Karen Nielsen killed a giant buck in Alamance County, NC during the 2022 deer hunting season. She hauled her mount of the buck to the 2023 Dixie Deer Classic where it officially scored 170 4/8 inches.
Nielsen won the Best in Show Award for the buck, as well as the Female Muzzleloader Award for Nontypical deer. The hunter, from Burlington, NC, killed the buck, a 10-pointer, on Nov. 5 with a 25-yard shot from her Wolf .50-caliber muzzleloader.