Hunter Arrows Massive Missouri 10 Point with 25-Inch Spread [Video]

We know. When we first saw the photos of this buck, we wondered the same thing some of you may be thinking now: Is this thing for real? The buck is certainly turning heads—and raising some eyebrows—on the internet. But based on our conversation with the hunter and the trail-cam video and additional photos below, it seems like the buck is both for real and one of the widest whitetail we’ve every profiled.

Tanner Stay, of Iowa, took the giant whitetail during an evening archery hunt in Monroe County, Missouri earlier this week, on September 25. He unofficially measured its wide, typical rack at just over 185 inches. 

“I found this area last year, and I’ll put it up against anywhere I’ve been in the world for hunting. The genetics are unbelievable,” Stay tells F&S. “I have a good buddy with a farm down there, …