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Big bucks: You love 'em, we run 'em. The stunner of 2007 was this 35-pointer shot by Casey Heine, from Beaver Dam, Wis. As the 22-year-old recounted the tale, he was getting eaten alive by mosquitoes in a bean field when he saw two bucks near a fence. He stopped this beautiful freak with a doe bleat from his mouth, then drove an arrow behind his right shoulder.  This atypical Missouri buck may not blow up on the B & C the way Heine's will, but it was no less meaningful.
Rick Wade, a plumber from little Warsaw, Mo., took this 19-pointer on opening day as the big fella was apparently in pursuit of a couple of does. And speaking of recounting tales: Wade said he must've tallied the tines on that rack a half-dozen times to make himself believe its size.  James Hall took this trophy buck while on assignment in Illinois for ESPNOutdoors.com. You might assume by their poses in this photo that the hunted and the hunter aren't on good terms.
Far from it; Hall wrote at the time, "It all happened so quickly the nerves hit me after the deer is dead. I look at my hands and they are shaking — I'm short of breath — my heart rate has skyrocketed. It's unbelievable the effect a whitetail can have on the human body."  "Advantage Adventures" host Tom Miranda also sent us a dispatch about an Illinois hunt.
Miranda wrote of taking this 14-point non-typical buck from Pike County, "It was an on-again, off-again ride in the tree stand and a hunt I'll never forget." Nice to know that even TV bigshots feel it when they take big shots. This could be a shot from the reality show "Dancing With Them When Animals Attack," or it could be a family photo from Steve Porter's trophy buck farm in Minnesota.  Porter, who earns as much as $10,000 for a trophy whitetail, says that in a few more generations of selective breeding, he'll be able to produce animals beyond 230 B & C.
And perhaps a few who know how to execute a proper Samba step. And then we have your submissions, readers. Six bucks a-laying is only a start, because we know your patience and skill are paying off with some fine specimens, like this 175-pound whitetail that Kelly Guinn found in Woods County, Okla. (below) Keep 'em coming in the New Year. Here's the submission link.
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