Anthony Faus took down a monster buck last October in East Berlin and then he just kind of sat on it.
That is, until a friend talked him into letting him bring the big buck’s rack to Harrisburg last month to be scored by the Pennsylvania Game Commission. And, it turns out, Faus nearly had himself a state record.
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According to a report by GoErie, the buck, which Haus took in Adams County, scored 228 3/8 inches. That slots it in at second overall for a non-typical buck taken by archery in the state.
You can see a photo of the monster rack of antlers, here.
The record was taken by Eric Carns in Clearfield County back in 2016. That buck scored 228 6/8.
You can check out the record list, here.
“It’s one of the most impressive deer racks I’ve seen as part of scoring in my 15 years of being an official scorer,” Bob D’Angelo, coordinator for the state’s Big Game Scoring Program, told GoErie.
The deer had a 22-point rack with a spread of 26 7/8 inches, according to the newspaper. GoErie said the inside spread was 18 4/8 inches. It’s considered a “non-typical” rack because 12 of the points are considered abnormal.
D’Angelo told the paper that while most folks “go to extremes” to get their big racks scored, Faus was the opposite and “wasn’t even going to get it scored.”
“I’m so grateful he did,” he said.