Thought you fellows might like to see this deer taken on the King Ranch (850,000 low fenced acres). Gross score is 243. A friend sent me the picture and I don't have any further details.

http://home.awesomenet.net/~ranch-dog/Hunting/Images/King Ranch Deer 243.jpg

What a nice deer. I believe I used to drive by the King ranch on my way to Larado. I can remember the cactus and all the deer stands there.

I think I've driven by the King Ranch anytime I drive around TX. ;)

Looks like his momma got friendly with an ELK! I suppose it's somewhat deceptive with the smaller bodied deer in TX, but that's a monster rack one way or the next...and you don't see the uniformity in drop tines very often.

Wow, that deer has everything. Thx RD! I think somebody has perfected genetic engineering (send them up to Idaho, please).

Gawd! That makes my heart pound in my chest knowing his genes might get passed on to to one in the cross hair of my scope one day here in Texas!

What a great deer! What do you do after that, retire from hunting? Not
I did read somewhere that there are no permanent hunting stands on that ranch, is that correct?

Well, I did a little snooping on the internet and this picture is a hoax. I found this...

06:51 PM CST on Saturday, November 26, 2005

Justin Feild learned a valuable lesson about the Internet this month. Feild guides whitetail hunters for the world-famous King Ranch. The King Ranch is an 825,000-acre Texas wildlife paradise, the sort of place that routinely produces huge bucks and occasionally yields a monster.

In 1998, King Ranch cowboy Adan Alvarez shot a 26-pointer that scored 229 4/8 Boone and Crockett non-typical points. It's the sixth-biggest non-typical Texas buck ever reported to B&C. In 1973, New Yorker Alexander Guest shot a King Ranch 12-pointer that scored 1944/8 typical B&C points, still the third-best typical in Texas history.

As a joke, Feild had a photo taken of himself with a client's nice buck. The wide-antlered deer had a small droptine and scored about 159 B&C. Like a fisherman holding his catch out toward the camera, Feild squatted well behind the deer to make it look bigger.

He then sent the digital photo to a handful of friends, along with an outrageous list of measurements that totaled 243 gross typical points.

"It was a joke," said a chagrined Feild, "but it got totally out of hand. Within two days, that e-mailed photo had traveled from California to Florida and everywhere in between. The day after I sent the original e-mail, I sent out an e-mail explaining it was just a joke, but it was too late."

Feild has seen various versions of his original e-mail. Some call the deer a new world record. Others make fun of a professional deer guide who missed a score by about 80 inches.

"I've gotten some interesting phone calls," Feild said. "I've learned a lesson about playing jokes on the Internet. It can get away from you real quick."

Well, I did a little snooping on the internet and this picture is a hoax. I found this...

06:51 PM CST on Saturday, November 26, 2005

Justin Feild learned a valuable lesson about the Internet this month. Feild guides whitetail hunters for the world-famous King Ranch. The King Ranch is an 825,000-acre Texas wildlife paradise, the sort of place that routinely produces huge bucks and occasionally yields a monster.

In 1998, King Ranch cowboy Adan Alvarez shot a 26-pointer that scored 229 4/8 Boone and Crockett non-typical points. It's the sixth-biggest non-typical Texas buck ever reported to B&C. In 1973, New Yorker Alexander Guest shot a King Ranch 12-pointer that scored 1944/8 typical B&C points, still the third-best typical in Texas history.

As a joke, Feild had a photo taken of himself with a client's nice buck. The wide-antlered deer had a small droptine and scored about 159 B&C. Like a fisherman holding his catch out toward the camera, Feild squatted well behind the deer to make it look bigger.

He then sent the digital photo to a handful of friends, along with an outrageous list of measurements that totaled 243 gross typical points.

"It was a joke," said a chagrined Feild, "but it got totally out of hand. Within two days, that e-mailed photo had traveled from California to Florida and everywhere in between. The day after I sent the original e-mail, I sent out an e-mail explaining it was just a joke, but it was too late."

Feild has seen various versions of his original e-mail. Some call the deer a new world record. Others make fun of a professional deer guide who missed a score by about 80 inches.

"I've gotten some interesting phone calls," Feild said. "I've learned a lesson about playing jokes on the Internet. It can get away from you real quick."
Does anyone remember what happened to the guy in Michigan I believe that claimed a 230- 235 typical B&C buck a few years ago?
It had a 30 inch width. Once the glare of the spotlight hit him, he just vanished.

Believe that was another scam.

As I recall, he had an "unnamed official B&C scorer" score the buck and verify the size. Then when several gun writers challenged him to produce the rack for verification he began to hem and haw and then refused to produce. Said he had a private buyer interested and didn't want to queer the deal.

I think the Michigan mystery buck was shot by a guy named Chipola or Shipola.

God bless that wide angle lens. I've sure caught a bunch of "BIG" fish due to its talents!! :p

God bless that wide angle lens. I've sure caught a bunch of "BIG" fish due to its talents!! :p

I lived in Texas for 12 years, great place, but I never got over the "genetic tic" that makes some fisherman hold their small fish out at arms length towards the camera. I've seen some pretty small bass strutted around like they were one of King Neptune's own private stock from Lake Fork.