#347 - 7 Year Quest For His Dad's 200" NET Typical Kansas State Record Rack with Matt Daniels

The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests

Jake Hofer

Publicland, Nature, Deerhunting, Trailcameras, Sports, Wilderness, Outdoors, Exodustrailcameras, Naturestudies

2.4 • 600 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, presented by Moultrie. Your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. You asked and we listened, we are officially back! On this week's episode, we sit down with Kansas native Matt Daniels to talk about the hunt for his dads NET 200" Typical that is the potential Kansas State Record Typical that he shot in 1995. We discuss:

Beginnings of a legendary buck
An antler collector's treasure hunt
Rollercoaster of reclaiming history
200-inch Kansas typical deer saga
Dad's 200" buck sold, then lost
Matt's 7-year quest for the rack
Antler collectors' secret world
Bass Pro owns dad's legendary buck
Replica of an iconic rack
Antler replication rights questioned
Bass Pro Shops' possession confirmed
Antlers by Klaus crafts replica
Emotional unveiling to Matt's father

And so much more!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	What is going on? Welcome back to the White Tail podcast. This is Jake Hofer and Holy smokes. I want to thank
0:10.0	everyone for the overwhelming support with the relaunch episode last week. Extremely grateful for everyone
0:14.8	and all the words of encouragement. It really means a lot. So thank you for that. This week we have a
0:20.1	fun episode with Matt Daniels.
0:22.5	He is from Kansas.
0:23.7	His dad shot the potential state record in the 90s.
0:27.1	And you get to hear about the story, trying to track down the antlers.
0:30.8	And we did a mini series last year of these types of episodes.
0:34.1	And I find them fascinating.
0:35.2	They're very interesting how all the works and
0:37.9	appreciate Matt taking the time to share the story. So I hope you guys really enjoy this episode.
0:42.6	Some more announcements. This coming, I believe this Thursday or the following Thursday,
0:47.1	I will be the guest host for Wire to Hunt. And I have an episode with Skip about all things
0:51.5	habitat. So I hope you guys check that out on the Wire to Hunt podcast
0:55.2	when it goes live. As you guys heard in the last episode, building out the partner side of this
1:00.4	platform. And really, it's to keep the lights on. We're not going to put in a bunch of random ads,
1:06.3	but we are going to be sharing information from the partners that help support this. And Hawk Optics is sharing a code with you guys. You're more than welcome to use it. If you need any sort of optics, you can use the code WHTL to save 15% off on the Hawk Optics website. There is a link in the description below. And as you guys see on the cover art, Moultrie is the title sponsor of the podcast here and they have a variety of
1:28.7	solar panels built in batteries of solar panels the rechargeable batteries and i'm very excited to test
1:34.6	those and share my results with you guys so i don't want to speak on their behalf i haven't used them
1:39.6	quite yet but when i do i'll be sure to share that feedback with all of you guys. So that is it.
1:44.4	I hope you guys enjoy this episode with Matt. Here we go. Matt, how's it going? Pretty good, man.
1:54.3	How are you? Good. I've came across a post on Facebook and thought I had to get, how did you get on the podcast and hear
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