Lafayette hunter kills 220-inch buck in Mississippi Delta

- December 13, 2011 | Reader Format

Lafayette hunter Scott Champagne killed this buck, estimated at 220 inches, while hunting in Jefferson County, Miss., last week.

Lafayette's Scott Champagne almost didn’t hunt the stand on Thursday (Dec. 8). But he saw a doe jumping his fence and heading toward an old, grown-up food plot and knew Jefferson County bucks were probably starting to look at the females of the species with lust.

“I kind of had a suspicion based on the signs in the woods that the deer were about to get into the pre-rut,” Champagne said. “When you see those does moving around, that’s about as good a chance as you’re going to get to get on a buck.”

So he climbed into the box stand about 3:30 p.m. and settled in to see what would happen. It was fortunate he did, as he nailed a 17-point that has been rough scored at 220 inches Boone & Crockett just before shooting hours closed.

f it holds that score, it rank in the 10 non-typical bucks killed in the state with a rifle, according to the latest Magnolia Records. It blows away the current No. 1 deer from Jefferson County, which grossed 189 4/8 inches and was killed in 1998 with a muzzleloader.

Go to our sister site, MS-Sportsman.com, to read the full story on this incredible buck!