A massive-beamed, 33-point nontypical buck was arrowed Saturday, September 30, 2006, by Amish hunter Jonathon Schmucker of Seaman, Ohio in Adams County on the Ohio River. Schmucker, who used a crossbow, previously had declined a photograph of himself with the deer because of custom, so we are not sure who is pictured with the deer.
The Ohio Division of Wildlife, which confirmed the buck, said the antlers had an inside spread of 24 inches. The famous Beatty buck, taken in the southwest's Greene County in 2000, had a rack score of 304-6/8 and stands as the world's largest nontypical buck ever taken by a bowhunter.
Word is that the trophy scored 304 gross, and 294-7/8 net with deductions. That is the "green" score; an official score cannot be certified until the antlers have dried for 60 days. A nontypical set of antlers is one having a different number of points on each side and other asymmetrical features.
Last year (2005) on opening day, Mike Rex of Athens took a buck that scored 218-6/8 (see picture below). In the fall of 2004 the state's record typical, the Jerman buck, scoring 201-1/8, was taken in Warren County. The wildlife division notes that the Ohio Buckeye Big Buck Club has recorded more than half of its entries for both typical and nontypical bucks in the last decade.
"Trophy bucks on opening day are getting to be a tradition in Ohio," said Steve Gray, state wildlife chief. "The state's deer management program is designed to manage for trophy-sized bucks, while controlling the state population through hunting of deer, especially does."
Mike Rex with 2005 trophy that scored 218 6/8
2004 Jerman buck scored 201 1/8
This famous 39-point Mike Beatty Buck was taken in Greene County, Ohio in the fall of 2000. With a rack score of 304 6/8, it stands as the world's largest non-typical white-tailed deer ever taken by a bowhunter.