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Husband and Wife Team Take 29-Point Nontypical Indiana Buck
Husband and Wife Team Take 29-Point Nontypical Indiana Buck
Correction: Earlier, we reported that this buck was killed with a .44 magnum handgun. This was incorrect. The deer fell to a lever-action rifle chambered for the .44 mag handgun round.
Eric Hinderliter and his wife, Brita, are both avid hunters who spend much of the year afield in southern Indiana chasing trophy animals together. “I love sharing this time with her,” Hinderliter says, “but ever since we met she has managed to show me up with higher-scoring bucks and longer-bearded turkeys. I always catch grief from my buddies.”
Not any more. During a morning hunt in mid-November, Hinderliter, a 24-year-old petroleum service technician from New Harmony, Ind., dropped this 29-point nontypical while hunting beside his wife. The unofficial green score grossed 221 6/8.
Click through the slides to read his story, as told to Steven Hill.
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what a great experience and an awesome deer
What a deer!!!! Good thing they didn't shoot the doe, congrads!
awesome experience and awesome deer.
That's a great rack & a really good lesson about patience. Good decision to pass on the doe & wait on the buck.
Hey you two. "Congrats" on the Buck ,Eric. Good thing you guy's stayed home too hunt this season instead of going home. Nice looking Buck Congrats again. you guy's take care
I have 2 thoughts on this deer. 1st what a great deer and congratulations on your trophy. 2nd I am all for monstrous deer coming from Indiana but that deer alone (Holy crap is it big) will bring out of staters into the state to try to harvest the animals that we have been growing since the 1 buck rule came about. Please leave our deer alone.:-) Illinois has plenty just incase your curious. And just in case you think I am serious I am kinda
NIce Buck! Cool Story!
awesome buck! congrats
Great buck, and nice that you two were able to share in the moment, and both have the opportunity to take a shot!
What a great story. It goes to show that someone who puts others above himself will eventually get a great payoff.
Amazing buck!
awesome deer and a great story to go with it something you will never forget.
Dad, friend, and wife was with him? couldn't get any better.
beers123, dont be tellin people to come to illinois! lol i have enough problems with them out of staters leasin all the hunting ground just tell em to stay in their own states lol giant buck, good times, great memories, cant get any better
Louie
NICE BUCK
Nice Buck better story. I am hoping to get my GF in the woods with me for turkey season this year
WOAH! monster buck
wow great deer and even greater story. man cant beat that. And glad to see a big deer shot here in indiana gives me hope now with muzzleloader and late archery in... and here in indiana the deer are big (body weight wise) there is plenty of and a good variety of crops. I hav on several occasions shot does that weighed 200-240 field dressed... i would say my average weight on does is 200lbs + or - a pound... bucks that are six points or higher weigh from 240 up
a few friends of mine hunt on my property as well and the last three years one of the four of us has shot a buck that weighed over 300lbs field dressed. We have no additional feed outside of normal crops
i will have to find some of the pics and get them uploaded on here
Great Buck! He looks like he carries the mass out to the tips, and all those stickers and the spread.
It's nice to know you got to share that magical time w/your better half. Congrat's
Wow what a monster!
Louie
For years now people have been going to Illinois and leaving Indiana. I Like It. Now with certain pro hunters shooting big bucks 2 counties away from me last year and the big bucks I have seen on this website I dont want people to know that we have been hiding these deer the whole time. I have a buddy that lives in west central Ill and he tells me all the time how many out of staters yall got. You can have em. LOL
whitetail Hunter
where in Indiana do you live with an average field dressed doe weighing in at 200+ lbs that is huge for NE IN.
Wow, nice buck tons of points . Must be nice to see a buck that big and then harvest it, more meaningfull with the wife with him.
I'd say this guy's wife is his good luck charm. They both took shots at this great buck; he connected. But, according to the story, when they spotted the doe the husband urged his wife to shoot it. His wife declined, noticing the doe's behavior. She chose to wait to see if a buck was following.
So congrats to the husband for being a better shot. And congrats to the wife for being a better hunter. Perhaps this is why she's outscored him in the past.
And I disagree with this guy when he said in the story that his wife "has some major catching up to do." Don't miss the valuable lesson your wife just taught you.
Wow to get a second shot at that buck and share the hunt with your family just awesome cant ask for a better story!
wow man that is a hhuge buck congrats but why dont you try hunting in new york where that is just a little bit bigger than a typical one.
I sure wish i seen bucks like that!
cONGRATS ERIC GREAT JOB.
Itook my girlfriend out huntin with this bow season and she shot her first deer a nice 8 point she was in shock when she seen it hit the ground it was a great feeling and an evan better experiance but that's a monster hope you guys get another giant next year good luck
This is why I Deer hunt. Knowing something like this is out there... Great Deer probably going to be a once in a lifetime Buck....Congrats !
I shoot a 180 class 12 point when I was 16. I'm now 47 and I still have not topped it. And I hunt alot, got close but Deer like that normally live in Dreams....Awesome Job !
Outstanding Eric and Brita!!!I`ve seen alot of Indiana bucks but this one`s pretty special!!
We have no additional feed outside of normal crops | canada goose outlet
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I have 2 thoughts on this deer. 1st what a great deer and congratulations on your trophy. 2nd I am all for monstrous deer coming from Indiana but that deer alone (Holy crap is it big) will bring out of staters into the state to try to harvest the animals that we have been growing since the 1 buck rule came about. Please leave our deer alone.:-) Illinois has plenty just incase your curious. And just in case you think I am serious I am kinda
Great buck, and nice that you two were able to share in the moment, and both have the opportunity to take a shot!
What a deer!!!! Good thing they didn't shoot the doe, congrads!
awesome experience and awesome deer.
WOAH! monster buck
Great Buck! He looks like he carries the mass out to the tips, and all those stickers and the spread.
It's nice to know you got to share that magical time w/your better half. Congrat's
Wow what a monster!
what a great experience and an awesome deer
That's a great rack & a really good lesson about patience. Good decision to pass on the doe & wait on the buck.
Hey you two. "Congrats" on the Buck ,Eric. Good thing you guy's stayed home too hunt this season instead of going home. Nice looking Buck Congrats again. you guy's take care
NIce Buck! Cool Story!
awesome buck! congrats
What a great story. It goes to show that someone who puts others above himself will eventually get a great payoff.
Amazing buck!
awesome deer and a great story to go with it something you will never forget.
Dad, friend, and wife was with him? couldn't get any better.
beers123, dont be tellin people to come to illinois! lol i have enough problems with them out of staters leasin all the hunting ground just tell em to stay in their own states lol giant buck, good times, great memories, cant get any better
Louie
NICE BUCK
Nice Buck better story. I am hoping to get my GF in the woods with me for turkey season this year
wow great deer and even greater story. man cant beat that. And glad to see a big deer shot here in indiana gives me hope now with muzzleloader and late archery in... and here in indiana the deer are big (body weight wise) there is plenty of and a good variety of crops. I hav on several occasions shot does that weighed 200-240 field dressed... i would say my average weight on does is 200lbs + or - a pound... bucks that are six points or higher weigh from 240 up
a few friends of mine hunt on my property as well and the last three years one of the four of us has shot a buck that weighed over 300lbs field dressed. We have no additional feed outside of normal crops
i will have to find some of the pics and get them uploaded on here
Louie
For years now people have been going to Illinois and leaving Indiana. I Like It. Now with certain pro hunters shooting big bucks 2 counties away from me last year and the big bucks I have seen on this website I dont want people to know that we have been hiding these deer the whole time. I have a buddy that lives in west central Ill and he tells me all the time how many out of staters yall got. You can have em. LOL
whitetail Hunter
where in Indiana do you live with an average field dressed doe weighing in at 200+ lbs that is huge for NE IN.
Wow, nice buck tons of points . Must be nice to see a buck that big and then harvest it, more meaningfull with the wife with him.
cONGRATS ERIC GREAT JOB.
I'd say this guy's wife is his good luck charm. They both took shots at this great buck; he connected. But, according to the story, when they spotted the doe the husband urged his wife to shoot it. His wife declined, noticing the doe's behavior. She chose to wait to see if a buck was following.
So congrats to the husband for being a better shot. And congrats to the wife for being a better hunter. Perhaps this is why she's outscored him in the past.
And I disagree with this guy when he said in the story that his wife "has some major catching up to do." Don't miss the valuable lesson your wife just taught you.
Wow to get a second shot at that buck and share the hunt with your family just awesome cant ask for a better story!
wow man that is a hhuge buck congrats but why dont you try hunting in new york where that is just a little bit bigger than a typical one.
I sure wish i seen bucks like that!
Itook my girlfriend out huntin with this bow season and she shot her first deer a nice 8 point she was in shock when she seen it hit the ground it was a great feeling and an evan better experiance but that's a monster hope you guys get another giant next year good luck
This is why I Deer hunt. Knowing something like this is out there... Great Deer probably going to be a once in a lifetime Buck....Congrats !
I shoot a 180 class 12 point when I was 16. I'm now 47 and I still have not topped it. And I hunt alot, got close but Deer like that normally live in Dreams....Awesome Job !
Outstanding Eric and Brita!!!I`ve seen alot of Indiana bucks but this one`s pretty special!!
We have no additional feed outside of normal crops | canada goose outlet
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