New Years Day I started packing. If I left Sat morning, I could have 3 "hunts" one afternoon, a morning, and the final day of season afternoon. This is on my ranch in NW TX. Not too far from where Knowlton killed that monster.



For the equipment and detail Buffs:

Location: My ranch, NW Texas (low fenced)
Gun: Remington full custom job in 260 Rem built by one of our members.
Stock: McMillan, PTG Bottom metal and mag.
Trigger: Timney
Bullet: 142 gr Nosler Accubond Long Range (Great Bullet)
Distance: 100 yards
Scope: VX-6 3-18x50
Mount: Larue Tactical QD mount
Silencer: Silencerco Saker 7.62
The gun is a monster! I love it. (It's wearing a Nightforce in the pic, but I used the Leupold) It's the gun on the bottom, but the scope on the black gun on the top. Those Larue mounts are awesome for scope swapping. Plus, an AR member just bought my Nightforce.





Well, screwed up the evening hunt with wind. Morning hunt, it didn't happen. One more try.

It was a stand hunt, and to make a boring story interesting, I'll keep it simple. I saw him sneaking through the trees and kept the crosshairs on him until he stopped in a clearing and the shot was dead on. How's that for a good hunting story?

Last evening of the last day of the season. 4:45 pm just enough time to get some great pics.

I do not like to score my Deer. It usually only brings disappointment. If you think he's 155, and he's 145, you are disappointed. If you think hes 200" and hes only 185, you are disappointed. No way I would do that to the deer, to destroy and somehow degrade and cheapen the memory of the hunt with the tape measure.

Well, I called him 150 in the field. 155 when he hit the ground and the next day I had a strong suspicion I might be off by a bit. "He may go 160" I thought. No, I am not scoring him. Now if he's 157, I'll be disappointed.

Then I looked at a 160 on the wall and it occurred to me this was one big deer. So out came the tape. I had to re-do my math and check it three times before I would allow myself to believe he was 178 1/8, but he is.

I am a certified scorer, and I did not give myself a single 1/8th where the deer didn't grow it. Many guys could tape this deer well into the 180's.

Deer Score: 178 1/8
Spread 23"
Main Beams 25" & 26"
21" mass on each beam

I took about 250 pictures of the deer, and somehow narrowed it down to my 3 .. ok, 5 ... maybe 6 favorites!











Flaunt it if ya got it! I don't usually pull this redneck move, but my true colors were shining through a bit. I did do the courtesy of wrapping the skull in plastic so as not to offend the tender eyes of the young and liberal.

Great mass and spread, what's not to like?

Awesome deer, Wendell! Did you pick up more property in the panhandle?

Super deer, Wendell!! Just curious, how far are you from Canadian in the panhandle? My buddy and I hunted there in December and were impressed by the hunting opportunities.

Excellent deer, great story.

whats amazing to me is that a deer like that made it this far into the season with nothing broke, maybe he was gay?

Outstanding Buck! Just outstanding!

Congrats.

Great buck Wendell -- Congrats!

Best of Hunting,
Mark Hampton

Lotta bone right there.Congrats!!!

Beautiful Whitetail!

Awesome buck. Congratulations on sticking it out to the end. It does pay sometimes.

Don

I'd have taken 500 pictures of so grand an animal. Congrats!

What is up with the missing hair on this buck's back? I've seen it many times before an always surmised brush and/or fence. Am I correct?

What a great buck!..... Congrats on a wonderful hunt.

Boy that is a solid low fence deer. A brute. Congrats Wendell!

Damn nice buck, no matter what he scored.

Great buck - congrats!

Congrats Wendell, brute of a buck!!!
Gotta love the classic texas shape of his horns.

You smoked that like a cheap cigar Wendell. Congrats.

He is a brute!

Anyone would be proud to take that deer.

Wow!

Well done for a reformed Africa guy....

THAT is a Hell of a Buck! Congrats

Superb!