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Wisconsin hunter Tim Potter shot a 19-point nontypical whitetail with a crossbow in Monroe County on Sept. 17, according to Outdoor Life. The buck scored 214 5/8 inches by Buckmasters; its dressed weight was reported as 200 pounds.
Tim Potter, 59, of Sparta, Wisconsin, shot a 19-point nontypical whitetail with a crossbow in Monroe County on Sept. 17 after stalking to within 35 yards, Outdoor Life reported. The buck scored 214 5/8 inches by Buckmasters, according to the report.
Potter was leaving a family property stand shortly after 7 p.m. when he saw a doe near a fence and then spotted the buck by a food plot. He told Outdoor Life that he crawled closer on wet ground with the wind in his face. Another buck nearby drew the animal’s attention, Potter said, allowing him to approach before raising his TenPoint crossbow and firing from 35 yards.
Potter said he heard the arrow hit and expected the deer would not travel far. According to his account, the buck ran through a strip of woods and a bean field before falling in young pines about 80 yards from where it was shot. He said the deer broke off roughly four inches of antler when it struck the trees. Friends helped retrieve the animal, which was hauled out with a farm tractor.
The buck had a 21.5-inch inside spread. Potter said Brock’s Butcher Block weighed it at 200 pounds dressed; he estimated it had weighed about 230 pounds alive. Outdoor Life reported that Potter had three years of trail-camera history with the buck. He said shoulder problems linked to his years as a baseball pitcher and a work injury led him to switch from a compound bow to a crossbow.
A Close Stalk After a Disrupted Hunt
The account describes a harvest made during an unplanned walk out, after nearby livestock activity had disrupted Potter’s earlier sits. The reported 214 5/8-inch score and the buck’s 19 points make the animal notable within the report, while the details show how the wind, wet ground and the second buck shaped the final approach.
Potter’s use of a crossbow also reflects his stated adaptation to shoulder issues. The report does not present the hunt as representative of typical deer hunting outcomes; it documents one hunter’s encounter and the measurements attributed to the animal.
Three Years of Trail-Camera History
Potter told Outdoor Life he had watched the buck on trail cameras over a period of three years. The Sept. 17 hunt was only his second time hunting that stand this season, he said, in part because of rainy weather. On the first visit, a neighbor moving livestock had disturbed deer; on the later evening, an ATV again prompted Potter to leave the stand.
The stand was a treated-lumber structure in hardwood trees overlooking a clover and wheat field on family land in west-central Wisconsin. Potter said he had hunted the location for years and taken deer there before. He called this animal his “Lucky Buck,” saying circumstances had seemed to work against him that day.
“I sneaked to 35 yards, raised my TenPoint crossbow, aimed and shot.”
— Tim Potter, as quoted by Outdoor Life
Score and Weight Details
The antler score is identified as a Buckmasters score, but the report does not say whether the measurement is final or provide details about the scoring process. The 200-pound dressed weight is attributed to the processor, while the roughly 230-pound live weight is Potter’s estimate. The account does not provide an independent verification of either figure.
The report also does not identify the buck’s age, provide a precise property location, or say whether the harvest will be entered in a record book. Those details remain unreported.
Processing and Any Further Scoring
Potter took the deer to Brock’s Butcher Block for processing, according to Outdoor Life. The report does not describe any further scoring, record-book submission or planned public display. Any additional confirmation or recognition of the rack would depend on steps Potter chooses to take and information made public later.
Key Questions
Where did Tim Potter shoot the buck?
He shot it on family land in Monroe County, Wisconsin, according to Outdoor Life. The report does not give a more precise location.
How large was the buck’s rack?
The 19-point nontypical rack scored 214 5/8 inches by Buckmasters, and its inside spread was reported as 21.5 inches.
How far did Potter stalk before shooting?
Potter told Outdoor Life he crawled to within 35 yards before taking the shot with his TenPoint crossbow.
How much did the buck weigh?
The processor reported a dressed weight of 200 pounds. Potter estimated the buck’s live weight at about 230 pounds.
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