Current world record whitetail deer
The Milo Hanson Buck: How Long Can the Whitetail World Record Stand?
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The most celebrated record in all of hunting is, without question, the world record typical whitetail buck, held by Milo Hanson. He killed the buck in November 1993, which means that if it survives this fall, it will see a 30-year anniversary.
What’s almost as remarkable as the deer itself (which scored 213 5/8) is how it has stood the test of time. In the nearly 30 years since it was killed, only one other deer has even come close to the Hanson buck. That deer was killed last year in Indiana by Dustin Huff. It scored 211 4/8.
The next biggest buck of all time is legendary James Jordan buck (206 1/8), which was killed in Wisconsin in 1914. In fact, since 1993 there have been only six typical whitetails that scored over 200 inches, according the Boone & Crockett Club record books. Meanwhile, the nontypical record has been broken several times in the last few decades.
A decade ago, Hanson predicted the next world record whitetail would come from the Midwest, likely Iowa or Wisconsin. But now
If you want trophy class potential, then Alberta is the place to go, and Trophy Hunters Alberta should be your outfitter of choice.
The world record Hanson 213 1/8 typical whitetail deer was taken just east of the Alberta/Saskatchewan border in 1993 and broke the former 80 year old world record Jordan whitetail buck record by seven inches. Stephen Jansen’s typical whitetail held our former provincial record with a score of 204 1/4, however, this has been replaced by the aforementioned Zaft whitetail, harvested last fall, which scored 208 6/8 net typical. In the non-typical category, Alberta has produced Neil Morin’s 279 6/8 point whitetail, followed by Doug Klinger’s 277 5/8 and Jerry Froma’s 267 7/8 non-typical whitetails respectively. There are potentially comparable deer in our extensive zones.
In the Third Edition of the Boone and Crockett Club’s ‘Records of North American Whitetail Deer’, they list the top ten typical and non-typical deer ever taken. Alberta is home to three of these bucks; no other single state or province has more deer on the list.
Pope and Young Announces TWO New Whitetail World Records
Pope and Young Announces Two New Chart Topping Velvet Whitetails
By Dylan Ray - July 15, 2024
July 16th, 2024 - Pope and Young, America’s leading bowhunting organization, is excited to announce a new World Record Typical Whitetail Deer in Velvet and a new World Record Non-Typical Whitetail Deer in Velvet. Pope and Young convened a special panel to measure these potential World Records at a Measurers Workshop held in Regina, Saskatchewan on June 15th, and these two amazing bucks have been verified as new World Records in their respective categories.
Jack McNaughton shot his Typical Whitetail in Velvet near the Smokey River in Alberta on August 31st, 2013. Jack’s buck has a verified final score of 182 4/8” topping the charts and coming in as a new world record.
“Jack’s buck is one of the most incredible whitetails I have ever seen. The velvet was still in immaculate condition, and the symmetry of this buck is impressive to say the least,” stated Tim Rozewski, Pope & Young Director of Records.
Dallas Heinrichs shot his giant Non-typical Whitetail in Velvet near Hillmond Saskatchewan on September 3rd, 2012. Dallas’
This Might Be the New World Record Whitetail
Social media is abuzz this morning as deer hunters fawn over what might be the new world record whitetail. Guner Womack, a teen out of Oklahoma, arrowed this incredible 8×8 buck last night while hunting over a wheat field.
“We’ve had him on camera for several years and watched him grow up,” Womack said. “He was real broken up last year, but we knew if he could make it through the winter that he would be something special. He didn’t disappoint.”
An initial score by Womack’s dad put the buck at 201 inches net and 214 inches gross. Womack said the 13-inch difference comes from the shorter left G2 and broken main beam on the right side.
Womack’s dad used an electronic scoring device that runs a wheel across the antlers, which only provides a ballpark number. Womack said a more official measurement will be taken later today.
The current world record typical whitetail is the famous Hanson buck, which has just over 213 inches of net antler. It’d be fitting for the record to fall in 2019, just one year removed from a new world record non-typical whitetail