Bowhunter Josh Heuser tagged “a buck of 10 lifetimes” final week whereas looking in his dwelling state of Missouri. That’s in accordance with Clint Schwach, who captured some stunning pictures of Heuser’s goliath whitetail. The buck is an absolute stunner, and various persons are already questioning aloud if the deer might be a brand new Missouri state archery report.
That report presently belongs to Randy Simonitch, who arrowed a 269 7/8-inch nontypical whitetail in Pike County in 2000. Though it’s unknown if anybody has put a tape to Heuser’s buck, many hunters are chiming in on social media claiming it might simply fall someplace within the higher 200-inch class. Heuser, who is likely one of the hosts of “Respect the Sport TV”, has not but responded to interview requests.
“Josh Heuser, son of Kent Heuser, simply shot the largest free vary Missouri buck I’ve ever seen! I’m positive that we’ll hear extra about this buck over the subsequent 12 months,” Jesse Maruschak, an skilled public land hunter wrote in a Fb submit on Sept. 29. “It completely dwarfs my 193-inch buck. It’s most likely 280+!!!”
Particulars round Heuser’s trophy whitetail are nonetheless rising. However in accordance with social media posts by the hunter himself, Heuser had an extended historical past with the buck he nicknamed “Louis.” He had watched the buck develop since 2018, which he proved by sharing path cam pictures on Fb of the deer over time.
“Us 4 lined numerous miles within the pickup this summer time,” wrote Houser, who stated that bringing his household alongside to scout made the entire expertise much more memorable. “The youngsters would watch films within the backseat whereas I glassed. Truck piled with snacks and juices we have been able to roll. 5 years of watching him got here to a detailed.”
The web looking world has already blown up over the buck, which has a jaw-dropping variety of factors coming off a set of large, palmated foremost beams. For a proud Missourian like Heuser, the deer belongs in the identical class because the Missouri Monarch, the standing world-record non-typical whitetail buck that was discovered lifeless in St. Louis County in 1981. Even when it doesn’t set a brand new report for the largest buck ever arrowed within the Present Me State, the deer represents the top of Heuser’s whitetail looking profession, which he alluded to in a heartfelt Fb submit on Sept. 28.
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“As a toddler I dreamt of an animal like this. I might conceal behind bushes within the yard with a BB gun and fake to shoot large bucks,” Heuser wrote. “For this story to return to an finish after many prayers. Many egocentric prayers I’ll add is simply unimaginable. I’m nonetheless in shock. My very personal Missouri Monarch. 5 lengthy years of watching this deer is lastly over. I discovered so much about myself on this journey. (Louis) you performed one hell of a chess match. For everybody that helped me alongside the way in which I say thanks. Your presence and love goes farther than y’all suppose.”
