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Plain and simple, Pennsylvania is producing some very big bucks these days.
That truth was on display at South Buffalo Sportsman's Club when it held its fifth annual antler scoring event earlier this month. Of 54 bucks brought in to be scored according to Boone & Crockett measuring, 40 scored 130 or more. Nine of those finished in the 140 class, six in the 150 class, one in the 160 class, three in the 170 class, and two in the 190 class.
The biggest rack scored was a behemoth that totaled 191 0/8.
That's quite a change from how things used to be. When the club held its first scoring event in 2004, the average buck scored between 95 and 110 points, said Joe McAnich, who organizes the antler scoring event.
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Last year, bucks were averaging 128 to 128 points, he said, with some topping 150. This year's class of bucks was even more impressive than that.
That should mean some new entries in the state's record books. The Pennsylvania Game Commission plans to hold scoring sessions sometime in June, with all bucks meeting the minimum standard getting onto the list of all-time best deer.
To qualify for the state record book, a typical buck has to score 140-0 if taken with a firearm, 115-0 if taken with a bow. Non-typicals have to score 160-0 if taken with a gun, 135-0 if taken with a bow