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How High in the Tree Were You When You Killed Your Biggest Buck?

I hunt anywhere from 30 feet up to -10 below ground level. My biggest buck was killed when I was about 12 feet up. Shot was about 12 yards, if that. It is all situational. Do what the situation dictates. Most of the time I climb at least 20 feet.
 
DroptineKrazy said:
Can you post a pic for us? That's a deer of a lifetime right there.
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I’ve shared this story before, swear I’m not a regular feeder hunter but knew he was around, biggest deer I’ve ever seen was desperate and hiked a feeder and corn across a river and way back in. I didn’t know this but he visited that feeder once about a week after I set it, the next day he visited again and I shot him. Afterward the trailcam told me how it went down. When I went up the tree I had no idea if he found the feeder or not, or if he was a mile away, I hadn’t seen any sign of him for a month. Booner if he hadn’t broken that dang brow.
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NMSbowhunter said:
I hunt anywhere from 30 feet up to -10 below ground level. My biggest buck was killed when I was about 12 feet up. Shot was about 12 yards, if that. It is all situational. Do what the situation dictates. Most of the time I climb at least 20 feet.
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how does one hunt at -10 ft? Or was -10 below a crafty way of saying 10? Lol
 
Mine was at 12 feet in tree. Max height I could get because of all the splits, but tree I needed to be in. Shot him at 8 yards.

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HuskerInIowa said:
Biggest so far was about 8 feet when I was 16 years old. Didn’t get it mounted, decided to wait until I got something even bigger. 25 years later….anyway like I said 8 feet.
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That's why my 29.5" walleye is on my wall. Wanted to get a 30" to mount it but I know that most likely won't happen.
Biggest buck was from a 16' ladder stand at 17 yards or so. All I knew is he was took the trail inside the 20 yard bush.
Biggest buck from a saddle was like 12' but I was on the uphill side of a ditch so probably 18' over the deer with a 30 yard shot
 
Crazy but my biggest I got from the ground. Sat in the tall CRP because there weren’t any good trees around. Somehow it worked out. I credit the hunting public for giving me the confidence to even try it.

second biggest was 18 feet up.
 

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