Largest buck you ever seen on trail camera but never harvested

[tcook8296]

The largest buck I ever seen on trailcam I ended up killing him the the next day. So I cant post his pic:cupcoffee:

[jay08723]

[Shootstraight]

The largest buck I ever seen on trailcam I ended up killing him the the next day. So I cant post his pic:cupcoffee:

 

 

 

SS!

[jkotys]

[PV216]

Pretty sure these two pics are the same buck 1 year apart. It looks like he was shot in 2009 and in 2010 his rack was bigger and not as typical from the injury. He was still alive this season but his racked is significantly smaller and more deformed. We estimated him at 3 or 4 years old in 2009.

 

 

Had this buck at 20 yards with only a neck shot so i passed. I was shaking so bad when he was in front of me lol

 

Ill try and dig up more pics another time.

[Jeff M]

Great pics guys

[hammer4reel]

more proof that Nj has some giants running around, and can def grow them BIG

[Hewey]

I hunted this deer for a couple of seasons. I almost killed him twice in 2009.

 

This is one of the last pictures I captured of him. He was srtuck and killed by a car in the early morning hours of September 29th.

 

This guy is still on the hoof and should be a beast next fall.

[Woodrufflou]

Some beautiful jersey giants

[rossbowhunter]

He was a good one. BTW he was a wide little eight the year before.

 

As you can see what 1 year can do to a guy.

[jerseybowhunter]

Havent seen this guy since august

 

This is the biggest I ever got on cam

[makosnax]

For all of these "one time only" pics, do you think camera caused them to never return?

[Matty]

Lots of awesome bucks. Some are just ridiculous! Too bad no one connected with them. Only Tcook got his. LOL

 

Shows two things, truly huge bucks DO live in NJ and they are hard to kill!

 

Just locating one should be considered a success.

 

For all of these "one time only" pics, do you think camera caused them to never return?

I think the camera has the potential to scare them, but it's probably more about human pressure/scent. I haven't used cams that often though, so my experience with them is limited to only having a few "mature shooters" on them. Some never cared, some never showed again. I have watched bucks avoid cameras while hunting too. So who knows.

[chris n]

biggest I ever had on cam...ive seen bigger in person...never ever saw this deer...I feel like I know what he does but hes smart :thumb_down:

[MS22]

unfortunately, never connected on these guys. I have had them on cam multiple years.