HIGHTOWER: A Seven Year Quest!
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Jared Lurk spends seven years hunting a buck he calls Hightower. Over this time he learns valuable lessons from Reconyx pictures and Hightower's behavior.
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He definitely looked bigger the year prior, started hitting his downside possibly? Great buck
It may have been a side effect to the hd.
Different buck lol no way it was that big and lived 7 years after 🤣
Average lifespan is 4.5 years.
@@dans4270 Wrong, a buck reaches maturity at 4.5 years old. The average lifespan of a deer varies from state to state due to many outside factors including but not limited to, preditation, hunter impact (harvest), and disease. Does often are documented between 8 and 12 years old here. Bucks, if left alone, will live to 9-12 years old, again depending on this like feed, weather, and preditation. Some bucks don't start seeing a decline until 8.5 years old. I have personally persued deer that were 3.5 when I found them, or older, and documented them for up to 6 seasons after. Never underestimate your opponent.
@@dans4270 Also, the ten pointer in my profile picture was aged at 2.5 and measured 137", which is uncommon but possible. Deer on plots in the midwest can grow much larger at young ages.
@@HuntNorthEast if you say so 😏
Anybody notice how big those trail cams were? Wow amazing how much they've changed
There really do get better and easier to use every year. We pull so much of our info each year from trail cams. Terry keeps a huge yearly log of all the cameras on his property and Mark has a massive catalog of several years worth of images in his Reconyx app.
DruryOutdoors Wow, that would be awesome to see.
DruryOutdoors did you say the wild lifi? Is that a old school cam?
DruryOutdoors did you say the wild lifi? Is that a old school cam?
Triston Parkinson yeah no joke
I never knew the Subway dude was a hunter.
The Jared you are talking about is in jail.
Ohtoobe!! Fishin!! Thats the joke🤦♀️
There is always that one person... god people are something. Jesus the joke should be frikken obvious.
11:52 that young buck is gonna be a stud in a few years, holy brow times!
Shaking by watching this, awesome video
I think I’ve watched all your videos. Wish we had a deer population here in Maine like you guys show in the videos. What a dream hunt it would be for me to hunt with you guys. Being disabled I do a lot of sitting in the woods. Tree stands are pretty much out of the question. Thanks for sharing all the awesome hunts you guys have videoed. Awesome.
Mikey G dude I hunt in maine
I hunt in Maine as well I feel your pain
Sweet ! I am chasing a buck for close to 7 years now and the buck is almost 11 years old... WE call him TMac biggest buck i have ever seen in person ! The hunt is on !!! Great story !
Epic.
Great story, fantastic deer.
What a story, great hunt. He looked like he lost a little his 10th year. Still a good buck with a great story.
I had a deer we named High Tower as well. Chased him for 5 years. Shot him last year and posted a picture on the Drury app. Mark actually commented on it. My most memorable buck yet. Not necessarily my biggest, but my favorite for sure. 2020 season IS SO CLOSE!
I remember that! Thanks for sharing him with us on DeerCast! I'm hoping to see more of your successes for years to come. Good luck out there bud and stay safe!
Did you ever find any of his sheds?
11:45 monsters for me LOL, incredible buck though!
I am going into year four on hunting a deer I call Stickers he is a high 80s and low 90s deer
Crazy comparison between Hightower and that other buck at 8:54. 184 inches is huge!
my family starting with my grandfather have been chasing a 14 pointer for 6 years and I had him 30 yards from my stands past year and I had him in my sights and I froze but I got him the very next day beautiful buck
I love your videos and I cannot wait until hunting season starts In des arc
I love how the deer always “ jumps “ the string when you take to far of a shot and screw it up.
That's cool, I too harvested my hit list buck on 11-11-11. Congrats.
That's awesome! That makes for a cool memory to go with it!
Wow amazing I've been hunting 10 years now I started when I was 4 it's one of my passions to shoot something like that!! 😖
Steven Alford exact same here
3 years for me he is 4 and a half this year last year he was a big ten i had one pic on the game trail of him last year thought he had met his end but i just got velvet pic of hurcules and the count down to september can get here quick enough
I've been after the same wide 8-12 pointer and still hunting him for the past 3 years
awesome hunt about like my hunt for the freak a 8 1/2yr old that died by getting hit by car. net scored 215.
great movie, so sad that you did not finish this story with the bow but good job
i've been after a buck for 4 years now and he shrunk this year is horn size, he is a 7-8 year old tank,, went from a 170+ down to 160ish. but man is he a tank, pushing 300#s. exactly the same pattern every year based on the cameras, exactly8 the same dates too, he disappears though after this weekend till nov 28th.. its amazing how they do the same thing every year.
I was looking for a gint 14 by 14 and I got him on the last day of huting season
Me and my dad saw a 8 pointer
My name Jeff great story. Please tell another.
@@408modelshop Lmao. Go easy on the kid.
I just wanna say congratulations on getting that amazing deer. That was the most intense thing I've seen in a while.
I’ve never chased one certain deer, I’m not out west where all the big bucks are and because of that there is new bucks out here yearly and the next year they are gone because they get killed. The only main deer I’m after now is a nice 8 and a calico 4 point
6 yr old 12 pt split g2s dark rack everybody called him brownie! lol by the time I got him it was muzzle loader season! when I took his hide off he had no fat been shot in the foot and a dislocated front shoulder! tough deer probably wouldn't have made it through winter
Im at 5 years on a big 9 i named ghost !! Ive got tons of photos this year hopefully on the 15th i can get him!
Those cams are huge and ancient compared to my cuddy back
Wow this is just a true story great
Was after a big one for 4 yrs and guess the blue tongue got him year beford last along with several others. Havent had a picture in 2 yrs. Least there are still a couple that made it through
Great video!
I live in Mississippi these are giants to us
These are dream deer
6 years seen hit 2 times one on trail cam and 1 time while hunting had a great 50 yard shot and a pack of dogs busted my hunt never seen him again
I have a T/C pro hunter in a 270 and I’m about to buy me a muzzle loaded barrel for it,,, greatest gun I’ve ever owned,, great hunting
It's such a great feeling when you find something that works for you! Good luck this season!
Great video
Man those are some old school cameras. I had a large 12 point that I hunted for 3 years and he got hit by a truck in 2013.
My dad has been hunting a deer called gray face he's a really wide rack hes been hunting him before I was born and I'm 13
I've been hunting this buck for 14 years and this year I'm going to close the deal
I have a buck named high tower on my hit list right now
I dont thing anyone will beleve me but my first buck was a 135 inch whitetail.
luke anderson thats not that big
nice deer my friend
Fixing to be 9 years and I hope it's this year
I have a purchase on my mind wuthering wuss the best thing to find deer to get a big bucks ?
I see him and I’m like oh he’s nice but not super one of a kind crazy nice and then I see him next to these other deer and I realize he’s a lot bigger than he looks by himself with nothing to compare size to lol
Yeah bows are challenging
4 years....and yes I got him he scored 171 and he was actually bigger the year before he ate the arrow
You took the bad shot way better than I ever would have. I would've fallen to pieces and been disgusted with myself. Way to bounce back though.
I went our two years ago he was a 12 point in the beginning we decided to nickname him buster November 17th at 4:00pm I got him he ended up being a 14 POINT!!!!
I’ve been chasing a 22 point for the las 6 year
I’ve been chasing any white tail with antlers all my life only seen on alive one but my grandpa shot it
3 years and my naber got him
Carter Ross :(
Closed the deal with him this morning
how many sheds do you have of Hightower?
5 minutes and a 1-day Quest
About 10 days he stayed in one canyon in twin Falls big 10 point and I got him
The grunt on 3.56 scared him
3 years and still chasing him today, huge 10 point
Did you ever get him??
I hunted a buck for 5 years and he came out as a 17 point and scored 171 inches
so were is he?????
October 29 is my b-day
Annette Kinkle happy b-day
My is 4 years and im still going after it it's a little smaller than that one
Nice
And this is why i use rifle.
Senator yeah same but the satisfaction that you used a bow and all the tough times it’s almost like giving them a chance with a bow but hey if I miss them it gives me another reason to hunt that deer everyday
That deer is giving it's life for you and u just want to make it as easy as you can for yourself
I chased a 10 point for 6 months and he disappeared and we never found his sheds or anything 😢
I've been chasing a deer since 2016 😕
Could this guy say Reconyx anymore? Talk about product placement.
Worst part about these videos... Is the cheese.
In Iowa can’t you get more than one tag
We had a buck on the coal mine property where we used to hunt. We had him named "Bullwinkle" he looked like a moose. His right side had 2 main beams. His left side was palmated heavily. We never saw him in gun season and in bow season never got closer than 100 yards. Hunted him for 5 years in the mid 90's. I got to hold a right side shed that a neighbor had found. Felt like it was 10 lb.
2018 anyone
I've hunted deer for several years and shot them and some I didn't but, we don't have and never will have anything like that down here. I hunt Gulf Coast bucks which aren't very big but the ones I hunt are big for down here. I hunt about a 1/4 mile from the gulf in Alabama. Biggest I've taken down here is only around 130's. That being said, It's all about the hunt. And these are the hardest deer in the country to hunt, ask anybody. I usually pattern with cameras and hunt with a bow until about the last 2 weeks then the rifle comes out. I'd rather do it that way than have a piece of crap night hunter steel him away. And that happens a lot around here. We don't have near enough game wardens. Didn't mean to ramble but, it pisses me off when people act high and mighty and belittle a hunter, "a true hunter" for there efforts. I wouldn't have waited 7 years to pick up a gun.
6years and counting he is a 81/2. Named him the ghost get him on trial cam but have only seen him twice.
1 year maybe 2
Never give up...
took you that long to go hunting with a gun
I shot a White tailed deer in southcarolina this morning and it weight 195
I am chasing a monster of a buck and I am trying to get him with a bow
I have a buck that is a 12 that is still trying
he's a 24 point buck and his brothers got 13 points height as highest Hightower
I spent 5 years hunting a 220” buck couldn’t close the deal we believe his is dead now no pictures in a year. he never came out in daylight no encounters just trail cam pics at night
You've paid your dues at this point be patient
He tells the camera man to be quiet then continues to talk
I chased a deer for 3 years!
18 pointer.. 3 yrs ive had him in me trail cams,, stays nocturnal.. every pic I Have is at night.. I saw him once while putting the trigger lock on my gun crossing the road that splits my property. .... felt sick to my stomach and actually walked down to the shoulder of the road to look at his prints.. it was him I'm sure of it.. no way there are two deer that size on my property.. WE call him ZEUS
high tower won ,,,you changed the game !!! nice muzzleloader kill,,,, bow hunter!
6 years I closed the deal on a 300inch white tail
What did Hightower score?
justin perrin he said 184
justin perrin 184 5 eighths
justin perrin 184 5/8
About 15 mins and I got him
That looks like the buck I was chasing an it was named high horn
3 years and still on it
How can a deer live for ten years.
The same way you did?
So that buck was like 13 years old huh dang hahaha
my dad spent 3 years chasing a tall 8 point he got em
You are fortunate he survived his illness. He could’ve died that winter and what a waste. I’m saying a buck that big, forget the bow and take the rifle!
You are a patient man tho I got to give that to you! Congrats
8 years a 14 point buck that was 21 inches wide
how do you grow big bucks
Give them a dedicated space on your property with nutrient rich food. You'll also need to practice patience and give them a little time to mature.
3 years 12 point yes I got