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Buddy Deville's Full-Velvet 200-Inch Buck

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American Hunter Staff

posted on September 22, 2015

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Earlier this month, Associate Editor Jon Draper harvested his largest whitetail ever in Kentucky on an archery hunt with Cabela's Outdoor Adventures. While he was in the Bluegrass State, however, a fellow hunter had the opportunity to drag something truly special out of the deer woods: a 200-inch, full-velvet monster. Learn the ins and outs of Buddy Deville's hunt with the video embedded above.

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