COLUMBUS, OH -- Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Director Sam Speck will speak at the Buckeye Big Buck Club's annual banquet which will be held March 3 at Fin, Feather, and Fur Outfitters in Ashland.
The club was founded in 1957 by ODNR Division of Wildlife deer biologist Merrill C. Gilfillan to bring more trophy quality deer to public attention.
The Buckeye Big Buck Club works to promote information about the eastern white-tailed deer in Ohio, to encourage trophy hunting by hunters, to establish and maintain a permanent record of Ohio trophy deer, and to foster sound sportsmanship among Ohio's deer hunters.
Each year the Club honors hunters who harvest "typical" deer which meet the minimum 140 scoring requirement and "non-typical" Ohio deer meeting a minimum 160 scoring requirement. Scores are determined by a series of measurements involving the symmetrical length and circumference of antler branches and the inside space or spread of the antlers.
Fin, Feather, and Fur Outfitters is located just off I-71 on State Route 250 in Ashland.