deer since then.

#2 - Montgomery County between Mitchell Station and Fitzpatrick on 110 - Two years ago, mid-day in January, huge buck standing by the side of the road.

# 3 Morgan County just West of Trinity - About four years ago. Buck standing off the side of Wheeler Hwy in one of those ag fields, mid-day.

#4 Tallapoosa County - Mid-90's. Cold morning and was slipping up a woods road between planted pines and a hardwood bottom. Huge buck stepped out at 30 yards looking straight at me. We stared a each other for what seemed like 10 mins. I knew I had one shot, which was to throw my gun up and shoot before he could turn. Didn't get get the gun to my shoulder before he was gone. Would put him between 140 and 150.

There’s ain’t no ag fields west of Decatur near Nucor. Duh

I saw a huge one there about two years ago as well. I think that’s the biggest one I’ve ever payed eyes on. That’s the deer that came to mind when I read this post

Wish you could post a trail cam photo that deer was something

I had one of it at one time but I think it may have just been on a text that I lost when I broke my old phone.

was it as giant as we made it out to be?

Assuming it was the same big buck, it was a damn good one for sure......It was 2 years ago and it was for some folks that hunt right there beside the Hyundai plant........We weren't 100 yards or so off of the fence line

Lamar

CNC, if you tracked the deer for a guy named Darrell , it wasn't the same deer.

I dont recall his name.......He was a younger guy in his early twenties hunting with his dad. I had found a deer for his dad previously on a another property. I believe the dad may have been a fireman or a paramedic.

Yup. That's him. A fireman.

176 9 pt winston