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Oklahoma Bowhunters Rewriting Record Book After 2016 Deer Season

In November 2016, two massive Oklahoma non-typical whitetails were harvested by bowhunters in different counties; following the Cy Curtis scoring sessions, both deer net scored above the 245-inch mark, one is now the state's top-scoring bow buck of all-time

Oklahoma Bowhunters Rewriting Record Book After 2016 Deer Season
Jeff Parker shows off his Oklahoma state record non-typical archery buck taken in November 2016. The Cleveland County bow buck has a net score of 245 5/8 inches. (Photo courtesy of Don P. Brown, ODWC)

With the conclusion of 2016-17 deer hunting seasons across the country, the attention of most of the whitetail hunting world has been on the state of Tennessee.

And for good reason, mind you, since Volunteer State hunter Stephen Tucker took a massive non-typical whitetail during the 2016 muzzleloader season in the state, a buck confirmed to score 312 0/8 inches by the Boone and Crockett Club.

As the third highest scoring buck of all-time – and the highest scoring hunter-taken buck ever – the Tucker Buck is...

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