I saw on Twitter that Georgia hunter Jay Chambless shot an exceptional buck for the southwest part of the state last November, so I asked him to give us the story. He sent this fantastic and well-written report. Mike: Thanks so much for letting me share this adventure! It all started in September 2014. A buck showed up on one of my trail cameras that really caught my attention, a buck that I had never seen before. The deer sported a tall 10-point rack, with incredible brows and long beams. Looking at his body, it was very evident the deer was mature. I judged his age to be 5.5 years old at that time, and figured his rack to be [...]

I was going back through the Big Deer archives and found this photo that a guy sent me in 2013. Supposedly from Iowa, free-range and pushing 270", though with all that mass and third beam it could be a game-farm deer. If a wild buck, I wonder what became of him? There have been some giant non-typicals killed in recent years, was he one of them? I can't recall seeing any photos of this buck dead, have you?