A 5 Pines Farm Giant

[NIGEL01]

If you don’t get him before your elk hunt, would you want me to swing down from St. Cloud and baby sit him for you?😬

[Hopewell Tom]

He's a dandy, Jim.

Good luck!

[Jeff D. Holchin]

Good luck.  What's in the food plot in first pic?

[Possum Head]

Impressive, anyone care to guess what that dude would weigh?

[Trenton G.]

So which do you use for cross-breeding? Angus or Herefords!😉

I think he has some Texas Longhorn thrown in there as well lol!

[Sockrsblur]

Good luck elk hunting Jim. That buck is huge, amazing body for sure. Good luck chasing him! 

[mangonboat]

Jim, the Giant presents a noble quest for a noble hunter. For your sake I hope he doesn't disappear until mid-December or, the worst of all indignities, get shot by a 10 year old on his or her first hunt . Mat the wind be in your face.

[johnnyk71]

good gracious, that joker is HUGE! the first pic looks like those fake pics of kids on steroids, haha! good luck!

[LITTLEBIGMAN]

thanks all.

to answer a couple of questions.

he is standing in a plot of turnips and radishes

I think he is in the 350 range

24 hours till opening day, best of luck everyone this fall.

[Friend]

Have found myself revisiting this thread and gawking at this truly wonderful fully mature buck.


May he offer you a splendid opportunity.

[LITTLEBIGMAN]

67 F this morning at 5 am!  Sat near a pond and was totally skunked!

It is 87F this afternoon and I decided ( it was extremely difficult )to NOT Hunt. I was going to sit near water again but thought better of it. it is just day one and I didn't want to bump into Angus on my way out of the pond after dark .

Better luck tomorrow although the forecast isn't much better.

[Keefer]

Jim I don't normally give bucks a name but if I did I would have to name him "FAT ALBERT" hey ,hey, hey it's Fat Albert! He is Huge and hope you get your tag on him.

[TIM B]

Yes that ol boy is a stud!
Tim B

[LITTLEBIGMAN]

skunked again this am at the pond. Too hot to hunt tonight 91 F! Yikes. one more shot at him in the am before heading off to MT!

[Hud]

Heavy body WT with a great rack, is that soybean?

[LITTLEBIGMAN]

Nope Brassica ( tall tine tubers)

well the heat wave continues, we set all time highs both days this weekend. Zero deer movement again this am after sunrise. guess i'll go hunt elk  till it cools off.

[varmint101]

Good luck with the elk!

[Friend]

He is liable to be hard horned when you return and  hopefully more amicable temps.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Good luck out West

[LITTLEBIGMAN]

Back from the mountains, no elk sandwiches for me. Only tag sandwich is on the menu again this year..

I have hunted each morning and evening since returning and untill today was there was not anything worth reporting.

We had temps of 33 F this am and the fall's first frost. A very light and vairble wind. Barely noticable out of the North .

I chose this spot as it was easy to walk to, having injured my knee out West. I am the walking wounded right now.


On the way to the stand ( red line ) from the yurt, I jumped two bedded deer. Just after settling in , a deer very quietly came up the deer trail ( yellow line) and stood directly beneath me. it was so dark I could barely make out it's shape. It must have heard me climb the stand and came to investigate. Finally it picked up a scent of Jim on the downward thermal and hastily left.

By 8:30 I was considering leaving when I spotted the hind  quarters of a big deer body behind the only tree screening my view. How the heck did it get to within 20 yards with out me hearing it?  Antlers on one side were visible and the grip on my riser tightened.

A beautiful 3 year old 10 point. He was basically an 8  with a sticker coming out one brow and one G2 being forked. He walked up the path and stood broadside at 7 yards .