Illinois hunter may have shot the largest buck ever in the U.S. - Entrepreneur Generations

Kavin Szablewski with his possibly record-breaking kill. (Photo by Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources)

Illinois resident Keith Szablewski may have shot the largest buck ever recorded in the United States in November.

Now, any deer hunter knows that a buck can get to be pretty big, but 51 points is a whopper by any standard. "The largest buck on record now is a 47-point buck taken by a Tennessee hunter in 2016, according to the Tennessean. Stephen Tucker of Gallatin, Tennessee, shot that buck in Sumner County with a muzzleloader rifle," Matthew Martinez reports for McClatchy.

Scablewski shot his buck with a shotgun on private property in Williamson County, which is about 90 miles southeast of St. Louis.

"I was just sitting there, and I heard the deer behind me," Szablewski told local radio station WSIL. "When I walked up to him, I looked at it and thought, 'What a blessing.'"

Szablewski is now waiting for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to confirm the record.

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