Iowa Giant Deja Vu

Okay, I know this is going to sound crazy but . . .
If you're anything like me, you've become addicted to Bill Winke's Midwest Whitetail webisodes that are posted on Realtree.com each week. They're awesome for freaks like us.

Anyway, I was checking out his blog and saw these photos and his post.

It's a freaky big deer. And here's the weird part and the part where a lot of guys will undoubtedly roll their eyes and give me the "yeah, sure you did" line. But I think I may have -- just maybe, possibly -- seen that buck while hunting Iowa this November.

I saw the deer on two occassions including once at about 60 yards (in fact, he chased a doe past me three times at that distance in a span of about two minutes). I got a pretty good look at the deer and he had a very similar look to him and those distinctive brow tines.

Look, I'm a Michigan native. I'm lucky to see three bucks in a season that would score 200 inches combined. So it's not like I've laid eyes on bucks like this often. It's entirely possible that I overestimated the buck I saw -- but, like I said, I got a good look at the deer and I'm a freak for all things whitetail. So I like to think I can judge a deer.

Maybe it wasn't this buck -- but for now, I like to think that maybe it was. When more details come out (like a general location) maybe I'll have a better idea.

Until then,I'm going to bed. And dream about the giant I plan to kill next week in Iowa.

Tony Hansen, Michigan Man