Originally Posted by OlTimer
Missouri? I hunted about 35 miles north of Jefferson City for 5 years. Fine deer!


I lived in Columbia for about 8 years. Didnt hunt up there seriously (for deer). Looking back I messed that up. I bow/meat hunted does mostly but "trophy hunted" for bucks. Never hunted the rut and never got a 150+ close enough but saw a several nice ones out of my range. Wish I hadnt had a scientific ethic because for a couple of those years I knew exactly where some great bucks were, but I couldnt hunt them. because I would have been biasing my research data.

I dont have the nutrition/production to get them as big as north of the Missouri River. But this buck is pretty nice. I dont think he likes the sun though, so I'll have to be lucky and he'll have to make a mistake.