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Vintage Whitetail Hunters - Volume 7

Vintage Whitetail Hunters - Volume 7

With an estimated 34 million whitetail deer running around the U.S. today, it’s hard to imagine that their numbers were down to around 500,000 in the early 1900s. With proper management, numbers rebounded, and hunting seasons followed. Many hunters were happy to snap a few field photos along the way. These are just a handful of thousands of vintage whitetail photos among the Boone and Crockett Club archives. Enjoy the trip down memory lane.   

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1 of 10 — Quebec 1947 

In the Laurentian Mountains of southern Quebec, Mansfield Royce Steidl took this superb whitetail on November 22, 1947. While the antlers are not officially in the Boone and Crockett Records, the archives indicate the field-dressed buck weighed 250 pounds.  

 

2 of 10 — Pennsylvania 1974 

Greene County is tucked in the far southwestern corner of Pennsylvania. That’s where Ivan Parry was hunting on December 11, 1974. Using both a .458 Winchester and a .357 handgun, Parry entered the record books with this typical whitetail, scoring 184-6/8 points. At the time, it was the state record. Today it sits at number three.  

 

 

3 of 10 — New York 1955 

With what appears to be a classic Bear Archery recurve bow from the 1950s, Leon Richards took this whitetail, scoring 164-2/8 points. In his traditional plaid camo, Richards hunted Howland Island in New York. 

 

4 of 10 — Washington 1968

We assume the very serious lad on the left with the rifle is Maurice Robinette, who killed this typical whitetail in Spokane County. With a score of 172-6/8 points, it sits at the number 12 spot for typical whitetails from Washington state. 

 

 

5 of 10 — Wisconsin 1953 

Why yes, that deer is as large as it appears. With a score of 183-5/8 points, this buck was killed by Lee F. Spittler in November 1953 in Buffalo County, Wisconsin. Even with all that bone, it barely sneaks into Wisconsin’s top 50 for typical whitetails. 

 

 

6 of 10 — Montana 1976 

In the thickets of Flathead County in northwest Montana, Barry L. Wensel managed to arrow this massive non-typical, which scored 201-4/8. He shot the buck at 12 yards with a 77-pound Widow recurve bow. Any guesses on the circumferences of those bases? See the score chart to check your answers.  

 

 

7 of 10 — Washington 1961

Check out those eye guards! Those daggers helped Michael Anderson’s non-typical buck from Okanogan County score 203-3/8 points in 1961. Click on the score chart to see how well the eye guards score. 

 

 
 

8 of 10 — Ohio 1964 

Hugh Cox was all business when he posed for this photo alongside his Hocking County, Ohio non-typical. That deer scored 198-1/8 points. 

 

 

9 of 10 — Texas 1969

Presumably posing with his daughter, Gary Rogers killed what can only be described as a mutant spawn of a non-typical whitetail. And we mean that in a good way. This Houston County buck scored 205-7/8 points. 

 

 

10 of 10 — Wisconsin 1910

With a horse and wagon, Robert Hunter hauled this magnificent typical buck out of Vilas County, Wisconsin, over a century ago. With a greatest spread over 30 inches, this buck sits at the number six spot for typical Wisconsin whitetails. Hunter killed this buck at 30 yards, using a .45-70 pushing a 300-grain bullet. 

 

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