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TAKEN BY: Troy Wilson
DATE: 10/27/01
PLACE: Gallatin Co. KY
HARVESTED WITH: BlackPowder Firearm
ANTLER CLASSIFICATION: Irregular
SCORER(S): Dale Weddle Ed Waite
OWNER: Troy Wilson
TYPE: Free Roaming
TROPHY MEASUREMENT DATA
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TOTAL POINTS PER ANTLER 25 23
NO. OF IRREGULAR POINTS 20 18
TOTAL IRREGULAR INCHES 71 4/8 56 7/8
LENGTH OF MAIN BEAMS 25 6/8 23 4/8
LENGTH OF 1ST POINT 9 6/8 7 5/8
LENGTH OF 2ND POINT 6 7/8 4 5/8
LENGTH OF 3RD POINT 9 4/8 10 7/8
LENGTH OF 4TH POINT 8 4/8 7 3/8
LENGTH OF 5TH POINT 0 0
LENGTH OF 6TH POINT 0 0
LENGTH OF 7TH POINT 0 0
1ST CIRCUMFERENCE (C1) 10 1/8 9
2ND CIRCUMFERENCE (C2) 7 7/8 7 7/8
3RD CIRCUMFERENCE (C3) 7 6/8 7
4TH CIRCUMFERENCE (C4) 7 4 1/8
SCORE PER SIDE 164 5/8 138 7/8
INSIDE SPREAD 13 6/8
PERCENTAGE OF IRREGULARITY 42.2
Total Inches 303 4/8
BTR SCORE 317 2/8
(INCLUDES INSIDE SPREAD)
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Troy Wilson Buck
By Dale Weddle

For Troy Wilson of Mt. Sterling, Ky., success in the deer woods has always been measured by the lumps in his freezer, not by a measuring tape. The self-proclaimed "meat hunter" has never cared much about what his bucks' antlers score. As long as he's able to collect fresh venison for family table, he's happy.

Troy's outlook changed, however, on Oct. 27, 2001. When the smoke from his muzzleloader slowly drifted away on the breeze that morning, he was staring at the largest and perhaps strangest set of antlers ever recorded from Kentucky - a rack carrying 48 scoreable points, completely covered in velvet, which surpassed the 300-inch mark. Not only is the Gallatin County bruiser No. 1 among all weapons and antler classes in the Bluegrass State, but it's also a new world record for both the BTR's "blackpowder" and "velvet" categories.

When you're looking at a rack this size, it's easy to lose focus and forget about bulging backstraps, eve...

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