Dream Bucks I - The Hole in the Horn Buck
Dream Bucks I—The Hole in the Horn Buck is the first image in Larry’s “Dream Bucks” series. There are 12 million deer hunters in the country who love to go out and pursue whitetail deer. No matter what their objective, in the back of their mind is the dream that a monster buck just might come by. This series features some of the bucks of hunters’ dreams, thus the series title, “Dream Bucks.” The Boone & Crocket record book lists the "Hole In The Horn" buck as the No. 2 non-typical of all time, but many whitetail experts feel it is the largest and most impressive set of whitetail deer antlers in history. It has 45 points, tremendous mass, a spread of 33 inches, and an official net non-typical score of 328 2/8. The “Hole in the Horn” buck is probably the most famous whitetail known and out-scores the Lovstuen buck (Albia buck) featured in several of Larry’s previous paintings. This famous Ohio non-typical was headline news in the early 1980's when it was "discovered" in the Kent Cana