Huge buck! The one-time Iowa state archery record
The buck in this video is featured in the painting “Big Timber Bucks” by Larry Zach. See http://www.zachwildlifeart.com for more on this painting.
This video is composed of clips from video footage shot by Larry of his trophy deer and inspiration for the print “Big Timber Bucks.” The video shows the buck during the fall of 1999 and during the summer of 2000 before it was harvested. Take care to notice the extreme increase in antler size during that one year.
The first print in Zach’s Big Buck Series, Big City Bucks (see video of this buck on YouTube also), featured deer living in Des Moines, Iowa. This painting was followed by the second in the series, Big Timber Bucks. This print features three bucks that lived in a more typical setting — the heavy timber of southeast Iowa. Larry and his two children were lucky enough to harvest all three bucks with within a couple miles of each other during the hunting seasons of 1999 and 2000.
On November 5, 1999, Larry and his 17 year-old son, Chris were in a shingle oak overlooking a secluded clover patch on their southeast Iowa farm. That morning, Chris filled his antlerless tag with a mature doe. Evening found them in the same tree, Larry with video camera, Chris with bow and arrow and a statewide archery tag to fill. Another doe came in to feed, this time followed by a mature, 5½ year-old buck! Slowly the pair fed into the clover patch and into a shooting lane. Chris made an excellent shot when the big non-typical finally turned broadside at 25 yards. Chris’ excitement and pride was surpassed only by his dad’s.
October 18, 2000, Larry was in the same tree, this time with his 14 year-old daughter April. It was early muzzleloader season and one of only two evenings they would be able to hunt that season. Larry and his daughter, April A little after sunset a beautiful non-typical moved into the clover patch to feed as Larry again captured the action on video. After several tense minutes of waiting for the right angle, April made a great shot and harvested her first buck which grossed 171 4/8 and netted 161 4/8.
Each year Larry spends a great deal of time studying wildlife and much of that time is spent with whitetail deer. During the summer of 2000 one of the bucks Larry captured on tape was an enormous non-typical. Later, while studying old tapes, he realized he had captured the same buck in the same field in October 1999. The most amazing thing was that the buck had gone from a 170+ non-typical to a 240+ non-typical in one year! This growth can be seen in this video.
On October 26, Larry was lucky enough to harvest the huge buck. Larry’s big non-typical netted 237 3/8 with 51 2/8 inches of non-typical points. Its 10-point typical frame grossed 188 0/8 and netted 186 1/8. Unfortunately, it had already lost a 5-6 inch non-typical tine.
Records are made to be broken and that certainly has been the case with the number one, Pope & Young, non-typical in Iowa. In 1993, the buck in the background of Zach’s Old Rivals II, the Hobart buck (229 5/8 P&Y), took state record status. In 1994, the Clarken buck (231 7/8 P&Y) in the foreground of Old Rivals III became the new number one. Seven years later, on October 26, 2001, Larry shot his prize buck (237 3/8 P&Y). Its time atop the standings was short-lived, however. Larry and non-typical buck A few days later, on November 3, 2000, Dave Gordon shot a new record (240 4/8 P&Y), yet again surpassing the record.
Many magazine articles have been written describing Larry’s hunt, and they, along with articles about Larry’s artwork, can be found for reading at www.zachwildlifeart.com.
The buck and the original painting are usually on display at Zach Wildlife Art Gallery in Ankeny.
Harvesting does is an important part of maintaining a balanced and healthy herd. Like the rest of the family, Larry’s wife, Marcia, has taken several does over the years. Putting a doe in the background of the painting adds to the story and gives everyone in the Zach family a deer in Big Timber Bucks.
A set of massive, non-typical, sheds were found by a turkey hunter in southeast Iowa in April of 2001. One of the sheds can be found in the background of Big Timber Bucks and gives a clue to the main subject of the third and final print in Zach’s Big Buck Series, Big Country Bucks.
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January 6th, 2009 at 5:01 am
I don’t see the …
I don’t see the deers killing eachother, don’t see why we have to.
Nothing wrong with hunting at all, I don’t understand what the fuss is about
January 6th, 2009 at 5:01 am
hicks
hicks
January 6th, 2009 at 5:01 am
their was like a 40 …
their was like a 40 plus buck shot in ohio like 5 years back
January 6th, 2009 at 5:01 am
36?! u sure that …
36?! u sure that was normal deer? i never hard of a 36 pointer
January 6th, 2009 at 5:01 am
awesome video…5 …
awesome video…5 star
January 6th, 2009 at 5:01 am
thats like my 36 …
thats like my 36 point I shot in missouri in 2006. See it on my channle
January 6th, 2009 at 5:01 am
ture dat
ture dat
January 6th, 2009 at 5:01 am
aha at least it …
aha at least it takes skill
January 6th, 2009 at 5:01 am
we just shoot ours …
we just shoot ours in the head with a .44
January 6th, 2009 at 5:01 am
haha no but have …
haha no but have you ever heard of a cattle club? its a spiked metal ball on the end of a 15 pole and if a cows hurt or sickly the farmer takes it and hit them over the head instantly killing it. and if there werent hunters all of the deer would die of starvation. so whats more humane? killing them and getting some use of the meat and other resources or, knowingly let them starve which would yield higher casualties. mass hunting is evil but hunting in general is neccesary
January 6th, 2009 at 5:01 am
Who says they have …
Who says they have to shoot them with an arrow.
They still slaughter them and process them.
Thats what hunters do then go hunting for food. Farmers raise animals then kill them for food.
They are the same thing but different animals
So you should stop saying because one i am not gay and two thats just disrespectful to anybody who is gay.
Get over it everything is going to die
All animals are going to die
All humans are going to die
Its called the food chain so get over it.
Ignorant Idiot
January 6th, 2009 at 5:01 am
Good call
She is a …
Good call
She is a who doesnt know anything
I want to cut her tree down that shes hugging
January 6th, 2009 at 5:01 am
Stop flapping your …
Stop flapping your jaws fag..stick to what you do best, nothing..as if farmers kill theirs cattles by shooting arrows into them..jeez!
January 6th, 2009 at 5:01 am
im 14 years old and …
im 14 years old and i can tell shes a and how much u wanna bet tht big boobs chick dont even have boobs ha ha HUNTERS RULE!!!! so shut the up u mother flat chested whipped prostetute ba ha
January 6th, 2009 at 5:01 am
LMAO!!! you dont …
LMAO!!! you dont even know what the your are talking about!!!
So now your calling people who hunt mentally challenged?!!
WTF you must be dumb if you think that
REALL STOP HUGGING THE TREE AND SEE THAT THINGS DIE!
Why dont you go to a farm and tell the farmer to stop selling his cows so that they dont get killed and made into meals for families
Really you are the dumbest person i have ever heard try to talk
Just stfu and get over it
January 6th, 2009 at 5:01 am
You dont? Well, let …
You dont? Well, let me lecture you..only retards and mental handicapped enjoys shooting arrows into animals and that means people approving of like that is eating retards..like yourself. See, that was one allready!
January 6th, 2009 at 5:01 am
everybody know most …
everybody know most “hunters” is nothing but a bunch of eating trigger happy retards! You just proved it fag!
Really only if that had good grammar then i wouldnt take it that hard BUT
Really so most hunters are eating trigger happy retards. Really? when ive seen deers ive never unloaded not once
I shoot an average of 3 shots
And as for the eating retard part.
1) a mentally challenged person would not be able to go out hunting
2) show me 10 people in the world that eat shit!
January 6th, 2009 at 5:01 am
Yes, tell that to …
Yes, tell that to the hundred of thousands of deers running around suffering serious infections from broken tips!
January 6th, 2009 at 5:01 am
no true its the …
no true its the best way to kill a deer
January 6th, 2009 at 5:01 am
Well its better …
Well its better then bullets I suppose, its gives more of a challenge to the hunter I would assume. Folks, please don’t respond to this and give me nasty comments about how bullets are better or what I just said is crap. Just to make it clear- I’m NOT against any form of hunting! And I have never hunted in my life, (i would like to) I am just making an assumption.
January 6th, 2009 at 5:01 am
I hate it when …
I hate it when people whine about huntin being wrong it is more humane than hitting them with your car, because when you hit them with your car they don’t just die on the spot
January 6th, 2009 at 5:01 am
Shooting arrows …
Shooting arrows into animals aint even sport, it`s the lowest form of animal abuse and is only performed by the lowest scum of hunters!
January 6th, 2009 at 5:01 am
yeah man, i’d to …
yeah man, i’d to see you challenge anyone to aarchery contest. Get an idea you prick
January 6th, 2009 at 5:01 am
I find a great deal …
I find a great deal of sport with going onto their turf and stalking them on their grounds. Although this is somewhat of a sport for me I get my 1 deer per season and I fully harvest it (my gf is a meat man) 3 deer can feed me and my gf’s family of 5 for a whole year. And deer meat is much healthier than beef.
January 6th, 2009 at 5:01 am
I Bowhunt because I …
I Bowhunt because I believe it is the only way to harvest deer with any sport, There is a lot that goes into bowhunting where rifle hunting you just hide a mile away and snipe your deer. My farm has about 40 deer per day in the yard and in Kansas the deer are so bad that inbetween Hays and Wichita the highway is bloodsoaked with big chunks of deer guts all over the highways. They are so overpopulated that kansas pays people to kill something like 200-500 per month.