After more than six years of discussions, rulings and much wringing of hands, the famed Johnny King whitetail buck was officially scored by the Boone and Crockett Club on Sept. 24.
And it is not a new world record.
The final measurements, performed at the Boone and Crockett headquarters in Missoula, Mont., delivered a final score of 180 typical points, well short of the 213-5/8 given to the buck killed by Milo Hansen in Biggar, Saskatchewan in 1993.
At question on the King rack was the third tine on the right antler and whether it rose from the main beam -- making it an individual point and therefore typical -- or did it share a common...