World Record 8 point
Contributors to this thread:Whitetail Deer
From: Inshart
26-Dec-17
MN 8 point ........ poached a few years ago! .......192 3/8 .... 28 inch inside spread, it would have been the best 8-point whitetail ever. A world record deer. Second place? 180-3/8", the score awarded to a South Dakota buck killed by Vernon Winter in 1965.
Sorry, not a very good pic.
http://www.theoutdoorsforum.com/forums/topic/26429-massive-8-point-buck-was-poached-in-mn/
From: M.Pauls
26-Dec-17
Numbers don’t lie that’s insane. That pic though yeesh, obviously not a deer fanatic taking the pic. Could be a 120 I wouldn’t know
From: LKH
26-Dec-17
Really? Look at the fingers tight against the brow area. You have fun finding a 120 with that mass.
From: Treeline
26-Dec-17
Awesome buck for sure! Too bad it was poached.
From: t-roy
26-Dec-17
Agreed with M.Pauls. Definitely not a 120s, but a horrible pic to get much of a true perspective of how huge this deer really is.
From: Kodiak
26-Dec-17
Here's a couple replicas of the buck.
From: M.Pauls
26-Dec-17
Yeah I was exaggerating with the 120 thing. I just can’t believe how horribly someone could photograph a buck that big lol. Those replicas definitely give you a better idea. WOW i just love big 4s!
From: Inshart
26-Dec-17
Yeah, I knew the pic was terrible. Thanks Kodiak for finding a better pic.
From: Kodiak
27-Dec-17
The mass is incredible...reminiscent of the Jordan buck.
From: Pete In Fairbanks
27-Dec-17
Wait a minute. The officer's ears are drooping.... Are we sure this is legit?!!!
From: Grubby
27-Dec-17
Grubby's Link
Here’s some more info on the “white rock buck”
From: Grubby
27-Dec-17
Grubby's Link
From: Cheesehead Mike
27-Dec-17
Wow!
I know of a 182" 8 point archery kill from northern Wisconsin that was never entered in any books...
From: Kodiak
27-Dec-17
Here it is with the cape on it. Not sure who's holding it, if it's the poacher or just an onlooker that came to see it before it was confiscated.
From: sticksender
27-Dec-17
Outrageous 8-pointer!Would love to see the score sheet.
From: Chris S
27-Dec-17
Was he hunting with Bill Busbice or Spook Spann? Probably Chris Brackett. Rotten Bs everyone of em.
From: TrapperKayak
27-Dec-17
'..would have been the best 8 point whitetail ever...' It still is the best 8 pt ever. Its just not documented in a B&C record book. So what? It still exists...
From: Kodiak
27-Dec-17
Well the thing is, is that he robbed legit hunters out of the chance to legally harvest it. It was a known deer in the local bowhunting community. Dude shot it with a rifle and tried to pass it off as a bow kill. He also killed two bucks before this one and didn't tag either.
A real POS.
From: Kurt
27-Dec-17
The present owner (Minnesota DNR?) can enter it in B&C as far as I know.
From: M.Pauls
28-Dec-17
That’s a real beauty 4x Ohio. I think anyone would give a left nut to have a crack at that guy. Looks to be a Boone 4x. Hard to say exactly how big without having a real solid guess on mass. My guess on him is 165-170 giving his tines 5,13,12 but I can’t see if his off side is weaker
From: t-roy
28-Dec-17
I don’t think he’d take the title, but that is a giant 8 pt! I killed a 168” 8 pointer and that deer is considerably bigger. Tine length is similar, but longer main beams and better mass for sure. I’d guess that 8 to be in the mid-upper 170s. Somewhat hard to tell from the pic. Any other pics of him?
From: Kodiak
28-Dec-17
Wow ohiohunter that's a monster 8.
I'll guess 180ish.
From: Tunaman
28-Dec-17
The late John Collins of James Valley Scents to my knowledge was the last owner I was aware of who owned the world's largest 4X4. The Buck was shot by a Hunter that I don't know the name of who'd shot it in S. Dakota in 1950. I personally held the AMAZING Rack and it scored, AND I do believe it was a net score of 200 1/8th!!! Surely someone else out there must know of that Buck. Sadly John passed away a few years ago and I don't know what became of his collection. I'll look into it more so over the next month and look forward to anyone else with knowledge of that Buck to post on here about it. Thanks
From: sureshot
28-Dec-17
This one was killed on a farm next to mine by a gun hunter in 2016.....great genetics in the area.
From: powder
28-Dec-17
Ohio, I think your buddy is pulling your leg. That deer is dead. He doesn't live next to public at all. That deer was killed by Jason sanders in logan county Illinois in December of 2011. Awesome deer killed by a honest dude under fair chase.
From: powder
28-Dec-17
powder's Link
From: woodguy65
28-Dec-17
LOL
From: Kodiak
28-Dec-17
Helluva deer though. I was close with my 180ish guess, he netted 184 and change.
From: HUNT MAN
28-Dec-17
Bah ahaha
From: powder
28-Dec-17
powder's Link
Some more pics and story!
From: IKE220
28-Dec-17
Powder do you serve Au Jus with that crow.
From: Shug
28-Dec-17
I didn’t know there was a WR for 8 points... let’s take it one step further. I once had the world record whitetail by a right handed finger Shooter with one testicle.... 145” 10 point...lol all in fun
From: Genesis
28-Dec-17
M.Pauls,that pic of ohiohunters 8 way bigger than 170. Hard to say this but it looks upper 180's the frame is a 120+ frame looks like which will cause some underestimation,imo
From: patdel
28-Dec-17
Genesis, I think you missed a few posts. He was definitely bigger than 170.
He also somehow managed to go back in time to 2011 and get shot in a different state. :)
Ohio, your boy was yanking your chain.
From: Genesis
28-Dec-17
Ha,jokes on me too....sorry guys
From: M.Pauls
29-Dec-17
Yeah Genesis, I was off too on my guess by quite a bit. It’s always tough when judging crazy big white tails, especially off one pic. I usually down play a little as I’m telling myself this angle has got to be messing with me as it seems to good to be true. Obviously this one was just pure big. It takes a heck of a deer to crack 160 as a 4. I included my tine length estimations in my first post. Once other pics and angles came up of him I realized this buck was in fact pure stud and I was way off on tine length as well as I think what I had in mind for main beams. I think I had him in my head averages of 5” circumferences which would probably be close, as an average, with the first being around 6 and the last around 4. I’m not always about the score number but it’s just such a testament to what some deer can do and I find it incredibly interesting. I’d love to see his score sheet. Absolute giant!
From: Genesis
29-Dec-17
Yep,30 inch beams throws everything out the window as far a scale....ha He a Choota!! and we can pen and paper him later!
From: Whocares
29-Dec-17
I held that record 8 point in my hands! The Conservation Officer that had control of the rack at the time invited me to her house to see them. It was two days before our Minnesota whitetail rifle opener. I remember saying, why am I even going hunting to look for a big buck after that! Been looking for that picture now after seeing this thread and damned if I can locate it. So, I figure to spend some of these below zero days we been having for a week to clean out some of my camera and computer photos!
From: Genesis
29-Dec-17
Big 8s are special.... A 180 inch 8 walks up with Mel Johnson's buck and I'm sending the arrow toward the 8.
From: deerhunter72
29-Dec-17
A big 8 is a special deal. Too bad it looks like this potential record was taken illegally.
