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August 21, 2009

Giant Sioux Falls Buck is Back and Bigger Than Ever

By Scott Bestul

I’ve made several posts regarding the huge non-typical whitetail living within the Sioux Falls, South Dakota, city limits shown below. Well the buck continues to not only live, but thrive.For an update on how he looks wearing his ’09 antlers, check out this video.

I truly get a kick out of stuff like this. Here is a wild, free-ranging deer that not only has the right stuff to grow huge...he also has the good fortune of living in an area where, for much of the year, he enjoys some protection. And as local officials and state game agency folk have pointed out before, the more coverage this buck gets, the safer he stays. I have no doubt there are poachers or thrill-killers watching this buck; there are also lots and lots of good folk doing the same. And the more good folk, the merrier, in my book.

Obviously I would have zero problem with a hunter taking this buck in a legal situation. But if that doesn’t occur, I will get an even bigger charge out of just watching this old boy grow older.

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from buckhunter wrote 2 years 24 weeks ago

Very nice deer. From the video it looks to be in a pretty rural area. Maybe it will travel outside of the city limits during the rut and let some lucky hunter have a shot at it.

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from muskiemaster wrote 2 years 24 weeks ago

now the only thing we need him to do is stay away from predation. sioux falls is a great place for a large buck for him to live another place I could see a large deer like him living in south dakota is in the shelter and security of the black hills.

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from seadog wrote 2 years 24 weeks ago

Beautiful animal. I hope he lives long & procreates. If someone takes him, that's fine, but I hope it's not a poacher.

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from Hunt_Hard wrote 2 years 24 weeks ago

Its not to majestic for me! Dont get me wrong, it is a beautiful animal, but it would be WAY prettier on my wall . 8]

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from fishallday wrote 2 years 24 weeks ago

that deer is massive

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from Jere Smith wrote 2 years 24 weeks ago

If a LEGAL and ethical hunter takes him Good! But more likely some punk with cut loose with an AR in the city park and leave him there!

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from libertyfirst wrote 2 years 24 weeks ago

Absolutely beautiful animal! I don't believe that any animal on this planet compares to the Majesty of a large Whitetail buck! I've watched them all of my life and I never see enough.

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from ranger2 wrote 2 years 24 weeks ago

That deer's rack is bigger than Dolly Parton's!
Do they call it the Dolly buck?

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from Big C wrote 2 years 24 weeks ago

Nice buck!! It would be cool to see something of that size in the wild. I don't mean to shoot it (although that would be nice) but even just being able to catch a glimpse of something that big would be an awesome thing to see.

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from dave the bowhunter wrote 2 years 24 weeks ago

he would make a nice target for my recurve,but he would be nice to see get old to,he would be to easy to get every body around has set there and watched him .

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from dave the bowhunter wrote 2 years 24 weeks ago

why aint there a new picture of him on here

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from Jakerite wrote 2 years 22 weeks ago

The nice thing is he lives in my backyard. I overlook the valley

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from FloridaHunter1226 wrote 2 years 15 weeks ago

Looks like a dream of a whitetail. That is what people do not get about hunting... its not all about killing the animal. I would probably get as much joy or even more joy watching this animal than I ever would harvesting it.

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from peteymit wrote 1 year 23 weeks ago

I know this is way late to the table here, but this buck is still alive. In '05 I used to walk the outdoor range at the local archery shop, and I saw him as a two year old or so. He already had some crazy things going on just on a smaller scale. It's really nice to see what he's developed into.

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from buckhunter wrote 2 years 24 weeks ago

Very nice deer. From the video it looks to be in a pretty rural area. Maybe it will travel outside of the city limits during the rut and let some lucky hunter have a shot at it.

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from muskiemaster wrote 2 years 24 weeks ago

now the only thing we need him to do is stay away from predation. sioux falls is a great place for a large buck for him to live another place I could see a large deer like him living in south dakota is in the shelter and security of the black hills.

+2 Good Comment? | | Report
from seadog wrote 2 years 24 weeks ago

Beautiful animal. I hope he lives long & procreates. If someone takes him, that's fine, but I hope it's not a poacher.

+2 Good Comment? | | Report
from Hunt_Hard wrote 2 years 24 weeks ago

Its not to majestic for me! Dont get me wrong, it is a beautiful animal, but it would be WAY prettier on my wall . 8]

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from fishallday wrote 2 years 24 weeks ago

that deer is massive

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from Jere Smith wrote 2 years 24 weeks ago

If a LEGAL and ethical hunter takes him Good! But more likely some punk with cut loose with an AR in the city park and leave him there!

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from libertyfirst wrote 2 years 24 weeks ago

Absolutely beautiful animal! I don't believe that any animal on this planet compares to the Majesty of a large Whitetail buck! I've watched them all of my life and I never see enough.

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from ranger2 wrote 2 years 24 weeks ago

That deer's rack is bigger than Dolly Parton's!
Do they call it the Dolly buck?

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from Big C wrote 2 years 24 weeks ago

Nice buck!! It would be cool to see something of that size in the wild. I don't mean to shoot it (although that would be nice) but even just being able to catch a glimpse of something that big would be an awesome thing to see.

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from dave the bowhunter wrote 2 years 24 weeks ago

he would make a nice target for my recurve,but he would be nice to see get old to,he would be to easy to get every body around has set there and watched him .

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from dave the bowhunter wrote 2 years 24 weeks ago

why aint there a new picture of him on here

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from Jakerite wrote 2 years 22 weeks ago

The nice thing is he lives in my backyard. I overlook the valley

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from FloridaHunter1226 wrote 2 years 15 weeks ago

Looks like a dream of a whitetail. That is what people do not get about hunting... its not all about killing the animal. I would probably get as much joy or even more joy watching this animal than I ever would harvesting it.

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from peteymit wrote 1 year 23 weeks ago

I know this is way late to the table here, but this buck is still alive. In '05 I used to walk the outdoor range at the local archery shop, and I saw him as a two year old or so. He already had some crazy things going on just on a smaller scale. It's really nice to see what he's developed into.

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