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230 Inches: Three-Year Quest for Enormous Kansas Buck Ends

Scott John started hunted this Sunflower State giant in 2022. This fall, he finally managed to catch up to the buck of a lifetime.

230 Inches: Three-Year Quest for Enormous Kansas Buck Ends
Kansas bowhunter Scott John finally caught up to his target buck after hunting him for the past three seasons.

Scott John, a Physical Education teacher and high school basketball coach in Kansas, had spent the last three deer seasons pursuing a giant buck in his home state.

The hunt for the buck started back in 2022, when Scott was actively hunting the big whitetail. The buck was carrying a 160-class rack that fall, Scott says.

"Though I was getting quite a few trail-cam pics of the buck, I never did manage to see him while hunting," he explained. 

The 2023 season began much like the previous year. He was getting trail-cams pictures of the buck again. Studying them, Scott and his friends figured the buck had blossomed into a 180-class buck at that point.

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