The buck ran flat out about 150 yards broadside from John and me. "We posted ourselves around the willows," Hanson said, "and Rene walked the buck’s tracks. Just when we were getting frustrated and ready to move on, the big buck ran out of an aspen bluff and headed into a willow run on my land. “Rene stayed on its tracks," Hanson said, "and eventually lost the buck in a maze of other deer tracks because the big buck's tracks weren’t large.
Believe me, my heart was pumping! We shot but missed it. The buck bolted, giving me my first look at it. “Rene walked the track while the rest of us surrounded the willows," Hanson said. "I took a position that would keep the buck from running south onto nearby posted land. They said they spotted a monster buck entering a willow run and it handn't come out. When we pulled up, I knew something was happening because they were excited. "The next morning, I met my neighbor, John Yaroshko, and we drove to meet Walter Meger and Rene Igini. “On the night of November 22, we had fresh snow, and I called the guys to plan our hunt," Hanson said. In fact, while hunting on his own property, in 1992, Hanson ended up reaping more from his fields than the usual autumn harvest. Then again he hasn’t had to travel far to find incredible hunting. Hanson doesn't have the time or money to hunt all over the continent. Working long days as a grain and cattle farmer in Biggar, Saskatchewan, Milo N. Hanson harvested the World's Record typical whitetail deer in 1992, on his own land.
“For deer hunters, you hear things like that and go, naaaah,” Cross said.Saskatchewan hunter Milo N. Midwestern states such as Illinois, Iowa and Kansas would be more likely spots for a 300-inch deer, Cross said. “It’s a great state to hunt deer in we have liberal limits and a long season,” Cross said, but added: “Tennessee has never been known as a big buck state.” “When I first saw him, I said I wanted to hunt it,” he said. Tucker first spotted the deer before rifle season began, on land his family leases to farm in Gallatin, northeast of Nashville. The biggest rack ever measured was 333.88 inches on a deer in Missouri, but that was a pickup, or found deer, not one shot by a hunter. The previous record, 307.63 inches, was set in Iowa in 2003 by 15-year-old Tony Lovstuen, also with a muzzle-loader.
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When the full rack was scored, the total was 312.38 inches (793.45cm), the highest-scoring buck ever shot by a hunter. “Anything over 200 people get excited about,” said Barry Cross, the information and education coordinator at the state agency.Īfter half of the rack had been measured, one of the judges exclaimed: “Holy cow, I’m up over 150,” Cross said. The final score is expressed as a single number. They took measurements with a flexible steel tape over several hours. 9, a team of five judges convened at the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s headquarters in Nashville to determine the buck’s score. Antlers shrink as they dry, so official measurements are not taken for 60 days. Tucker’s whitetail had an amazing 47 points, but its final score and whether it qualified for a record had to wait until this month.
“I thought maybe a state record, but not a world record,” he said.ĭeer are judged by a complicated method that includes measurements of numerous aspects of the antlers, including the length of each point the length, width and circumference of the main beams and the width of the whole rack. 7, Tucker got another chance when he spotted the deer at dawn.
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