Trophy Room - 2007

September 2007

Hunter: Tom Ham
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Missouri
Score: 127"

Tom Ham harvested this beautiful 10 pointer on the first evening of his hunt. Tom was on a management hunt and he and his guide were hunting this deer based on the trail camera picture we had of the deer in mid July. The trail camera scouting really helped us get Tom on this buck!




September 2007

Hunter: Jim Belter
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Nebraska
Score: 125"

Jim traveled from his home in Nebraska to hunt for his first time in Missouri. Jim hunted very hard in extremely hot weather conditions and was able to harvest this beautiful 125 inch 8 pointer on the 2nd morning of his hunt. Jim stationed himself on a hardwood ridge that had several red oak acorns on the ground. This buck creeped on to the ridge early in the morning and Jim made a perfect shot.




September 2007

Hunter: Jared Washburn
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Illinois
Score: 136"

Jared traveled from Illinois to hunt the opening weekend of Missouri's bow season. On the second night of his hunt he arrowed this 11 pointer coming to a clover food plot. We new the buck was there and had this trail camera picture of the buck within 100 yards of where Jared harvested him. Halls Creek's hard work and preparation for the hunt paid off!




September 2007

Hunter: Bill Bugg
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Washington
Score: 144-2/8"

Bill Bugg made a trip from Washington for the second year in a row to hunt at Halls Creek. Bill harvested this almost 145 inch giant on the 3rd night of his hunt. Bill saw this buck on the 2nd evening of his hunt but could not a get a harvest opportunity. On the third evening Bill set up for a south wind on a clover food plot close to where he had seen the buck the night before. As often happens, right before dark this buck came in to the edge of the field and offered a perfect broadside shot.




October 2007

Hunter: Lanny Lambert
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Oklahoma
Score: 136"

Lanny Lambert traveled from his home in Oklahoma to harvest this extra wide 9 pointer. The buck gross scored right at 136 and we estimated his age to be 5. Lanny used his TC Encore and made a perfect shot at about 100 yards. We had seen this buck a few times during the summer on scouting cameras.


We had this trail camera picture of this deer from 2006 in mid November. He had gone completely nocturnal and this was the last known sighting.

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2006 trail camera



October 2007

Hunter: Doug Gamlin
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Florida
Score: 142"

Doug Gamlin traveled from Florida to harvest the largest buck of his life. This was a main frame 8 pointer that we had sheds from the previous 2 years. We estimated him to be 9 years old and he had taken a drop on antler size from the 2006 season. As harvested the buck gross scored 144 inches and in 2006 his sheds scored 163 as an 8 pointer! The trail camera picture shows the mass he still carried even as an "Old Man".




October 2007

Hunter: Brian Blake
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Oklahoma
Score: 147"

Brian traveled to Halls Creek for his first hunt in Missouri. He tagged this beautiful 11 pointer on the 2nd morning of his hunt.

We had trail camera pictures of this buck from mid July of 2007.




October 2007

Hunter: David Hebert
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Louisiana
Score: 138"

David Hebert traveled from his home in Baton Rouge to harvest this beautiful 10 pointer with a split brow tine. David harvested this deer on the third night of his trip. David saw this deer the 2nd night of his visit but did not get a shot. The third evening found him "camped out" in a blind over looking a clover food plot. As luck had it Davids plan paid off and he successfully harvested the largest buck of his life!




October 2007

Hunter: Tony Tabert
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Florida
Score: 133"

Tony was on his first whitetail hunt of his life at Halls Creek. On the first night of his hunt he and his guided spoted this drop tine buck feeding in a biologic food plot. The buck entered the field following some does. Tony and his guide were really suprised to see the small drop tine growing from the bucks head.




October 2007

Hunter: Scott Webert
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Michigan
Score: 148"

Scott was on his first ever hunt to the Show-Me State and chose Halls Creek as his first destination. On the first evening Scott took a stand overlooking a large clover field with mixed turnips and rape. Within the first half hour Scott spotted this tremendous buck entering the field about 60 yards from his stand. Scott made a perfect shot on this buck and was able to take his "chocolate" horned beauty back to Michigan.




October 2007

Hunter: Tim Ryba
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Nebraska
Score: 166"

Tim joined us for his second trip in a row to Halls Creek. Tim harvested this beautiful heavy massed buck on the second morning of his hunt on the edge of a known bedding area.




October 2007

Hunter: Ben Parker
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Tennessee
Score: 194"

Ben Parker visited for his first trip ever to hunt deer in the Missouri. Ben put his confindence in Halls Creek Outfitters in the pre rut of 2007. On the first morning of his hunt Ben was fortunate enough to share the same real estate with an absolutley magnificant animal. Ben made a perfect broad side shot on the largest buck ever harvested at Halls Creek. Ben's monster had 21 scoreable points that really pushed the gross score! Congratulations to Ben! Thanks for sharing the memory with us!




October 2007

Hunter: Paul Geil
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Florida
Score: 144"

Paul traveled from Florida to hunt this giant whitetail. He had a few encounters with other nice sized whitetails early on the hunt. On the final morning of his trip he harvested this buck around 11:30 am.




October 2007

Hunter: Christie Parker
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Tennessee
Score: 165"

Christie joined her husband Ben on a hunt to Halls Creek during the pre-rut for a late wedding gift to each other. Christie had several encounters with giant whitetails and even "missed" a 170 inch giant on her first evening (we have all gotten "buck fever" before). But Christie hunted very hard and spent the majority of day light hours trying to harvest a world class whitetail. On the third day of her hunt, she and her guide slipped into a known big buck bedding area and harvested this magnificant animal at 1:45 pm in the afternoon. Congratulations Christie on a well earned whitetail!




October 2007

Hunter: Lanny Lambert
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Oklahoma
Score: 165"

Lanny joined us for his second hunt this year using one of our land owner permits. Lanny had just completed a 6 day video competition hunt in Illinois. Lanny was unsuccessful on a buck in Illinois, but he harvested this giant buck the first evening of his hunt on Halloween at Halls Creek. Congratulations to Lanny on a great buck!



October 2007

Hunter: Terry Leuhring
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: North Dakota
Score: 167"

Terry drove all of the way from North Dakota to hunt with Halls Creek Outfitters. Terry hunted hard his first evening but never saw a good buck. On the second day he harvested this magnificant buck at 8:00 am in the morning in a known doe bedding area. This giant was "cruising" for receptive does when Terry harvested him.




October 2007

Hunter: Nathan Draper
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Texas
Score: 130"

This Lone Star State native came to Halls Creek for his first ever hunt in Missouri. On the second evening of his hunt he was fortunate enough to harvest this 10 pointer in a biologic field. Congratulation Nathan!



November 2007

Hunter: Pat Descant
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Louisiana
Score: 152"

Pat joined us for the second year in a row at Halls Creek. He harvested this beautiful 5-1/2 year old buck on the first evening of his hunt.




November 2007

Hunter: Melvin Owens
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Colorado
Score: 130"

Mel Owens came to Halls Creek this November for a hunt during the peak of the rut. Mel harvested this buck early in the evening on his first hunt. The buck was searching for does in a biologic field.




November 2007

Hunter: Brett Laurant
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Louisiana
Score: 145"

Brett traveled with his good friend Pat Descant for his second year to Halls Creek. Brett harvested this buck on the second morning of his hunt. The buck was tending a doe at the edge of a cedar thicket and would not leave her side.




November 2007

Hunter: Drew Knight
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Mississippi
Score: 151"

Drew, shared this hunt with his father David at Halls Creek the week before Thanksgiving. This is "prime-time" to harvest a mature well-scoring buck. Drew made the best of his visit and harvested this 16 point monster with the "heavy" palmation on the second day of his hunt.




November 2007

Hunter: David Knight
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Mississippi
Score: 147"

David Knight from Mississippi organized the family hunting trip of a lifetime. He chose Halls Creek Outfitters to "quarterback" the hunt with 7 family members. David, and his brothers Randy and Brian and their father Harold brought there 3 sons Jeffrey, Jacob and Andrew to hunt the largest bucks of their life! David saw several bucks on the first evening of his hunt, but elected to pass. On the second day of his hunt, right around noon, David and his guide glassed a bedded buck in a thicket. They made a stalk and David made a perfect shot on one of the largest 8 pointers ever harvested at Halls Creek! David was fortunate to share the experience with his son Drew. Congratulations on a great buck! Thanks for putting your confidence in Halls Creek Outfitters for this very "special" hunting trip!




November 2007

Hunter: Randy Knight
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Mississippi
Score: 158"

Randy joined the rest of the Knight Family on their first trip to Halls Creek. Randy, the oldest of the 3 brothers, showed some big brother wisdom and was the first of the 3 brothers to harvest this magnificant animal on the first night of his hunt!




November 2007

Hunter: Jacob Knight
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Mississippi
Score: 154"

Jacob Knight joined his father, grandfather, uncles and cousins on his first hunt in Missouri. He harvested this beautiful mainframe 8 pointer in a clover field with in the first 30 minutes of his hunt!




November 2007

Hunter: Brian Knight
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Mississippi
Score: 158"

Brian Knight harvested this buck while the buck was making a scrape. Just moments before the buck showed up his guide had just finished a "ratteling sequence". This mature buck couldn't stand the thought of another buck in his core area and came to the horns. Great shot Brian!




November 2007

Hunter: Jeffrey Knight
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Mississippi
Score: 120"

Jeffrey traveled with his father Randy Knight to Halls Creek. Jeffrey harvested this buck on the second day of his hunt. He really wanted a deer with a "kicker" and he found one!




November 2007

Hunter: Harold Knight
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Mississippi
Score: 163"

Harold Knights sons wanted to take their father hunting in Missouri in 2007. Halls Creek was fortunate to have Harold and his sons and grand sons hunt this past November. At 68 years old Harold did a great job and harvested this Giant 16 pointer. Congratulations Harold!




December 2007

Hunter: DJ Ray
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Arkansas
Score: 148"

DJ Ray called me on the phone in late November and wanted to know if we had been seeing any shooter bucks. I let him know about some of the second rut activity we had been seeing: and that was all it took. DJ and his wife both came to hunt with us at Halls Creek in early December. DJ harvested this fantastic main-frame 8 pointer on the 2nd day of his hunt right after day light as the buck cruised a bedding area.



December 2007

Hunter: Gene Bridges
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Georgia
Score: 181"

Gene saw this buck chasing does about 350 yards from his stand location on the second evening of his hunt. Even at 350 yards the buck looked "huge" with the naked eye. Gene committed himself to hunting this buck for the rest of his stay. He hunted all day light hours and on the last evening of his hunt, this "bruiser" offered a 125 yard shot and Gene was able to close the deal.



December 2007

Hunter: DJ. Ray and His Wife
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Arkansas
Score: 135"

ON the First evening of the hunt she harvested this great buck.



December 2007

Hunter: Barry Coons
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Oklahoma
Score: 146"

This beautiful buck entered a field late on the first evening of Barry's hunt. Barry watched the deer feed close to his stand and made a 125 yd shot. At 146" inches this was a great "late-Season" Christmas buck.



December 2007

Hunter: Rachel Atchison
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Indiana
Score: 125"

Rachel came to Halls Creek to hunt her first deer ever. On the 3rd evening of hunt Rachel harvested this deer as it fed into a secluded field. Rachels' boyfriend Jimmy has been guiding at Halls Creek for the past 4 years and had Rachel very interested hunting. Watch part of Rachel's hunt on video later this month on the website before it is on the OUTDOOR CHANNEL in 2008



December 2007

Hunter: Brittany Prenger
Location: Halls Creek Central Missouri Land
From: Missouri
Score: 123"

This buck "nosed" a doe on the edge of a biologic field. It was a late December evening with a light mist in the air and Brittany Prenger put a perfect shot on this 8 pointer. Watch parts of this hunt on the Halls Creek website prior to its release on Versus TV later in 2008