Whopper

manny15 · Jun 18, 2009

I know many have seen this guy already so spare me, just thought it was worth posting again cause this is the kinda buck that give me some sleepless nights......

never_catch · Jun 18, 2009

lol and some think a 22" 4 point is big...that thing is scary big in every aspect!! I'd know it was him the second pee started runnin down my leg...

~Z~

sageadvice · Jun 18, 2009

Yep, that's a pig sure enough, the stuff of dreams and desires!!

Joey

completesportsman · Jun 18, 2009

I've never seen it, what a HOG!

REDDOG · Jun 19, 2009

with fries

Model_70_Guy · Jun 19, 2009

That is the kind of buck that if I shot it and that is a big "if" because if I saw bones like that on a deer I would probably go in to cardiac arrest... but if I did kill it I wouldn't care if I ever shot another muley.. ever.

BUCKSPY · Jun 19, 2009

Louis Huntington buck. One of the greatest all time 300"ers from Colorado.

ICMDEER · Jun 19, 2009

What a stud. Do you know what year he was taken, BUCKSPY? I'd sure like to find his grandson/look-alike in 2009.

manny15 · Jun 19, 2009

LAST EDITED ON Jun-19-09 AT 09:28AM (MST)[p]First Picture: Nevada State Journal (Reno , NV) December 19, 1965; caption: "Salinas, Calif. -Experts call this spread of antlers a new world's record. Louis Huntington, Salinas rancher, bagged the deer in Colorado last week. The horns have a 41-1/2" spread, with racks of 16 points on one side and 13 on the other.(UPI Telephoto)"

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Top Ten Non-Typical Mule Deer from Colorado

1. 306 7/8 Montezuma, CO Lloyd Pyle 1972
2. 306 3/8 Douglas, CO Kyle Lopez 2007
3. 306 2/8 Norwood, CO Steve H. Herndon 1954
4. 304 5/8 Elk Creek, CO Andrew Daum 1886
5. 303 6/8 Eagle, CO James Austill 1962
6. 302 4/8 Paonia, CO Louis H. Huntington, Jr. 1965
7. 300 Mesa, CO George Blackmon, Jr. 1961
8. 297 5/8 Larimer, CO Jack Autrey 1941
9. 296 2/8 Mesa, CO Unknown 1981
10. 287 5/8 Montezuma, CO Travis Shippy 1985

MuskegMan · Jun 19, 2009

Mass 'n Trash - I LIKE IT!!!

FamilyMan · Jun 19, 2009

Absolutely unbelievable mass!!

Mark

NVMULEDEER1 · Jun 19, 2009

Wow that's one awesome buck! Great post!

Roy · Jun 19, 2009

I think the Cabelas here in Buda, TX has a replica of it - absolutely unbelieveable. One of the all time greats.

UTROY
Proverbs 21:19 (why I hunt!)

rmanwill · Jun 19, 2009

What a todd. He has it all!! Thanks for posting.

appleman · Jun 19, 2009

I only wish I knew how many bucks of that over all quality are alive and well today? And to narrow it down-how bout just Colorado? FABULOUS

BUCKSPY · Jun 19, 2009

I think 2 or 3 have been killed in the last 25 plus years so that ought to give you an idea. If anyone really thought a 300"er would be alive in Colorado today, those auction tags would have sold for over 150 g's apiece.

The odds of a 300 incher being alive anywhere right now are astronomically low. The 300 inch buck is a genetic freak amongst genetic freaks. You could concievably argue realistically that it could not happen again for years and possibly decades to come.

LowCountryElk · Jun 19, 2009

Is your glass half full or half empty? Sheesh....and the Kyle Lopez buck was killed just two years ago. We all know bucks like these are not behind every tree like those 400" bulls are in Utah, but bucks like this are why a whole lot of us go out there and sweat and/or freeze our balls off every fall. Its the hunt for what could be bro!!!

Hiker · Jun 19, 2009

You're right Kyle killed that big buck just two years ago but look how long it has been since a 300" buck has been killed before that. A extremely rare buck, no doubt. I have often wondered how many big monsters, that were nocturnal, had a great, secluded spot and managed to allude hunters year after year, succumb to a mountain lion.

Hiker

Proverbs 3:5-6

NVPete · Jun 19, 2009

I was a sophomore wildlife biology student at UNR in 1965 when I saw this newspaper pic. I clipped it out of the paper. I really don't care how he ranks in Colorado or all-time on a mule deer list somewhere, and I have seen a lot of pics, magazine articles, mounted full-bodied and deer heads, fresh -killed bucks all the years since- a lot of monster muleys- but something about the "mass'n'trash" as someone put it, and this deer's main frame- it is my all-time favorite monster buck! Thanks for posting again!

BUCKSPY · Jun 19, 2009

I'm right there with you NVPete. I remember seeing the Huntington Buck on a taxidermists brochure tacked on the wall of my buddy's amatuer taxidermy shop back in 1982 and was blown away. Etched into my subconcious ever since, its like an artist with an overactive imagination created the perfect dream buck. I would put it and the James Austill buck from Eagle County as the two greatest non-typs ever out of Colorado with the Albert Mulinex buck as the number 3 for sheer "WOW" factor even though its "just" in the 280's.