150-155'ish class deer

[graydw1]

I didn't even decide to go hunting until about 3:00 Sat afternoon. I threw on my hunting clothes, jumped in the truck and headed out. After about a 10 minute drive, I got to where we park and what do I see but three mutts. They took off across the field I was going to hunt. Not going to a productive afternoon or so I thought. By the time I walked all of 150 yards to the shooting house, it's about 3:45. After getting situated and a good book in hand I heard something coming up out of the hollow to my left. Look up and see cows moving my way, GREAT I thought. I decide to hang in there until the cows were up to the top of the hill then call it a day. About 5 minutes later I hear something coming up out of the hollow on my right, thinking it was more cows I take a glance. By God, this was the biggest deer I have ever personally seen on foot. The time between me seeing him and and shooting was 30 seconds, 1 minute tops. He piled up about 30 yards from where he was hit and only about 60 yards from the shooting house. It took me at least 30 minutes to calm down enouph to climb down without falling. This is absoultly my deer of a lifetime.

6" brow tines

11" G-2s

10" G-3s

3" G-4s, the shorter of the two

23-24" main beams

17" inside spread

Great mass

1" kicker points on both G-2s

200 plus pounds live weight

23" neck

Sorry for being so long, but this is the one I've waited my whole life for.

[Guest Bronker]

Wow. That is the buck of a lifetime!

Congrats!

[DaveS]

AWESOME DEER! Nice job.

[Guest TnDeerHunter]

Congrats! great looking buck,no doubt the one of a lifetime

[gregintenn]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Guest cjr]

Congrats,Nice buck

[KahrMan]

Great buck!!! Congrats!!!!

[Jasongar8]

Beautiful deer. Enjoy it cause ones like that dont come along very often. Congrats again.

[oldogy]

One beautiful deer.

oldogy

[Guest Jcochran88]

Definately a buck of a life time!! Good Job!

[Guest tnmale46]

congrats

[deerslayer]

Congrats--that is a hog!

[Guest mosinon]

congrats, and nice pics

[Rightwinger]

Brother that is amazing!!

He doth provide

Congratulations

[Oh Shoot]

It's amazing to me that with the ever increasing hunting pressure there's actually deer in TN that make it long enough to become a trophy like that.

Congrats on an increasingly rare feat!

- OS

[whiskey]

Nice Buck!

[Fasttalker]

Good job! Great deer!

[Guest clutepc]

Didn't think anything like that would come out of TN

[memphismason]

Very Nice Buck.

Wow.

I know you are proud and thankful.

[Sidewinder]

Congrats graydw1, that's a nice deer! Would be interested in hearing about the gun & ammo used, and details on the distance of shot, if you'd care to share it with us. Were you shooting factory ammo or hand loads, and if so, what was the load used? Thanks for the pics.

Why do they call it common sense, when it's so uncommon? TN Sen. Fred Thompson

[ShaunM]

Mucho Grande or however you spell, it's a big damn deer!

Edited December 1, 2009 by Hunting101

[Guest GunTroll]

I know your feeling good. Heck yeah buddy! Shooting smaller ones just won't have the same old feeling any longer.

[graydw1]

The rifle is a Winchester Model 70, ranger edition, 270 cal. It came with iron sights with a hood over the front sight. I took the sights off. Ammo was factory Federal Premium 130 grain balastic tip. Shot him at about 35-40 yards. I hit him about 2-3 inches farther back than I would have liked but he only ran about 40 yards. The intrance wound is about 2 inches across in the rib cage.

I had to wait 20 years of hunting to get the chance at a deer like this and I know the odds are against me ever getting another chance like this.

Thanks everyone for the comments.

[graydw1]

sorry double post. I guess I'm still to excited to think straight.

[Guest sharpshooter01]

Nice buck, congrats!!!!