I can not believe the monster buck that seen off Hwy 114 in South Lake going north. I was about a 1/4 mile south of Kirkwood Blvd when I looked to my right in a field and seen a few deer. I was pretty surprised, because I never see deer in the metroplex area, but then again I don't go on that side of town much either.

I turned around and headed back south just so I could see what the deer were, because one of them look like a buck. I slowly pulled off the shoulder of the road not to spook them. The deer were about a 100 yards from the road. One was a pretty nice 8 point, the other was a doe. I seen one more big bodied deer that finally put his head up after the doe started watching my truck.

Guys, he was a booner if I've ever seen one. Don't know what he would have scored, but he was a freaking giant! I told another buddy about it and he didn't seem surprised at all, because he heard that a big deer got killed by a car over in that area a while back. He heard it was like a 200" deer, anybody know anything about that story?

Has anybody else seen deer like that over there? Makes you wanna hunt in town! lol

Hey buddy no surprise at all theres always alot of deer hit on that road but I hunt on lake grapevine and a buddy of mine shot a 170 inch buck this year and that ain't far from that area... Alot of people never think about urban deer and try gettin all these big leases when sometimes the big ones are right under your nose!!!!

i have seen some monsters on 114. always see alot deer on that road.

I'M STARTING TO BELIEVE GRAPEVINE LAKE IS A MONSTER BUCK AREA

COLUMN by RAY SASSER / The Dallas Morning News
rsasser@dallasnews.com

When Buddy Singletary heard about the drawing for archery deer hunts on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers land that circles Grapevine Lake, he figured it might be fun to hunt close to his Lewisville home rather than driving to a hunting lease in East or West Texas.

Singletary got lucky twice. First he got drawn for the permit. Then he made a broadside, 35-yard shot on a huge buck. A taxidermist measured the antlers at about 189 net (195 gross) Boone and Crockett nontypical points.

The deer won't make the B&C all-time records (too many nontypical points to score as a typical, not enough for a nontypical), but it'll go high in Pope & Young archery records. And it would not look out of place on the walls of Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World, which isn't all that far from where the buck lived.

It's the archery deer of a lifetime for any hunter who works for a living; Singletary is a construction manager. The Grapevine monster was also Singletary's first buck with a bow and beat his previous best whitetail by nearly 70 inches.

Last summer, after drawing the Grapevine deer hunting permit, Singletary started scouting the Corps property. Figuring that's where most of the hunters would wind up, he quickly ruled out trying to hunt in any place that was easy to access.

"I saw a lot of deer while I was scouting, but the only bucks that I saw were young bucks," he said. "I found a marshy area where the cover was thick and there were lots of deer trails."

At first Singletary tried hunting from a pop-up ground blind, but the cover was too thick. He finally opted for a tree stand to get above the cover. Corps of Engineers' rules do not permit the use of bait to attract deer near a stand, so this was as pure as a Texas deer hunt gets.

Nov. 14 was a cool morning and the whitetail rut had finally kicked in. While Singletary sat in his tree, watching overhead jets descend, like giant geese, into Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, he spotted an ample eight-point buck in thick brush. The deer quickly disappeared, but the hunter was hoping to see him again.

An hour later, he heard deer moving to the left of his stand and watched three does pass nervously. He then looked behind his stand and spotted a big buck trotting toward him. He took the first shot offered, hitting the deer through the shoulder and dropping him in his tracks.

"He went down in some high, marshy grass," Singletary said. "I could see him, but I could not see his antlers very well. I thought I had shot the eight-pointer that I'd seen earlier.

"I figured the deer would probably weigh 200 pounds and I needed some help getting him out of the woods, so I walked to the highway and called my brother-in-law, Brad Coleman, to help me. Not many guys will get up early on a cold Sunday morning and tromp through a marsh to help recover a deer."

Remember that Singletary had never shot a buck with an arrow, and he knew you were supposed to give the deer plenty of time to make certain it was dead. It took Coleman about 30 minutes to find the hunter, then the two men walked back to the deer.

"I was in shock when I lifted this monster's head from the marsh," Singletary said. "Exceptional mass, long tines, good beams and 17 total points contributed to the deer's outstanding score."

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Last year on our way to play a playoff game in Royce City I saw a friggin giant typical standing in a mesquite flat with a doe watching traffic go by on I-30. I have an Uncle that lives in Nevada and he has several deer and some nice ones on his place. They are starting to filter into the urban areas.

Here's another post about that area.

http://www.texashuntingforum.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/2006900/1

Lmao......draw is now up to 30k....

Grapevine has always had monsters but its not for the average hunter...long walk in and long walk out, 98% swamp....

Sign me up, aint skeered of a little walk and drag.

Sounds like my kind of hunting!

Any deer with 100 miles of DFW you better keep a secret there are way too many people.

I don't know what you are talking about. There aren't any deer in that area...

Old news

Maybe you should keep the spot to yourself so you can enjoy it and maybe it won't get poached

Got to laugh, I think that is where there the deer crossing sign. I'm guessing the deer you saw is nicknamed "Thor" by locals. Lots of sightings. His only worry will be crossing the highway or poachers.

Lake Grapevine has always had big bucks and will probably always have them. I'm glad it is a draw hunt and archery only so the deer population is protected. It's a great hunting opportunity in the Dallas area, but it is hard hunting. No baiting, no permanent stands, lots of walking, scouting,trailblazing and its a huge area with very limited access points. I got drawn this year and hunted it alot. I never got a shot off, but I'm better hunter from the exprience. It's a great place for the avid hardcore hunter who is on a budget.

BPS prostaff, if you work at BPS, you should go talk to Big Mike who works in the boat area there, he is very knowledgable about the corps land.

It amazing what they can do in a short time period. I moved to Roanoke in 88 and left in 99. I never saw a deer on 114 and I drove it at least 5-6 times a week when I wasn't traveling out of town. I also spent a lot of time on the lake and up in Denton creek and never saw a deer. My barber who lived in the area his whole life said when they did some archeological digs there was no evidence of deer on the south side of the lake.

No deer in Denton county.

I used to have the pictures from that deer killed by a VW in Southlake. What was left of the antlers (they were broken by the impact) scored around 180 as I recall.

Lots of big deer in that area.

If you saw the buck around Kirkwood and 114 it was probably about where the X is. Looking at satellite view that makes sense as there is an almost uninterrupted woodline and creeks that go from there back along lake to 377.

I have lived in Southlake since 2002, hiked many of the woods, run about everywhere, biked about everywhere, duck hunted Grapevine, White Bass fished 30 minute hike back in deep woods, woods and creek in back yard that eventually run into Grapevine, and 500+ acres of open land across the street from me, drive 377 weekly and I have never seen a single Deer.

Right below the X in the pasture that is being cut off by the bottom of your screen shot is where I seen the deer.

awesome map dude. WHy dont you post your number so the poachers can just call you and you can take them to your X. Stuff like this is rediculous.

That's saber and vzw property ...step foot on that your in jail in 5 minutes... southlake, and westlake and ronake leo's know the deer and where they are at.

chill out kid, a map isn't going to make a difference and as BOBO the Clown says if anything the poacher would get caught. best outcome for poachers is for them to get poached.

saw the deer

I'd normally agree with you. However, in this case, any poacher dumb enough to try to poach a deer in that area isn't smart enough to read this thread.