WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- Authorities say a Topeka man has been charged with poaching a 14-point whitetail buck that could have broken a state record that has stood for more than 35 years.

The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism says David V. Kent was charged in Osage County with eight counts related the Nov. 11 shooting of the deer. He faces charges of hunting with an artificial light, hunting during a closed season, and other charges.

A message left for Kent at his business Friday was not immediately returned.

The Wichita Eagle reports (http://bit.ly/ypI7uc ) that the deer was unofficially scored at 198 7/8 inches of antler on the Boone & Crockett system. The state record for a typical whitetail deer shot with a gun is 198 2/8 and is from 1974.