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Re: Homo Hubris
« Reply #30 on: November 10, 2021, 09:40:58 pm »
Let's not forget the Western fascination with breaking records:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/thought-going-heart-attack-edmond-235659046.html

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'I thought I was going to have a heart attack': How Edmond hunter killed possible Oklahoma state record deer

An Edmond hunter has killed a deer that likely will be a new state archery record and is possibly the highest scoring typical whitetail buck ever taken in the state.

"I never thought in a million years I would shoot a deer that big," said Zach Meadows, who shot the buck with his bow on Nov. 3 in Logan County.

The 16-point buck has been scored before deductions at 210 by Terry's Taxidermy in Oklahoma City, which would make the animal the largest typical whitetail ever killed by an Oklahoma hunter.

The state archery record is a 188 5/8 buck from Pawnee County which was killed by Gunner Womack of Morrison two years ago.

The overall typical record is 194 inches. That buck was killed in Pushmataha County during the 2007 gun season by John Ehmer of Tuskahoma.

Deer antlers are measured, or scored, in inches and are divided into typical and nontypical categories. Typical antlers are those that are symmetrical on each side with points in the usual locations. Non-typical antlers are those that are abnormal with unusual variations.

Antlers cannot be officially scored until after the 60-day drying process. The score for Womack's buck likely will decrease when officially scored.

But Terry Mayberry, owner of Terry's Taxidermy, said Meadows' buck should beat the current state archery record and could be the overall typical record.

"It's definitely got a chance," Mayberry said. "He's got quite a few deductions on him. Until they get an official score, it's hard to say. He's got all those kickers on him that are deducts but he's definitely got the mass and got the circumference."

Deductions in scoring arise from any difference in symmetry between both sides of a deer's antlers. The Wildlife Department is expected to have a panel of Boone & Crockett certified scorers measure the deer after 60 days.
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Since news broke on social media about the deer, Meadows has been something of a celebrity. He has received numerous phone calls and congratulatory texts, including calls from hunting magazines and taxidermists who wanted to mount the deer.
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He went to Russia three years ago on a hunting trip where he killed a possible world record roebuck, but he said last week's Oklahoma whitetail hunt could become his most memorable.

"I am sure it will be," he said. "Whitetail just seem like the most challenging out of everything I've hunted.

The victims don't matter! It's all about the challenge!