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big TN buck killed in Fayette?

Deer like this are extremely rare. They won the lottery of survival and genetics. Even if the combination of genetics could reproduce another buck like this, the odds of him surviving to have enough age and nutrition to grow this rack are extremely rare. Forget trying to get land to hunt in this area. Go find your own buck where you hunt. The odds are about the same.

Think of it this way. Suppose there was a gas station in Rossville that sold a lottery ticket worth a million dollars. Would it be worth it to drive across the state to buy your lottery tickets from this gas station?

Congratulations to the hunter. He just won the lottery.
 
CritterGitter said:
That's a big big deer . I live in fayette and can't say I've ever seen anything like that. But with all the new construction and building it's not really a surprise. Tons of timber being cleared and new homes .
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I live in Fayette also. See some big bucks, but nothing with that much stuff. If its near Rossville could be a Wolf River ghost.
 
fairchaser said:
Deer like this are extremely rare. They won the lottery of survival and genetics. Even if the combination of genetics could reproduce another buck like this, the odds of him surviving to have enough age and nutrition to grow this rack are extremely rare. Forget trying to get land to hunt in this area. Go find your own buck where you hunt. The odds are about the same.

Think of it this way. Suppose there was a gas station in Rossville that sold a lottery ticket worth a million dollars. Would it be worth it to drive across the state to buy your lottery tickets from this gas station?

Congratulations to the hunter. He just won the lottery.
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Well said fairchaser. That buck not only had the genetic potential to grow such a rack, he had the nutrition to actually do so. Lots of bucks may have the genetic potential to be huge, but don't have the nutrition throughout life to do so, in addition to his mother having great resources her whole life (which appears to be a major player in buck antler growth).

However, there ARE certain areas that have the groceries to grow a buck like that. If I were interested in killing the largest buck possible, I would certainly invest my hunting time in areas with those resources. I wouldn't be wasting my time in the ridge-and-hollow hardwoods. I would be hunting the areas with the best soils and best mix of cover habitat and agriculture.
 
BSK said:
However, there ARE certain areas that have the groceries to grow a buck like that. If I were interested in killing the largest buck possible, I would certainly invest my hunting time in areas with those resources. I wouldn't be wasting my time in the ridge-and-hollow hardwoods. I would be hunting the areas with the best soils and best mix of cover habitat and agriculture.
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Or put another way, very, very few places in TN even approach the potential of most anywhere in some nearby states such as KY, Ohio, Indiana, & Illinois. We are regularly seeing higher-scoring deer come out of the worst areas of KY than the best areas of TN.

Yet, the next world record could possible come from the Florida panhandle, as deer scoring that high are simply genetic freaks, like an 8-foot man.
 
TheLBLman said:
Or put another way, very, very few places in TN even approach the potential of most anywhere in some nearby states such as KY, Ohio, Indiana, & Illinois. We are regularly seeing higher-scoring deer come out of the worst areas of KY than the best areas of TN.

Yet, the next world record could possible come from the Florida panhandle, as deer scoring that high are simply genetic freaks, like an 8-foot man.
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The "big buck growing" regions of TN are very limited in size, unlike some of our neighbors to the north.
 
Hurts my heart a little to see one go down like this... Deer of a lifetime no doubt.
 
Tn_Va_Hunter said:
What's the guesses on score on this stud?
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190"+

Few close up pics.

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Kyboy said:
not the same deer, the deer in the pic above is 100% a kentucky deer. I know for a fact.
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There are definitely two different bucks floating in this thread. One from Fayette County that was killed this past weekend, and the bigger buck seen in the bean field. I think the bigger buck is the one you are 100% sure is a KY deer. I'll share this to muddy the water about the bigger buck being from KY. Everything I am hearing is northern middle TN. I've heard exact Tennessee county from a reliable source, but not my place to share that. Hopefully a hunter will get to take the bigger buck this fall once he range shifts.

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Andy S. said:
There are defintely two different bucks floating in this thread. One from Fayette County that was killed this past weekend, and the bigger buck seen in the bean field. I think the bigger buck is the one you are 100% sure is a KY deer. I'll share this to muddy the water about the bigger buck being from KY. Everything I am hearing is northern middle TN. I've heard exact Tennessee county from a reliable source, but not my place to share that. Hopefully a hunter will get to take the bigger buck this fall once he range shifts.

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In all reality the farm that I know this deer is on is about 2 miles (probably less as the crow flys) from TN so very possible it could be in TN and Ky so both could be correct lol.
 
Kyboy said:
In all reality the farm that I know this deer is on is about 2 miles from TN so very possible it could be in TN and Ky so both could be correct lol.
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I would about bet this deer will be killed opening weekend of KYs season. There is one slice of 80 acres that no one bow hunts so it may live out there.
 

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