Considering that Lamar shot the buck within 3/8 of a mile of the site at which Loy took his plus-sized non-typical back in September, the odds are extremely good that his kill was the same buck that had walked by Loy's stand shortly after he arrowed his deer. But it's a moot point: What's important is the simple, remarkable fact that two record-class non-typicals were taken by a father and son on their own farm during the same season! It's highly doubtful that anything similar's been achieved elsewhere, but the accomplishment most certainly sets a precedent for the Peach State -- and if this bit of history ever repeats itself in Georgia, chances are good that Banks Farm will furnish the stage for the drama.

At the Georgia Outdoor Writers Association's awards banquet held in Hiawassee last April, plaques and certificates were awarded to both Loy and Lamar for the best non-typical bucks in the archery and firearms divisions of the 2005 installment of the Georgia Big Deer Contest, which is jointly sponsored by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Georgia Sportsman and GOWA.

LARRY UNDERWOOD'S MACON COUNTY 15-POINTER
After driving for four hours from his home in Ooltewah, Tenn., Larry Underwood was more than happy to climb into a tripod deer stand on his Macon County hunting tract -- glad to be in the woods away from work and interstate traffic. And a strong weather front had recently moved through southwest Georgia, bringing clear skies and colder temperatures.

The hunter was set up along the edge of a 12-year-old planted pine stand approximately 70 yards wide. Uncultivated fields grown up in high weeds and grass were in front of and to the rear of the tripod, just beyond the planted pines. "It was nearly mid-November, and I was expecting to see some serious rut activity," Larry said. "But sitting for over an hour without seeing a single deer made me wonder what was going on.

"About 5:30, I glanced behind me and saw a large buck walk out of a distant pine thicket about 150 yards away. We had established small food plots in each of the grown up fields and the deer had walked a few yards out into the edge of the plot."

A look at the buck through 10X binoculars left no doubt that the deer was at least a 150-class B&C whitetail. As the buck moved across the small opening, the hunter quickly adjusted his sitting position in the tripod, aimed and fired.

"The shot felt good," Larry recalled, "and I really expected the deer to drop. But instead, the buck took off running, along with a second, smaller buck that I had not seen. I continued to watch the big deer run until it disappeared into the pines approximately 150 to 200 yards above my location. I was still very confident about the shot I had made. With darkness not far off, I decided to walk straight to the pines where I had last seen the buck, thinking I would probably find the deer somewhere close by."