After a 60-day drying-out period, a Boone and Crockett panel of four judges measured the non-typical rack and gave. I’ve really tried not to let that stuff go to my head. Tucker, 27, shot the deer in rural Sumner County using a muzzleloader in November. Sometimes I want to tell people that just because I killed a big deer, it doesn’t make me a better hunter than anyone else. I never dreamed I’d be giving autographs or posing for pictures. I remember the first kid who came up to me at an outdoor show, wanting an autograph. I saw a story not too long ago that said something like, “Hunter cashes dividends on Tennessee buck.” It made it sound like I got rich off a deer, which just isn’t true. But I still have to work on the farm every day. I got a new Knight muzzleloader out of it. I got some endorsements, and I get to make some appearances at outdoor shows and expos. People told me that Milo Hanson never worked a day in his life after getting the world-record typical. The Kicker: The Tucker Buck was panel scored at 312 even. Boone and Crockett didn’t want to accept the score because they weren’t sure about the measurements on the palmated areas of the rack. But then Dale Grandstaff called me and said he had some bad news.
I had the antlers with me, and all day at the show people were asking me about that final score. ScentLok had invited me to the ATA Show in Indianapolis, and we jumped in the truck and headed that way, with me on cloud nine. They started early in the morning and finished around three o’clock.
I haven’t heard a word from Bass Pro or Cabela’s.Īfter the 60-day drying period, Boone and Crockett panel-scored the buck in Nashville. I haven’t sold the antlers, and have never had an offer. Just the other day, I had a guy tell me that his nephew told him I’d sold the antlers for $300,000. Some of those rumors are still out there. Within a couple days, people were claiming that Bass Pro Shops or Cabela’s bought it for big money. Another panel of Boone and Crockett scorers will again take measurements at the awards banquet in 2019.It was crazy the number of people who thought that I sold the rack. The certification process will now await another step as a pending world record. “Just to know we have an, official world record, at least it is pending, in Tennessee means a lot to a lot of people.” UPDATE: Official Scoring is 312+ for World Record Nontypical Buck.
“I am so proud that a pending world record harvest has come from Tennessee, obviously, Carter said. World-Record Buck biggest whitetail deer The Worlds Biggest Whitetail Taken in 2017 biggest whitetail deer The biggest typical whitetail ever to biggest. Deer Hunting Bow Hunting Hunting Tips & How To Hunting News & Reports Blog Videos 16-point buck 2016 muzzleloader reviews 2017 ATA. For years, public criticism quashed a proposed mule deer trophy hunt on Antelope Island. TWRA Executive Director Ed Carter was present at the announcement of the pending world record harvest. Austad also owns the previous world record for a mule deer hunt auction 310,000 set in 2013 in Utah. I believe he has been as excited about it as I have.” Dale Grandstaff, who has led me through the process. I am very appreciative to my family, friends, and the TWRA, especially Capt. “I have had a lot of phones calls and questions and have tried to be patient waiting through the process. “I have truly been blessed and I am very thankful,” Tucker said after learning the rack’s score. If approved, her 10.7 kg (23 lb 10 oz) barramundi will easily replace the existing record in the new women’s 10 kg (20 lb) line class world category, which currently sits at 5 kg (11 lb 1 oz). It came on a land that his family has leased to farm for the past 40 years. Rolleston needed only 5 minutes to subdue the barra after it hit the Richos lure she was trolling. Tucker made his harvest from about 40 yards. As it stands, the score will break previous mark of 307 5/8 set by then 15-year old Tony Lovsteun in Albia, Iowa. The tabulation was held after 60 days had passed since the original “wet” score indicated that the buck was a potential world record. The deer rack scored 312 3/8 in the Boone and Crockett tabulation. The buck was harvested by 26-year old Gallatin resident Stephen Tucker. 9) scoring the 47-point buck tabbed the “Tennessee Tucker Buck” as the Nashville headquarters of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. NASHVILLE - A buck harvested in Sumner County during the recent muzzleloader season, has completed a step toward becoming a world record for a non-typical deer rack.īoone and Crockett officials spent several hours on Monday (Jan.