Buck of a lifetime!
Spring 2026
By Ben Baker
He got one deer last season, but what a deer it was.
Photo courtesy of Travis Wilson.
Turner County’s Travis Wilson was just across the Worth County line on the last day and the last evening of the most recent deer season, when he saw the buck he’d earlier watched on videos and trail cam pictures.
Around 5:40 p.m., it stepped out. Wilson nailed the 10-point albino buck.
“I got a picture with the gun (laying) on top of him before I had to use a light,” he said.
The buck’s tines are well-broken. Wilson said he is not surprised.
“They are broke to hell. I watched him fighting a bigger buck before he came out,” the South Georgia hunter said, then added with a laugh, “He’d probably thank me for shooting him since he had to fight every buck in the area.”
Some of the trail cam pictures show the buck fighting other males around a feeder.
Wilson said he is going to have a full-body mount done of the trophy.
Ben Baker is the Executive Editor of B&H Publications, including the Wiregrass Farmer Newspaper in Ashburn. He also is a member of the Georgia Outdoor Writers Association. Ben can be contacted at redneckgenius@gmail.com.