Deer killed in Sumner County to be certified a world record
January 11, 2017 at 8:53 p.m.
| Updated January 11, 2017 at 8:53 p.m.
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The Tennessean
Stephen Tucker of Gallatin holds up the 47-point antlers from the deer he killed in November, which was declared a world record by a panel of Boone and Crockett judges Monday.
(Photo: Submitted/Tennessean)
It's official - Gallatin resident Stephen Tucker shot a world record whitetail deer in November in Sumner County.
Now all that's left is certification.
Tucker, 27, killed the trophy buck with a muzzleloader, but a 60-day drying out period had to take place in order to allow for possible shrinkage of the antlers.
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