PLOSKI: Verner Harvests 12-Point Buck

George Verner of Worthington shot this really nice 12 point buck. The buck had a 21 inch spread, and was shot about 8:45am on October 12, 2009.

by Bryan Ploski

I have been an avid outdoorman for over 20 years. I became interested in hunting when I took my first hunter safety course at age 12. As many of you archery hunters already know archery season opened the first weekend of October and continues through the second week of November. So if you haven’t harvested your buck there’s still plenty of time. I have talked with a number of people about the first week of the season. A lot of archers have told me they’ve had a very slow couple of weeks, seeing only some small bucks and does. And, because of the warmer temperatures deer movement may be slower during the daytime hours.

Last week one man had the weather in his favor. I spoke with George Verner of Worthington who shot this really nice 12 point buck. The buck had a 21 inch spread, and was shot about 8:45am on October 12. The buck scored 135 on the Pope and Young scoring scale. For those of you who may not know, Pope and Young is one of North America’s leading bow hunting and conservation organizations. Through its Records Program, the Club encourages quality bow hunting, and records data on North American big game taken with bow and arrows. It conducts ongoing recording periods and every two years presents recognition to the finest animals submitted. To have your animal recorded and entered in their records is quite a feat.

Mr. Verner told me this particular buck walked into the range of his tree stand following a smaller buck. He said the buck was about 30 yards from his tree stand when he shot, and it fell about 50 yards from the stand. There was a quick recovery on the animal. Mr. Verner certainly enjoyed a great hunt. Congratulations George!

Good luck to everyone archery hunting! If you have a story or a picture, email it to me at bploski@ kittanningpaper.com