Biggest Whitetail EVER?
Contributors to this thread:Whitetail Deer
From: Zbone
21-Dec-20
This photo was posted over on the LeatherWall... What youenz think? I suspect captive, but haven't received a response from Keefers for info or details...
From: 4nolz@work
21-Dec-20
Maybe an injury with air under the skin "subcutaneous emphysema" a condition I've seen in dogs HBC
From: Norseman
21-Dec-20
Makes its round here ever few years or so... Prednisone
From: Zbone
21-Dec-20
First time I'd seen it Norseman, what's the story?
From: deerhunter72
21-Dec-20
Been several years ago, but we had a really fat buck running around. Not quite THAT big, but when he ran his hide looked like it was rolling.
From: zipper
21-Dec-20
Loves corn piles.
From: TrapperKayak
22-Dec-20
That thing is a hog...
From: Bou'bound
22-Dec-20
Clearly the offspring of a short legged doe though
From: altitude sick
22-Dec-20
He’s just big boned
From: Rob Nye
22-Dec-20
From: Rob in VT
22-Dec-20
Look is like me after Thanksgiving dinner.
From: Sand man
22-Dec-20
Buckzilla roams again!
From: Keefers
22-Dec-20
Gary, I sent you a pm on Stickbow about the picture .I am not sure where the picture came from but I was just as amused by how big he is and clicked on the picture and saved it on my phone and posted it on the post about Barry over there. He sure is Huge and wished I knew where he came from myself . Anyway I always tell my friends If I was a deer this is probably what I would look like lol. Keefers Gary I think we should nick name him “Barry” lol
From: Copperhead
22-Dec-20
I seen a big boy like that chasing a doe this year. It was kind of funny, the doe was just springing around and with every lope his fat looked to be rolling. They were really close to a small feed lot for cattle so I'm guessing he was fed very well.
From: sticksender
22-Dec-20
No big deal, but, while that buck (OP's) may be big, IMO that's a picture of a picture and is badly distorted. Sort of a fish-eye lens effect. No idea if that was done on purpose or not, but no buck on earth has a face that squatty. Photoshop has tools to correct images for camera distortion and perspective distortion. Using the correction tool on the whole image until his face & snout look normal, it comes out like this:
From: Rickm
22-Dec-20
Its glandular! Not my fault.
From: kentuckbowhnter
22-Dec-20
he's big boned, but then again, i aint never seen a fat skeleton.
From: Elkpacker1
22-Dec-20
my wifes cooking and its good
From: Zbone
22-Dec-20
I think that buck is real, not photo shopped, but guessing captive... If real what ya think it weighed? I'm guessing over 300 pounds if not 400...
From: Aspen Ghost
22-Dec-20
Covid weight gain.
From: TrapperKayak
22-Dec-20
It's a whitetailed hereford.
From: Zbone
25-Dec-20
Okay you cattle guys, how much do these bucks weigh? My guess, both original photo and Rob's between 3 and 4 hundred pounds... Anybody else?
From: Duke
25-Dec-20
"Husky"
Looks like a woodtick! Three hundred is a good guess.
From: BullBuster
25-Dec-20
350+
From: JL
25-Dec-20
Reminds me of the overweight black bear pics/vids posted a while back. Kinda feel sorry for them. They need to make some deer and bear Slimfast for those overweight critters.
From: ahunter76
25-Dec-20
S. Central Illinois or Iowa Buck that needs a couple more years.
From: Lee
25-Dec-20
I’ve seen a few 300 pound live weight deer - those are definitely bigger!
From: SaltyB
25-Dec-20
They get "husky".
From: TJF
25-Dec-20
She is a beefy doe.
From: ARLOW
26-Dec-20
From: Lee
26-Dec-20
That is a beast Arlow!
From: OneBooner
26-Dec-20
Great camera angle arlow. Remember that picture a few years ago on the cover of North American whitetail with Don Higgins behind his 200 incher non typical named Smokey. That deer looks every bit of 800 pounds. The head was as big as Don’s upper body
From: brewski
27-Dec-20
Largest I'm aware of is 402 lbs from Maine.
From: ARLOW
27-Dec-20
Supposedly was taken on the Tug plateau in upstate NY
From: Zbone
28-Dec-20
ARLOW - What's the story behind that buck?
We know if it's on the internet it's true...8^)))
Don't know how accurate it is but searching the web found largest whitetail recored by weight was 511 lbs from MN in 1976...
A couple in more in 1980 from WI, 491 and 481 lbs... Also remember one 400+ back in the day from ME...
