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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Hunting Big Game Hunting Deer Hunting Trophy Deer A look back at the biggest typical whitetail ever taken and how killing the buck forever changed Milo Hanson’s life Milo Hanson's world record whitetail, as originally published in Outdoor Life. Outdoor Life The most celebrated record in all of hunting is, without question, the world record typical whitetail buck, held by Milo Hanson. He killed the buck in November 1993, which means that if it survives this fall, it will see a 30-year anniversary.What’s almost as remarkable as the deer itself (which scored 213 5/8) is how it has stood the test of time. In the nearly 30 years since it was killed, only one other deer has even come close to the Hanson buck. That deer was killed last year in Indiana by Dustin Huff. It scored 211 4/8. Dustin Huff killed a giant typical buck in Indiana last fall that became a state record and the largest typical ever killed in the U.S. Courtesy Dustin Huff The next biggest buck of all time is legendary James Jordan buck (206 1/8), which was killed in Wisconsin in 1914. In fact, since 1993 there have been only six typical whitetails that scored over 200 inches, according the Boone & Crockett Club record books. Meanwhile, the nontypical record has been broken several times in the last few decades.A decade ago, Hanson predicted the next world record whitetail would come from the Midwest, likely Iowa or Wisconsin. But now several Midwestern states—Kansas, Ohio,
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