Booner Survey....

[Fletch]

Just out of curiosity how many on the site have shot an Ohio deer that would qualify as a booner or bigger....Alot of nice deer have been harvested, but I don't recall many booners or bigger... So let's post them up...

 

[switchhitter]

@Boarhead for sure

 

[Buckmaster]

Not it! They top out around 140” the areas I hunt.

 

[GoetzTalon]

Not close

 

[switchhitter]

Not me either
There booners in Knox county but I have not killed one yet.
I haven’t quit trying

 

[Hedgelj]

I've only laid eyes on 2 maybe 3.... got blood on 1 but poor shot placement and he survived.

These are deer that at 300+ yards through woods and fields you can still tell they are good bucks.

 

[jagermeister]

I’ve been close several times but haven’t gotten one that big yet.

 

[Buckmaster]

Come to think about it…. I might have seen one in 43 years of deer hunting. I missed with the 12 gauge off hand around at 80 yards around 1987. The 14 pointer was killed a couple weeks later by car crossing the road at that farm. 0-1. I only heard about it.

 

[giles]

No joke, I've never cared enough to look, what makes a booner a bonner? Gross, net, typical, nontypical?

 

[Buckmaster]

No joke, I've never cared enough to look, what makes a booner a bonner? Gross, net, typical, nontypical?

Enough to say, “O Shit”.

 

[giles]

I'll be damned. I always thought it was 180" and gross.

 

[Bighoun52]

I shot a gross score booner in pa a couple years ago. 172 3/8 Buckmasters score. Nothing that big in Ohio… yet

 

[Fletch]

I've maybe seen 2 since I started hunting Illinois in 2003... And I'm sure both of them were 200 inches + ...
One I passed on as he was right on the property fence row and another came up through the woods with a doe and they bedded about 60 yds. Out.... They stayed there all day then got up and went back where they came from... I only planned on hunting till around 9 am and dressed lightly and had no food to eat... Bastards...

 

[Curran]

Proud card carrying member of Spoon and Crockpot Club.

I’d love to shoot a Booner but I have too many other outdoor pursuits to dedicate myself to finding and hunting exclusively for a deer of that caliber. The guys I know that do it consistently are way more dedicated than I am. I have a great respect for what they do, I just like hunting all the things.

 

[giles]

Found one once in my back yard.

 

[Buckmaster]

170” is bigger Dave.

 

[hickslawns]

You'll need to get on Facebook to find all the guys killing booners. Usually was NOT officially scored but their ex brother in law measured it and he is the smart one in the group. Typically they look more like 132-137" in their pictures.

 

[Dannmann801]

Just happen to be wearing my fave sweatshirt tonight

 

[TinyTucky]

Just happen to be wearing my fave sweatshirt tonight View attachment 211541

I have the same one


I’ve never killed a booner. Saw 1, 5 years ago at a buddy’s property down south. Looked like a pair of cheap plastic lawn chairs on its head. Had I understood thermals a little more, I might’ve gotten an opportunity to miss it with my longbow.

 

[Fletch]

WOW.. None??? But then again some guys don't want it made public being afraid someone would put a gps on their vehicle to find their SECRET SPOT... Like there's a booner behind every tree...