Brian Stephens of Clayton poses with his record-setting buck at the official scoring session in Xenia on Saturday, Jan. 30.By Jim Morris, Contributing columnist
XENIA — Antlers were everywhere. These weren’t just any old antlers. When the Ohio Division of Wildlife put on the official scoring session for the Stephens Buck on Saturday, Jan. 30, it was eventually displayed alongside replica mounts of two other record-setters — the Beatty Buck from 2000 and the Jerman Buck from 2004.
A group of about 30 people watched as the Stephens Buck, shot in Highland County on opening day of the 2009 deer gun season (Nov. 30) by Brian Stephens of Clayton, was officially scored. The non-typical rack measured 250 1/8 inches gross, 232 5/8 inches net.
Before any deer is officially scored by the Boone & Crockett Club and Ohio Big Bucks Club, it must dry 60 days from harvest. Sometimes the antlers will shrink a little between green scoring and dry scoring. In this case, they gained an eighth of an inch.
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8 comments:
Good lord! I'm not even sure I could function if I saw that thing coming through the woods.
WoW, Congrats to Brian...What an awesome buck...a true marvel that seldom get to see let alone take.
My Mother would be awestruck, and she has some dandys on the wall.
Bless Your Day
Awesome! That is interesting that the antlers actually measured larger after the drying period . . .
Very nice buck. Congrats to him!
Beautiful! Congratulations, Brian!!
Yup, I hear you all and I agree. I even had dream about that buck the other night.
That there is just hard to believe. What a buck. That feller is part tree.
Thanks so much for the post, pretty helpful information.
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