Founding Fathers – Stickers

With a 46-point rack and a Boone and Crockett score of 334, it’s hard to argue that a whitetail named Stickers isn’t the biggest buck to ever consume protein in Texas. Sammy Nooner of Hondo brought Stickers home in February. Since then, fellow deer breeders have been speculating on the price tag. Some estimates involve seven figures for the 6-year-old monarch buck, whose semen fetches $4,000 to $5,000 per straw. Nooner, however, said the price is going to stay between him and the seller – Tommy Dugger, one of the state’s top deer breeders. ‘It’s probably as high as anybody’s ever paid,” he said, ‘but we’re not letting it out; Tommy and I have a gentleman’s agreement.”

Damon Thorpe, director of operations for the Texas Deer Association, said there are probably only two deer in the United States bigger than Stickers. ‘I think you can say with confidence he’s the most expensive deer ever in Texas,” Thorpe said. ‘It’s not inconceivable at all to think a deer like that is worth $1 million.” Dugger told the Lone Star Outdoor News it would not be accurate to say the deer sold for one million dollars.