Posted on 11/26/2022 4:29:03 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
It’s tough to tell which fact is more surprising: That a red stag deer, not native to North America, was roaming around Randolph County, Alabama. Or that, after countless veteran hunters sought this elusive animal for months, a teenager who never harvested a deer in nearly 50 previous hunts, is the guy who killed it. Or that this specimen — estimated at more than 300 pounds — was so big, part of it dangled from his GMC Z71 pickup truck on the way to the processor, where it was too heavy for one scale and maxed out another. Or that he dropped this bodacious buck from 32 yards away with one shot from a crossbow. “A perfect shot,” said the victorious hunter, Coye Potts, 16, a junior at Handley High School in Roanoke.
Coye’s maternal grandfather, Phillip Taylor, lives about 6 miles from the Georgia border in Rock Mills, Alabama. About a year ago, he periodically saw a deer that “looked like a darn moose” venture out of the woods and into his goat pasture.
One week later, for a few hours before school on two consecutive days, Coye didn’t have a clear shot at all. Taylor encouraged his grandson to be patient. On his third day hunting that week, Nov. 3, Coye took one of his friends, Hudson Vowell, with him. Hudson, a 17-year-old homeschooler, used a rangefinder to spot for Coye.
Coye’s arrow was on target. It pierced the double lung and heart. The deer jumped. “He might have went 5 yards,” Coye said, “but he dropped right there.”
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Deja vu headline.
“Nobody needs an AR-15 to hunt deer.”
Plus, what's the deal with hunting deer while the grass is still green?
Everything about deer hunting in the south is just wrong, wrong, wrong.
Pretty puny for a Red Deer.
Maybe you’d be happier in Wisconsin.
Red Stag Habitat – United States
In the United States, red stags can mainly be found in grasslands, woodlands, and upland moors. There is a rather substantial population in Texas where red stag hunts have become popular. Since there are no restrictions on hunting red stags, this is a year-round hobby for hunters.
https://www.squawmountainranch.com/red-stag-habitat/
We live in the South because it isn't like Siberia.
Had an Axis deer show up with the goats one day. Thought of taking it, but just watched. Stayed all day. Hoped it would stay. Was gone next day, never saw it again.
Alabama has many big deer (Whitetail), just not as big as some. 180 - 200 lbs is not unusual.
I admit to being a little prejudiced. Albany, New York is as far West and as far South as I ever want to live.
Don't even get me going about snakes. Poisonous snakes, aggilators, to hell with all that.
Walked? Wild guess.
Bergmann’s rule: Northern critters are larger than southern. True of many other species.
Oh my! I’m impressed. Good job!
Assault cross bows should be banned!
Especially the automatic ones…….
Who knows
Shenanigans over super Boone and Crockett kills are commonplace
If it’s legit hats off
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