Tim Phillips said he "bagged" a 39-point buck on Saturday after hunting it for four years. (Scott Dyer)
A Missouri hunter finally landed his ultimate prize: a 39-point buck dubbed “the St. Paul giant.”
Tim Phillips wrote on Facebook he was “lucky enough to bag” the buck on Saturday, after hunting the animal several years.
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Tim Phillips said he "bagged" a 39-point buck on Saturday after hunting it for four years. (Scott Dyer)
“After 4 years of hunting the St. Paul giant I finally was lucky enough to bag him. #Walter 39 pointer counting ring hooks. 32 points counting inch or more. ROUGH SCORE 243!” Phillips said in a Facebook post.
Believe it or not, this isn't even the first time Philliips, or someone he knew, had actually shot this specific buck.
Phillips told KFVS a woman shot the same deer in 2014, and that his dad struck it with a bow just nine days before he took it down. In the latter case, Phillips says he and his father tried tracking the wounded deer with dogs, to no avail.
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Not long afterward, though, he was able to bag the buck on his own — for the most part at least: According to KVFS, Phillips also made sure to thank his wife for putting up with his obsession.
"Tim says thank you!" the site wrote on his behalf.