While still hunting on Ohio public lands, a 14-year-old hunter bags a 240-inch, 26-point buck.

Ohio has been churning out giant whitetails all season long, and Buckeye State hunters aren’t done yet. The latest monster to hit the ground was taken by 14-year-old Hunter Windsor on December 2. Windsor killed the deer around midday with a 450 Bushmaster rifle while still hunting on public ground with his father John Windsor. Earlier this week, Toby Hughes of Caledonia, Ohio scored its 26-point rack at well over 240 inches using the Buckmasters scoring system.

“We were standing by a tree when I looked over and saw his horns,” Hunter tells Field & Stream. “He was about 75 yards away when I first saw him and 35 yards from me when I took the shot.”

Hunter’s dad was standing next to him when he shot the deer. He says his son has been chasing whitetails with him for four seasons now. “We hunted in a blind until about 10 a.m. that morning then got out and started stalking around,” John tells F&S. “That’s the normal strategy for us.”

The only other time Hunter and John saw the deer was once. The buck was on a far-off ridge, well out of range, and it was bow season. On the day Hunter shot it, they weren’t even expecting to see it, according to John, but his brother-in-law took a trail-cam picture of it early in the rut. “This deer was a legend around here, but I didn’t know that,” John continues. “Apparently there were a lot of people after him.”

John and Hunter stalked through the hardwoods in silence on December 2, the wind blowing in their faces as a cold front passed through their area. They stopped for food and drink around two hours into the still hunt. They had only just begun moving again when Hunter caught a glimpse of the buck’s antlers moving through the trees. “He was just perfectly still and put a great shot on the deer,” John says. “I was really proud of the way he handled it.”

Hunter, who now has two bucks to his name, was resting his rifle on a shooting stick when he took the shot. “He was facing me, and the only shot I had was straight-on at his chest so I took it,” he says. “He ran about 75 yards then disappeared.”

“He confident about the shot,” John says. “I took a picture of him sitting on a log afterwards, and you could have cut the tension with a knife. You could see the tension in the picture.”