24-03-2006, 12:40 PM
A trophy of a lifetime
The Pilot-Independent
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Mike Morrill poses with his 14-point whitetail deer that set a new scoring record in Coffee County, Ala.
Thirty-nine years of hunting experience paid off for Michael Morrill, when he killed a trophy whitetail buck that set a new scoring record in Alabama.
Morrill, the youngest son of Bill Morrill of Benedict and a resident of Alabama for 34 years, was hunting in Coffee County, Ala., when he took the 14-point whitetail.
The buck weighed 196 pounds with a score of 180 7/8 inches in the North American Whitetail Records in the typical category. The score set a new record in Coffee County, Ala., and is the 22nd-highest scoring buck ever recorded in Alabama.
The length of the right side measured just over 26.5 inches, while the left side was 26.25 inches. The circumference of the right beam between the burr and the first point was just over 6.5 inches, with the left at 5.125.
Morrill, who started his hunting career nearly 40 years as a 13-year-old by chasing ruffed grouse and other small game near Benedict, bagged his record buck Dec. 3 in Elba, Ala. He was using a shotgun with buckshot, with his only available shot through heavy brush.
Only six of the nearly 60 pellets found their mark but, as Morrill said, the rest is history.
"Hunting deer has become my favorite pastime the last 30 years and although I've seen and harvested many mature whitetail bucks, I have never seen a buck with the mass of antlers this 14-point buck has," Morrill said. "It was the day that every deer hunter who braves all the elements Mother Nature can throw at you gets up for to harvest your trophy whitetail buck."
Morrill has lived in Alabama since 1972 when he was honorably discharged from the Army. He now works at Fort Rucker as a lead man in supply and is responsible for maintaining, procuring and the delivery of all the helicopter parts to the five airfields for aircraft maintenance personnel to repair the helicopters for training young men and women as pilots.
Only two weeks earlier his 26-year-old son, Isriel, killed a 12-point whitetail.
Mvh
Kim
Jeg er ikke fejlfri,men det er så tæt på at det skræmmer mig.
The Pilot-Independent
Mike Morrill poses with his 14-point whitetail deer that set a new scoring record in Coffee County, Ala.
Thirty-nine years of hunting experience paid off for Michael Morrill, when he killed a trophy whitetail buck that set a new scoring record in Alabama.
Morrill, the youngest son of Bill Morrill of Benedict and a resident of Alabama for 34 years, was hunting in Coffee County, Ala., when he took the 14-point whitetail.
The buck weighed 196 pounds with a score of 180 7/8 inches in the North American Whitetail Records in the typical category. The score set a new record in Coffee County, Ala., and is the 22nd-highest scoring buck ever recorded in Alabama.
The length of the right side measured just over 26.5 inches, while the left side was 26.25 inches. The circumference of the right beam between the burr and the first point was just over 6.5 inches, with the left at 5.125.
Morrill, who started his hunting career nearly 40 years as a 13-year-old by chasing ruffed grouse and other small game near Benedict, bagged his record buck Dec. 3 in Elba, Ala. He was using a shotgun with buckshot, with his only available shot through heavy brush.
Only six of the nearly 60 pellets found their mark but, as Morrill said, the rest is history.
"Hunting deer has become my favorite pastime the last 30 years and although I've seen and harvested many mature whitetail bucks, I have never seen a buck with the mass of antlers this 14-point buck has," Morrill said. "It was the day that every deer hunter who braves all the elements Mother Nature can throw at you gets up for to harvest your trophy whitetail buck."
Morrill has lived in Alabama since 1972 when he was honorably discharged from the Army. He now works at Fort Rucker as a lead man in supply and is responsible for maintaining, procuring and the delivery of all the helicopter parts to the five airfields for aircraft maintenance personnel to repair the helicopters for training young men and women as pilots.
Only two weeks earlier his 26-year-old son, Isriel, killed a 12-point whitetail.
Mvh
Kim
Jeg er ikke fejlfri,men det er så tæt på at det skræmmer mig.