Wayne Roberts takes the buck of a Lifetime

This story begins back in November of 2023. The rut was in full swing when a new buck appeared on the farm. He looked massive—main-frame 7x7 with split G3s. His build and rack gave him the appearance of a mule deer as much as a whitetail. The very next day, I set my son, Trey, up in the shooting house overlooking a large food plot. About thirty minutes before dark, my phone rang. It was Trey. His voice was trembling with excitement: “I got him. Dropped him. He’s laying in the food plot!