The 39-point antlers were officially scored on Sunday at 304 6/8, making it the largest rack on a deer ever killed by a hunter in the world. Only two others have ever scored higher, but they were found and picked up without anyone knowing how the animal died.
Previously, the largest deer known to be taken by a hunter was one from Mississippi that scored at 295.
The only two larger racks are the "Missouri Monarch," which scored 333 7/8 and the "Hole-In-The-Horn" rack at 328 2/8. The Missouri rack was found near St. Louis in 1981. The "Hole in the Horn" deer was found dead by a railroad track near Ravenna in 1940.
"This is incredibly exciting," said Mike Budzik, chief of the Ohio Division of Wildlife. "Of the top three non-typical bucks in the country, two come from Ohio."