Along with the state and provincial listings, readers will also enjoy the hunting stories of 37 of the top whitetail deer taken in the 21st Century. The Boone and Crockett Club is pleased to announce they are releasing the sixth edition of their most popular record book - Records of North American Whitetail Deer! This greatly expanded sixth edition features over 17,000 trophy listings for whitetail and Coues’ whitetail deer dating back to the late 1800s up through December 31, 2019. The definitive book of wild, free-ranging trophy whitetail deer in North America! Sadly, James Jordan passed away only two months before the Boone and Crockett Club officially attached Jordan’s name to the buck. James Jordan happened to be Bob’s uncle, and he recognized the buck immediately when Bob showed it to him. In 1971, he had it scored by Boone and Crockett Club measurers who dubbed it a world’s record at the time. At a garage sale in Sandstone, Minnesota, he paid $3 for a giant deer rack. Enter Robert Ludwig forty-four years after Jordan shot that buck. ![]() ![]() Jordan’s family eventually moved to Hinkley, Minnesota, where his taxidermist had moved prior to moving to Florida. Jordan thought his buck was gone for good. Jordan checked in on his buck, only to find the taxidermist moved to Minnesota, then to Florida. He turned the head over to his taxidermist and thought he would see it on his wall in less than half a century. Jim Jordan shot this beautiful buck in early November of 1914. Maybe the original saying is a little different, but check this out. They say if you shoot a world’s record whitetail and drop it off at the taxidermist who moves to Florida and never returns your deer, but then the deer finds its way back to you after nearly 60 years…well, the deer was meant to be with you. NUMBER TWO - Hunter: James Jordan Score: 206-1/8 points It's FREE and takes less than a minute to complete. If you already have an account, simply log in to gain access. First you'll need to register on B&C’s website. Later, Boone and Crockett Official Measurers confirmed everyone’s suspicions Milo had killed the world’s finest typical whitetail. ![]() Milo realized he might just have a world’s record. Friends measured the buck, and then re-measured the buck. Milo hadn’t had a cigarette in three years, but he wanted one that day. Milo watched the buck run, leveled his four-power scope and took two shots from his. The buck flushed but several shots missed their mark. One hunter went into the willows while everyone else posted themselves around the escape route. Neighbors spotted the buck and watched him go into the willows. The opener proved a bust as the snow was already a week old, but on November 22, new snow arrived and the posse devised a plan. There was a lot of talk about the big buck. On opening day of the 1993 season, friends and family gathered at the Hansen house as they always had since Milo and his wife Olive moved to the farm in the early 1970s. ![]() Once word got around, the buck was spotted on farms, in pea fields, and then near a highway just north of Biggar in the southwestern portion of the province. On the last day of Saskatchewan’s 1992 deer season, the driver told some locals that a monster whitetail was feeding in Milo Hansen’s alfalfa field. NUMBER ONE - Hunter: Milo Hansen Score: 213-5/8 points
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