Down by my property in Southern Illinois a local farmer harvested a 10 pt with his combine....figure that out? <IMG class="inline_image" SRC="[img]http://i.imgur.com/rGt5Ez8m.jpg">

We had a big bear end up in a combine years ago put it was wounded.

A nice rack on that buck for sure

Damn nice buck, too bad some hunter didn't get it.

He waited too long hiding in the stalks.
Good way to jamb up the works, how much damage to the hams?

George

I don't think Boone & Crockett has a category for bucks taken that way!

Dumber than the average deer. Seen a couple of big bucks killed cause the figured sitting tight was the smart option.

Grizz

Do you suppose that living by a farm it was so used to noise of farm machinery it was no longer paying attention. Sometimes at our local shooting range we have to physically chase deer out of the impact area - they just ignore the shooting.

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Originally posted by Sagebrush Burns:
Do you suppose that living by a farm it was so used to noise of farm machinery it was no longer paying attention. Sometimes at our local shooting range we have to physically chase deer out of the impact area - they just ignore the shooting.

Pretty common here in farm country to see deer while on the tractor/combine. They don't seem to care at all until you stop and get out.

My guess would be that the cornhead is large enough the buck thought he was still safe. He was facing away and got caught while getting up.

I always wanted to walk into standing corn behind the combine. We usually would run the deer out of one end of the field. By the time we got back the deer would be feeding in the field again.

Tom

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Pretty common here in farm country to see deer while on the tractor/combine.

Lots of coyotes have been shot in this area over the decades, because they don't learn that a tractor can be just as dangerous as a slowly driven pickup.

Hitting a mature buck like that is pretty rare, fawns are pretty common. I wonder how much damage it did to the cutting head, those things are not cheap!

Boone and crocket scores the animal irregardless to what killed them

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Boone and crocket scores the animal irregardless to what killed them

I think the way it ACTUALLY works, is that the B&C SCORING method can be used to judge the Antlers, but in REALITY, unless the rack meets the B&C Minimum to be entered into the records, a 145 or 150 or 160 class buck, while impressive really does not mean anything except to the hunter or however the buck was killed.

Unless the animal meets the Minimum for entry into the Record Book, it does not matter.

you are correct minimum score is 180, P&Y bow only is 120 or 125

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Originally posted by raamw:
you are correct minimum score is 180, P&Y bow only is 120 or 125

So what is the minimum for combine??

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you are correct minimum score is 180, P&Y bow only is 120 or 125

are being leased for
Was not meaning to come across the way I did.

I have been watching the whole B&C scoring being used since the mid 90's to price people out of the ability to hunt deer here in North Texas.

Even though 150 to 160 class bucks are no where close to actually making the "Book", let one or two be killed in a county and lease fees automatically go up by a couple of hundred dollars per gun.

It is a sore spot with me, because I can remember when deer were rare in this area and places that today are being leased at 2-3 thousand or more per gun could be leased for $1.00 per acre.

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Originally posted by Crazyhorseconsulting:

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Pretty common here in farm country to see deer while on the tractor/combine.

Lots of coyotes have been shot in this area over the decades, because they don't learn that a tractor can be just as dangerous as a slowly driven pickup.

Back when I was farming I sometimes carried a rifle on the tractor. A coyote would pay little attention to the running tractor, but if you stopped and got out/off he would take off like a lightning bolt. Instead, I would stop the tractor but leave the engine and implement running full speed. The coyote, hearing no change in the nearby machinery, would think nothing was happening in regard to him and I could take an easy shot at an unsuspecting varmint.