Nelson Tucker, North Carolina

September 22, 2010

Being in the woods all but five days of North Carolina's 1993 rifle season paid off for Nelson Tucker of Polkton. He shot the 20-inch 10-pointer at right on Dec. 13 after having seen him the year before. The buck weighed 220 pounds. Nelson then got the other deer, a 200-pound, 20-inch 10-pointer, on Dec. 24.

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