re: State Record Typical?

Ok, if killed at dewey, chances of it getting poached are significantly lower?

"Tyler Jordan arrowed this 186-inch Georgia buck on Realtree Farms. A testament to their team’s hard work managing and improving the land, it’s the best whitetail they’ve taken there in two decades. (Photo courtesy of Tyler Jordan)"

Interesting how similar the rack looks...moving some DNA around?

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I had a lot of fun buying his ex-wife drinks a few times in Natchez

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RIP Dimples

Just my opinion as a few others have said. Alot of people are jealous of this deer because of who shot it and how. The real accomplishment here is that of the HB team and growing a 200" gross TYPICAL whitetail in central Louisiana. A deer that will more than likely break the LA state typical record that has stood since 1939 (1943 depending on who's asking). Also, HB isn't landlocked. Sure, it is a massive piece of private land that is extensively managed, but it isn't land locked. These deer are still subject to predation, disease, vehicles and poaching just like any other hunting property. HB, as well as other private landowners in the region grow and harvests many impressive, mature bucks every year on their property, but it takes a very special animal to reach this caliber.

For those of you wondering, below are the measurements before drying period. PS, I didn't check the math. These are from the score sheet the night of.
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Gross 203 / Net 192 3/8

Abnormal Points: 7 1/8
ISS: 19 5/8
Right Left
MB: 26 4/8 26 4/8
G1: 5 2/8 5
G2: 10 8 6/8
G3: 12 7/8 13 5/8
G4: 12 11 6/8
G5: 8 2/8 7 4/8
H1: 5 2/8 5 1/8
H2: 5 1/8 4 7/8
H3: 5 1/8 5
H4: 5 1/8 4 5/8
Total:83 4/8 92 6/8
Difference: 10 7/8

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who are you to decide that some deer aren’t as free range as others

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We can all have personal opinions though that are our own.

If you were going to basically ‘high fence’ raise a deer a place like HB and many others are the place it could be done. I don’t know the details, but let’s admit they had every resource, opportunity, motivation, etc to basically fence raise deer here in ‘free range’ conditions.

HB and co are not helping themselves by having a Jordan fly in and shoot it with a rifle.

I’m not hating, trophy animals are often hunted and raised in questionable manners. I’m simply pointing out there’s very little here that points to natural innocence, and that’s not our fault.

How did HB even come about? How did a couple ol dirt farmers build such a place?

I rarely post so flame away. Grew up hunting with dogs in the spillway, but have done pay hunts and high fence with no regret. Duck hunted a lot in the 80’s/90’s and have watched that devolve. Wasn’t HB built for ducks? As a landowner and businessman if my market dies and I find I have great whitetail potential what a gift. No one seemed to hate on Giles Island other than the price. I live in TX so probably have a different perspective. This is 20,000 acres? You should see what some of these folks do with 3-5,000 acres of low fence here. I get there are a lot of different opinions. I’m just ecstatic to see a monster no fence deer come out of LA.

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What does Honey Brake charge for a trophy deer hunt? No prices listed on their website.

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Might as well imagine that place doesn't exist if you have to ask.

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What does Honey Brake charge for a trophy deer hunt? No prices listed on their website.

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call and ax them, please report back. I’d imagine their phone is ringing off the wall.

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I FEEL that the board of directors that govern each "trophy" or "record" organization should take into deep consideration, to not include places like HB and prob 2-3 more I could name in Louisiana that I've been a part of and probably 100 plus in Texas that fall under geographical anomalies that allow them to fall under grey areas of "free range" "low fence" rules yet are "landlocked" for lack of a better term and have 90-100% control of population, Taking into consideration a multitude of factors from impassable man made structures, bodies of water, mountain ranges, total acreage, etc.

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This is unquestionably one of the dumbest things that I have ever read outside of the nonsense after one LSU baseball loses on the Tiger Rant. Taking HB out for a minute. You are basically saying that all of the best deer hunting in the Southeast (Mississippi River Islands) should be eliminated from the main record books because they are more conducive to killing big deer? Nevermind the fact that they are also the best and most fertile habitat.

Also, deer have no trouble moving across large bodies of water. Also, what is a large body of water anyway?? A river. Go look up the story on the deer that swam across the MS every year for 3 or 4 years in a row. Obviously an outlier but still. Lakes don't qualify for obvious reasons that they can easily slip around them. Also, I promise you there is nothing around HB that a deer can't handle. If you're referencing Shad or Larto, neither border HB.

And - you didn't specifically mention it in this last post, but I've seen levees mentioned? Haha what? Deer don't move over levees. Since when?

What is a man-made impassible structure? A high fence? Those properties are already DQ'd.

You basically said that unless you border a WMA where all deer are publicly accessible then there should be a different standard. I'd argue the alternative that those types of properties benefit greatly from a bunch of jacklegs pushing deer onto the adjoining private property.

I mean come on man.