Oaky Woods WMA 17-Pointer

Wyman Stowell, of Griffin, said he had hunted Oaky Woods WMA for three years and had not seen a deer.

“But this place is so thick with planted pines that I thought there had to be a big deer in there.”

Wyman Stowell with his Oaky Woods WMA buck.

On the afternoon of Nov. 28, 2001,  Wyman was 18 feet up a tree watching the transition area between planted pines and an area of water oaks when he heard his first Oaky Woods deer coming up behind his stand. 

“When I turned around, I was expecting a deer, but I never imagined anything like this,” he said. 

He made a perfect heart shot from 50 yards to take the buck.

“I usually sit in the stand awhile,” he said, “But this time I unloaded my rifle and got down to see those antlers.”

By Wyman’s count, the buck was a 17-pointer, including two short points. It’s is likely a 15-pointer, and it was green-scored in the 160s.