This could very well be the whitetail buck of the year as far as typical is concerned. Hunter Joel Eggers arrowed this monster 11-point Illinois buck in Randolph County on October 23rd. As you can see the deer’s body is huge and the rack is just as big. So far the unofficial green score comes in at 211 gross and 198 41/8 net typical P&Y. We’ll have to wait until the end of December to see how the official score pans out.
Joel is just 22-years old and had picked up the sheds to this buck and had been chasing it for the lasts couple of years.
This won’t be the Illinois state record, however, it will one of the top bucks in the state and very well could be the highest scoring net typical whitetail deer taken in 2007…we’ll have to see.
LINK: bnd.com
Rob
November 6, 2007 at 11:19 pm
Joel,
Kudos on a fantastic Whitetail. That is what makes us Oregonians drool….Yeah we have Big Muleys, Elk, and some very cagey blacktails running aound but that is one mean looking deer! Big typical bucks are hard to come by, fellow archer to fellow acher…..GREAT JOB! Great looking trophy.
sean
November 8, 2007 at 12:48 pm
Incredible deer. great photo.
Tony
November 8, 2007 at 2:12 pm
Great deer, I’ve hunted a farm near where you harvested your monster. Cambell Hill. Great job
Russ
November 12, 2007 at 3:56 pm
that deer is amazing! i hope to harvest one even half that:-)
josh broshears
November 19, 2007 at 12:47 pm
nice buck i am from Coulterville and i do a little hunting around Sparta,il and there is some monster in that neck of the woods.
Micheal Cralley
November 20, 2007 at 1:51 pm
Great job, Leah was just in my office and told me all about your hunt. Now how are you going to live up to that hunt? Your future hunts will never be the same! Anyway, you look great and you should be gleaming!
Leahs’ friend from Giant City
Micheal
Jason Eiring
November 21, 2007 at 7:11 pm
Congratulations on an amazing deer!!! What a beautiful creation our God has made! I have been hunting in Pike county outside of Pleasabt Hill for three years and can only hope to see a buck of that magnitude. G
Jason Eiring
November 21, 2007 at 7:17 pm
Congratulations on an amazing buck!!! What an animal God has created! I have benn hunting in Pike county just outside of Pleasant Hill for three years and can only hope to see a buck of this magnitude. Great Job Joel!!!
Rich Walden
November 22, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Frakin Awesome. Great Deer. Congratulations.
I someday hope to harvest a deer of this quality.
Good luck in your future hunts.
Rich
dan treadwell
December 5, 2007 at 12:24 pm
nice deer man! congrates on that buck i killed on this year scoring 197 1/8 gross and i have to wait till the end of december to get my dried score! congrates tho!
steven b.
December 12, 2007 at 1:57 pm
huge rack and body!!!!!!! it is awesome to spend time in Gods creation. nice deer.
Scott Lemmon
December 27, 2007 at 5:18 pm
Cograts on the huge buck man. Thats awesome. I hunt just about 20 minutes east of you in perry county. Lot of big deer running around here. I shot a 217.5 non-typ myself with a bow in november. I hope I see you and your buck at the deer and turkey expo in bloomington this february.
Dodge
January 7, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Nice Buck second biggest typical this year both deer are amazing congrats to you joel and the 235″ typical killed in Iowa
MC
October 23, 2008 at 6:00 pm
omg… huge buck, HUGE rack & body. I wish to harvest a big boy with my new Hoyt Katera = )
howell clark
November 12, 2009 at 12:53 am
sure makes our small bodied deer in texas look like fawns. we have the racks to compare but we sure ain’t got the body mass.