Saw this stud on the DLC FB Page

[BowhunterNJ]

Holy crap, that is a BIG bodied deer!  

 

[DBuck]

What is DLC?

[tcook8296]

I believe it stands for Duck Lick Creek the manufacturer who makes Covert scouting cameras. Definitely not a NJ deer

[smoking gun]

Could be a jersey deer I've seen some brutes but not on public ground just on the pieces I have access to in zone 12

[Matty]

That is a big bodied deer!!!!

 

 

Could be a NJ deer. I've seen a handful of them get that big here, even on public land over the years. 

 

The one my brother shot on public land a couple years ago had a big fat slob body. 220# dressed...and that was in early October. 

 

 

This buck was also public land: Almost killed him a couple times. I never saw him after that and was told by a friend that he was hit by a car the following year. By the time I checked, it had no head...so I couldn't be certain, but it was probably him  ....Body was even bigger than it appears, definitely over 200#....the log in front of him is massive. 

 

There have been others...We can grow very big bucks here...at least in the Northern end of the state. Not sure about down South.

 

If that is a NJ deer, I do need something from you Matt....I need coordinates.

[Rusty]

Matty got his puter fixed.   YAY!!!

[smoking gun]

My biggest buck to date was a brute like that probably bigger who knows zone 37 moons ago along Cookstown nj border shotgun season too he dressed well over 170 that's when the state weighed deer and aged them 130 plus of bone.

[BowhunterNJ]

Not sure where it was taken, it was from a trailcam company's FB feed.  DLC is the company that makes Coverts, like tcook said

[Rusty]

Could be a NJ deer. I've seen a handful of them get that big here, even on public land over the years. 

 

There are a few of them running around.  I killed a 4.5 year old pig in zone 6 that you could have put a saddle on. 

 

It had a 20" spread and nearly 2 foot main beams.  It was probably the biggest deer that I've killed but sadly I didn't have it weighed or take a picture.   

[smoking gun]

I have no doubt about the size of some deer I've had encounters with some I couldn't seal the deal I've seen some driving along the highway and seen some hunting scouting they do exist they are just phantoms though.

[Matty]

I don't get around NJ as much as I did in the past, my core area has shrunk. lol....

 

But I've always wondered, how many giant nj bucks are out there lurking around?

 

I know we have them. I've seen some. But how many are there? 

 

Like how many huntable 150" bucks are alive right now in NJ? How many non-huntable? 

How many 170+?

 

I'm sure the majority of them exist in areas where there's no legal hunting, but there are some in huntable areas too. They really are like phantoms though. Good description. Phantoms of the night!

 

I believe they use such small, secure little patches of cover that these giant bucks can live right under our noses and we never even know it. Driving around at 2-3am has proven that to me. They aren't wandering around like the average deer. They have their little hiding hole and they use it all day sticking withing 40-50 yards or so of their bed....somewhere no one ever walks....and then they treat the late night hours the way most deer treat dawn and dusk, finally getting up and moving to real food sources.  

 

I always look at tiny little pieces of thick woods inside like highway ramps or behind industrial parks and think....does a NJ Giant live in there?

[smoking gun]

I don't get around NJ as much as I did in the past, my core area has shrunk. lol....

 

But I've always wondered, how many giant nj bucks are out there lurking around?

 

I know we have them. I've seen some. But how many are there? 

 

Like how many huntable 150" bucks are alive right now in NJ? How many non-huntable? 

How many 170+?

 

I'm sure the majority of them exist in areas where there's no legal hunting, but there are some in huntable areas too. They really are like phantoms though. Good description. Phantoms of the night!

 

I believe they use such small, secure little patches of cover that these giant bucks can live right under our noses and we never even know it. Driving around at 2-3am has proven that to me. They aren't wandering around like the average deer. They have their little hiding hole and they use it all day sticking withing 40-50 yards or so of their bed....somewhere no one ever walks....and then they treat the late night hours the way most deer treat dawn and dusk, finally getting up and moving to real food sources.  

 

I always look at tiny little pieces of thick woods inside like highway ramps or behind industrial parks and think....does a NJ Giant live in there?

I hunt up in that area around somerset and I have to ride the break early in the morning I killed 3 bucks in 3 yrs up there all 2.5 yr old the smallest was this year buck he was probably 140 dressed I killed a huge 7 last year that was atleast 189 dressed and the big 6 prior was a stud big rack probably 159 160 I drew a pic of a brute I seen he was a Canadian clone.in linden off rt 1 I see monsters by chemical plant the turnpike all way up to Meadowlands I seen giants in that hohokus area off 22 I've seen giants they are here I almost smashed my truck on one by Wantage police dept he jumped out of ditch as I came down hill

[mikejd]

That's a beauty. Plenty of them out there. They don't get that big being stupid.

[LPJR]

Holy crap, that is a BIG bodied deer!  

 

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Gorgeous buck right there.

[LPJR]

That is a big bodied deer!!!!

 

 

Could be a NJ deer. I've seen a handful of them get that big here, even on public land over the years. 

 

The one my brother shot on public land a couple years ago had a big fat slob body. 220# dressed...and that was in early October. 

 

 

This buck was also public land: Almost killed him a couple times. I never saw him after that and was told by a friend that he was hit by a car the following year. By the time I checked, it had no head...so I couldn't be certain, but it was probably him  ....Body was even bigger than it appears, definitely over 200#....the log in front of him is massive. 

 

There have been others...We can grow very big bucks here...at least in the Northern end of the state. Not sure about down South.

 

If that is a NJ deer, I do need something from you Matt....I need coordinates.

2 Jersey giants!