The Unicorn Buck...one of the largest typical whitetail bucks ever captured on video.

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The Unicorn Buck...one of the largest typical whitetail bucks ever captured on video.

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One of the largest typical whitetails ever captured on film, The Unicorn Buck is truly a world class giant. I spent 52 consecutive days hunting this buck in Illinois. Although I wasn't able to harvest him, I was fortunate enough to have seen him 4 times and got a total of 28 minutes of footage. He truly taught me the way of the big deer woods and for that, I owe him a lot....it was an honor.

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@joewoodchuck3824 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic deer. Great photography too.

@michaelhargis7036 4 жыл бұрын

More like a quarter horse with antlers. Beautiful animal.

@chasenicholson3927 7 жыл бұрын

My god that buck was just beautiful

@wayneboswell6445 2 жыл бұрын

That was a 200 plus deer ! Man that was awesome .

@eileennavarrete5611 4 жыл бұрын

We didn't have a Unicorn Buck. Ours was an Albino. He was gorgeous. No one ever shot that guy. Bad luck. But a sign of good luck for the hunter to fill his freezer for the winter. A good hunter always whispers the hunters prayer before he goes out. Gives thanks to the one who gives way so you may eat and live another day. And a good hunter who wounds a buck and he runs away, tracks that buck until he finds him.

@calgal7828 2 жыл бұрын

I never hunted and even I can see that’s a magnificent buck!

@Twitchisatrick 2 жыл бұрын

Give it a try

@calgal7828 2 жыл бұрын

@@Twitchisatrick I’ve thought about it…I’m a good shot. Hog hunting sounds like fun.

@glennprince9983 6 жыл бұрын

Good grannies, that deer is huge.

@acowgirlsdaddy9512 5 жыл бұрын

Prettiest buck I've ever seen.

@robbyarmstrong4457 3 жыл бұрын

What an impressive deer

@colewood6432 4 жыл бұрын

Great genetics in that area! The Brewster buck was killed in the county just north of where this buck was filmed.

@ezdoesit6286 7 жыл бұрын

yeah, I'd probably pass out in the stand.

@jreinert1023 10 ай бұрын

Absolute stud!!

@JD-qv2dq 5 жыл бұрын

that was definitely a beautiful Buck...at 3 minutes into video there was a heart shot available ( that I would have taken )....as well as a few other opportunities....* but you got some wonderful video of him for sure...thumbs up to your ability to hold back ( I would have emptied my clip )....imagine his rack the next year..??? OMG..!!!

@justinl9677 5 жыл бұрын

Emptied your clip? You mean magazine? On your bow? During bow season? Pew pew? Pew pew during BOW SEASON? You don't really hunt, do you? No. No you do not.

@JD-qv2dq 5 жыл бұрын

@@justinl9677 .....lol I'm from the east coast...clip is a mag. Didn't realize vid was during bow season I guess...my bad. Yes I do hunt both rifle an Bow season...muzzleloader also... ;-)

@justinl9677 5 жыл бұрын

J D sorry I was a dick, my wife was being a you-know-what...again...no excuse though, my apologies.

@johnsellers2999 4 жыл бұрын

J D I'M From the east coast. It's a magazine sorry man

@mikecline1973 7 жыл бұрын

How does the deer not hear the music?????

@adamhirerc78 7 жыл бұрын

its called editing mooran

@mikecline1973 7 жыл бұрын

Adam Hire- you must be a midget because that shit went right over your head.

@daveyxe 7 жыл бұрын

Mike Cline He's tuned to talk radio.

@Michaeldpress14 6 жыл бұрын

Lmaoooo

@40intrek 6 жыл бұрын

I think the deer must be deaf.

@blackie1of4 4 жыл бұрын

Watching him pick his way through that tangle... I said he's sitting inside the bedding area. Then he lays down... what an awesome hunt!

@alttude5977 5 жыл бұрын

Yup, them boys do get the adrenaline flowin. Great video 👍

@toddhatten354 4 жыл бұрын

Need to trim some shooting lanes.

@thorodin6686 3 жыл бұрын

Not with a mosin Nagant lol

@rubenson9653 4 жыл бұрын

I harvested that same deer a few years back.!

@JakeLatendresse 4 жыл бұрын

Ruben Son are you from Paris?

@rubenson9653 4 жыл бұрын

Do you want to see his head mount.

@JakeLatendresse 4 жыл бұрын

Ruben Son yes sir. What did he end up scoring?

@rubenson9653 4 жыл бұрын

200 plus

@skimaster1466 3 жыл бұрын

Pics or it didn’t happen

@redfaux74 Жыл бұрын

Most people don't believe it, even long time hunters, but white tail deer, mule deer and elk can interbreed and occasionally do. They produce odd results even farther down the line until the original species dominates again.

@steveklick 7 жыл бұрын

One time a was fishing on the Mississippi and I had walked almost completely across the river to the other side. On one side their was a power plant and the other was a protected agriculture site for the University of Minnesota. I had walked to the agriculture side and it was a high steep bank. Right in front of me 4 giant bucks came out of the woods and stood side by side on the edge of the bank looking at the river. They all had perfectly semmetrical racks and the leader had the biggest rack. It was so perfect I couldn't believe it. I could not even count the points on the first one. It was literally like a perfect 20 to 30 point typical buck and the next was a little smaller until the fourth. The only thing I can tell you for sure was that the smallest one was a perfect and huge 12 point buck. They were the most perfect bucks I had ever seen anywhere, t.v, magazines, trailcams, you name it. After standing there for about 30 seconds the first one turned down river and then pranced down the edge of the bank. The others followed in quick succession. It was a bachelor group of tight nit elite superior bucks. Could not believe it, I stood there motionless the whole time, even after it happened I just sat there and thought for a while and tried to recall all the details.

@willcrain6786 6 жыл бұрын

9miler 9milerz never heard of bachelor bucks? Or running buddy?

@jeffree6996 6 жыл бұрын

Stephen Klick I've seen many bachelor groups of 4 buck especially during summer months. However, a 20-30 point typical? Haha come on with that bullshit

@PepperGipper 6 жыл бұрын

I've also seen monster bucks on the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers in the Twin Cities. Was jogging about a mile and a half from downtown St. Paul and accidentally cornered a 18 pointer between the trail and the river (about 20ft away from me) and he gave out the most aggressive sneezy sound and stare down. About face, never ran so fast in my life.

@masonwells874 6 жыл бұрын

I would of thought I died and went to heaven

@boelter354 6 жыл бұрын

Stephen Klick looks like you know where you're hunting next year

@davidschucknecht9582 3 жыл бұрын

Love it!!

@connerhenson8742 2 жыл бұрын

Was this buck ever takin that year????

@Pink7omy Жыл бұрын

Something as magnificent as that should be kept alive and not hunted down. Let the majestic creatures live out their prime lives having children who carry on their genes.

@brianeisenga882 3 жыл бұрын

It would be my luck that he would loose 50 inches or more next year. Lol. Can't wait to see if you harvest him next year. I just subscribed now.

@billturner4427 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing I would still be shaking

@abbykirby1710 6 жыл бұрын

Did anyone ever bag that deer?

@TRICK-OR-TREAT236 3 жыл бұрын

NO BUT SOMEBODY I KNOW DID SHOOT HIM THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THEY DIDN'T BAG HIM THEY JUST THREW HIM IN THE BACK OF THEIR TRUCK.

@blakehendricks860 3 жыл бұрын

I'd say if that was to be taken right then it would have ranked in the Top 3 largest typicals ever shot

@gregtsickafoose6757 9 жыл бұрын

that is amazing!! what a giant!! we had a unicorn buck on the farm a few years ago,, not as big as that one, but still a very cool deer , check it out,," incredible buck with 3 antlers on like it outdoors"

@jamesbreedlove6396 6 жыл бұрын

Goose bumps, been there....

@Davedonohoe 7 жыл бұрын

If you had some shooting lanes trimmed you could have had a decent shot at this guy. Guessing this was a newer stand slipped in late? In any event, cool footage and a great deer. Thanks for sharing.

@JakeLatendresse 7 жыл бұрын

David Donohoe there's no question, I made that mistake. I had so many trail images of him on the trail closer to the edge and even in the creek bottom beneath me...so I elected not to trim out in the thicket. It would've been a 52 yard shot, but that day was dead calm and he was very calm. I paid the price for my mistake.

@charlestinsman965 7 жыл бұрын

Latendresse Media Collective did you bow hunt him only?

@JakeLatendresse 6 жыл бұрын

Charles Tinsman yes, bow only.

@charlestinsman965 6 жыл бұрын

Latendresse Media Collective I strictly muzzleloader hunt I haven't carried a rifle in 8 years killed my best buck last year 5 and a half year old 11 point I have a 4 and a half year old 10 I'm pursuing this year

@JakeLatendresse 6 жыл бұрын

Charles Tinsman well good luck to you bud!! Hope you get that 10 pointer this year!!

@olenhunter1522 5 жыл бұрын

Unicorn means one horn....either you or me one is very confused...

@jesusisalive3227 4 жыл бұрын

A unicorn is a mythical creature. I'm pretty sure that's why they are calling him that.

@Deadbuck73 4 жыл бұрын

I seen a deer a dude captured and killed... it had regular rack but one brow tine was spiral and stood up like a unicorn horn... that’s what I was hoping to see here... something like that...

@JakeLatendresse 4 жыл бұрын

Olen Hunter dude...look very closely at the deer’s forehead and see the extra pedicle....where a straight vertical 12-13” spike antler grew out of his head like a unicorn. Sometimes it’s acceptable to play on words to get a point across, and o just don’t understand why people have to be so critical and insulting about stupid things like this.

@bigbuck3216 4 жыл бұрын

@@JakeLatendresse critical or insulting? he admitted he could be the one confused - UniCorn means One Spike - and YES - you have to look very closely to see anything that would conjure a "Unicorn" reference - and that deer is screened by brush and almost always broadside profile angle of the rack - would have never thought anything remotely close to "Unicorn" unless you said something - a horrible misleading name you gave that buck - just a 5 second explanation for the name"Unicorn Buck" in the beginning should have been given - find something else to do - you guys are bad at this .

@diane4537 4 жыл бұрын

@@JakeLatendresse Until you mentioned that about the extra pedicle I almost missed it! That is awesome! A Beautiful buck!

@tberd906 3 жыл бұрын

Monsters do exist!

@thorodin6686 3 жыл бұрын

Prolly shat my drawers if I seen this beast

@kelleenmurray1689 5 жыл бұрын

Myb if you'd grunted he would've been curious and tried to find from where sound came from,obviously he's the dominant buck n the area n they don't like intruders

@TWOSU_NEWS 6 жыл бұрын

He is the one you have prayed for all your life...god grants that wish, and you let him walk away...can only imagine what gods thinking.

@sarge6082 4 жыл бұрын

ida been grunting my ass off to get him back in range lololol

@wesleyadams5433 3 жыл бұрын

He'll be a good one next year.

@libertyBuilders 3 жыл бұрын

Damned if he won’t😂

@dalebaker9788 3 жыл бұрын

Were are your shooting lanes

@colton7608 4 жыл бұрын

Was there ever any articles on this deer looks huge

@K3Flyguy 3 жыл бұрын

He would make a lot of antler soup that's for sure.

@masonparsons4604 3 жыл бұрын

Who eats antlers?!

@YouLookinAtMe-Bro 4 жыл бұрын

Just out of curiosity... Do they also she'd that unicorn horn like the rest of their rack? Great video!👍

@norton2757 12 сағат бұрын

These bucks are farm raised on foods and nutrients that help maximize antler gains. The deer is then placed in a fenced in area for the Hunter who is paying big money to shoot it.🤪

@orlandodizo5097 5 жыл бұрын

Look at those thines!

@DB_VaDeR420 6 жыл бұрын

My buddy here in Pennsylvania got a unicorn buck on game camera nowhere near that big only an 8 point but still a uni

@AO-ip6yx 5 жыл бұрын

was the deer ever killed? found?

@JakeLatendresse 5 жыл бұрын

Therealdeal I'mwrongbut yes he was killed by a gun hunter opening day of gun season that year.

@blackyeti5483 7 жыл бұрын

I shot and lost a typical in Illinois in 2006 bigger than that. 10 in brows more mass and his 4 was over 12 inches.

@skotttailor6615 6 жыл бұрын

i seen a rack of horns not one horn unicorn means one horn nice buck but not a fukin unicorn

@arthurmcmahon3220 6 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure he ment unicorn as in a mythical beast. As in the deer is so big it's like a unicorn

@dejapollo 6 жыл бұрын

skott tailor it wasn't literal Jack ass. Unicorn means uncatchable.

@eltoncummings6334 6 жыл бұрын

Apollos 02 unicorn means rare

@dejapollo 6 жыл бұрын

Elton Cummings wrong.

@doubled1598 6 жыл бұрын

Follow it till the end and when the deer turns and faces the camera, you can see the horn in the center of his head.

@2380Shaw Жыл бұрын

Why "unicorn buck"? He's got more than 1 antler

@AMCAL2311 4 жыл бұрын

Dream Maker for Sure.

@zevirebel1236 3 жыл бұрын

You can buy them daily.

@MrOutback28 7 жыл бұрын

very unique deer indeed...

@ferengiprofiteer9145 3 жыл бұрын

I think he needed another year or two on him.

@SonotCali 4 жыл бұрын

Deer with a fucking moose rack 😂

@johncollins9111 9 ай бұрын

Did anyone ever kill him ?

@jonpatterson5668 6 жыл бұрын

Doesn't uni mean 1 .....just sayn

@krisjones9050 6 жыл бұрын

Jon Patterson Technically, unicorn means uncatchable, which pretty much means rare(hard to get/find), and it's shaped like a unicorn(I mean it's as big as a unicorn), and if you look at the end it has a horn in the center of its head.

@jonpatterson7211 5 жыл бұрын

Say, just a minute! Who's this guy masquerading as me? Not sure the world is ready for more than one of us.

@davebrakefield161 5 жыл бұрын

Maybe he's talking about the bucks tool.

@rompus23 4 жыл бұрын

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that he probably named the deer unicorn, since there is a big tine growing out of his forehead just like the pictures of the mythical "unicorn" always show. I could be wrong though. Lol

@lesleyspace1232 3 жыл бұрын

What makes him a “unicorn” buck?

@HoneyColmes 3 жыл бұрын

He’s got a brow tine or some sort of extra beam that looks like it’s coming out the middle of his head. 4:21

@elliottweis 3 жыл бұрын

Didn’t go 20

@matthewgriffin1653 2 жыл бұрын

Did anybody ever kill that buck?

@orlandodizo5097 5 жыл бұрын

Anybody got him yet????

@littleshepherdfarm2128 4 жыл бұрын

GMO corn and other vegetation can cause this defect. In the past 15 years I have seen 3 stories of big doe deer having huge antlers! Never saw it before and after doing some research I found that they ALL were from a 200 mile radius where GMO corn and soy beans were planted. Interesting but very very odd and definitely not normal. This unicorn buck could be a result of it too.

@cmberry4020 3 жыл бұрын

That has nothing to do with it gmo grain is everywhere in this country

@Brian-ee7wb 2 жыл бұрын

He didn't have a grunt or anything with him

@dustind292 7 жыл бұрын

He may not be referring to it as a "unicorn" in the typical sense of having one antler, but in the sense that one so beautiful is never seen, like it's his unicorn. We call guns that we would really like to have, but may never get, our "unicorn".

@stlrs7541 7 жыл бұрын

dustin dingivan No man Look again! It has a long single antler coming out right between it's 2 normal antlers I've actually shot one A 5x5 with a 7" "unicorn" antler in the middle

@dustind292 7 жыл бұрын

Stlrs 7 ...ah, I'm on my phone when I watch and can't see that well. I'll watch it again when I get a chance. Thanks

@stlrs7541 7 жыл бұрын

dustin dingivan I think best time to see it is 1:17 - 1:21

@jopan1363 4 жыл бұрын

I would be crying in the woods

@littleshepherdfarm2128 4 жыл бұрын

I would have been hinting with a .458 socom or 45-70 and taken that big boy home.

@marcgriffis7704 6 жыл бұрын

Where was this at in Illinois?

@JakeLatendresse 5 жыл бұрын

Marc griffis Clarke County near Paris, IL

@johnsellers2999 4 жыл бұрын

DON'T know if you said but how many point was it?looked to be 12 or 14. Thanks and very nice video

@jeffjohnston1268 6 жыл бұрын

What do you think he would score

@JakeLatendresse 6 жыл бұрын

Jeff Johnston he was killed by a gun hunter and as I was told, he scored 189” net typical with 4 busted tines.i estimated him at 212”-215” gross....but I’ll never know.

@lesliepavelko8600 4 жыл бұрын

Whoa...

@impactisimminent8509 6 жыл бұрын

That deer would hear the air off my arrow.

@scottmontgomery4537 5 жыл бұрын

Wow.

@TRICK-OR-TREAT236 3 жыл бұрын

THIS BUCK IS MORE CORN THAN UNI.

@shane-3170 6 жыл бұрын

is this the same deer that Tim Wells had on film when he and buck medley were hunting?

@JakeLatendresse 6 жыл бұрын

Shane Chitwood no this buck was killed by a gun hunter opening day of IL gun season that same year.

@kraybrother8768 6 жыл бұрын

What the hell is a unicorn buck?

@larryseliger9544 5 жыл бұрын

Look at the 4.19 mark.

@fitepitsnbonfires 3 жыл бұрын

Okay im missed something why is it called the unicorn. Buck i didnt see anything at all unusuall .?looks like a meer dramatization for what what ?

@mattwilkie9713 3 жыл бұрын

Unicorn aka one in kind. That is an absolutely giant typical rack. Could very well rank top five ever if someone harvested him

@kurtmckelvey9478 4 жыл бұрын

Beast !!!!! 😕

@brokenwolf67 7 жыл бұрын

crap running down both legs . . . boots full . . . maybe throwing up too

@shakadanny3518 6 жыл бұрын

brokenwolf67 lol no kidding.. Just a giant skid mark walking back to camp haha

@masonwells874 6 жыл бұрын

brokenwolf67 same

@ryanwillett728 7 жыл бұрын

Truly a brute... he still walking?

@JakeLatendresse 7 жыл бұрын

Ryan Willett unfortunately not. He was killed by a gun hunter opening day of gun season that year. The buck had three busted tines when he was killed.

@ryanwillett728 7 жыл бұрын

Tough break man. Sad end after you've put so much into the chase.

@theozofwizards6923 6 жыл бұрын

Dang that sucks, with 3 broke tines he prolly lost 20-30" of bone but I guess you gotta take that ahoy when it's offered busted rack or not.. truly beautiful deer though... they don't make them in that model around here sadly

@jefferyschirm4103 5 жыл бұрын

What did I miss unicorn means one horn.

@JakeLatendresse 5 жыл бұрын

Jeffery Schirm have you ever heard of the word figurative! All three of you critics that want to beat that down are silly. He has a freaking 12” spike coming straight out of his head, on a completely different pedicle, between his normal rack. Can you not see that? Geez. Give it a break.

@justinl9677 5 жыл бұрын

@@JakeLatendresse Of course he can't see that, he's still behind the power curve when it comes to comprehension. Couple that with his moderate to heavy consumption of lead-based paint chips and there isn't much of a chance of him advancing into the double-digits on the I.Q. chart. Beautiful video, it's a crying shame that it wasn't you that got to harvest that monster, but you got some amazing footage, and that will last way longer than the meat he would have added to your freezer!

@thyslop1737 3 жыл бұрын

YEE GADZ!

@copenhagensnuff5991 4 жыл бұрын

I think I just got a Woody.

@markrigsby2107 7 жыл бұрын

Why would you shoot some deer that was that Great?

@jacrispiejackson69 7 жыл бұрын

mark rigsby it would look even greater on the wall

@mattrawlins7226 6 жыл бұрын

antifa

@danfiscus9263 5 жыл бұрын

just to see it die us hunters only like to kill things we don't care about the story or the meat we just like killing ok I'm just being a smart ass I'm just so tired of hearing these dumb ass talk no one cares more for deer then the true hunters that hunt them It sucks to shoot a big buck u been hunting for a few years just means the hunt is over and have to start all over I love just being in the woods with the peace and quiet there nothing better then haven a really bad or stressful day and then going out in getting in a tree it's the most peaceful thing ever it's the BEST STRESS RELIEVER THIS IS

@williamwaha3193 5 жыл бұрын

mark rigsby --- Why would you shoot some deer that was that Great? --- The Greatest thing about a mature buck is that he's already passed on his genetics to at least 5 - 10 years worth of Fawns . Every January / February during the early thaw (usually) these whitetail deer lose their antlers and every late summer they grow a new set for the fall . Truth is a young buck doesn't grow a massive amount of antler only mature bucks produce that much . Mature bucks also have more meat on their skeletal structure , the True purpose behind Hunting is food . Hunting is enjoyable and it also keeps the genetics from bottle necking . You don't want the same 1 buck breeding year after year for 5 - 10 years straight , you'll eventually have degraded deer . I've seen people who didn't manage their cattle properly and the bull bred his own offspring , the results were sad . The same thing happens with sheep , goats , horses , dogs , etc ,. Every where there was whitetail deer there used to be wolves , with the majority of large predators in decline or extinct in these modern areas , there's no real way to manage the wild prey species to keep a healthy dispersal in place .

@treyhodge9209 5 жыл бұрын

why wouldn't you ?

@kingwill4291 4 жыл бұрын

Any word on the final score ??

@JakeLatendresse 4 жыл бұрын

King Will net typical B&C 189” with 4 broken tines is what I heard.

@markash6514 5 жыл бұрын

Kinda disappoint...thought I was going to see a buck with a single antler in the middle of its head.

@michaelpicozzi3910 4 жыл бұрын

I'm confused I'm looking at this video I'm looking for a deer with one horn I don't know that's a nice deer with a hell of a rack on him

@JakeLatendresse 4 жыл бұрын

Michael Picozzi If you look very closely, you’ll see a 12” tine that comes straight up between his main rack, just like a unicorn.

@michaelpicozzi3910 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for explaining I didn't know that

@charlesallen6066 3 жыл бұрын

That's 200 all day

@user-hb8be5wb4q 3 жыл бұрын

Well, he didn’t get to be as old as he is/was by being stupid. That rack is just as pretty Miss Dollys is!

@catfishkilla2950 3 жыл бұрын

Dude illinois has huge deer. Surprised ive never seen tim wells hunt ohio. Ohio has stupid fuckin huge deer over by mt vernon coshocton area. Also holmes county.

@bigcountry9210 7 жыл бұрын

this is why i like 270. I'd probably would've let him walk anyway.

@bettinaeicher425 4 жыл бұрын

I think you mean „unicum“ and not unicorn

@anthonybevins398 6 жыл бұрын

me and my son had one like it's to we found it dead by blue tongue it had three drop ties

@johnwilkening5262 5 жыл бұрын

vanishes from my life, lol. my life story

@bliss_syft_2690 5 жыл бұрын

Dang it was huge when I saw it for two seconds

@grab-a-skillet3585 6 жыл бұрын

Now fuck I wish I had a photo of the unicorn buck I almost shot last year that was an actual unicorn a mule deer with 1 spike coming right out of the center of his head just so I could show you what a real unicorn is