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This Deer
Might Just Be The New World
Record Non-Typical Whitetail Deer*
304 6/8 Pts.
(Stay Tuned for more details as they
become available)
* Pope
And Young Only Recognizes Bow Let off Percentages to 65%
Supposedly this deer was shot with a bow of 80% let off, so it may not be
in the Pope And Young Record Book, but it still beats the current non-typical
whitetail on record at 279 7/8 pts.
Shot By Mike Beatty in 2000 Ohio Archery Season
Score 304 6/8 (Scored By BBBC for the state of Ohio)
Weight aprox 250Lbs.
Called In Using Primos Easy Estrus Call
(AP Photo/The Ohio
Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife)
Facts About the buck:
It has 40 points
Green Score is 291 3/8
Harvested on11-08-2000
Harvested in Greene County, Ohio
Compound Bow
So the story goes that Mike had
seen a nice buck enter into a thicket, Mike grunted and the buck that came out
of the thicket was this trophy, he thought he was getting a shot at the original
buck he had seen earlier. If the score becomes official after the
required60 day drying period it will become the new State and World record
non-typical buck ever harvested with a bow.
From: http://www.american-hunter.com/monsterbucks/MikeBeattyBuck.htm
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Sunday, November 19, 2000 Dave Golowenski With the whitetail season only eight days hence, let us pause with wonder at an Ohio deer story and a possible fable. The first assuredly is legitimate, the other yet to be confirmed. Truth is that Mike Beatty, 31, of Xenia, Ohio, used a compound bow in Greene Countyon Nov.8 to fell a buck for the ages. The 250-pound deer wore a39-point,nontypicalrackthat green-scored 291 3/8 by a veteran Boone and Crockett scorer, said Todd Haines, supervisor of wildlife management for the Ohio Division of Wildlife district office in Xenia. "That would be tops in Ohio,'' Haines said. "It's a monster of a deer, and it's going to be way, way up there.'' The latter exclamation referred to national rankings by Boone and Crockett ,which keeps score of the largest North American game animals no matter what the method of kill. |
Some technical questions exist over whether the deer will qualify as a record by Pope and Young, which tracks bow-killed animals. Should it do so, the Ohio buck would emerge as a North American record, surpassing a Nebraska whitetail downed by Del Austin in 1962. That non typical scored 279?.
Beatty's buck won't be measured officially until 60 days pass.
The large-as-life antlers have been moved out of state for security reasons, Haines said, because record racks are valuable to collectors and for display at outdoor shows.
One longtime bow hunter and scorer said Beatty's buck could fetch $250,000.
While Beatty waits, he has hired legal counsel to deal with corporate sponsors and others who surely will come his way wanting to share the credit. Whatever happens, he apparently nabbed more than one buck on his most lucky day.
January 8, 2001
OFFICIAL SCORERS SAY OHIO DEER A WORLD RECORD -
LARGEST EVER TAKEN BY A HUNTER
COLUMBUS, OH -- A white-tailed deer killed last fall in Greene County is an Ohio record, and if approved by national scoring organizations, would also be the largest deer ever taken by a hunter in the world, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
Deer hunters all over the country have been anxiously waiting for the official scoring of a huge white-tailed buck shot by Xenia bow hunter Mike Beatty on November 8 in Greene County. Yesterday, a panel of judges put together by the Buckeye Big Buck Club met to decide whether the deer would become the top non-typical whitetail ever taken in Ohio, and possibly the biggest ever taken anywhere by a hunter.
A deer's antlers are classified as being non-typical when they are unsymmetrical and irregular in shape.
Mike Beatty's adventure began on November 8 when he shot the huge non-typical whitetail with 39 measurable points. Beatty contacted Ron Perrine, Sr. of Xenia, an official scorer for several antler scoring organizations, including the Boone and Crockett Club, the Pope and Young Club and the Buck eye Big Buck Club. Perrine initially scored the buck at 291 3/8. Antlers are required to "dry" for 60days before an official score can be taken.
The Buckeye Big Buck Club keeps records of large bucks taken by hunters in Ohio. Butch Todd, scoring supervisor for the Buckeye Big Buck Club, organized a panel of four judges, including Perrine, to measure the buck and come up with an official score. At the end of the session, Beatty's buck came away with a score of 304 6/8, making it easily the largest non-typical buck ever taken in Ohio.
"I scored it very conservatively the first time around; it's far better to surprise a hunter with a larger score than to cause disappointment when the official measuring is done," said Perrine.
The score sheet produced by Perrine will be submitted to the Boone and Crockett Club for future inclusion. Currently, only two non-typical bucks score higher than Beatty's buck. Number one is called the "Missouri Monarch" and scores 333 7/8. It was found dead near St. Louis in 1981. Number two is Ohio's "Hole-In-The-Horn" at 328 2/8, found dead by a railroad track near Ravenna in 1940. Beatty's buck should end up listed as number three, but will be the largest taken by a hunter.
"This is incredibly exciting," said Mike Bud zik, chief of ODNR's Division of Wildlife. "Of the top three non-typical bucks in the country, two come from Ohio. I couldn't be more proud of our deer management efforts."
There is not a lot of information available at this time,
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please email me so that I my share it with other sportsmen.