Florida State Record Whitetail Deer

The net score earns thomas a tie for the state s 10th highest scoring typical white tailed deer on record.
Florida state record whitetail deer. In 1962 buck ashe killed the georgia state record typical buck in monroe county. 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. Tennessee native stephen tucker set a new record in 2016 with a 47 point trophy whitetail. Interestingly florida does not have a typical state record.
This list takes every states record and ranks it according to its boone and crockett score. The 2020 deer hunting season is just getting kicked off and kansas previous state record is already in serious jeopardy. 54 year old mario palacio had no idea our deputies who are also avid sportsmen keep close tabs on the local whitetail deer herd. The buck was measured on the boone crockett scale as 312 3 8 inches.
A 23 point buck that could be a new florida state record was poached last october. 14 year old paslie werth took a shot at a 40 point free ranging. In every state that they are hunted 43 of them there is a state record. The 27 year old farmer and avid deer hunter from gallatin tennessee shot the deer with a muzzleloader in november.
Took the largest georgia non typical in 1973 also in monroe county. It does have two non typical entries though. The whitetail deer is the most popular game species in the united states. The suspect was arrested and charged with trespassing.
According to the sheriffs department here is how everything went down. At times i wonder how a whitetail like the desert dwelling coues deer an animal sharing similar physical traits of florida s bucks is revered in the hunting community while the sunshine state s deer are dismissed as puny and unworthy despite being every bit as challenging if not more than whitetails found throughout their range. The poached buck green scored 205 7 8. 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.
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 current florida record sits at 201 3 8 dating back to 1940.