217lb Brute

[Lawdwaz]

Friday afternoon I killed this buck in the Finger Lakes area of NYS. Only about 400 yards from where I shot the 140" B&C buck last year with the ML.

First time I hunted the stand for this year (I think that has significance) and the stand/area has been very good to me for about 20 years.

The shot was a quartering away at about 30 yards. He only went about 75 yards and piled up. Oddly, I found another buck dead, about 10 yards from him and he had not been dead very long, no arrow, blood or any other signs of trauma. Probably hit by car??

100gr Slick Trick & BowTech Guardian.

The body on this thing was amazingly huge. In the area I hunt this dude is very uncommon. We weigh almost every buck that we shoot that could be 2.5 years old and older. We've been doing it for 40+ years and never hung one over 172lbs. The fact that he was shot before the peak of the rut has helped as I'm sure he would be really hitting the does hard in the next 3 weeks and slimming down. Oh yea, when we first got him back to the barn and hoisted him up on the scale, he bottomed out the 200lb scale. I called a friend down the road (at 11:00pm) and asked to borrow his scale that went to 300lbs.

I'll get him aged this week at the DEC in Buffalo. 4.5-5.5??

The rack is nothing huge and looks quite small on the body. He might go 100"-110"? (Maybe) I'll do a beetle job on him.

Edited October 31, 2011 by Lawdwaz

[TreeGuy]

My goodness ! What a pig ! Hope u have an atv to drag him out !? Nice job.

[ny hunter]

Oh man thats a big boy.Congrats.

[Paula]

holy, congrats

[outdoorstom]

Wow....NICE buck! Congrats!!

[biggamefish]

Hey you forgot to put the deer in the pic with the scale! As far as we know you are wieghing grain bags. Had to bust on you.

Great deer the body makes the rack look small.

[biggamefish]

How big was the other deer?

[hunter]

Nice Buck, congrats

[33Canuck]

Awesome buck, congrats!

[phade]

Nice job! Big deer is right!

[bushnell]

That is a big boy. Congrats

[growalot]

Sweet!...a lot of eats there Congrats!

[HHC1]

Great harvest....that bad boy is a slob! Congrats!

[Doewhacker]

daaayyymmmmmm that is fat buck. I would almost call him a "slammer"..haha (I know Lawdwaz will get that reference.)

[RichZ7]

Nice healthy buck there!!!! Congrats

[burmjohn]

WOW!, thats a big boy. Congrats!

[UpStateRedNeck]

Wow what a freakin' beast. Congrats!

[Lawdwaz]

How big was the other deer?

The other one was small 1.5 year old buck. I'll post up a pic of him later. I'd imagine he might have dressed at 100lbs? He REALLY looked little when compared to the beast.

[Pygmy]

Wow, Larry...What a TOAD !!

Congratulations, my Friend...

Maybe the deer are crossbreeding with ELK in your area..<<grin>>

[Geno C]

what a hog!!! nice buck

[WNYBuckHunter]

Thats a pig right there! Congrats!

[Pipecrew]

Wow!!!!!! My biggest weighed in at 205lb dressed. That is a BRUTE. The backstraps on that buck will weigh 20lbs!!!

[First-light]

Very nice, lots of eats!

[the blur]

1. Did you get a road kill tag?
   

[Dinsdale]

Is this a hoax? Looks photoshopped to me.

Just sayin'