I'm the guy in the Auburn hat with DA. You may not like his style but he for sure gets it done.
TN's limit this year was 315.
I am not surprised that some people don't like how many deer he hunted and killed. He is a hoot to be in camp with.
Funny story, The buck in the first picture was taken on my best friends farm. I had complete run of the place and could invite anyone I wanted whenever I wanted. Strict QDM rules. DA was content killing does. The owner liked that because he didn't want to have to make a 2 hour drive to shoot a bunch of does. Other guests would come and pass doe after doe.
The day DA killed that buck one of those guests, a pure "trophy" hunter looked at that deer and said "It's ok, if that's what your after" implying it was to small. Here's the punch line, the chief deer biologist for the state aged that deer at 6.5 at least. How do you get more trophy than a 6.5 year old buck?
I've met a lot of hunter's a few of which I will invite to hunt with me. The DA knows he can always hunt anyplace I have.
