60 Giant Whitetail Deer from the 2018-19 Deer Season

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60 Giant Whitetail Deer from the 2018-19 Deer Season

Posted 2019-03-06T14:44:00Z  by  Realtree Staff

Which of These Bucks Are Your Favorites?

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Michael Hunsucker's Bow Buck
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Michael Hunsucker's Bow Buck
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Michael Hunsucker took this great buck with a bow. Check out how the buck's rack splays out. Loads of character.

Photo Credit: Michael Hunsucker

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Michelle Helin's Big Buck
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Michelle Helin's Big Buck
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Michelle Helin knows how to kill deer. Here she is with a really nice buck from the 2018-19 season.

Photo Credit: Michelle Helin

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Trent Siegle's Tight-Racked Buck
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Trent Siegle's Tight-Racked Buck
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Here Trent Siegle poses with a toad of a buck. The character this buck has is pretty impressive.

Photo Credit: Trent Siegle

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Art Helin's Nice Buck
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Art Helin's Nice Buck
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Art Helin is a veteran of the outdoors. He knows his craft. Here he is with a nice buck.

Photo Credit: Art Helin

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Bart Goins' 2018 Whitetail
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Bart Goins' 2018 Whitetail
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Bart Goins never fails to produce big deer. He gets it done every year.

Photo Credit: Bart Goins

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Another Bart Goins Buck
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Another Bart Goins Buck
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Bart Goins has a big personality. He also kills big deer. Here's another one.

Photo Credit: Bart Goins

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David Blanton's Big Whitetail
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David Blanton's Big Whitetail
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One thing we know, David Blanton can pull a trigger. Here he is with a stud from the 2018-19 season.

Photo Credit: David Blanton

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Greg Zipadelli's Texas Deer
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Greg Zipadelli's Texas Deer
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Texas has good deer hunting. Here is Greg Zipadelli and his Texas buck from January 2019.

Photo Credit: Greg Zipadelli

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Hal Shaffer's Texas Stud
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Hal Shaffer's Texas Stud
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Zipadelli's teammate, Hal Shaffer also yanks triggers. Here he is with a great Texas whitetail.

Photo Credit: Hal Shaffer

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Michael Lee's Massive Deer
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Michael Lee's Massive Deer
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Michael Lee might be from the South. But he kills deer in the North, too. And massive ones at that.

Photo Credit: Michael Lee

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Skyler Wirsig's Great Deer
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Skyler Wirsig's Great Deer
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Skyler Wirsig has fun while deer hunting. And he kills big bucks while he's having fun. Here's another one.

Photo Credit: Skyler Wirsig

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Anthony Virga's Archery Whitetail
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Anthony Virga's Archery Whitetail
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Anthony Virga is as good as they come. A super nice guy with a super nice whitetail buck.

Photo Credit: Anthony Virga

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Ernie DeSantis' Youth Hunt Success
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Ernie DeSantis' Youth Hunt Success
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Do you take youth hunters afield? Ernie DeSantis does. Here is the proof.

Photo Credit: Ernie DeSantis

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Josh Honeycutt's Huge Velvet 8-Pointer
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Josh Honeycutt's Huge Velvet 8-Pointer
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Do you like giant velvet bucks? Then you'll love this massive 163 6/8-inch velvet 8-pointer from Kentucky.

Photo Credit: Josh Honeycutt

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Hannah Barron's Big Buck
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Hannah Barron's Big Buck
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Hannah Barron is arguably the queen of the South. She does it all, including bowhunting whitetails.

Photo Credit: Hannah Barron

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Ben McDonald's Stud Whitetail
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Ben McDonald's Stud Whitetail
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This buck is as beautiful as they come. Just a true, clean, typical whitetail.

Photo Credit: Ben McDonald

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Tyler Jordan's Archery Whitetail
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Tyler Jordan's Archery Whitetail
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Tyler Jordan has pulled the trigger on more deer than most hunters three times his age have. Here he is with another great buck.

Photo Credit: Tyler Jordan

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Tyler Jordan's Giant Bow Buck
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Tyler Jordan's Giant Bow Buck
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Tyler took multiple bucks this season. This is another great whitetail that fell to his Mathews bow.

Photo Credit: Tyler Jordan

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Michael Waddell's Nice Deer
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Michael Waddell's Nice Deer
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Waddell is one of hunting's biggest advocates. He lives the outdoor heritage.

Photo Credit: Michael Waddell

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Nate Hosie's Wide Deer
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Nate Hosie's Wide Deer
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Nate Hosie is a stone-cold killer. This nice 8-pointer fell to his new Mathews Vertix bow.

Photo Credit: Nate Hosie

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Carl Drake's Gun Buck
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Carl Drake's Gun Buck
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Carl Drake knows his way around the woods. This is a great buck he took in 2018.

Photo Credit: Carl Drake

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Joe Shults' Awesome Whitetail
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Joe Shults' Awesome Whitetail
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Joe Shults has been killing deer for a long time. Some might say he's full of wisdom. This big buck helps prove it.

Photo Credit: Joe Shults

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Georgia Kate McFerrin's Texas Buck
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Georgia Kate McFerrin's Texas Buck
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Like shooting big deer? So does Georgia Kate McFerrin. Here's her Texas buck from December 2018.

Photo Credit: Georgia Kate McFerrin

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Makenna McFerrin's Muzzleloader Kill
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Makenna McFerrin's Muzzleloader Kill
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Makenna McFerrin is no stranger to deer hunting, either. Here she is with a good one.

Photo Credit: Makenna McFerrin

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Melissa Bachman's Rifle Buck
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Melissa Bachman's Rifle Buck
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Melissa Bachman has proven she doesn't waiver under pressure. She tamed the adrenaline and took this big-bodied whitetail.

Photo Credit: Melissa Bachman

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Blair Goins' Clean 10
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Blair Goins' Clean 10
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Blair Goins poses with a clean 10-pointer from the 2018-19 season. It doesn't get any better than that.

Photo Credit: Blair Goins

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Kinion Bankston's Crossbow Buck
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Kinion Bankston's Crossbow Buck
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Like crossbow hunting? So does Kinion Bankston. He took a great buck with one this season.

Photo Credit: Kinion Bankston

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Kinion Bankston's Double Droptine
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Kinion Bankston's Double Droptine
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Like droptines? This big Missouri buck has two of them. A true illustration of whitetail character.

Photo Credit: Kinion Bankston

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Brian Stephens Big tud
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Brian Stephens Big Stud
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Brian Stephens is a serious bowhunter. Here he is with a great whitetail from this season.

Photo Credit: Brian Stephens

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Don Kisky's Archery Deer
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Don Kisky's Archery Deer
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Don Kisky is one of the most reputable big-buck killers in the country. He gets it done each year. Here he is with a nice Iowa buck from November 2018.

Photo Credit: Don Kisky

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Don Kisky's Bow Buck
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Don Kisky's Bow Buck
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Staying true to form, he took two nice Iowa bucks this season. Here is the other one.

Photo Credit: Don Kisky

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Kandi Kisky's 2018 Buck
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Kandi Kisky's 2018 Buck
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Kandi doesn't let Don have all of the fun. She has some, too. Here's the proof.

Photo Credit: Kandi Kisky

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Ernie DeSantis' 2018 Kill
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Ernie DeSantis' 2018 Kill
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Ernie DeSantis made sure to fill a tag this season. He took this great buck to show for it.

Photo Credit: Ernie DeSantis

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Brandon Adam's Great Buck
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Brandon Adam's Great Buck
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Brandon Adams might wear a flat-bill cap. And we don't hold that against him. But we might if he ever stops killing big deer.

Photo Credit: Brandon Adams

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Brandon Adams' Open-Prairie Buck
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Brandon Adams' Open-Prairie Buck
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Brandon Adams lets the arrows fly. Here he is with another 2018-19 harvest.

Photo Credit: Brandon Adams

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David Blanton's Montana Monster
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David Blanton's Montana Monster
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David Blanton is pretty lethal, gun or bow. This is a great Montana buck he took this season.

Photo Credit: David Blanton

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David Blanton's Texas Toad
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David Blanton's Texas Toad
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David Blanton was on a roll during the 2018-19 season. This Texas buck is as nice as they come.

Photo Credit: David Blanton

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Nate Flynn's Fine Buck
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Nate Flynn's Fine Buck
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Nate Flynn hunts all over the western half of the country. Here he is with a really cool typical whitetail.

Photo Credit: Nate Flynn

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Doug Hampton's Crossbow Buck
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Doug Hampton's Crossbow Buck
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Doug Hampton hunts as hard as most any hunter out there. And this is a great buck he tagged during the 2018-19 season.

Photo Credit: Doug Hampton

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Clayton Campbell's Big Deer
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Clayton Campbell's Big Deer
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Clayton Campbell is a die-hard deer hunter. Here he poses with a monstrous buck he took in 2018.

Photo Credit: Clayton Campbell

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Nate Flynn's Other Buck
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Nate Flynn's Other Buck
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That's right. Nate Flynn took another giant buck during the 2018-19 season.

Photo Credit: Nate Flynn

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Gregg Ritz' Narrow Whitetail
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Gregg Ritz' Narrow Whitetail
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You like those tight-rack bucks? You'll love the deer Gregg Ritz killed this January, then. Its beams and tines almost touch.

Photo Credit: Gregg Ritz

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Michael Pitts' Pig of a Whitetail
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Michael Pitts' Pig of a Whitetail
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Michael Pitts knows how to tell a good hunting joke. He also knows how to slip arrows through big deer, too.

Photo Credit: Michael Pitts

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Bill Jordan's Big Bow Buck
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Bill Jordan's Big Bow Buck
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Bill Jordan has likely killed more bucks than everyone on this list. And here he is with yet another monster buck. A true legend.

Photo Credit: Bill Jordan

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Mike Stroff's Typical 10
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Mike Stroff's Typical 10
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Love big, typical 10-pointers? This big buck that Mike Stroff killed will rank high on your list then.

Photo Credit: Mike Stroff

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Phillip Culpepper's Iowa Monarch
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Phillip Culpepper's Iowa Monarch
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Phillip Culpepper is a good ol' boy from Georgia who loves to hunt. This giant deer from Iowa is one of his best bucks to date.

Photo Credit: Phillip Culpepper

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Kristy Parker's Split-G2 Buck
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Kristy Parker's Split-G2 Buck
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Kristy Parker is in the woods every chance she gets. This big deer with a split G2 is a product of that fact.

Photo Credit: Kristy Parker

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Colton Jordan's Velvet Crossbow Buck
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Colton Jordan's Velvet Crossbow Buck
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Son of Bill Jordan, Colton Jordan took this great velvet buck during the 2018 season. He shot it with a Mission crossbow.

Photo Credit: Colton Jordan

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Mike Stroff's Mega-Wide Monarch
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Mike Stroff's Mega-Wide Monarch
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This whitetail is a true giant. Long beams. Long tines. Good mass. It has it all.

Photo Credit: Mike Stroff

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Mike McFerrin's Monster Buck
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Mike McFerrin's Monster Buck
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This big deer has a main-frame 10-point rack, and then some. It's just a great buck.

Photo Credit: Mike McFerrin

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Georgia Kate McFerrin's Smoke Pole Buck
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Georgia Kate McFerrin's Smoke Pole Buck
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Georgia Kate McFerrin makes the list twice with this great muzzleloader kill. Another one down for the Legends of the Fall team.

Photo Credit: Georgia Kate McFerrin

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Bonnie McFerrin's Dark-Horned Dandy
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Bonnie McFerrin's Dark-Horned Dandy
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Not to be left out, the queen of the Legends of the Fall crew took a giant of her own. Check out this big deer with tons of character.

Photo Credit: Bonnie McFerrin

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Christian McFerrin's Nice 8-Pointer
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Christian McFerrin's Nice 8-Pointer
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Like a clean 8-pointer? Christian McFerrin took a nice one this season.

Photo Credit: Christian McFerrin

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Mike Stroff's Crazy-Character Buck
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Mike Stroff's Crazy-Character Buck
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Some bucks have character. Other bucks don't. This one does. Check out the interesting antler on its right side.

Photo Credit: Mike Stroff

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Nate Hosie's Rifle Whitetail
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Nate Hosie's Rifle Whitetail
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Nate Hosie is proficient with gun or bow. Here is a great buck he took with the former during the 2018-19 season.

Photo Credit: Nate Hosie

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Trisha Rector's Archery Buck
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Trisha Rector's Archery Buck
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Trisha Rector loves to deer hunt. Here is a nice one she took this season.

Photo Credit: Trisha Rector

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Patrick Rector
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Patrick Rector
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Trisha's husband, Patrick, poses with a great buck he arrowed this season. A beautiful 9-point buck.

Photo Credit: Patrick Rector

Image Title: 
Nate Hosie's Final-Chapter Buck
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Nate Hosie's Final-Chapter Buck
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Nate Hosie had a good bit of history with this deer. Check out all of those sheds they'd found from this buck.

Photo Credit: Nate Hosie

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Bonnie McFerrin's Stick and String Buck
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Bonnie McFerrin's Stick and String Buck
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Talk about character, this buck has it, too. Bonnie McFerrin took this nice whitetail during the 2018-19 season as well.

Photo Credit: Bonnie McFerrin

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Shawn Luchtel's Stud Whitetail
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Shawn Luchtel's Stud Whitetail
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This is a great whitetail anywhere you go. Check out how cool this buck looks. Pure greatness.

Photo Credit: Shawn Luchtel

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