"Lucky" hunter snags a 22-point buck

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WORTH COUNTY, GA (NBC) -- A hunter in Worth County, Georgia ran across something really unique, a 22-point buck.

The hunter says he got lucky.

He was off work due to surgery -- and that was the only reason he could hunt that day.

The Georgia state biologist in nearby Tifton, Georgia will give the deer a green score to determine if it is among the largest whitetail deer ever recorded in the state.

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