FWC to score antlers in Lake City

For immediate release: March 5, 2013
Contact: Karen Parker, 386-758-0525
 
FWC to score antlers in Lake City

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) officers will score deer antlers March 9 in Lake City.

People should bring their bucks to the Deep Creek Community Center at 11934 N. U.S. Highway 441, near Milton’s Country Store, for scoring, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The deer being scored must have been taken in Florida by fair-chase methods. Qualifying antlers will be recorded in the Florida Buck Registry; owners will receive a certificate suitable for framing and a patch.

The FWC established the Florida Buck Registry in 1982 to provide hunters with a record of the number and quality of white-tailed deer taken in Florida and to give recognition to Florida hunters. The minimum qualifying antler score is 100 Boone and Crockett inches for typical antlers and 125 for nontypical antlers.

For more information, call Milton’s Country Store at 386-755-6975. To learn more about the Florida Buck Registry, go to MyFWC.com/Deer.