The "Hole In The Horn" Buck

Our late founder, Larry Huffman, sits down to tell us the story of this legendary whitetail. The unbelievable Ohio non-typical got his name from a small hole that pierces through one of the large drop tines on the right main beam. The buck’s antlers score an incredible 328 2/8 non-typical points.
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[@redcan5254]

Nice Buck! ... Really Really Nice Buck! ... Great story to boot ...

[@gerritstell6248]

Can you even imagine how many hunters got a look, or a shot at him? Our deer camp would have named him: Mumbles...

[@person390]

I seen this buck years ago. A true wild giant . No farm antlers. PS I forgot who killed that one but world class! Love your channel.

[@jimlastname5152]

Stubby Bowers , a long-time member and former bartender/manager at the Kent Canadian Club, has said he was present when the hole was made with a drill to route a wire to help steady the mount on the wall. He's told that same story for decades. He first told me around 1991 or 1992. Now why you have to drill a hole when you could wrap the wire around the tine, I don't know.

[@drafthorsediva2777]

Bot fly larve can cause holes in the horns ,but typically don't go all the way thru. Or so my taxidermist said after I asked why my buck horn had a hole in it, lol .

[@UncleDonDon]

I driven past Ravenna arsenal many times. Saw the most beautiful double drop-tine I've ever seen inside along the high fence. TONS of deer in there.

[@ronaldpetersen255]

Iconic buck and my favorite NT period!!!!

[@chevy427ify]

what a Beast he was,,

[@jamesgreszczuk1670]

Wow that's immensely huge rack with a lot of points on it, the rack is so unusual it's a miracle of the buck to produce that many points in every directions!

[@HillTrekkerSarge]

2:06 See that beveling at the entrance and exit of that hole? That's because a bullet did it. Energy from velocity caused that. It's not from a piece of wire fence, lol. No way could the deer have ran into a chain link fence with so much speed and velocity that it could cause a piece of wire to punch a hole clean through an antler. A hardened antler which is dense. You'd need a drill to do that. My guess is that it was a .22 rimfire round. Some noob that works or lived near that arsenal tried to head shoot that buck, missed and punched a hole in the antler. It was also probably hit by another round(s) to the body and ran away and died a slow death near those tracks. Yup, the world record whitetail buck was in all likelihood killed by a poacher, abandoned, wasted, lost....

[@nileperch1069]

Beautiful animal in all his majesty *****

[@ashlynlagana3571]

Exactly. Thank you!!

[@huntrrr99]

Well no shit

[@karenbaker9255]

I’m all for hunting in overpopulated areas, but to wound any animal and just let it run off, is total cruelty, laziness, and/or ignorance.

[@ashlynlagana3571]

@@karenbaker9255 when I ever wound a deer we try to track it down but sometimes you can't no matter how hard you try.

[@johnwyatt7206]

Awesome buck

[@stevewahl682]

Maybe it’s only a replica rack but they have this deer full body mounted in a bass pro in NW Ohio. I see it every time I go in there. Obviously the deer wasn’t originally full body mounted but perhaps BPS bought it and re-mounted it as a full body. There’s a plaque by it that I might have to fully read next time but I always thought it was the real hole in horn buck

[@slavvings]

I found a shed today with a perfect hole drilled into it but not all the way through. makes you wonder

[@holdleftedgeandsendit9351]

have seen this buck in person amazing animal

[@karenbaker9255]

Is there a way to determine the age of a cactus buck? How much antler growth do they get in a good year?

[@smc8144]

Have to agree with M. The hole was there and the deer got caught in the fence and died. I cannot imagine a small wire puncturing an antler. That seems completely unreasonable.

[@slkknifelover]

Drop tines are really soft and pourus

[@JGunit]

So you think that a fence, somehow hit a existing hole in its antlers and that little wire killed him from starvation? Just want to make sure I'm following your logic here. Because that just does not seem close to possible

[@nitrojunkie9027]

Wire through its antler, yeah........sure.

[@kennethverkest6717]

I live in Ohio I hunt all the big deer that I have seen start going downhill after a certain age

[@jacksongatlin5418]

How does a piece of fence in the hole prove that’s what caused it?

[@Sagittariustoo]

The Hole In The Horn Buck should have never been removed from the Kent Canadian Club and should be returned. They were idiots to have ever sold it ! It doesn't seem right to, now, be hanging in Missouri. It needs to be returned to Ohio. ...no, I'm not from Ohio.

[@K3Flyguy]

True words!

[@johnwyatt7206]

Not Warren county it was found in Portage county that's where the Ravenna arsenal is where the hole in the horn was found also the Kent Canadian club is in portage county Kent Ohio

[@greghammons5534]

Someone drilled the hole to help it stay on the wall

[@ozziejim8472]

They should have never run a tape measure over it.

[@kath5201]

Is this the Fabled Thirty Point Buck?

[@ashlynlagana3571]

What a monster! Wish it could have been hunted tho... still what a monster!!

[@LegendaryWhitetails]

How do you think this incredible buck got the famous hole in his antler?

[@scotthilliard7177]

Ok....I heard someone tried to poach him with a 22 cal., That's what I HEARD! LOL.

[@bettinaeicher425]

When the buck had the hole every year, it couldn’t be made by a bullet or a fence or a dart... I think they change antlers every year?

[@79TEOG]

Not a fence!

[@oldgoat1890]

A couple years ago I found a good sized dead 8 pointer back in a swamp on the 4th day of WV rifle season. It had been hitting the 70's that week and it was junk. I noticed a white spot at the base of the right antler and looked closer. There was a bullet hole right through the middle of it and about 3/8 wide circular flake had popped out around the front of the hole. The flaked area is what looked white. That bullet had gone through there like a woodpecker did it. Looked about like a .264 or 7mm hole. I don't know about a solid lead bullet cutting a round hole. I am thinking that back then it might have been popular to use solid lead bullets. Anyway, a jacketed bullet will cut a round hole in antler bone.

[@scottmckenna9164]

"And it was junk" Ah, I can smell it now! Way to call it my friend.

[@candaceleggett7603]

I am werring a legondary sweat shirt rigt now

[@tincanforacup2745]

No way a wire made that hole

[@scotthilliard7177]

It is hard to believe, considering how tough their horns are!

[@gerritstell6248]

@@scotthilliard7177 Even if in velvet.

[@scotthilliard7177]

@@gerritstell6248 You bring up a great point....the only thing is, when "horns" are in velvet, and still growing, the only real "soft" spots are on the very tips. I remember looking at a close up of that hole years ago...they showed pictures from both sides. To me it looked like a small caliber bullet hole, one side was rather "clean", and the other looked kind of "raggedy", like an exit hole. But, I don't know for certain. 🦌✌

[@ravia.r9455]

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[@chipsammich2078]

Why 2/8th not 1/4

[@termite122]

all scoring is referred to by 1/8's its just how they always have done it..

[@thealltimedrawergamer9136]

A wire from the fence went through the horn

[@x1Amazingplayer]

lol

[@jeffree6996]

lol good one

[@travischristian7480]

Awesome buck

[@IvanIvanov-vy7pt]

Its very hard to believe, since the bone mass of the antler is extremely hard!

[@jeffree6996]

Ivan Ivanov yes I find it veryyyy hard to believe. No possible way s deer could be moving at such speed to allow a wire to go directly though it's antler. Grab an antler you have and try to force a piece of metal wire through it. You'll find out how phony this theory is. In fact I doubt you could even force a nail through an antler in one swing

[@blank6989]

Only in Ohio 💀

[@K3Flyguy]

Antler soup is not as good as Tomato bisque.

[@tedintessimone6985]

George winters shot it..the deer got away..just sayin.

[@bobsharlet1149]

So gross typical score was 151? pfft. Looks like a sick 4 year old that was getting fed some weird food at the deer farm in ohio back in the 40's. My grand father owned the farm outside of Cleveland. Looks like one that was trying to get out and ended up dying in the fence. There is still a lot of controversy regarding this buck, even the exact location where it was found is still contested. In my opinion a farm raised deer has no business being in any record book. This was a very "photogenic deer" if you catch my drift. Shame.