9-year-old Missouri hunter shoots huge buck
The 17-point buck scored 201 and 7/8 inches, which is large for Missouri deer
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}This hunter shot the prize of a lifetime -- and he’s only 9 years old.
Cole Huwar, 9, from Brooksfield, Mo., shot a huge 17-point buck on Nov. 1, during the state’s early youth portion of deer hunting season.
According to the Springfield News-Leader, the buck’s antlers scored 201 and 7/8 inches.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Cole was with his dad, Joshua Huwar, in a blind near Josh’s soybean field when they saw the deer.
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"We were in a blind and it came out at 200 yards and got up to about 170 yards, chasing a doe," Huwar told the News-Leader. "I got real excited and started shaking."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}With his dad beside him, making sure he was lining up the shot properly, Huwar shot the deer and it “fell straight down,” he said.
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Huwar’s dad was impressed by the size of the buck.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“I knew it was the biggest deer I've ever seen," Joshua told the News-Leader. "There's very few 200-inch deer shot in Missouri, no less than by a 9-year-old boy."
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Huwar donated the meat to a family in need and entered his buck into a statewide youth hunting competition put on by Missouri hunting show “Outdoor Vigilantes.” He took first place among the 81 other competitors, according to the News-Leader.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The second-place buck scored 181 and 1/8 inches, the newspaper reported.
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One of the “Outdoor Vigilantes” producers, Kody Lucas, told the News-Leader he was surprised by how big Huwar’s buck was.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“I told him this is a deer of a lifetime,” Lucas said. “I've hunted deer a long time but I've never killed a deer that breaks 200 inches."
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In fact, even the Missouri Department of Conservation’s cervid program supervisor, Jason Isabell, told the News-Leader that a buck as big as Huwar’s is fairly uncommon.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A 9-year-old hunter in Missouri shot a rare 17-point buck (not pictured) that scored 201 and 7/8 inches, which is reportedly much larger than most Missouri deer. (iStock)
"Although Missouri is known for producing some large-antlered bucks, deer that score over 200 inches are not common in our state or anywhere in the country for that matter," Isabell told the newspaper. "A 200-plus-inch whitetail is a tremendous deer and a very unique animal."