Florida Record Whitetail Deer

A 23 point buck that could be a new florida state record was poached last october.
Florida record whitetail deer. The 2020 deer hunting season is just getting kicked off and kansas previous state record is already in serious jeopardy. 14 year old paslie werth took a shot at a 40 point free ranging. The buck was initially measured by a boone and crockett club official and grossed a green score of 207 inches putting it in the class of the current state record. 54 year old mario palacio had no idea our deputies who are also avid sportsmen keep close tabs on the local whitetail deer herd.
According to the sheriffs department here is how everything went down. The florida buck registry was established in 1982 to provide hunters with a record of the number and quality of white tailed deer taken in florida. Female deer are smaller averaging about 95 pounds and 32 inches in height. Don francis fwc biologist at joe budd wildlife management area took the official measurements and gave the deer a gross boone and crockett score of 165 4 8 and a net score of 154 6 8.
The net score earns thomas a tie for the state s 10th highest scoring typical white tailed deer on record. The current florida record sits at 201 3 8 dating back to 1940. Florida deer are considerably smaller than those in most other states. Adult male white tailed deer in florida weigh on average 125 pounds and stand approximately 36 inches tall at the shoulder.
This handy resource is an online esri powered gis viewer that displays information about bucks entered into the florida buck registry program established in 1982 to provide hunters with a record of the number and quality of whitetail taken in florida. That record book listing details a florida panhandle buck from the world war ii era a 201 3 8 inch non typical buck sporting 25 scorable points taken by hunter clark durrance way. The only other florida whitetail sporting an official score north of 200 inches is found in the fifth edition of b c s records of north american whitetail deer. The minimum antler score is 100 b c inches for typical antlers and 125 for non typical antlers.
There is also substantial variation in body size among deer within florida. The poached buck green scored 205 7 8.