Illinois hunters! Has anyone heard about the 290" buck.
02-13-2007, 02:27 PM
#22
RE: Illinois hunters! Has anyone heard about the 290" buck.
ORIGINAL: PEAKRUT
I found the following in Deer & Deer Hunting mag (Nov 06)which resources were provided by Records of North American Whitetail Deer book.
Top 10 Big-Buck States
State Deer Hunters Ave.Harvest/Rank P&Y Bucks B&C Book Bucks
1.Wi 893,000 456,818/2nd U.S. 3,125 273 3,398
2. IL 372,000 170,688/17th 2,267 374 2,641
3. IA 244,000171,444/16th 1,270 315 1,586
4. OH 725,000 195,766/15th935 143 1,078
5.Mn 555,000249,121/10th 733 142 875
6. KA101,000 88,523/24th 631 150 781
7.TX 592,000 430,717/5th 633106 739
8. MO 625,000 284,770/8th 549 170719
9. Mi1,121,000 453,184/3rd 576 60 719
10. In 258,000 112,615/23rd 487 100 587
Total for all states in the U.S.15,043 2,576 17,619
After reading the article numerous timessince publication no matteralmost where you hunt it is difficult to get a trophy. Yes private does help a tiny bit but still difficult. I somehow became one of the lucky ones and hit the lottery this past Nov.
I found the following in Deer & Deer Hunting mag (Nov 06)which resources were provided by Records of North American Whitetail Deer book.
Top 10 Big-Buck States
State Deer Hunters Ave.Harvest/Rank P&Y Bucks B&C Book Bucks
1.Wi 893,000 456,818/2nd U.S. 3,125 273 3,398
2. IL 372,000 170,688/17th 2,267 374 2,641
3. IA 244,000171,444/16th 1,270 315 1,586
4. OH 725,000 195,766/15th935 143 1,078
5.Mn 555,000249,121/10th 733 142 875
6. KA101,000 88,523/24th 631 150 781
7.TX 592,000 430,717/5th 633106 739
8. MO 625,000 284,770/8th 549 170719
9. Mi1,121,000 453,184/3rd 576 60 719
10. In 258,000 112,615/23rd 487 100 587
Total for all states in the U.S.15,043 2,576 17,619
After reading the article numerous timessince publication no matteralmost where you hunt it is difficult to get a trophy. Yes private does help a tiny bit but still difficult. I somehow became one of the lucky ones and hit the lottery this past Nov.
dd
02-13-2007, 03:41 PM
#23
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Racine, Wisconsin
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RE: Illinois hunters! Has anyone heard about the 290" buck.
ORIGINAL: DoctorDeath
So if I have added that right there are 5486000 hunters in those 10 states ...and 2576 B&C bucks harvested ...so you have about a .5% chance ofharvesting a B&C buck in the BEST of circumstance ..the BEST of states ....wow sure makes me appreciate thebuck I took in Alberta and the 140 10pt I took in Tennessee ...
dd
ORIGINAL: PEAKRUT
I found the following in Deer & Deer Hunting mag (Nov 06)which resources were provided by Records of North American Whitetail Deer book.
Top 10 Big-Buck States
State Deer Hunters Ave.Harvest/Rank P&Y Bucks B&C Book Bucks
1.Wi 893,000 456,818/2nd U.S. 3,125 273 3,398
2. IL 372,000 170,688/17th 2,267 374 2,641
3. IA 244,000171,444/16th 1,270 315 1,586
4. OH 725,000 195,766/15th935 143 1,078
5.Mn 555,000249,121/10th 733 142 875
6. KA101,000 88,523/24th 631 150 781
7.TX 592,000 430,717/5th 633106 739
8. MO 625,000 284,770/8th 549 170719
9. Mi1,121,000 453,184/3rd 576 60 719
10. In 258,000 112,615/23rd 487 100 587
Total for all states in the U.S.15,043 2,576 17,619
After reading the article numerous timessince publication no matteralmost where you hunt it is difficult to get a trophy. Yes private does help a tiny bit but still difficult. I somehow became one of the lucky ones and hit the lottery this past Nov.
I found the following in Deer & Deer Hunting mag (Nov 06)which resources were provided by Records of North American Whitetail Deer book.
Top 10 Big-Buck States
State Deer Hunters Ave.Harvest/Rank P&Y Bucks B&C Book Bucks
1.Wi 893,000 456,818/2nd U.S. 3,125 273 3,398
2. IL 372,000 170,688/17th 2,267 374 2,641
3. IA 244,000171,444/16th 1,270 315 1,586
4. OH 725,000 195,766/15th935 143 1,078
5.Mn 555,000249,121/10th 733 142 875
6. KA101,000 88,523/24th 631 150 781
7.TX 592,000 430,717/5th 633106 739
8. MO 625,000 284,770/8th 549 170719
9. Mi1,121,000 453,184/3rd 576 60 719
10. In 258,000 112,615/23rd 487 100 587
Total for all states in the U.S.15,043 2,576 17,619
After reading the article numerous timessince publication no matteralmost where you hunt it is difficult to get a trophy. Yes private does help a tiny bit but still difficult. I somehow became one of the lucky ones and hit the lottery this past Nov.
dd
02-13-2007, 05:03 PM
#24
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Lansing, Illinois
Posts: 396
RE: Illinois hunters! Has anyone heard about the 290" buck.
PEAKRUT, I determined the best states by taking the number of book bucks listed, divided by approx. how many hunters hunt each year in that state and your chances aren't even .5%, in the states as a whole. But those averages are skewed in area's which QDM is practiced, crops, mineral content in soils, and genetics.
02-18-2007, 05:48 AM
#29
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: East Central ILLinois USA
Posts: 1,595
RE: Illinois hunters! Has anyone heard about the 290" buck.
I have only second hand information that was told to me about this buck.
My Taxidermist told me that This buck in question is the one the man that shot it brought it by my taxidermest shop........ my taxidermist said yes it was still in velvet...... he is not the one mounting it though.
I spoke to a friend of mine a few days ago and she told me she has seen the buck here self and that it was awesome...... a friend of her husband shot it in Vermillion County Illinois and he told her husband that he will have the buck at the Illinois Deer & Turkey Classic........ she said it was taken supposedly on private land that borders Illinois Public hunting Land... Kickapoo State Park.
Hope to see it at the Classic.
My Taxidermist told me that This buck in question is the one the man that shot it brought it by my taxidermest shop........ my taxidermist said yes it was still in velvet...... he is not the one mounting it though.
I spoke to a friend of mine a few days ago and she told me she has seen the buck here self and that it was awesome...... a friend of her husband shot it in Vermillion County Illinois and he told her husband that he will have the buck at the Illinois Deer & Turkey Classic........ she said it was taken supposedly on private land that borders Illinois Public hunting Land... Kickapoo State Park.
Hope to see it at the Classic.
