Note: Originally published November 11, 2016.
Two weeks ago Sporting Classics Daily brought you the story of the “Tennessee Tucker Buck,” the potential new world record for a non-typical taken with a muzzleloader. The rack measured 313 2/8 inches gross and 308 3/8 inches net (both green scores), with the official score coming after Boone & Crockett’s mandatory 60-day drying period.
Stephen Tucker, 26, of Gallatin, Tennessee, shot the deer November 7 in Sumter County, with the buck breaking the state’s current non-typical record with ease.
“He pretty much won the lottery,” Josh West of Wildlife Taxidermy in Madison told Tennessean.com. “He will have all kinds of opportunities to make a lot of money off endorsements, public appearances, and things like that.”
Jared Steele, owner of Utah’s Basin Antler Buyers, told The Tennessean the rack itself could be worth $100,000—at least. A world-record title would see that figure climb substantially.
For now, though, Tucker says a sale isn’t in the works.
“I don’t have any plans for it right now,” Tucker told Tennessean.com. “I don’t know what I’m going to do. I’m just going to go with the flow. I just feel very blessed.”