Giant Kansas Drop-Tine Buck Resurfaces on the Internet

Posted At : July 20, 2010 9:28 AM | Posted By : Mike Hanback
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This is my dream buck for obvious reasons.

I posted on this deer in December 2008, when details were sketchy. I was surprised it didn’t get more play on the Web back then, for this is truly an unbelievable buck.

Well, he has popped up again on Facebook and some other sites. Finally, here is the story as best I can piece it together.

One afternoon in December Chad Christie spotted the buck and started stalking him from his backyard in rural Kansas. As Chad moved in across a bean field, a doe he hadn’t seen busted him and jumped up. Both she and the buck stared nervously at Chad, and he knew it was now or never. Chad wrapped his arm in the sling of his .30-06 and took a long off-hand shot. The buck kicked and took off, a good sign.

It was getting dark and Chad had trouble finding blood, so he backed out until the next morning. They found the monster 30 yards from the hit spot. The main-frame 12-point had 40 inches of abnormal drop points and scored 242 non-typical. It ranks in the top 20 Kansas all-time non-typicals, which is surprising. I would think the giant would be closer to the top!

I mean look at that drop rack again—you will never see a more impressive animal. comment

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Paul-NJ's Gravatar Looks like a triple-drop-tine! That sucker has it all- character, mass, width, drops, length. What a beautiful animal.
# Posted By Paul-NJ | 7/20/10 11:27 AM
Buddy in South Central Viginia's Gravatar That is surely a once in a lifetime animal. Makes you want to move to the land of OZ.
# Posted By Buddy in South Central Viginia | 7/20/10 1:58 PM
David in NC's Gravatar That buck is incredible. The tine length, mass, and drops are all ridiculous. This deer should be a record of some kind. I think he falls in the scoring gap between a typical and non-typical. He has a huge, massive typical frame, but too many non-typical inches to score as a typical. However, even with multiple drop tines, he doesn't have the dozen or more non-typical points that some more gnarly deer have. His place among non-typicals really doesn't do this deer justice.
# Posted By David in NC | 7/20/10 2:13 PM
Buckwheat's Gravatar Great buck!!!! Gotta hunt where the big boys live.
# Posted By Buckwheat | 7/20/10 3:51 PM
Kyle G's Gravatar Id probably need a new pair of pants if i saw that thing walking down a trail towards my stand
# Posted By Kyle G | 7/20/10 6:52 PM
Whitetail Hunting Nut's Gravatar Incredible Non-typical Whitetail deer. Kansas has definately got some incredible trophy whitetail hunting.
# Posted By Whitetail Hunting Nut | 8/7/10 2:17 PM
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