The story of the big 8

[hunter922jr]

Yesterday marked the end to a chapter I am still in disbelief I ever got the chance to close. I killed a buck we call the big 8 with a bow on our Cobb property. He came in at 715 following a doe that was 90 lbs at best and had no clue I was on earth and presented a 22 yard shot. We have had this deer on camera since 2017 and only had around 8 sets of pictures of him ever. He would only make one or two appearances a year and was a ghost to us. This year a large portion of our property where we got pictures of this buck was clear cut to put apartments and we basically just wrote it off as if we would never see the big 8 again. The pictures are in order the first is 2017, then 2019, 2020, 2021 (his biggest set of horns) and yesterday at 330 in the morning less than 4 hours before I killed him. We believe him to be atleast 8.5 years old. Thanks to my dad for helping me get him out (considering he probably weighed 220 with guts) and being my best hunting partner. Still just in shock of what happened.

 

[flatsmaster]

Yesterday marked the end to a chapter I am still in disbelief I ever got the chance to close. I killed a buck we call the big 8 with a bow on our Cobb property. He came in at 715 following a doe that was 90 lbs at best and had no clue I was on earth and presented a 22 yard shot. We have had this deer on camera since 2017 and only had around 8 sets of pictures of him ever. He would only make one or two appearances a year and was a ghost to us. This year a large portion of our property where we got pictures of this buck was clear cut to put apartments and we basically just wrote it off as if we would never see the big 8 again. The pictures are in order the first is 2017, then 2019, 2020, 2021 (his biggest set of horns) and yesterday at 330 in the morning less than 4 hours before I killed him. He ended up scoring 143 with right at 40 inches of circumference measurements and we believe him to be atleast 8.5 years old. Thanks to my dad for helping me get him out (considering he probably weighed 220 with guts) and being my best hunting partner. Still just in shock of what happened.

Congrats on a great ending to ur adventure and a fine buck !!!!

 

[Milkman]

Congrats on a great buck!!!

 

[4HAND]

Man oh man!
Congratulations!
Love your comment about your dad too. Sounds like he did a fine job raising you.

 

[mizzippi jb]

Always awesome you finally connect on 1 that you've known for so long. Bitter sweet.

 

[buckpasser]

Sweet ending to a cool deer story! Congrats!

 

[JustUs4All]

Very nice, congratulations.

 

[Sixes]

Congrats on an old warrior!

 

[Hunter922]

Truly has not sank in yet. I've been bow hunting for over 35 years and I've never been more shocked to see a harvested buck. We talked for years about this deer being impossible for us to get a shot at. He just didn't visit our property enough. No idea where he lived. A true mystery of a deer that honestly we were lucky to see much less put an arrow in.
Even after CJ called me fighting the tears and said " I just shot the Big 8" I didn't believe it. I thought he shot a PY deer but not THAT DEER.. Until we walked up on him I still didn't believe it was him. Well its him.. The boy has a horseshoe buried on him somewhere. But when they show up the former state champ Archer can pull a string and they are in trouble..
Couldn't be prouder of CJ, he's my life. The fact that he is such a great kid is frosting on the cake..

 

[Philnlucky]

Awesome buck! Congrats!

 

[kmaxwell3]

Great deer!!

 

[kmckinnie]

Thanks for sharing this epic adventure!
Congrats

 

[Mexican Squealer]

nice job dude…you and your pops got it going on! Congrats on another great deer

 

[slow motion]

Congratulations. Great buck and story

 

[Spotlite]

That’s awesome!! Congratulations man!! Good to have your Dad there to celebrate with you!!

 

[antharper]

Great team effort and heck of buck ! Congrats

 

[Hunter922]

We've scored a bunch of deer but I've never scored one like this. His mass measurements 39.5 and tine measurements 38.5 are almost identical. Add in 25 1/2 inch beams... Krazy...

 

[bfriendly]

Woohoo don’t say enough! But WOOHOO!! Goodness gracious y’all! What an epic Success story! I’m so glad y’all shared it with us! Congrats junior on getting THAT DEER! Man that’s awesome!

 

[uturn]

Sweet ending to a cool deer story! Congrats!

Agreed…Congratulations!

 

[Jim Thompson]

Great story, photos and a fine fine buck!