A monster 14-point buck killed in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, early this month might be the brand new state-record typical whitetail. Though the rack would have to be formally scored after a drying interval to qualify, there is no such thing as a doubt that Tyler Jordan’s buck is phenomenal.
Jordan, who hosts a looking TV present and is the son of Realtree founder Invoice Jordan, says he killed the buck on Dec. 5. He was looking at Honey Brake Lodge, a widely known and high-dollar clothing store within the Louisiana Delta.
“By no means thought my largest whitetail can be taken down in Louisiana,” Jordan wrote in an Instagram put up Monday. “However I’m grateful for the chance and the pursuit of this buck we’ve been maintaining with these previous three years.”
If he pursues a record-book entry, Jordan could set a brand new Louisiana state file for a typical whitetail. The deer, which he known as “Stomper Jr.,” has a gross inexperienced rating of 203 inches, in line with Jordan’s Instagram put up. (Jordan didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark for this story.)
That complete, which can probably shrink barely after the 60-day drying interval, additionally doesn’t embrace deductions for the buck’s cut up G1 and G2. Boone and Crockett considers cut up factors “irregular factors,” that are deducted from the whole gross rating of a typical whitetail rack. Nonetheless, if the buck’s remaining rating is remotely near its present complete, it would simply exchange the present Louisiana file typical, which measured 186 6/8 inches and was killed by Marshall McKay in Madison Parish in 1939.
Jordan is the vp of strategic partnerships for Jordan Outside Enterprises and hosts Realtree Highway Journeys on Realtree 365, Realtree’s streaming service. His father is arguably one of many looking trade’s first and most well-known celebrities, because of his founding of Realtree in 1986 and his position as host of the favored Monster Bucks movies and Realtree Outdoor collection.
Jordan has been deer looking at Honey Brake since 2019 and has shot a number of notable bucks on the personal property, which spans 20,000 acres. The lodge is positioned close to Jonesville, Louisiana and thought of a top-tier vacation spot for waterfowl and options luxurious lodging, chef-prepared gourmand meals, and a hefty price ticket.
“We leased the deer rights [for the] previous 5 years down there and have tried our greatest to handle it, develop high quality whitetails, and create good habitat,” Jordan wrote in a touch upon Honey Brake’s Fb web page.
Unsurprisingly, Jordan’s hunt for this buck was filmed. Critics declare reveals like his have promoted an obsession with trophy looking and set unrealistic expectations for on a regular basis deer hunters. Though feedback have been restricted on Jordan’s Instagram put up to show solely accepted feedback, the Honey Brake Fb put up about his hunt was open to public suggestions. Whereas many of the 860-plus feedback have been congratulatory, many have been predictably much less enthusiastic.
“Congrats, that is what looking has became… when you have the cash…. you bought it,” wrote one commenter. “I grew up shopping for and watching the ‘Monster Bucks’ movies and DVDs as a child. I remorse it to this present day; it’s turned the game I like right into a cash recreation. I hate it; your common Joe simply misplaced all his spots, locations, and connections. Good for you Tyler Jordan… nevertheless it prices the remainder of us considerably.”
Jordan additionally killed a formidable 10-pointer with a 25-inch unfold at Honey Brake in January 2023. That one scored 181 ⅜ inches, in line with Jordan. In 2020, Jordan dropped a 14-pointer nicknamed Stomper at Honey Brake, which resembles Jordan’s most up-to-date buck (Stomper, Jr.) with its symmetrical body and cut up forehead instances. Jordan reported Stomper’s inexperienced rating at 190 4/8 inches. (Honey Brake, which OL has labored with previously, didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.)
Jordan doesn’t have any deer listed on the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries checklist of All-Time Large Sport Data or on any Large Sport Data Annual Recognition lists, though his 2020 and 2023 bucks from Honey Brake would have certified had they been entered and accepted. Jordan talked about in a 2021 Instagram put up that he doesn’t usually have his bucks formally scored by Boone and Crockett measurers, which might clarify why these bucks should not listed within the Louisiana Large Sport File. The youthful Jordan additionally doesn’t seem to have any entries within the B&C data. It’s unclear, nevertheless, if Jordan plans to formally rating his 2024 buck and pursue the state file.
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