The buck in this video is featured in the painting “Big Timber Bucks” by Larry Zach. See www.zachwildlifeart.com for more on this painting. This video is composed of clips from video footage shot by Larry of his trophy deer and inspiration for the print “Big Timber Bucks.” The video shows the buck during the fall of 1999 and during the summer of 2000 before it was harvested. Take care to notice the extreme increase in antler size during that one year. The first print in Zach’s Big Buck Series, Big City Bucks (see video of this buck on YouTube also), featured deer living in Des Moines, Iowa. This painting was followed by the second in the series, Big Timber Bucks. This print features three bucks that lived in a more typical setting — the heavy timber of southeast Iowa. Larry and his two children were lucky enough to harvest all three bucks with within a couple miles of each other during the hunting seasons of 1999 and 2000. On November 5, 1999, Larry and his 17 year-old son, Chris were in a shingle oak overlooking a secluded clover patch on their southeast Iowa farm. That morning, Chris filled his antlerless tag with a mature doe. Evening found them in the same tree, Larry with video camera, Chris with bow and arrow and a statewide archery tag to fill. Another doe came in to feed, this time followed by a mature, 5½ year-old buck! Slowly the pair fed into the clover patch and into a shooting lane. Chris made an excellent shot when the big non-typical finally turned …