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World Record Buck Coming To Outdoor Blast

The 47-point Tucker Buck from Tennessee will be at the Outdoor Blast July 28-30.

Savannah E'Dalgo | June 7, 2017

The newly crowned world record, hunter-taken non-typical whitetail buck, now known simply as the Tucker Buck, will be on display at the Outdoor Blast, the three-day hunting and outdoors show hosted by GON in Duluth on July 28-30.

The 47-point non-typical buck was harvested on Nov. 7, 2016 in Sumner County, Tennessee.

The world record deer was killed by Stephen Tucker, 26, of Gallatin, Tenn., who was hunting with a muzzleloader on private land. He missed his first shot at the giant due to a misfire. Then he saw it again that afternoon, but the giant buck was too far for an ethical shot. Two days later, the monster buck came within 40 yards, and Tucker connected.

The buck was estimated to be 4 1/2 years old. Its net score is 312 3/8 inches, placing it as the current No. 1 whitetail buck ever taken by a hunter. All that remains now is official certification by the Boone & Crockett Club at their 2019 conference. Two more B&C judges will score the buck again. Barring any changes, Stephen’s buck would replace the 307 5/8-inch non-typical world record killed by Tony Lovstuen in Albia, Iowa in 2003.

The buck will be on display at the J&S Scents booth, which will be located in the center atrium located between the two main vendor halls and near the entrance to the Jim & Nicks Bar-B-Q area and beverage garden.

Come kick off your 2017 hunting season at the Outdoor Blast, and check out the awesome Tucker Buck and the other great attractions the Outdoor Blast has to offer.

Along with bargains and new products, the Outdoor Blast offers great activities, including the awesome Gun-An-Hour Giveaway. There are no raffle tickets to buy, just a simple sign-up for all show attendees 18 and older, who want a chance to win one of the guns that will be drawn every hour of the Outdoor Blast. Any free gun is a great gun, but these aren’t just any guns. We will be giving away fantastic, top brand-name guns during the course of the weekend. There are Browning A-Bolt deer rifles, a Smith & Wesson handgun, an 5.56 caliber AR and Glock pistols, just to name a few.

Also at the Outdoor Blast is the Truck-Buck Shoot-Out and Youth Big-Buck Contest Shoot-Out. Winners from last season’s big-buck contests will take part in exciting pellet-rifle competitions on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

2017 GON Outdoor Blast

When: July 28-30, 2017
Where: Infinite Energy Center, I-85 and Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth, Ga. http://www.infiniteenergycenter.com/

Show Times & Dates:
Friday, July 28:  1 p. m. – 8 p.m.
Saturday, July 29:  9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Sunday, July 30:  10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

General Blast Information: (800) 438-4663 – Ask for Mindy Burns, or e-mail [email protected].

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