Potential world-record nontypical buck taken in Tennessee Amazing deer and congrats to the hunter. However this happens quite often with rumors of a potentially "New World Record" headlines that are sensational but usually a little premature. This could potentially be the largest "Hunter Taken" Whitetail Deer ever and should rank very high in the non typical category but there are still a couple of whitetails that are larger, but were found dead. The current World Record non typical whitetail "The Missouri Monarch" is over 333" and the Hole in the horn buck from Ohio scores over 328" This new deer green scores of 308 3/8" is only 3/4" larger than the current hunter taken record dry score of 307 5/8". Considering antlers shrink about 1% during the 60 day drying period, I am skeptical this will stand after a panel score unless the original measurer made mistakes. Records are made to be broken but time will tell.
According to instagram and many other sites this was confirmed a new record. He was at the ATA show this week and had tons of people video and get pictures with him. All posting about getting the pleasure of seeing the new world record.
I saw that a while back. It scored above the world record green but official measurements are taken after they dry for a while. I hadn't seen that it held up and took the record.
I quit hunting "racks" years ago and just pull the trigger on tasty young tender things these days. A little doe or button buck is at the top of my list. I have no disrespect for anyone who hunts big bucks, and especially not this hunter. If it were me though, I'd have enjoyed the moment, gotten a photo/video if I could, and let it walk away. Knowing that I outwitted it and could have nailed it is good enough for me. Sort of like that scene in "The Deer Hunter" I guess. My moment was with a typical 14 point. Once you experience that moment, it all changes.
From the story I read on this guy he isn't a "big buck" hunter only. The deer showed up where he hunted and he started chasing it, he knew it was big but had no idea how big it truly was. I very much enjoy deer hunting and hunt for both meat and chasing big deer. I do enjoy shooting a deer with a bug rack but to me its about being able to outsmart a truly older and mature deer. Being able to shoot a mature deer, especially with a bow is a challenge. Even harder when you put the time and effort into chasing a specific deer. But honestly my heart gets pumping just as much when a big doe walks up as when I have a big buck walk in.
Ain't it the truth!!! Especially if one of your little girls is behind the trigger!!! My feelings are strictly my own. I don't project those onto anyone else. You might remember me posting about a big one out back a year or two ago offering for someone to come have a try at him. That should speak for itself. I didn't want him, but I had no problem with giving someone else the opportunity if they wanted. Hard to explain ....
I love to hunt! I am lucky enough to have the opportunity to hunt for many days/weeks over our 3 month season. I fully understand when guys only get a couple of days a year to hopefully harvest a deer to provide for their family that their motto is "If it's brown, it's down". When this happens, I am usually the first guy there to shake their hand and help track/gut/drag. We rarely have additional tags available and most seasons, I could easily fill my tag in the first hour on the first day, but then my season would be done . I agree the young ones taste better but I also figure I get more meat with a larger deer. For these reasons I will pass on does and young deer while trying to out smart a mature buck preferably. Heck, I have even passed on mature bucks early in the season so as not to end my season prematurely. Have I mentioned I love to hunt . However, when it is getting late in the season and I don't have much or any venison in the freezer, I am not opposed to taking any legal animal I have a tag for. This doesn't always work so if anyone is interested, I have a great recipe for Tag soup.... The last couple of years, my hunting efforts primarily revolve around trying to help and teach my son to harvest animals.
We have the good fortune to be able to shoot a good amount of deer if you spread it out in different areas/counties, and that's really all the meat we eat regularly. We usually eat about 4-6 deer in a year, family of 4 and we cook a lot of deer meat. So being able to shoot a few does and still have a buck tag is nice.
Had it good here a few years back swags but a couple snowy winters and the yotes slowed that down with the tags.
I stand corrected, This amazing deer was recently panel measured after the 60 day drying period and will be accepted as the largest antlers ever harvested by a hunter and will rank as #3 in the All Time Record Book behind two found dead racks. The original measurer said that he had scored the rack conservatively. A good idea when green scoring anything with potential of ranking high in any category. Marc Folco: World-record whitetail buck from Tennessee is official World-record whitetail buck from Tennessee is official It's official, there's a new world record whitetail buck and it comes from Sumner County, Tennessee, according to Wednesday's report from The Outdoor Hub. Gallatin resident Stephen Tucker, 27, shot the non-typical 47-point buck with his muzzleloader back in November, but a 60-day drying period had to take place before officially scoring the antlers. That period ended Monday, and four Boone and Crocket (B & C) judges gave the antlers an official score of 312-3/8 inches, making it the whitetail deer with the biggest antlers - typical or non-typical - ever shot by a hunter. Tucker's buck broke the current world record holder of 307-5/8 inches. That deer was a non-typical 38-pointer taken by a 15-year old in Iowa in 2003. The world record typical whitetail stands at 213-5/8 inches, a tremendous 14-pointer taken in Saskatchewan in 1993. Tucker's new non-typical record sports nearly 100 inches more antler than that typical world record. B & C bases its scoring system on a series of measurements that include mass and length (and also symmetry for typical racks) that basically determine the number of inches of antler the deer grew. Measurements include tine lengths, main beam lengths, spread from tip to tip, inside spread, greatest spread, and four circumferences of the antler's main beams between points. They are all added up for a gross score. Differences in symmetry and abnormal point lengths are deducted from the gross score on typical racks to arrive at a final net score. Abnormal point lengths are added into the final net score for non-typical whitetails. A non-typical rack is asymmetrical and does not have the same number of points on each side like a typical rack. The rack was scored at the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) where it took nearly four hours to complete. Along with setting the new world record, the TWRA also declared Tucker's buck a new Tennessee state record as well, dwarfing the previous state record whitetail of 244-3/8 inches set in 2000. While the score of Tucker's buck now is official, the world record title for a deer killed by a hunter still is pending official certification, which won't be formally announced until the 30th B & C Big Game Awards Banquet in 2019. The B & C holds its awards banquets every three years with its 29th banquet held last year. Since the official scoring has been made public the new record rack has been valued at more than $100,000 and Tucker hasn't announced any plans for it. "To be honest, I was waiting for this (score) before I put a lot of thought into it - I don't have any specific plans for it at this point," Tucker told The Tennessean. Tucker's deer weighed about 150 pounds and was estimated to be 3½ years old. Tucker said he shot the deer from about 40 yards away on a farm his family has leased for 40 years. While he hasn't announced any plans for the antlers, he said the deer itself was processed for food
Very impressive deer, I've seen a lot of people scoff at it because it doe st have the mass and huge frame that a lot of other big deer do that score less. But that's how the B&C system works. And P&Y along with most other scoring systems are very similar. That deer is a freak and a huge deer, that's the kind of deer that really does well with scoring systems. You don't have to have the giant frame and mass to score high if there is a lot of points. In my opinion the most accurate scoring system would be basically water displacement. That would take into account all bone on a deers head, not just 4 mass measurements on each side. But that's a hole different discussion. I did meet a guy about 5 years ago that had a scanner that would scan a deer and produce a 3D image that would be used for scoring and things like a replica or 3D printer. Something like that would take into account all the mass/bone a deer has. But would be a big change in the scoring syatem. Too many politics in the deer hunting world to make that big of a switch.
With the B&C scoring system there are deductions for lack of symmetry between the left and right sides for both typical and non typical racks . For this, you still have to determine a main frame and the matching points on each side. Differences between the left and right matching points are always deductions for both categories. The only difference between the two categories is that abnormal points (if any) are deductions in the typical category but added in the non typical category. What really helps this deer is that it basically has a symmetrical 5x5 main frame with few deductions, and a whole lot of abnormal points that are added in to achieve the final net score. Many non typical racks lack any symmetry or sometimes even a distinguishable main frame let alone matching which leads to many deductions. The Buckmaster Full Credit Scoring System is just that, full credit with no deductions, and was mainly started to give those deer that are heavily penalized due to lack of symmetry with the B&C system the recognition they sometimes deserve.
