Cold weather brute!!! Pics to follow.

[Tony Turner]

Holy, that's a nice buck. Congrats on closing the deal.

 

[Harold1950]

A perfect plan producing a perfect product! :thumbsup: Congratulations on the that deer! :hatsoff:

 

[Bob J]

Congratulations on one BIG beautiful buck, Skychief! :hatsoff:

 

[agill]

Nice! Congratulations! :hatsoff:

 

[smo]

Congrats SC :thumbsup: That's a great story and a deer of a lifetime. :hatsoff: Ya think he's been eatin'some corn these past few years? :shocked2:

 

[larry wv]

A Dandy Buck. :thumbsup:

Larry

 

[wvbuckbuster]

Way to go! Sounds like you earned that one. Nice story as well. Dan.

 

[robinsroost]

Nicely done Skychief! A monster of a corn fed buck and with a classic rifle........Robin :wink:

 

[Skychief]

Thanks for all the atta-boys guys. I'm sure he ate plenty of corn last year,but, the nearest corn this year was 3 miles away.

I'm sure he has ate all the White Oak acorns he cared for this year. The woods I hunt is full of mature White Oaks and the mast crop is as heavy as I have seen before. Made for an interesting early season as the deer seemed to travel "willy-nilly", with nuts covering the forest floor.

I went to my traditional archery league shoot tonight and the owner of the bow shop asked if he could measure the rack. I let him and it scored 152 and 4/8" as a main frame 8. All in attendance agreed that it's a whopper.

Sincerely, the measurement means little to me. What means so much is the hunt! I'll not soon forget him in the early morning following his doe as she tested the wind returning to her bedding on a super frosty day within range of me and my little Seneca.

That is what I see when I close my eyes.

Best of luck guys, Skychief.

 

[Vhntr]

Congrats that is a beauty for shure ,you should be mighty proud ,I killed a buck with my longbow nov 1 waiting fr Ohio gun season to take a doe with my flinter.
God bless

 

[Spikebuck]

it scored 152 and 4/8" as a main frame 8. All in attendance agreed that it's a whopper.

A 135 8 pt is a whopper. A 150+ is a true giant! Congrats again.

I agree with you regarding scores. Scores to me only allow me to get a vision in my head if I haven't seen the animal since point counts can be the same on a yearling or a 6 1/2 year old and yet be drastically different in size.

I once had a guy tell me that scores degrade a buck. Only people can degrade a buck as in when they say something stupid to some other hunter like "you shot that little thing?" A score is just a descriptive statistic and says nothing of the quality or difficulty of the hunt, the ethics of the hunter, or the value of the animal to the hunter.

 

[Skychief]

it scored 152 and 4/8" as a main frame 8. All in attendance agreed that it's a whopper.

A 135 8 pt is a whopper. A 150+ is a true giant! Congrats again.

I agree with you regarding scores. Scores to me only allow me to get a vision in my head if I haven't seen the animal since point counts can be the same on a yearling or a 6 1/2 year old and yet be drastically different in size.

I once had a guy tell me that scores degrade a buck. Only people can degrade a buck as in when they say something stupid to some other hunter like "you shot that little thing?" A score is just a descriptive statistic and says nothing of the quality or difficulty of the hunt, the ethics of the hunter, or the value of the animal to the hunter.

Well said Spikebuck, I agree.

 

[Tony Logan]

Great shooting way to get it done with the TC Seneca 45, I had one of those when I was a young un. Awesome animal

 

[S.Kenton]

HOLY COW!!!!.. Look at the head/neck area on the BEAST!!!!!...I'd almost judge him at 6yrs + old. NICE JOB!...P.S. If ya ever need a hunting buddy...I"M YUR MAN!... :bow:

 

[steve free]

Man, that is one nice buck!

 

[Britsmoothy]

Wow, a monster :hatsoff:

B.

 

[Huntin_Dawg1215]

Great Story and a great buck :bow:

 

[Skychief]

Nicely done Skychief! A monster of a corn fed buck and with a classic rifle........Robin :wink:

Thanks Deputy Dog. I kind of think of the older T/C's as becoming "classic" in nature too.

While I have several muzzleloader suited to deer hunting, including some fancy customs, I just had to use the little Seneca for the first time this year.

For turkey hunting, I never hesitate to grab my T/C New Englander. It hasn't been made for years either.

I wonder when most would agree that a certain mass-produced, yet no longer produced muzzleloader should earn the title of "Classic"?

I'll not let loose of either aforementioned muzzleloaders any time soon. But, are they Classics yet? :idunno:

Best regard, Skychief.

 

[wattlebuster]

Now that I have seen the pics all I can say is :bow: :bow: :thumbsup:

 

[Wayne R Scott]

I only have two things to say, he would be a brute in warm weather also and the only way it could be better is if you had used your trad bow on him.