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Monster Buck Takes A School Bus Ride
By Scott Bestul
Some deer stories can only take place in a small town. Case in point? Last week our local high school boy’s basketball team was returning home from an away game. The giant buck pictured above leaped in front of their bus and, predictably, did not escape the encounter. Though the buck was dead, everyone on the team was fine, and the bus sustained minimal injury.
Here’s where the story goes country. Tom Vix, the head coach of the team, is a passionate and successful deer hunter. The same goes for the bus driver, Wayne Wenzel, and a bunch of the ball players. So, after a suitable period of admiring the headgear of the brute whitetail, Vix did what any small-town-coach-who-is-a-deer-hunter would do; he called the local warden and asked if they could keep the buck. “Sure” was the reply. And then Vix called a play not found in the scheme of most high school hoops teams; he told the boys to load the buck on the bus…
So the trophy-class 10-point made the trip back to town with the team, his massive antlers filling up the aisle. Though none of the meat was deemed worthy of salvage, the buck’s rack will be proudly displayed in the room of ag-teacher Craig Colbenson who is—you guessed it—also a passionate and successful deer hunter.
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Comments (29)
This a really cool story, because most schools don't support hunting ( at least around where I live). Thats a great buck and even better it is being displayed in the a classroom.
Way cool, now they will need to stencil a "buckmark" on the side of the bus. Five and he's an Ace!
That's great. Are they renaming their team to the Bucks?
awesome story!
Awsome. My school unfortunately is too anti-hunter to let that happen.
thats an awsome story, (how come stuff like that don't happen to me) did all the kids get there pics with the monster or just the one in the pic?
I want to move to that town.
I wish I played there when I was a kid
i dont think any of my teachers would want a deer hangin up in thier room
Excellent story and I'm glad everyone get to enjoy the trophy buck on their trip!!!
Good for the coach!
I can't say that I would have done any thing different if one of our school buses had hit it. You can't let a great trophy die and not take it.
I believe I would do the same as a coach, and that is quite amazing that the rack didn't get busted up durring the collision.
I remember one time going to school we hit a deer. Not sure if it was a buck but I know with the way the kids were in my school, we wouldn't have done this. But I probably wouldn't have thought of it either. And if we did do this, the parents would try to get her fired.
very cool my ag teacher here at new london high in wisc. has some fish mounts and some sheds that i found and gave to him but no head mounts cool that they let them do that. we also grow perch in 500 gallon tanks and at the end of the year we get to fleigh them up and have a fish fry cant wait! great story!
Cool story! Sure beats hearing about kids beating up the bus driver at schools in town.
Wonder what he'd score? http://bit.ly/4NynEa
beautiful deer. awesome story. gotta love the small towns who dont really care too much about what the snooty city dwellers think. i love my small town.
Outstanding story. I live here in the Chicago suburbs, and if that happened here, the school would hire grief counselors to come in so that the delicate boys didn't have nightmares, and some uppity parent would demand the bus driver be fired. Geez, only to live in a small town again.
From what I can see of the photo it looks like Boone and Crockett material. I hope when the Game and Fish folks find out how big he is they don't change their mind and decide they want it. I would hate to see it end up on some DNR captains office wall.
ya my school would definately not go for that
This sounds like a very Wisconsin sort of thing to do. And I like it.
this is freakin awesome
I once heard a story of an Ambulance crew, on the way back from the hospital, stopping to pick up a road killed buck. 8pt I think. Although in this day and age that would probably lead to Pink-slips.
kin texas it is illegal to remove a game animal from the road after yo run it over. personally i think its a stupid law,but what are you gonna do?!
haha priceless!
that something different
thats a awesome buck!
Great story. In most places these days where everyone and everything has to be politically correct the coach and the bus driver would be fired, the boys would be brought up in juvinile court. I love it when I see a story like this. I am from a small town and this could happen in my town.
thank God for small towms!
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That's great. Are they renaming their team to the Bucks?
I want to move to that town.
Way cool, now they will need to stencil a "buckmark" on the side of the bus. Five and he's an Ace!
This a really cool story, because most schools don't support hunting ( at least around where I live). Thats a great buck and even better it is being displayed in the a classroom.
thats an awsome story, (how come stuff like that don't happen to me) did all the kids get there pics with the monster or just the one in the pic?
i dont think any of my teachers would want a deer hangin up in thier room
Awsome. My school unfortunately is too anti-hunter to let that happen.
Excellent story and I'm glad everyone get to enjoy the trophy buck on their trip!!!
awesome story!
I wish I played there when I was a kid
I believe I would do the same as a coach, and that is quite amazing that the rack didn't get busted up durring the collision.
I remember one time going to school we hit a deer. Not sure if it was a buck but I know with the way the kids were in my school, we wouldn't have done this. But I probably wouldn't have thought of it either. And if we did do this, the parents would try to get her fired.
I can't say that I would have done any thing different if one of our school buses had hit it. You can't let a great trophy die and not take it.
Good for the coach!
that something different
thank God for small towms!
Cool story! Sure beats hearing about kids beating up the bus driver at schools in town.
Wonder what he'd score? http://bit.ly/4NynEa
This sounds like a very Wisconsin sort of thing to do. And I like it.
I once heard a story of an Ambulance crew, on the way back from the hospital, stopping to pick up a road killed buck. 8pt I think. Although in this day and age that would probably lead to Pink-slips.
this is freakin awesome
beautiful deer. awesome story. gotta love the small towns who dont really care too much about what the snooty city dwellers think. i love my small town.
ya my school would definately not go for that
haha priceless!
very cool my ag teacher here at new london high in wisc. has some fish mounts and some sheds that i found and gave to him but no head mounts cool that they let them do that. we also grow perch in 500 gallon tanks and at the end of the year we get to fleigh them up and have a fish fry cant wait! great story!
kin texas it is illegal to remove a game animal from the road after yo run it over. personally i think its a stupid law,but what are you gonna do?!
Outstanding story. I live here in the Chicago suburbs, and if that happened here, the school would hire grief counselors to come in so that the delicate boys didn't have nightmares, and some uppity parent would demand the bus driver be fired. Geez, only to live in a small town again.
Great story. In most places these days where everyone and everything has to be politically correct the coach and the bus driver would be fired, the boys would be brought up in juvinile court. I love it when I see a story like this. I am from a small town and this could happen in my town.
From what I can see of the photo it looks like Boone and Crockett material. I hope when the Game and Fish folks find out how big he is they don't change their mind and decide they want it. I would hate to see it end up on some DNR captains office wall.
thats a awesome buck!
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