This old buck has managed to elude us for the last season or two.

He would tend to work does in out of the way spots where we couldn’t get on him.

I took these photos just a few days back. He was within bow range.







Notice the features an old timer like this has.

Slipping in his old age

Hope y'all are able to get him

I would definitely whack him

7+?

I think he is nine years old now BT.

Is this a high fenced place? Some of the deer and hogs you post just don’t seem like the private/public land kind of size. Not saying they’re not, just thinking those deer cross the property line and they’re dead unless y’all have like 20k acres or something crazy like that.
We have some mature deer, but not like those you post.

Looks pretty good for his age

We were hunting a big deer with forked G-2’s last night.

When we got out of the stand and headed back to camp I noticed a good buck getting a drink at the water’s edge.

As he turned his head we could see it was the deer we were after. He never moved as we paused to snap a quick photo.



That’s not a bad way to end the day in my book.

Is there some reason you didn't shoot him then? Also, why did you get out of the stand before dark? I always sit my hunters until it is too dark to shoot, I don't know how many deer and elk we have killed in that last five minutes of shooting light, when the hunters were ready to leave... but it's been a lot.

It was well after legal shooting light BC2.

We will have plenty of time to catch him out and about in the coming weeks.

The rut just kicked off a few days back. There are a lot of big deer working the brush now.



What does the T-Man Crew think this deer will score ?

133

I am no good at guessing scores

147.5 " wide good mass looks like shorter tines

As Rick said, he is heavy and fairly wide but short tines so he won't score well. I'd say 130 maybe, but to me he is a better buck than some of those spindly, long tined ones you have posted that will score much better. I like mass, to me a massive buck just looks bigger and more mature than one with a lot of tine length but not the mass.

He had over 38 inches of mass.

The left beam’s first and fourth measurement was 5-2 & 5.

His main beams were 23-6 and 24-6. The frame alone scored over 108

That might narrow down the score for folks.

You sure have some good mature bucks down that way James. Some of those old boys carry their ears laid back to show they have an attitude all day long I bet.

With a 108” frame assuming that includes an approximate 21 4/8” spread. I’m coming up with around 157”. At first glance I would of guessed low 140’s.

This is what I expect a 160” buck to look like.



Son killed this one in 2021.

That's a great looking buck your son shot,2020 I shot a 158" nine pointer if he would have had a G4 on both sides he would have gone 162"ish.

152 4/8

Okay, with a 108 frame I'm going to guess him at 149

The heavy beam buck scores 161 - 5.

It's all about the frame fellas.