Last year I blogged, Still hunting strong at 103 years young, Mr. Clyde Roberts shot his biggest buck ever during our state’s 2016 muzzleloader season. Mr. Roberts continues to hunt and amaze. From the Roanoke (VA) Times: Clyde Roberts already had killed two does in Bedford County during the 2017 deer season, now he was perched 20-feet high in a tree stand looking for a bear. Bear were forgotten when a couple does walked into the field that Roberts watched. He has killed 10 deer since he turned 100, all but four taken with a .50-caliber muzzleloader. (But) on this hunt he cradled a .270. An 8-pointer crossed the field and began chasing the does. Mr. Clyde squeezed the trigger, [...]

This picture was first posted on Texas Bone Hunters Facebook and has been circulating all over social ever since. I picked it up and it has become the most popular post on BIG DEER Instagram with this popular comment: How would you score that thing? The bases are fused together into one huge mass, with splits and stickers for yet more character. A cool deer and a true freak! Answer to the question: Official scorers say the odd wild, unusual rack is not scorable, and might be one. But what a splendid mount it will be on the lucky hunter's wall.

Hello Mike: On opening weekend in San Saba County I shot the weirdest buck I have ever seen in the woods. To be honest, I didn’t realize what I had until I walked up to him after the 75 yard shot. I found your article on stag bucks and was wondering if you have an idea how rare this type of buck is: 1 in a 1000 maybe? I have talked to lots of long-time hunters and none of them have seen one like him.—Thanks, Jonathan Sportel Jon, there’s no way to put odds on it, but a stag--either one born that way or a buck that injured his testicles sometime in life—is extremely rare, perhaps rarer than 1 in 1,000. [...]