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Early Season Monster Bucks
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photo: Courtesy of Jim Kostroski
Hunter: Jim Kostroski

Date: September 13, 2003

Location: Rochester, Minn.

Score: 214, non-typical

Jim Kostroski took off work early on the opening weekend of bow season and shot this monster after having been in his stand for only five minutes. It was a nice payoff after having hunted the buck for three years without success. He had grunted to get the buck to come in, and when a squirrel started barking, the deer stopped and gave Kostroski a shot at about 30 yards.
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Comment on This Article

At 8:42 AM, 2008-12-08, Brad Smith said:
I have seen all of Mark and Terry Drurys videos,believe me ,that is no fake deer.These guys are good at what they do and the equipment they use is true to the hunt.Im no pro hunter but i have learned alot from the Drurys and has made alot of my hunts successful,nice deer mark!!!!! Mark comment offensive

At 10:39 AM, 2008-11-16, anonymous said:
put a shirt on dingbat Mark comment offensive

At 4:09 PM, 2008-11-08, rick said:
how did that entry hole get that big? Mark comment offensive

At 4:44 PM, 2008-10-27, buck hunter said:
true. mechanical broadheads can sometimes fail, but until you try them you'll never know. muzzy is a great broadhead, but i'd rather have that 2 inch hole and know that the deer is going down. i've used both muzzy and rage. rage is definently my pick for whitetail. Mark comment offensive

At 9:58 PM, 2008-10-03, RG_HayWire said:
rage expandables. the two blade model boasts a 2 inch entry/exit wound with a new fantaboulus superterrific spentacular slipcam design.. that uses the same 30 year old model o ring!! i use muzzy fixed blade. not risking my hunt on some cheezy little o ring. if it's mechanical.. its just one more thing to go wrong. i try to limit the mistakes to mental error.. not my gear. just my 2 cents Mark comment offensive

At 7:50 PM, 2008-09-30, Butch said:
nice buck what kind of broadheads leave that big of a hole Mark comment offensive

At 7:27 PM, 2008-09-30, dane said:
there is no way that is 175 inches Mark comment offensive

At 3:56 PM, 2008-09-27, James said:
it looks fake? Mark comment offensive

At 10:09 AM, 2008-09-26, Brandon said:
so how do you like bowhunting is it excelent,great,fair or ok. Mark comment offensive

At 9:24 PM, 2008-09-23, Marty said:
the 3rd day i got a 7 point with a 21 and a half inch spread. pretty tall too Mark comment offensive

At 9:17 PM, 2008-09-23, Marty said:
would have been nice next year..... Mark comment offensive

At 9:44 PM, 2008-09-04, Kesty said:
he uses a 2-blade rage expandable, 2" cutting diameter Mark comment offensive

At 8:04 PM, 2008-09-02, eric said:
whoa!! what a huge deer!! what size expabdable was he using? Mark comment offensive

At 4:57 PM, 2008-08-28, anonymous said:
m.nk'/bkj Mark comment offensive

At 11:19 AM, 2008-08-26, Bill said:
hunting bucks around a farm, its not surprising they get that big. we lost about 10-20% of our crops to deer. Mark comment offensive

At 8:18 PM, 2008-08-05, bob said:
these deer are so big they look fake!!!!! Mark comment offensive

At 12:14 PM, 2008-07-29, dylan mcdowell said:
was that a vital spot shot i can't tell from the angle of the pic. Mark comment offensive

At 12:12 PM, 2008-07-29, dylan mcdowell said:
that is a monster buck and good score on it to! Mark comment offensive

At 2:54 PM, 2008-07-28, mike gibbs said:
thats a nice buck Mark comment offensive

At 10:59 PM, 2008-07-27, McMillan968 said:
sounds like jason is jealous!! lol like there was space for him there. wahhhhhh lol Mark comment offensive

At 9:11 PM, 2008-07-26, eric 15 said:
im goin to sound dumb but can you label the animals ( species) ? im having trouble telling white tails from mule deer . if some of those are white tails ! wow !!!! Mark comment offensive

At 11:45 AM, 2008-07-25, Joshua said:
what are these deer eating?? Mark comment offensive

At 10:51 AM, 2008-07-23, danny said:
whoa these bucks are huge just looking at these things makesme want to go hunting! Mark comment offensive

At 9:33 AM, 2008-07-21, Jason said:
justin could have atleast mentioned who helped him trail the deer for 3/4 a mile down the side of the river. Mark comment offensive

At 4:52 PM, 2008-07-19, groundhog said:
wow nice one Mark comment offensive

At 12:19 PM, 2008-07-17, drew said:
ad for cook county? maybe so, but i'd say it's an ad to come to the midwest!!! look at all the giants in the first 10 pics!!! now count how many were from mn, wi, nd, or wherever else in the midwest!! come up here and see the brutes!! Mark comment offensive

At 2:20 AM, 2008-07-17, airforcewx said:
what is this an advertisment for crook county, wyoming? Mark comment offensive

At 5:42 PM, 2008-07-16, shawn said:
helps dosent sorry about other Mark comment offensive

At 5:36 PM, 2008-07-16, shawn said:
it takes time to shout a big one so alayes praitus. Mark comment offensive

At 2:57 PM, 2008-07-16, Buck@score-your-hunting.com said:
wow! looking at some of these bucks, i think an elk has been taking advantage of some deer around the country. buck@score-your-hunting.com Mark comment offensive

At 7:32 PM, 2008-07-15, RICH said:
nice deer Mark comment offensive

At 7:26 PM, 2008-07-15, RICH said:
wow on opening week ended 30 yard shot on a 15 ponit buck Mark comment offensive

At 7:23 PM, 2008-07-15, rich said:
a huge 8 ponit buck with no drop tines Mark comment offensive


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