awesome buck

I promised my family friend that I wouldn't tell anyone his farm location, but I can tell you it was in the Whitewright area. He told me yesterday that's the first deer taken on his place in over 27 years, so it was really special for all of us.

Thanks everyone for the nice comments and yes I agree it's a once in a lifetime buck, but I can attest when God wants to do something big he really knows how to do it. A good buddy who's a long time hunter was in the stand with me and before the day started we shared a pretty intense prayer and right then and there I knew it was going to be a special day.

Congrats and continued success as u never know in that county.

Congrats on the 'buck of a lifetime' for your first one!
WOW!

Awesome buck from an area not too far from my house. Guess I'm stupid since I drive 3 to 4 hours to hunt when there are monster bucks like this in my own backyard so to speak.
Congratulations on a buck of a lifetime.

great looking deer, congrads

Ding dang man! Great buck. Congratulations.

Hey does anyone have Lynn Burkhead's contact information (If so please PM it to me)? I always read his articles about Grayson County hunting, so I thought I would send him some pics and the story.

Thanks for the help.

awesome. congrats

Congrats on the patience, I know you're a Happy Guy now. That's a dandy for sure!

Here's trail cam pic of the first time he showed up this year. I only saw him on camera twice and on Sunday I watched him walk around the camera like he knew it was there. It really makes you think they're smarter than we think.

You can also see in this pic that he broke off a couple of small tines fighting because yesterday I could see where a couple had been broken off.

very cool...congrats

Very Nice!! Congrats!!!

Nice buck, Congrats!!

Congrats.

Great buck Congrats

I'm sure you can use the contact info on the Herald Democrat site. He's an excellent writer & I'm sure he'd love to pass your story on to his readers.
You killed a fine old buck.

Here's a link to Lynn Burkhead's latest article. It's a good one.
http://heralddemocrat.com/sports/varsity/lynn-burkhead-texas-deer-hunting-so-many-many-things

Dropped him of at the taxidermy this evening and now the wait begins! Oh you guys forgot to tell me that after you kill a big buck you're going to spend a lot of money! Ouch processing and mounts can put a hurting on the pocket book.

Thanks again for all the comments!

Great Deer..congrats.

What would you estimate was his bodyweight at? In the trailcam pic he looks pretty hefty, but for whatever the reason (and I am not being negative, maybe it's the camera angle ) his body looks smaller in the pic with you holding the antlers. Again, just curious if he was that run down from the rut or if it was the camera angle.

He's definitely hefty, so it's probably the angle of the picture making him look smaller. The farmer had a scale that would measure up to a 160lbs and it bottomed out as soon we strung him up. My estimate is that he weighed about 215lbs because I'm 6'5 200lbs and it took two men with all there might to lift him into the back of the truck.

Nice Buck

Awesome buck. Congrats