Here is the buck I shot during the 2003 Wisconsin Gun Deer Season. I shot the buck on Tuesday at noon in Buffalo County. I was hunting on family land just south of Mondovi near Modena. Earlier that morning I had been sitting in a stand about 3/4 of a mile away and did not see or hear any deer.

At approximately 10:30 I made the decision to try a different stand for the afternoon. An hour and a half later, the buck came trotting through 50 yards away with its antlers glistening in the sun. I simply grabbed my gun and shot the buck in a matter of seconds. Even better was the fact that he dropped in his tracks and I could still see his antlers sticking out of the grass.

The buck has an inside spread of 23 1/3 inches and has 12 points with two additional sticker points. The Boone and Crockett net score was approximately 167 with several points of deduction for the split brow tines.

That's one heck of a deer!