has anyone else heard about this???

[ahhdanny]

I am new to this but got an email this morning and thought maybe someone on here would know the truth. THE EMAIL WAS STATING A 412LBS Deer was shot in NW Pa. It was probably going to be the heaviest whitetail ever taken. From the pictures it looks like the person shot it with a bow. as I said I am new and will try to figure out how to post the picture.

[Texan_Til_I_Die]

Odds are that it's just another email hoax, but if you can get the pics posted along with any links you might have to news articles or such and we'll probably be able to find out pretty quick.

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And welcome to the forums!

[Illinois1958]

400+ pound deer have been taken in most states north of the mason/dixon line. It is unusual, but not unheard of.

[Illinois1958]

Heaviest Whitetail Deer
On a cold November day in 1926, Carl Lenander Jr. dropped a monstrous Minnesota buck with a single shot. Field-dressed, the deer weighed 402 pounds. The state Conservation Department calculated its live weight to be 511 pounds. No heavier whitetail deer has ever been recorded.

[nyhunter24]

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Heaviest Whitetail Deer
On a cold November day in 1926, Carl Lenander Jr. dropped a monstrous Minnesota buck with a single shot. Field-dressed, the deer weighed 402 pounds. The state Conservation Department calculated its live weight to be 511 pounds. No heavier whitetail deer has ever been recorded.

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wow, thats a big deer. and here i thought the one a guy got in the catskills last week that dressed at 240 was big. lol imagine loading that pig into a pick em up truck.

[Swamphunter]

I have actually seen that picture in a book before. It is impressive.

[woodsman2230]

where at in NW PA did the story say it was shot?

[ahhdanny]

The email says along the clarion river in clarion county.

[wtnhunt]

According to Dr Leonard Lee Rue III the heaviest whitetail ever was taken in Minnesota and weighed an estimated live weight of 512 lbs.