Unlikely Lauderdale: How the county’s biggest buck was killed

It took two seasons, but this hunter finally took the largest buck ever killed in Lauderdale County. Here’s how.

It was Jan. 18, 2012 — the last day of Mississippi’s zone 1 rifle season. And Ricky Sullivan knew immediately when he saw the buck at 210 yards that it was Pea Vine.

He quietly opened the window of his shooting house and laid the bull-barreled Remington across the sandbag. The buck neared the woods, and he would soon be gone from the clean cutover and out of sight.

Sullivan made a loud sound and Pea Vine stopped.

When the crosshairs looked right, he sent the .308 165-grain Custom Hornady BTSP bullet on its way.

The giant deer crumpled in place. It was 6:48 a.m.Click here to read more on Unlikely Lauderdale: How the county’s biggest buck was killed