very, very cool!

Good on Bass Pro for that promotion.
I suspect their trad bow section may be lacking.

Brings into question all anyone may have thought was/is necessary for killing big bucks.

Unless deer are smarter now...

QuoteOriginally posted by jonsimoneau:
My buddy from college was actually  granted permission to shed hunt on the land Mel shot the buck.  This was about 13 years or so ago. He didn't find any sheds. He got to meet Mel and said what we already knew. That Mel was an average guy, just like the rest of us.
    If anyone with a Compound bow or even a crossbow (since that is now considered to be archery), ever kills a bigger typical, it won't be the same thing. We know it, and the compound guys know it too. They just won't ever say it.

Well said Jon!!!!

ttt

QuoteOriginally posted by Steve O:
The wonderful thing about that buck is it is the archery world record.   PERIOD!. Thru all the horn porn and 100% dedicated whitetail "assassins", "thugs", and ""specialists" with their supplements, 24/7 surveillance, and unlimited time on managed properties, not to mention 100 yard 80% compounds, no one has entered a better typical whitetail.

That is awesome...

You said it brother!

What a beautiful animal. Go trad!

Simply Awesome!

Sweet

Here he is telling the story of the hunt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9xCSUSvSY8&noredirect=1

Thanks for posting the story video Jeff.

Simply amazing animal.

Wait a minute.......do you mean to tell me, that a guy can kill a buck like that WITH OUT, planting food plots with genetically improved soy, Inviso Mossy Tree Camo with scent stopper technology, a mega buck grunt call, and all the other gadgets and widgets that Lee and Tiffany say that you need to kill a buck???  I'm a skeptic!!!!  

Awesome and yes Sean that's before the supplemented foot plot bucks 90% of the bone collectors shoot now,,,, or we can say around here the 20 person deer drives done by all the desperate and unskilled to force the nocturnal 10 pointer from his bed so they can spray him with buckshot at the run thru then pose and brag about the huge buck they got while hunting.