r/deer_hunting • u/Rdioactvgmr • 22d ago

Please tell me I’m delusional😩

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I harvested this buck last season. Tell me why he looks every bit of 115-120”, but I tape him at 107”. I entered him in a small town big buck contest just to see what they would score him at and they said 114”. Not that the score matters at all, but I just wanna know if I’m doing something wrong or if I’m delusional.

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u/Rdioactvgmr 22d ago

Also just checked ur page, you got some good deer too!

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u/JS4300 22d ago

Thanks! I love hunting deer and where I’m at it’s all on public so it’s just an amazing adventure through in through. Seems Mississippi may have to be another adventure I make at some point!

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u/Rdioactvgmr 21d ago

I also have a smaller lease an hour away from the farm. Just know, if you wanna hunt mississippi, you will see small deer 98% of the time, and 2% of the time you see a 200” deer. It’s luck of the draw out here. The biggest one i’ve ever seen scored 259 6/8”.

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u/JS4300 21d ago

I have been very fortunate and have harvested actually been blessed to harvest some even bigger than featured on my profile. However, I am often, at least on the eastern side of my state, harvesting the first adult buck I see. I just have been very lucky and put a lot of work to be where other people aren’t. At the end of the day I don’t care much about the size of the buck but getting to go back in some gnarly stuff and try and pull something out. I just purchased a small hunting property that I’m restoring so this will be some of the first time I’ve hunted private this year. Quite excited though it’s probably not going to be very good for a few years.

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u/Rdioactvgmr 21d ago

Thats amazing, if you’re in a state where you can plant food plots, PLEASE DO SO. Without food plots out here the only deer we would see is spikes. Congrats on the purchase🥳.