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It's been 62 years........

Tnshooter15 said:
One reason it may have not been accurately listed is the Fosters killed a lot of deer when most people struggled to see deer and they may have not wanted anyone to know where they were hunting. Also they lived in Roane county and may have checked it in Rockwood. His son maybe on here if so maybe he can give some clarity. I haven't seen him in twenty years.
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I wouldn't blame them one bit for keeping it secret for as long as they needed to. I know I would.
 
THEdonkey0515 said:
And this still stands as tennessee's #1 typical deer.

Sonny foster buck Roane country 1959.
186 1/8

I remember seeing a old news paper with the story in it talking about how they all crammed in a old 4x4 jeep and drove as far back as they could up the mountain. Shot with iron sights, he didn't believe he did anything special at the time. According to the story he thought he had seen bigger bucks then this one back there.
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This is a GREAT STORY!
 
THEdonkey0515 said:
And this still stands as tennessee's #1 typical deer.

Sonny foster buck Roane country 1959.
186 1/8

I remember seeing a old news paper with the story in it talking about how they all crammed in a old 4x4 jeep and drove as far back as they could up the mountain. Shot with iron sights, he didn't believe he did anything special at the time. According to the story he thought he had seen bigger bucks then this one back there.
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Let me guess: he did not use any scent blockers and he was probably pissing and drinking coffee and smoking a cigarette!!!
 
Its been 64 years now lol

I like how they are always stories of deer killed 10" bigger then this stud evey year, but not a single one of them for 60+ years want to put it in a record book or get it officially scored.
 
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morgancountry said:
There were a quite a few monster killed on and around catoosa back in those years. I've often wondered how much effect it had that a large number of deer that were stocked on catoosa had come from Wisconsin not many years before. Obviously deer from the north are naturally larger body wise and rack wise overall. I'm thinking over time in the southern climate and generations and generations of deer have evolved and bread with more native deer in the area that we don't see quite as many monster from that area. I hope that makes sense? Of course I could be totally wrong and that a stupid theory. But it's just a thought I've had through the years. But, there still are some giants in that area. Just few and far between and very hard to hunt.
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;) Makes perfect sense for those with "common sense".
 
Malo1ke said:
Nor were cellular trail cams used in the harvest of that deer.
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Seriously...I miss the days of being totally surprised. I remember in the 80's going hunting and you had no idea what might be lurking around or what might appear. I love fooling with my trail cameras, but lately, I have been going to random public land where I have little idea what is in the woods and hunting. I really am enjoying that. I still run trail cameras on my lease though.
 
Speedwell-Hunter said:
Let me guess: he did not use any scent blockers and he was probably pissing and drinking coffee and smoking a cigarette!!!
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Yeah, but someone snuck this picture of his pre-hunt

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THEdonkey0515 said:
Probably wearing the same type of clothing he has on in that picture with no scent killer or deer piss Setting on the ground with iron sights.

Just amazing people killed records before Stika and UA
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THEdonkey0515 said:
Probably wearing the same type of clothing he has on in that picture with no scent killer or deer piss Setting on the ground with iron sights.

Just amazing people killed records before Stika and UA
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People that killed big deer back then was anal about their scents, they just took different approachs, sonny believed in cedar shavings and leaf smoke before a hunt to cover his scent
 
BSK said:
Has nothing to do with stocked genetics. In fact, northern deer brought south underperform local southern deer. The genetics of northern deer are designed to maximize performance IN THAT ENVIRONMENT, not the vastly different southern environment.
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Would seem that northern deer, borealis and Dakota subspecies in particular, should thrive with what's available for them here. I mean in the north in winter they have to eat twigs and bark and have to deal with deep snow and extreme cold, as where here they get more nutrition throughout the entirety of the year and have much less stress on their bodies. Would logically seem that that should go to improving the health of their bodies and antlers. While those genetics are likely so watered down by now, it is interesting that there are still pockets of certain areas everything else condition wise being the same(soil, food availability, and age structure), that hold phenomenal genetics while some really lack.
 
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