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Josh Heuser with a buck for the ages. Clint Schwach / Facebook

After watching the buck grow over the past four years, bowhunter Josh Heuser arrowed his very own Missouri Monarch at the end of September

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Josh Heuser with a buck for the ages. Clint Schwach / Facebook

Bowhunter Josh Heuser tagged “a buck of 10 lifetimes” last week while hunting in his home state of Missouri. That’s according to Clint Schwach, who captured some beautiful photographs of Heuser’s goliath whitetail. The buck is an absolute stunner, and more than a few people are already wondering aloud if the deer could be a new Missouri state archery record.

That record currently belongs to Randy Simonitch, who arrowed a 269 7/8-inch nontypical whitetail in Pike County in 2000. Although it’s unknown if anyone has put a tape to Heuser’s buck, many hunters are chiming in on social media claiming it could easily fall somewhere in the upper 200-inch category. Heuser, who is one of the hosts of “Respect the Game TV”, has not yet responded to interview requests.

“Josh Heuser, son of Kent Heuser, just shot the biggest free range Missouri buck I have ever seen! I am sure that we will hear more about this buck over the next year,” Jesse Maruschak, an experienced public land hunter wrote in a Facebook post on Sept. 29. “It absolutely dwarfs my 193-inch buck. It’s probably 280+!!!”

Details around Heuser’s trophy whitetail are still emerging. But according to social media posts by the hunter himself, Heuser had a long history with the buck he nicknamed “Louis.” He had watched the buck grow since 2018, which he proved by sharing trail cam photos on Facebook of the deer over the years.

“Us four covered countless miles in the pickup this summer,” wrote Houser, who said that bringing his family along to scout made the whole experience even more memorable. “The kids would watch movies in the backseat while I glassed. Truck piled with snacks and juices we were ready to roll. 5 years of watching him came to a close.”

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The internet hunting world has already blown up over the buck, which has a jaw-dropping number of points co*ing off a set of massive, palmated main beams. For a proud Missourian like Heuser, the deer belongs in the same class as the Missouri Monarch, the standing world-record non-typical whitetail buck that was found dead in St. Louis County in 1981. Even if it doesn’t set a new record for the biggest buck ever arrowed in the Show Me State, the deer represents the pinnacle of Heuser’s whitetail hunting career, which he alluded to in a heartfelt Facebook post on Sept. 28. 

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“As a child I dreamt of an animal like this. I would hide behind trees in the yard with a BB gun and pretend to shoot big bucks,” Heuser wrote. “For this story to co*e to an end after many prayers. Many selfish prayers I may add is just incredible. I’m still in shock. My very own Missouri Monarch. 5 long years of watching this deer is finally over. I learned a lot about myself on this journey. (Louis) you played one hell of a chess match. For everyone that helped me along the way I say thank you. Your presence and love goes farther than y’all think.”  

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