When you’re from Texas, you have big expectations. Those expectations stick with you, even when you venture across the state line. A man’s gotta have standards, after all.
Wesley O’Brien of Lexington, Texas drove 750 miles to Richardson County, Nebraska (as far southeast in the state as one can be) to hunt private property with a buddy who knew the landowner. The sun had not set on the first day of gun season in Nebraska, November 14, before this buck was on the ground. Heck, the truck had not even cooled down when the buck stepped out at 100 yards.
O’Brien’s buck green-scored 281, besting the standing Nebraska record of 279 7/8. That deer, known as “Old Mossy Horns” was taken with a bow 47 years earlier. The Nebraska record for a non-typical firearm deer is 242 5/8 way back in ’61. The drying period has past though there’s no word yet on the official score of the O’Brien buck quite yet. If you’ve heard anything, please let us know in the comments!
The Lincoln Journal Star reported that due to his economic situation, O’Brien has hired an agent to consider offers for the antlers once they’re mounted.
Until then, check out more photos of the O’Brien Buck after the jump.
