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By Jim Morris, Staff Writer 1:44 AM Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Area residents will get their first up-close look at the Stephens buck this weekend, Jan. 23 (4 to 9 p.m.) and Jan. 24 (11 a.m. to 5 p.m.) when Brian Stephens of Clayton and taxidermist Rick Busse of Piqua put it on display at the Cincinnati Hunting & Fishing Show, part of the Cincinnati Travel, Sports & Boat Show.

The buck, when officially scored on Jan. 30, will have the largest main beams of any whitetail ever recorded. It will also be a nontypical record for muzzleloaders in Ohio.

The boat and travel portion of the Cincinnati show opened on Friday, Jan. 15 and will continue through Jan. 24. The show is closed today, but reopens Wednesday, Jan. 20 at 5 p.m. at the Duke Energy Convention Center on Fifth and Elm Streets.

The show features hunting and fishing seminars, including Joe Thomas, Frank Scalish, Tom Clay, Ryan Thomas and Tom Dietz.

For show schedules and other information, visit hartproductions.com.

Dayton show  a big success

Speaking of shows, the first Dayton Hunting & Fishing show, held Jan. 8-10 at the Airport Expo Center, was considered a big success by its promoter, Chad Mullins of Riverside.

Mullins said the show drew about 2,700 people for the three days with the largest gate on Saturday at about 1,700.

It’s probably no coincidence that was the day outdoors TV star Jimmy Houston put on a pair of seminars, which both played to standing-room-only crowds. Houston actually popped in at the show on Friday night, signing autographs and walking around the show shaking hands. He did the same between Saturday shows.

Mullins gave away free cane poles to the first 100 youngsters on Friday and Saturday.

He reported the vendors were pleased and most have re-upped for next year, which indicates Mullins has already begun planning a 2011 show. The only sour note was the biggest tackle dealer, Fin, Feather & Fur Outfitters from Ashland pulled out at the last minute.

Deer kill up

Ohio deer hunters killed 24,078 whitetails during last week’s four-day muzzleloader season, January 9-12. That’s about 17 percent more than the 20,659 deer taken during last year’s (2008) muzzleloader season.

A total of 251,826 deer have been killed so far this season, which winds up when the archery season ends on Feb. 7. Hunters took 252,017 in 2008-09 so it’s likely there will be a new record this season.

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2409 or jmorris@DaytonDailyNews.com.

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