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What’s the biggest buck you’ve ever seen and how big was he? Pictures and a story are welcome.
Biggest Buck You Have Ever Seen?
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HntHrdr
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Here is the biggest buck I have seen on the hoof, funny story, I didn’t have a tag that year, a buddy did. We saw him and watched him walk out of our lives. 3 years later I sell a pair of binos to a guy who frequently hunts our same area, get to talking about that buck and he actually killed it haha 
small world. The pics I have are pretty hard to judge since the buck was huge looked like a small elk first time I saw him. I would guess he is a hair over 200 and he was fully intact when I saw him
small world. The pics I have are pretty hard to judge since the buck was huge looked like a small elk first time I saw him. I would guess he is a hair over 200 and he was fully intact when I saw him
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I live by AI, didn't go out this year. 30" and 200" were yearly.
Off the petting zoo,?
Far S. Utah.
On tighter trail, little bro ahead of me.me(he was 14 I was 16)Seen him just before he crossed in front of us.
Came in the open , broadside looking at us. I was stuck behind him with no shot.
Buck fever hit and he hit the mag release button on the front of his abolt trigger guard and open came the hinge and the mag hit the ground with a clank. Buck bolted into the junipers, I never saw him again.
Got back to the trailhead, me calling him ever name on the planet and met back up withy older cousin who had watched that buck all year. Can still hear "you jackasses just missed a 34" buck"
Told us later a local got him he was 228. Sent us a Polaroid to rub it in.
I can hear that "claaannkkk" as. I'm typing
Off the petting zoo,?
Far S. Utah.
On tighter trail, little bro ahead of me.me(he was 14 I was 16)Seen him just before he crossed in front of us.
Came in the open , broadside looking at us. I was stuck behind him with no shot.
Buck fever hit and he hit the mag release button on the front of his abolt trigger guard and open came the hinge and the mag hit the ground with a clank. Buck bolted into the junipers, I never saw him again.
Got back to the trailhead, me calling him ever name on the planet and met back up withy older cousin who had watched that buck all year. Can still hear "you jackasses just missed a 34" buck"
Told us later a local got him he was 228. Sent us a Polaroid to rub it in.
I can hear that "claaannkkk" as. I'm typing
muleyslayerwa
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Unfortunately I think the biggest buck I’ve seen is high 170s maybe 180.
The_Coloradoboy
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Seen two in my life in Colorado that pushed the 250 mark… one of them was harvested with a gov tag the other died of old/age winter kill as far as we know.
Absolute tank. Couldn’t relocate him before opening day and another hunter got him. The deer fell off a cliff. When I finally got glass on him the hunter was holding his rack in pieces!
My buddy killed a 205 on the same mountainside a few years previous. Great genetics. Sadly, tags were increased for all seasons here and quality has really diminished.
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What year was the Gov tag buck killed?
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This is the biggest buck I’ve seen alive. We called him Freak, he was high 220s You can find some more pics of him on instagram. We killed him in 2021
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I am not 100% sure there are two that would probably be the biggest (not sure which one. The first buck was around 2002. I was hunting a limited entry unit in Idaho. I was on the top of the mountain looking down a steep canyon.
There was a decent 4-point in a large herd of deer and I could not tell that it was a decent buck, without my binoculars. All of a sudden a huge came into view and I did not need binoculars to tell that it was a giant. Tried to follow/track that buck and it easily lost me in the cedars as it split from the herd.
The next week was the last 2 days of the hunt. Me and a friend headed out to try and find this buck. There was a big snowstorm the night before and we ended up with a lot of snow. At daybreak, I immediately see a nice 4x4 and got buck fever and shot it. My friend did not want me to shoot and wanted to search for the other buck (he was probably right, but I was still happy).
The other buck was about the same year. We were hunting cow elk on a late hunt (Jan I believe). We were in Utah, in Providence canyon. The buck was right by the deer fence. I was shocked at how big the buck was and never expected seeing anything like that, in that area. I’m confident that it was well over 200”.
Have not seen anything close to these two bucks, even when I spent a week hunting bison on the Henry Moutains.
There was a decent 4-point in a large herd of deer and I could not tell that it was a decent buck, without my binoculars. All of a sudden a huge came into view and I did not need binoculars to tell that it was a giant. Tried to follow/track that buck and it easily lost me in the cedars as it split from the herd.
The next week was the last 2 days of the hunt. Me and a friend headed out to try and find this buck. There was a big snowstorm the night before and we ended up with a lot of snow. At daybreak, I immediately see a nice 4x4 and got buck fever and shot it. My friend did not want me to shoot and wanted to search for the other buck (he was probably right, but I was still happy).
The other buck was about the same year. We were hunting cow elk on a late hunt (Jan I believe). We were in Utah, in Providence canyon. The buck was right by the deer fence. I was shocked at how big the buck was and never expected seeing anything like that, in that area. I’m confident that it was well over 200”.
Have not seen anything close to these two bucks, even when I spent a week hunting bison on the Henry Moutains.
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I have seen two that would gross in the 220's, but the biggest buck I have ever seen was clean four point that was 195 to 200.
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The King is the biggest buck I've gotten to see on the hoof. Glad I got to see him the last winter he survived. Watched him for 4 hours couldn't make myself leave haha. It was a whole lot different seeing him in person vs the million pictures on social media.
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I spotted this buck on the winter range, and he is probably the biggest buck I have seen alive.
The_Coloradoboy
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2008 or 2009 if i remember correctly. He went 263 if I remember right. He was killed near the small municipal airport in Glenwood Springs.
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That buck is something out of a dream! You should post up your buddies buck!
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The_Coloradoboy
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Yep that’s him. He was a well know town deer.
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My brother had a archery deer tag on the Henry’s years ago and I seen the biggest bucks that I have ever seen during scouting and the hunt. Several of the bucks were killed by outfitters that year and they posted scores and widths on the buck. I used to have pictures but I would have to dig to find them. Two were over 39” wide, four were 190”-200 and three were 200+ with the biggest one being 36” wide 232” score. It was an amazing place.
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Buck in your avatar?
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I came across a buck 5 years ago on July 5th and I already knew it was the biggest or going to be the biggest and highest scoring buck I had ever seen. I was confident it would end up around 220-230". After showing a friend pictures and video of it, he wasn't convinced it was going to be that big. Kind of like a lot of forum comments. 
. The buck was killed during archery season and went 260".
. The buck was killed during archery season and went 260".
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