Outdoornews
February 5, 2021
The hunting world is still buzzing over the new state non-typical archery buck tagged by Phillip Pless of Newfane (see Feb. 15 issue of
New York Outdoor New). If you are a big game hunter and you missed the announcement of this spectacular trophy, the Pless buck is an amazing mass of bone that was recently certified as the top set of antlers in New York. The final score was a gross measurement of 221-3/8 and a net score of 214-2/8 inches. Whoa!
It was not just measured by one official scorer. There was a panel of three judges that worked together to come up with a final number that they all agreed upon. I was there and I witnessed the difficulty of the task at hand. Don Haseley, of Sanborn, Dave Muir, of North Tonawanda, and Jeff Wetzel, of Lockport, were the trio involved in this history-making Niagara County beast. Haseley even admitted it was the most difficult set of antlers that he has ever had to score.
Beast of the Northeast: WNY man’s monster buck a state bow record, biggest taken this fall in 9 states
Updated Feb 04, 2021;
Posted Feb 02, 2021
Phillip Pless, of Newfane, N.Y., shot this monster 18-point buck Nov. 8 in Niagara County. The deer is a new state bow hunting record for a buck with a non-typical rack.
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Phillip Pless and his wife were busy moving furniture around their living room when this reporter called.
They were deciding where the trophy mount of the big buck that Pless shot Nov. 8 with his bow on private land in Niagara County would go. He explained they have a small home and this mount was special and would need some space.