Florida Record Whitetail Deer
Not too many years ago whitetail powerhouse states like wisconsin alabama and nebraska were seeing all time record harvests 2000 2005 and 2010 respectively and the boone and crockett club had never received more entries.
Florida record whitetail deer. 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 minimum antler score necessary to qualify is 100 boone and crockett inches for typical antlers and 125 for non typical antlers. Female deer are smaller averaging about 95 pounds and 32 inches in height. 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.
14 year old paslie werth took a shot at a 40 point free ranging. This handy resource is an online esri powered gis viewer that displays information about bucks entered into the florida buck registry program established in 1982 to provide hunters with a record of the number and quality of whitetail taken in florida. From a national perspective whitetail hunting and management seem to be at a crossroads. The minimum antler score is 100 b c inches for typical antlers and 125 for non typical antlers.
The net score earns thomas a tie for the state s 10th highest scoring typical white tailed deer on record. The 2020 deer hunting season is just getting kicked off and kansas previous state record is already in serious jeopardy. 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. The poached buck green scored 205 7 8.
That record book listing details a florida panhandle buck from the world war ii era a 201 3 8 inch non typical buck sporting 25 scorable points taken by hunter clark durrance way. There is also substantial variation in body size among deer within florida. Florida deer are considerably smaller than those in most other states. 54 year old mario palacio had no idea our deputies who are also avid sportsmen keep close tabs on the local whitetail deer herd.
A 23 point buck that could be a new florida state record was poached last october. According to the sheriffs department here is how everything went down.
