Shed Deer Antlers Set Minnesota Record

Posted on: 02/22/11

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A pair of whitetail deer antlers found last week by Jay Miller near Excelsior, Minnesota have been confirmed as the largest sheds ever found in Minnesota. The Duluth News Tribune [2] has the complete story.

The right antler scored 91 3/8 and the left scored 89 5/8, according to the panel of official measurers. The net score of the set is 175 0/8, and that, of course, is without an inside-spread measurement.

Tom Miller of the North American Shed Hunters Club in Lyndon Station, Wis., confirmed that the set of sheds is now the top-ranked set in Minnesota and also is the sixth-ranked set in the world. The North American Shed Hunters Club is the official record-keeping body for shed antlers.

Minnesota [3]
Whitetail Deer [4]

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[2] http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/191767/
[3] http://www.biggamehunt.net/sections/Minnesota
[4] http://www.biggamehunt.net/sections/Whitetail_Deer