To become a member of the club and to get into its record book, one must kill a buck that satisfies the club's minimum requirements for antler size. Currently, there are 7,000 members.

Blair’s plan to build The Buck Club seemed to fall apart five years ago. But even after opening The Tree Farm in South Carolina, he wants to fulfill his promise in Utah.

On Nov. 22, Alan Johnston of Little Rock killed a buck bearing maybe the largest rack ever taken at Old Belfast Hunting Club in northern Grant County.