A Monster Buck Named Dagger

[@robwallace8595]

Good job Phillip & way to go on being transparent throughout the filming. We hunt because we love it & appreciate what God has given us. Bald headed deer eat great too, but no one can argue that there is huge thrill in seeing & harvesting a stud buck... that's not the only reason "WE" hunt, but it is a wonderful driving force that has to be in the mix. We pray for that big boy to show up! What a hunt & excellent video. Honestly during the emotions & I could feel the "urge" for you to go ahead & track that buck the 1st evening... done it before many times & have had mixed results, but not worth doing if your are wise. Thanx for sharing your wisdom, passion, & God honoring behavior... God bless you guys & Merry Christmas. !!!

[@douglaswoosley5136]

I LOVE YOUR DEER HUNTING VIDEOS,THEIR SO EDUCATIONAL FOR ME TO LEARN FROM!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@robertward3753]

This one shows you how to feed the predators.

[@exxon_frost9182]

i have been hunting for like 3-4 years, and been on the search for a monster like "Dagger".

[@hoosierdaddy3575]

Great video Phil, wish I was in shape and had the resources to do what you do. My biggest problem is....I HATE THE COLD WEATHER!!! I love my warm house and cold beer, so I guess I'll stick to watching you and others do what you do. Keep up doing what you do. Love it!!!

[@matt_golba]

Great decision to back out. Everyone makes bad shots. Obviously it wasn't as bad at you thought. That's a fantastic deer. Great job on the recovery. - Matt from Bowhunting Unlimited

[@joeygross3119]

I'm a hunter but this truly shows that he didn't really care about the meat and all he wants is the horns... smh

[@NicoleWolf35]

+Joey Gross Yeah your right but TBH that buck had already been gotten to by the Coyotes

[@jacobheermann4623]

I will say I am a big time hunter I usually shoot 2-3 deer a year that doesn't mean I eat all of them I save a small doe and take the other meat to donation. You'd be surprised at how many people actually hunt deer just to donate them. As bad as that kinda sounds it's the truth it really helps families in need for food.

[@TheWhiteGuy82]

The money he spent on the tag goes to the overall good of the species, regardless of what he does with the carcass.

[@nutonpine1]

Joey Gross that is not true he made a bad shoot so you let is sit.

[@cadenthomas140]

Joey Gross sense your such a good hunter why'd you call them horns........ there antlers

[@HoytGrooms]

200 inches no way lol, RealtreeOutdoors what were you thinking when you picked a title to this video.

[@bobbrua8758]

the only thing I see here in pa is pile of monster posted signs everywhere I'm 67 and 90%of the places I use to hunt are posted I'm glad that you have places to hunt at least I can watch your videos nice job be careful

[@carfaceus]

I turkey hunted with Donovan Arrowhead Wilderness Outfitters. He worked his rear end off to find me a big gobbler. Class act outfitter.

[@quadehall7219]

Man I love your videos your so inspiring

[@Picasso33pmaj23]

He did the ethical thing. He backed out, Why push the deer further than what it needs to be. And yes, obvisley it was coyote food, that is part of the great game of hunting. There probably wasn't much meat left over anyway, just the back straps and the hindquarters. AND P.S to anyone who said they don't hunt for the meat, They wouldn't be sponsored by Havalon Knives. These guys are professionals for a reason, They represent the sport the right way.

[@acamelnamedjoe4395]

Hell we got some good property woods and fields, why can't I find a buck that big!

[@kccuffsman]

I didn't see 200"in that buck but still a good one

[@bendungan2276]

200" deer? Seriously? He'll go 150" gross max. I hunt for meat too, but one mature buck has as much as 2 does. We have been blessed with a healthy population of deer, it's our job as hunters to manage it accordingly. I don't discriminate however I'll lay the smack down on a slick head. You have to keep the big picture in mind, and make sure this resource is here for generations to come!

[@OlDirtyBustin]

Still trying to figure out why all these people who are complaining about killing animals, are watching this video in the first place. Smh...

[@crazymountain777]

I see why you shot to the left. After you drew your bow you leaned way to the right. It's usually not a problem but you didn't lean from the waist and therefore put a slight twist on the string. Try to recreate it sitting on a bucket and you'll see. Nice buck.

[@jameswatschke1649]

crazymountain777 You're spot on brother!! I noticed the same thing, as soon as he leaned over to get the clear shot!! Some people get caught up in the heat of the moment, and take shots that they haven't practiced!! This is exactly why it's so important to practice shooting from various positions (standing, kneeling, sitting, leaning, and twisting), to be more properly prepared when these opportunities present themselves in the field!! One little thing can change your anchor points, the way you hold your bow, or compensate your normal posture, from the way you are used to shooting during practice!! Beautiful Buck, but it's too bad the meat couldn't have been harvested as well!! Where I live....gut shot animals rarely make it through the night, before predators take advantage of the situation!!

[@gheft762]

To the guys that say this isnt a 200 inch deer I saw it in person on his Phillip's wall, it is huge

[@johntosh9437]

Give him a break people, damn, if a buck like that came out in front of me I'd probably be shaking all over the place and get a bad shot to.

[@mikaylacasey509]

i just got a compound recurve bow for Christmas I'm going to try it out soon

[@mikaylacasey509]

+Brandle Colonna ok then why did it say that it was when i got it!!!!!!😠

[@TheGuitaronfire76]

+Mikayla Casey Lmao!!!!!!!!!

[@dylangroen2552]

There is such thing, look it up, it is a recurve bow with adjustable limbs

[@jadestyck7208]

This is when you regret not using a gun

[@robwallace8595]

BTW, what did he officially score??? Prob an error in the title, but it got some views for it... just curious on the actual #

[@daviddenney2025]

I can't stop looking at the title to this video. 200 incher huh? a 141 inch buck named dagger..

[@ethanlowery7187]

very good buck

[@legacy62]

How many points was that deer?

[@gumbofavre6083]

What cornball names a deer

[@TheWhiteGuy82]

A cornball who attracted you to watch his video.

[@79TEOG]

What were u baiting with?

[@douglaswoosley5136]

DO YOU USE SPOTTING SCOPES WHEN HUNTING?

[@rockyarmstrong7345]

I'm no expert, but Id put up a hefty wager that the worst kill on a hunt is better than the best kill conditions in a slaughterhouse where your store bought meat comes from, even your upity, organic claimed meat..

[@AO-ip6yx]

rocky armstrong that's a fact buddy! A hunted animal has the best death they could ever have! If people think about it when animals die naturally in the wild it's almost always a slow disease, starvation, predation or just old age laying down for a week. Humans hope to die in their sleep old, deer hope to be killed by human when they're old!

[@kennylainhart7148]

Was your face pressure and how you leaned for the shot, will cause tourqe!!!

[@kennylainhart7148]

Amazing deer,

[@BoneCollector-yt4vh]

He didn't leave it over night because he hunts for antlers only. He left him because it was the ethical thing instead causing the animal more pain and suffering.

[@BoneCollector-yt4vh]

By pushing him further and further

[@bruceswank6429]

yeah I agree with you when in doubt back out I did not knowing how good of shot I made but with me doing that some a hole took my 14 pt buck widest rack I've ever seen and that's what happens when you shoot a biggie in PA people steal your damn trophy so now I'll never back out again I'll just wait couple hrs in stand or blind then start looking never will I leave on over night again

[@chargingmantis4597]

Put the head antlers on your wall as a trophy big nice buck

[@mike617]

I have never hunted. Can someone tell me why they wait after the shot/kill to track the animal??? Thanks

[@noahanderson1192]

They wait because they didn't hit him in the right spot and they don't want to come up on him alive

[@noahanderson1192]

They wait because they didn't hit him in the right spot and they don't want to come up on him alive

[@ckingclosur]

+mike doyon some times if it's not a heart shot or double lung hit the animal will run while he is bleeding and may pose for a short time so if the hunter give a chase at that point all he's gonna get him scared and the animal will keep on running . Some times they pose after say a 100 to 500 yard and they stay put and this is where they die so all you have to do is follow the blood trail . give him time to bleed to death.Some time they run a 50 or 60 yard and pose to collapse in it's place where he posed.The key is the shot placement that's why you take your time before you shoot , a gut shot is very messy and will spoil the meat and it can take a day for the animal to die while he is on the run far away from the hunter's reach , so in another word the animal is lost . They are strong,fast and have lots of energy , I am a bow hunter not a rifle one . In rifle hunt is a bit different , if the hunter got his sight fixed right he or she will not have this problem for his shot placement will be more accurate. It is good know the range and windage before taking the shot , a minor adjustment to the scope will do the job ; also the ammo plays a roll as well , there are what is called the grain so for example if I am taking a moose using a rifle I would get heavy bullet grain like 180 to 200 gr like 338 federal , so the mass and kinetic energy as you read also plays a roll for a successful hunt e.g. fast kill , same thing for the arrow head you have to have heavy grain for a kill when it comes to big game . Never come close to the hunt before you make sure that the animal is dead , a swing of antlers can be deadly . I personally don't go after trophy to mount on the wall so if I use a rifle I try to get a head shot that is fast kill and I won't have a bloody meat so it's all used up no spoil plus I have an intact hide no holes in it

[@mike617]

+ckingclosur thanks bro!

[@nitramza861]

That buck was massive and beautiful. It's a shame that he probably suffered due to Phillip's poor shot placement... and that the coyotes ate a lot of it. That would have been a lot of meat.

[@flyinlizard]

A good trained blood tracking dog, WILL find that deer.

[@poophead3574]

R.I.P Dagger

[@HouserOutdoors]

What about the turkey?

[@ludlowfilms5183]

Zero shames were given that day.

[@1colt451]

Watched the two boys shoot now you all I can say is MORE time with a target

[@ckingclosur]

May by some back straps and hind quarter and some front shoulder but Coyotes were the winners . this was not a gut shot , maybe a liver or diaphragm. I would have tracked him even in the dark of the night

[@grampathecleveradviser5461]

Phillip, I want to see you hunt, by yourself, on public land for a change. No ranch, no guides. No land owner, no animals with names. Hunt like 99% of us do, and then see how you do.

[@joshuahenn6189]

maybe 170 being generous, just saying.

[@evanwhitaker6696]

i love to watch phillip hunt. This really has nothing to do with the video itself but if the show is sponsored by elite archery, why does he always use a matthews? RealtreeOutdoors

[@alejandromireles222]

14 points is what I count

[@rudiepolicz8684]

The funny thing in the comments people talk so much. But half have never hunted. I had a mature doe eaten by coyotes in an hour after I shot her.

[@jrdubsta4731]

Nice that's gotta suck dude I just shot my deer and I had to shoot a coyote off of him while my dad got the pickup

[@dashby1435]

That shot was really far back, but all in all, good hunt.

[@joeroney3076]

Even if he got the meat off that buck it would been to tough to even eat the back straps

[@MrRreno1]

maybe 170 , major deductions on it.. and its a outfitter, it shouldn't be in the record books.. how is it hunting when someone else tells you what you can or can not shoot and takes you to the spot with NO scouting or prep...

[@travisvennel9553]

I just got a new duel game call

[@jacksonhunterandfarmer2673]

👍👍👍

[@stevegore4728]

They need to let me come hunt some coyotes!

[@richardhall744]

If this upsets you so, why are you watching this? A good hunter will only take what he needs and if we didn't hunt we would be over run with them. Hunters aren't here to wipe out the population just manage it.

[@eddieabbott2637]

thats real nice to bad he's just a horn hunter like a lot of rich people

[@terryray1609]

I would say the coyotes found the deer still alive and surrounded him while he was down...we all make bad shots sometimes

[@terryteague164]

left over night....coyote food....just a horn hunter. nothing to be proud of. not your best day.

[@joshuahenn6189]

you obviously haven't tracked a deer at night that has had a terrible shot, especially a big mature buck. If you bump a big deer like that once, he will probably bed down again. but twice? three times? that thing will keep running and stop only when he is physically incapable. Possibly miles. So really the ethical thing to do here is to back out like he did.

[@terryteague164]

Joshua Henn he got the horns, it's all good. let's agree that this had nothing to do with recovering the meat.

[@joshuahenn6189]

Terry Teague Naw i cant really say that. It was about revering the deer at all, regardless of meat or antlers.

[@terryteague164]

Joshua Henn really? the buck died a slow death then to be ravaged by coyotes but at the end celebrated for a recovery. i hunt for meat, horns are a possible conclusion, killed for food, not for a video.

[@joshuahenn6189]

Terry Teague Same here bud. But luckily he doesn't have to. Are you really that dense to come watch a pro hunter shoot deer with the intention of meat? No its for entertainment. And no one wants to watch some guy sling arrows at small bucks and does all the time. Plus there is only a certain amount of venison a family can put away in 9 months. Recovering that buck was the main priority here, and he thats exactly what he did. All i am saying he made an effort in the end to recover that deer, regardless of antlers or meat. The decision wasn't made on antlers only, it was to actually find the deer regardless of the shape it was in.

[@fishnhunt2312]

I am a big time hunter

[@ethantyra8899]

That a dagger their one on our farm it and bigger dagger be close

[@griffineagan2667]

Ethan Tyra learn how to make sense u fuck. U don't have shit like this on you're farm

[@AO-ip6yx]

Griffin Eagan You are telling someone to make sense when you are to dumb and lazy to type whole words or use the correct "your"! You can't even write a sentence and you sound like a 14 year old girl that is texting.

[@mattystewart8]

Therealdeal O i mean come on if you are going to correct someone on their spelling at least use the propper version of "too" to make the point.

[@mattystewart8]

Therealdeal O "you are to dumb" ****TOO dumb

[@AO-ip6yx]

mattystewart8 You got me! But my point was that I make an effort to use correct grammar, using the letter "u" twice in a sentence is intentional and just lazy, not like the mistakes I sometimes make. It also gives a person about 90% chance of being under 25.

[@79TEOG]

You tried hiding the bait and saying you were hunting a corn field just be straight about it

[@poophead3574]

i hope dagger didnt die

[@organicdoge1358]

+Brandle Colonna I think he might be joking. or he didn't finish the video

[@marqavioncole5230]

that fun

[@timmccomish1531]

Way to own up to your mistakes but I don't like rack hunters

[@swalker9482]

I will tell you what happened, when you lean like that sitting in ground blind you torque your bow and your anchor is off. I have seen more bad shots from a ground blind then anywhere else

[@TheBarred123]

stud

[@LD-qj2te]

You don't shoot unless you can kill it. Hunt it , track it and find it all cost . Always harvest the meat ! Antlers are a bonus But in this case the buck may have died but coyotes may have eaten it alive - hopefully it died before hand. To miss a shot that close in a blind ...., hmmm

[@benbolte9255]

Nice deer; too bad you didn't have permission to be on that land. Typical of how it goes around there.

[@LD-qj2te]

Ben Bolte What do u mean no permission . They clearly state they had permission

[@outdoorswild2480]

Tater tots

[@johngiles8609]

you dont deserve that deer..poor shot..i wish that deer would of got away....

[@josenavarro6006]

STUPID WHY TRACK IT THE NEXT DAY NO MATTER WHAT A HUNTER GOES AFTER THE GAME RIGHT AFTER AT LEAST AN HR

[@adamjones8501]

You're an idiot. If you make a bad shot you let the deer bed down and die. You don't go and push it and make it suffer even more if it is still alive. Clearly you don't hunt

[@josenavarro6006]

OK DONT MAKE BAD SHOTS ITS ALL BOUT A STEDY HAD DONT GET NERVOUS

[@annalloyd1753]

mostly you wait about a 1/2 hr at least recommended. Ive dont it. not easy some times to wait after a shot. But needs done. Got to my second one before it had fully expired and it wasn't a great feeling knowing it was gasping for air n life n hearing that. I am also all about making damn sure you have a correct shot placement n a clean line of sight n proper distance. ect. guns or bows no need to maim or injure any animal when it can be avoided. I also see the need to take EVERY effort to find your kil or possibly injured animal before u stop looking. Seen some folks not really care if the find their kills or not. Those folks are not Sportsmen. God Bless u Guys n Stay safe out there.

[@dancequeen1080]

I AM A PERSON ON THIS PLANET TOO! DO I NOT HAVE A SAY? WHAT IF I WANTED THAT ANIMAL TO REMAIN ALIVE! WHO THE HELL SAYS YOU CAN DO WHATEVER THE HELL YOU WANT AND KILL AN INNOCENT ANIMAL! COME ON!!!! PUT THE FRICKING WEAPONS DOWN

[@EpicFTWGaming]

What's that? I can't hear you over my LIBERTY. We live in America my friend. Land of the free home of the brave.

[@drewcausey6521]

How do you think we survived in the hunter-gatherer days. We killed animals and gathered food. Nowadays it may seem wrong because we have everything at our disposal but IT IS HUMANE MY FRIEND!!! P.s. You should see what they do to the animals that were raised and slaughtered to be put in grociery stores

[@joshijosti77]

Drew Causey Hayden Robbins it hurts how stupid u are..

[@MrRadar1967]

+Enny Enny Whats that saying... Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day... Teach a man to fish and he will eat for the rest of his life... The same thing applies to hunting... I prefer deer, buffalo and rabbit over Beef and chicken.. I am also a heart patient sooooo I can have all of the deer and buffalo meat I want due to the fact that its all protein... Rabbit has very little cholesterol... So Yes I am going to hunt and eat what is healthy for me. Yes they are beautiful animals but when it comes to a decision between beauty and my health? I am choosing my health...

[@joshijosti77]

MrRadar1967 gosh u selfish fuck, just look at the healthiest persons in this world. There is no to little meat in their diet. Were herbivores, deal with it buddy.

[@Innova0002]

You're not a real hunter...

[@noahhewitt1738]

200 inches hahahaha

[@robertward3038]

Coyote left overs, and you are going mad, what a waste of a good deer.

[@marre5604]

Stop shoting animals whit bow use rifles. Please

[@marre5604]

no kid