New Arkansas State Record Typical

[Uncle Saggy]

Cool!!!! Just a normal ole farm to farm buck, yes?

No fence, correct?

[elgato]

Spectacular buck. Beautiful. Not so sure about the largest typical ever killed in the south though.Still dream buck.

[Razrbk89]

Ayecock killed the buck on Nov. 20 at sunset on a farm in Drew County with his friends Adam Frazer and Rusty Hunnicutt. There are no specific deer management practices on the farm. Its only asset, Ayecock said, is that it is not heavily hunted.

Ayecock described his hunting spot as a "pinch point" where Bayou Bartholomew makes a hard turn. It funnels deer through an area that's heavily forested with 10-year old oaks planted under the Conservation Reserve Program, as well as big trees along the bayou.
One particular tree caught Ayecock's attention while scouting the area before the season. It's a large cedar that bucks have rubbed their antlers against since it was a sapling. They have rubbed it for so long that they've worn off all the bark and bent it into an S shape. Only big deer can do that.

"I told my buddy we needed to set up a stand right there," Ayecock said. "There were scrapes all under it. He was cruising the bank of that bayou, and I knew he was coming through there."

The trio set up game cameras throughout the area, but the big buck wasn't photographed until a week before the start of modern gun season in early November. They hunted the buck for seven straight days, morning and night, before it finally appeared in front of Ayecock on Nov. 20.

Ayecock said he heard the buck coming. He knew it was a big buck by the sound its antlers made as it crashed through the trees. Ayecock couldn't see the buck, so he made a grunt call.

"A few seconds went by, and then there he was, 'bird dogging' me," Ayecock said. "I saw his rack and I said, 'That's him! That's him!' "

Unfortunately, the buck was downwind, and it stared in Ayecock's direction for a long time.
"I thought he was going to catch me before I could shoot," Ayecock said.
Knowing the wind was problematic, Ayecock said he had an electronic scent neutralizer in his stand, but that's scant insurance against a whitetail's acute sense of smell.
"A big deer like that, if you scare him one time, he's liable to never come out again," Ayecock said.

Ayecock said he believed the deer would stay in cover, but said he didn't consider taking a risky shot.
"I've never shot a deer in the neck, and I wasn't going to start with this one," Ayecock said. "I wanted a meat shot, and he finally gave me a good broadside look."
When Ayecock fired his rifle, the concussion and recoil made the window in his stand crash down onto his gun barrel. Ayecock said he feared that affected his shot.

"I didn't know if I hit him," Ayecock said. "I waited an hour before I went looking for it. There's water there, and I didn't want to push him at all. I waited plenty of time for him to die."

The search began when Ayecock's friends arrived. They found signs of a sure-killing shot, but the buck still ran about 100 yards before falling. When they saw it, they were stunned.
"We knew he was a big deer," Ayecock said, "but oh my gosh, this is a freaking monster!"
It is highly unlikely that Ayecock will ever have a chance to kill a bigger buck, but he said he will still enjoy hunting.

"I love it," Ayecock said. "My favorite part is running cameras. If a 150- or 160-inch 8-point comes out, that's a trophy for me."

He stopped himself and seemed to reconsider.

"I've got a 6-year old daughter and a young son," Ayecock said. "It's time to start to start getting them on deer."


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[Razorback01]

Thats what I'm talking about. Durn nice deer.

[GeoHunter]

That's an awesome buck!

Razrbk89 did I miss the big buck classic this year??

[legolas]

Cool

[Archer4Life]

Wow incredible deer!!

[Peta-hata]

Awesome. . I was born in Drew county and hunted there quite a bit when I was younger. Beautiful country. Congrats to the man that killed him.

[NotJose]

That's a beautiful deer!!

[Kurdawg]

Awesome buck!

[lmartin5]

Wow...awesome buck!

[Landrover]

congrats on a beast of a critter!!!