Biggest buck I’ve ever seen

[Deleted member 48126]

Didn't read all the replies but please tell me you're getting him mounted.

 

[stovepipe]

SON....that's a hoss...congratulations

 

[Rifleman97]

Didn't read all the replies but please tell me you're getting him mounted.

I can't afford a standard mount currently but I'm turning him into a European mount today or tomorrow! If I wasn't moving in the next month or two I'd get a standard Mount but I just recently found out you can turn a European into a standard later, so that's what I'm going to do. Euro for now, standard mount later. It'll be the first deer I've ever mounted

 

[Rifleman97]

Do you run adjustable gas blocks on you 350 L ARs ? I was just curious if the jams could just be a blowback pressure issue. With a low pressure round like that , it's probably just growing pains with finding the right hole size for the barrel side of the gas system in manufacturing . I always run SLR gas blocks on any AR I slap together . Even on 223s . Just a nice tuning feature to really dial the action into the bullet combo reguardless of caliber.

No idea, it's my nephews gun not mine, not sure if it's gas block or not but it probably is.

 

[Rifleman97]

Wait....you shot a buck with something that wasn't a 6.5mm? How dare you! (insert Greta voice)

Not only was it not a 6.5, I have absolutely no idea what velocity I'm running or what my ES is. I did the load development in 1 hour and didn't do any chrono testing, just found the first node that shot a good group and ran with it, sticking to a close enough shooting range that it wouldn't matter. Really in love with this gun setup too.
Edited for typo

 

[Bear62041]

OK, congrats. Were you in N,E, S or West Iowa ?? Don't need to give up your specific area. I live in south Iowa and we don't have any that big here, but the world record was taken in Iowa by a young man not too many years ago. Again, congrats !!!!!!!!

 

[Rifleman97]

OK, congrats. Were you in N,E, S or West Iowa ?? Don't need to give up your specific area. I live in south Iowa and we don't have any that big here, but the world record was taken in Iowa by a young man not too many years ago. Again, congrats !!!!!!!!

I don't want to give up specifics since this public land is not heavily hunted but it was more central Iowa. Maybe more north than central but I wouldn't call it "north north"

 

[HLecea]

Public land in Iowa, 125 yard shot, 350 legend with hornady ftx bullets

First let me show you the cams
View attachment 317022
Looked huge but couldn't count points from the low quality pic.
First 45 minutes of deer season and I got a great shot on him. Shot once and saw him stumble hard, but kept running. Shot again and I completely missed lol but after 30-40 yards running he took a hard fall and never got back up.
Here he is
View attachment 317023
Words could not describe the feeling when I saw how big that deer was in person
View attachment 317025
Realizing you can't see all the points in the picture lol, there's some small points that curve backwards and stick out from the back of the antler and this angle doesn't show them. 20 points total, 17 that are longer than 1 inch and not broken off (the 3 other points were small and chipped off from fighting I think)

Biggest deer I've ever seen in person, took 3 people to lift it into the side by side after it was gutted.

Our group had 7 tags, and we got 7 deer by 9 am first day. 4 bucks and 3 does. 17 point, 7 point, 6 point, and 5 point, and one of the does was bigger bodied than the 5 point.

Plenty of meat! If only I owned a hanging scale to figure out just how heavy this monster is

Congratulations!

 

[Bear62041]

I don't want to give up specifics since this public land is not heavily hunted but it was more central Iowa. Maybe more north than central but I wouldn't call it "north north"

That's close enough, just curious. Thanks.

 

[Weaver93]

I can't afford a standard mount currently but I'm turning him into a European mount today or tomorrow! If I wasn't moving in the next month or two I'd get a standard Mount but I just recently found out you can turn a European into a standard later, so that's what I'm going to do. Euro for now, standard mount later. It'll be the first deer I've ever mounted

Friend of mine does all Euro mounts and I prefer them. Really bleached white skull with the dark horn and the right wood..........definitely do that one justice! Has that Predator vibe!

 

[Huntz]

Congrats,that bucks a Stud!!!

 

[Mad Minion]

Very nice, it's a unique feeling when you get your biggest buck.

 

[NDAR15MAN]

Wow what a deer. I don't think I have seen a deer that big on public ground. You better get to taxidermist. You might as well give up deer hunting. Will be hard to top that. Ha ha ha.
Get into waterfowl hunting. Ha ha ha.
More work. Ha ha ha. MD

 

[Satch6.5]

Public land in Iowa, 125 yard shot, 350 legend with hornady ftx bullets

First let me show you the cams
View attachment 317022
Looked huge but couldn't count points from the low quality pic.
First 45 minutes of deer season and I got a great shot on him. Shot once and saw him stumble hard, but kept running. Shot again and I completely missed lol but after 30-40 yards running he took a hard fall and never got back up.
Here he is
View attachment 317023
Words could not describe the feeling when I saw how big that deer was in person
View attachment 317025
Realizing you can't see all the points in the picture lol, there's some small points that curve backwards and stick out from the back of the antler and this angle doesn't show them. 20 points total, 17 that are longer than 1 inch and not broken off (the 3 other points were small and chipped off from fighting I think)

Biggest deer I've ever seen in person, took 3 people to lift it into the side by side after it was gutted.

Our group had 7 tags, and we got 7 deer by 9 am first day. 4 bucks and 3 does. 17 point, 7 point, 6 point, and 5 point, and one of the does was bigger bodied than the 5 point.

Plenty of meat! If only I owned a hanging scale to figure out just how heavy this monster is

Awesome buck