| Many archery deer hunters today have set higher | | | | In order to harvest a record buck during your |
| personal standards as far as hunting trophy bucks. | | | | archery hunting season, you must first be able to |
| They seem to be putting more demands on | | | | identify and score a buck out in the field. Now, how |
| themselves simply to locate a record buck and to | | | | often does it happen that you see 150-class or even |
| harvest it, only to have it put into the book of | | | | 160-class bucks out in the field? So how do you |
| records. There is one problem with this theory, | | | | know when you do see one? First, practice makes |
| record bucks are far and few between. Harvesting a | | | | perfect. Go to your local taxidermist and have him or |
| record white-tail buck while bowhunting is like winning | | | | her help you score some of the bucks on the wall. |
| the lottery, rare, but it can happen and does happen | | | | Estimate its inside and outside spread, length of |
| every year.In the top ten big buck states, Michigan | | | | beam, average mass, length and number of points. |
| ranks number nine, while Wisconsin is at the number | | | | By practicing on wall mounts, your judgment out in |
| one position. The state of Wisconsin averages about | | | | the field will be much easier.Antler spread is one of |
| 893,000 hunters each year, while Michigan will | | | | the easiest to identify. An average deer in the state |
| average around 1,125,000 white-tail deer hunters per | | | | of Michigan has a measurement of about 18 inches |
| year. Wisconsin has 3,125 Pope & Young bucks and | | | | from tip of ear to ear. You can then estimate the |
| 273 Boone & Crocket bucks. Michigan has 576 Pope | | | | antler spread of the buck you are estimating by using |
| & Young, 60 Boone & Crocket bucks in their books. | | | | this measurement. |