Well, I've been hunting this buck since Tuesday after he gave me the slip...then yesterday he gave me the slip as well. Both times were in the afternoon, so I figured I'd try the morning and see if I could get on him. After spending 45min of just watching and waiting (glorious MT sunrise btw) here he came with 2 other big bucks. The other two had greater tine length, but not as much mass. I've had my eye on this particular buck for 3 days now, so I wasn't going to second guess my choice. This is the biggest buck to come off of this place since the 90s. We haven't seen much of anything as far as good, mature deer on this place for the last 5-6 years, so we've been hunting the area, but not really harvesting anything--just hoping for these bucks to grow up. Well, the management has paid off, and now my brother is drooling at the chance to go find the other bucks that were with this one.

Gun: Remington 700LSS 300RUM
Bullet: 180gr Barnes TSX (3400fps)
Range: 100yds

http://www.hunt101.com/showphoto.php?photo=444922

He's a 6x5 if you count the brow tines--he's got a little kicker at the very base of his left side to make it 6 on that side--just barely noticeable in the pic.

Excellent buck and game management philosophy

Here is the picture of Gran Cazador Blanco's deer:



That is a nice deer for sure. Congrats.
Of course, you are correct about letting the deer in an area mature before killing them. I once hunted a small farm in an isolated location that was bordered by a horseshoe shaped river at three sides and railroad tracks and plowed fields at the other. The farm was only about 60 acres of woods and 60 acres of fields, but it was off limits to hunters for several years. This little sanctuary was responsible for a number of nice bucks over the course of a few years, until ownership of a portion changed due to a divorce. The place has not been the same since.

Congratulations. Just returned from a great Antelope hunt in Winnett with my son. He is hunting a similar buck in #######, MT. So far the score is buck 2, son 0.

MZ season starts here tomorrow, maybe I'll see one as well.

Happy in NH, but wishing I was in MT,

Lee

Thanks for putting it on the board, Cwilson!!! I just now figured out how to use hunt101. These are the results we've been hoping for in letting all the little guys grow up, it's nice to see it actually working--we were beginning to wonder these last two years! Now it's off to hunt Wapiti this weekend, and then to Alaska to fish!!!!! YEE HAW!!!

You got to love those white tails

STUD PUPPY of a deer! Way to go and congrats!