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Illinois Bowhunter Tags 29-Point Drop-Tine Buck in McDonough County
Illinois Bowhunter Tags 29-Point Drop-Tine Buck in McDonough County
Meet the latest giant buck to come out of western Illinois: A 29-point 240-class nontypical taken Oct. 10 by Nate Campbell of Beardstown. Campbell’s trophy looks to be the biggest buck tagged in The Prairie State so far this fall.
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That is just outstanding. It is like the dream everyone has to have a huge and magnificant buck step out that you never laid eyes on before. Dreams like that are what keep you alert during the slow periods in stand. I wonder how old it is?
Awesome deer! I want to join that archery club. As i went through the pictures points and features just kept appearing. congrats on an amazing deer!
When I have dreams of shooting a monster buck, that is what it looks like.CONGRATS.
wow... amazing growth and mass that deer has one of the most amazing racks i have ever seen come out of a wild deer. so much character. Congrats on a great buck
holy cow man great job had to be the most nerve racking shot of your life. I have seen some pretty big deer (never in deer season, my luck) but that one is a monster great to see big deer coming out of the mid west i hope i can see one like that in my woods this season
Fantastic! Congratulations. I'm still waiting to hear if I get to try for a double drop we had come past a trail cam. Otherwise I'm spending this whole upcoming weekend chasing a massive 8 point that we think could be in the mid 170 class. Hope I can post some pictures in less than 5 days.
Pike's great, but the action has moved up the river. McDonough and Fulton are the good spots to be. I'm currently attending WIU and for the last two years I've had to skip out on archery club due to a night class. This is the only big deer I've heard of being taken yet this season in our part of Illinois. I get to chat up hunters from all over the country, as well as a few well know locals. I get to see Scott Dexter's "Macomb Monster" every day I work, and Scott himself stops in every now and then to chat us up. If you come to Illinois, let the little ones walk. Pike has been cleaned out of it's once great deer heard. There are still giants, but with poor outfitting there aren't as many young bucks making it to maturity.
Pike's great, but the action has moved up the river. McDonough and Fulton are the good spots to be. I'm currently attending WIU and for the last two years I've had to skip out on archery club due to a night class. This is the only big deer I've heard of being taken yet this season in our part of Illinois. I get to chat up hunters from all over the country, as well as a few well know locals. I get to see Scott Dexter's "Macomb Monster" every day I work, and Scott himself stops in every now and then to chat us up. If you come to Illinois, let the little ones walk. Pike has been cleaned out of it's once great deer heard. There are still giants, but with poor outfitting there aren't as many young bucks making it to maturity.
What a true monster of a deer. Its great to see an animal come of of an unexpected area and to hear how thrilled he was to take it.
What a buck some people have all the luck but i rather be lucky than good any day i just cant get over how big this deer is and all the points coming out every where congrads on a magnificent buck i dont think you can ever beat that in your life time if you do iam coming to ill. and hunting beside you.
That's a heck of a buck. No doubt it tested the nerves pulling back on this giant. Congratulations.
That is a great deer. In my case I would have to let that go. Not for the fact that yes it is an awesome deer just for the fact for the rest of my life I would not be able to top it and the urge to hunt would not be as strong. Who am I kidding who cares after something like that. I would probably have been shaking so bad that I never would have seen the arrow leave or what tree it hit. That deer would have been safe. Great shot and congratulations again.
theres a buck about that size just over the indiana border where I live, but I havnt seen it since they started taking crops out. I would love to know were it holed up.
wow thats one heck of a deer
Awesome story, awesome deer! Wow, that is a buck of a lifetime!
Thats an amazing buck! unless your god or something you are never going to be able to top that for the rest of your life. Congrats man!
NICE DEER!!!!!
Wow Nice BUck!
NICE SHOT!
Congrats Nate!!! You have taken an awesome buck, savor the moment and thank God for this incredible animal. This deer will bring joy to your life for many years.
Wow, great deer. That's amazing!
This is great, i hope that i can someday top that.
That away to make illinois look good... what county were you hunting in?? I seen that it said western so im guessing you were in Pike County or somewhere around there?
Great buck! That has to be a awesome to drop a buck like that again great job!!
awesome feeling sorry got distracted
wow what a buck this one must have been hard to track
We pass deer like this up on my farm.
That thing is huge!! NICE BUCK!!
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That is just outstanding. It is like the dream everyone has to have a huge and magnificant buck step out that you never laid eyes on before. Dreams like that are what keep you alert during the slow periods in stand. I wonder how old it is?
When I have dreams of shooting a monster buck, that is what it looks like.CONGRATS.
wow... amazing growth and mass that deer has one of the most amazing racks i have ever seen come out of a wild deer. so much character. Congrats on a great buck
holy cow man great job had to be the most nerve racking shot of your life. I have seen some pretty big deer (never in deer season, my luck) but that one is a monster great to see big deer coming out of the mid west i hope i can see one like that in my woods this season
Awesome deer! I want to join that archery club. As i went through the pictures points and features just kept appearing. congrats on an amazing deer!
Fantastic! Congratulations. I'm still waiting to hear if I get to try for a double drop we had come past a trail cam. Otherwise I'm spending this whole upcoming weekend chasing a massive 8 point that we think could be in the mid 170 class. Hope I can post some pictures in less than 5 days.
What a true monster of a deer. Its great to see an animal come of of an unexpected area and to hear how thrilled he was to take it.
What a buck some people have all the luck but i rather be lucky than good any day i just cant get over how big this deer is and all the points coming out every where congrads on a magnificent buck i dont think you can ever beat that in your life time if you do iam coming to ill. and hunting beside you.
That's a heck of a buck. No doubt it tested the nerves pulling back on this giant. Congratulations.
That is a great deer. In my case I would have to let that go. Not for the fact that yes it is an awesome deer just for the fact for the rest of my life I would not be able to top it and the urge to hunt would not be as strong. Who am I kidding who cares after something like that. I would probably have been shaking so bad that I never would have seen the arrow leave or what tree it hit. That deer would have been safe. Great shot and congratulations again.
theres a buck about that size just over the indiana border where I live, but I havnt seen it since they started taking crops out. I would love to know were it holed up.
wow thats one heck of a deer
Awesome story, awesome deer! Wow, that is a buck of a lifetime!
Thats an amazing buck! unless your god or something you are never going to be able to top that for the rest of your life. Congrats man!
Pike's great, but the action has moved up the river. McDonough and Fulton are the good spots to be. I'm currently attending WIU and for the last two years I've had to skip out on archery club due to a night class. This is the only big deer I've heard of being taken yet this season in our part of Illinois. I get to chat up hunters from all over the country, as well as a few well know locals. I get to see Scott Dexter's "Macomb Monster" every day I work, and Scott himself stops in every now and then to chat us up. If you come to Illinois, let the little ones walk. Pike has been cleaned out of it's once great deer heard. There are still giants, but with poor outfitting there aren't as many young bucks making it to maturity.
Pike's great, but the action has moved up the river. McDonough and Fulton are the good spots to be. I'm currently attending WIU and for the last two years I've had to skip out on archery club due to a night class. This is the only big deer I've heard of being taken yet this season in our part of Illinois. I get to chat up hunters from all over the country, as well as a few well know locals. I get to see Scott Dexter's "Macomb Monster" every day I work, and Scott himself stops in every now and then to chat us up. If you come to Illinois, let the little ones walk. Pike has been cleaned out of it's once great deer heard. There are still giants, but with poor outfitting there aren't as many young bucks making it to maturity.
NICE DEER!!!!!
Wow Nice BUck!
NICE SHOT!
Congrats Nate!!! You have taken an awesome buck, savor the moment and thank God for this incredible animal. This deer will bring joy to your life for many years.
Wow, great deer. That's amazing!
This is great, i hope that i can someday top that.
That away to make illinois look good... what county were you hunting in?? I seen that it said western so im guessing you were in Pike County or somewhere around there?
Great buck! That has to be a awesome to drop a buck like that again great job!!
awesome feeling sorry got distracted
wow what a buck this one must have been hard to track
That thing is huge!! NICE BUCK!!
We pass deer like this up on my farm.
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