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BuckTracker: Midwest Three-Peat
By Scott Bestul
There must have been something in the water in the upper Midwest last fall. Three state-record archery non-typical bucks were shot, all within the span of about a month. The Minnesota mark was the first to fall when Ben Spanjers shot “The Hokah Legend,” in early October. Only a few weeks later, Iowa bowhunter Kyle Simmons tagged a monstrous buck that would net 275-5/8”, toppling the Hawkeye State record. Then in early November, Wisconsinite Bob Decker killed the by-then-famous “Field & Stream buck” that would score 233-3/8” and claim Badger state honors.
These bucks—and the hunters who took them—were all in one place when the North American Shed Hunter’s Club (NASHC) held their annual show in Wisconsin last weekend. By all accounts, Spanjers, Simmons, and Decker are, to a man, about as gentlemanly and humble as they come. Combine those qualities with their jaw-dropping bucks, and I’m guessing the NASHC show was one very cool gathering. I’m making it a point to attend next year! By the way, these pics are courtesy of The Midwest Hunter, a great hunting site that’s on my list of “favorites.”
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What great looking bucks. I was wondering how long it would take for the "Field and Stream" buck to be killed after reaching a national based magazine.
Awsome bucks, my congrats to the lucky hunters who took them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those would be aswem to get. i would love to go hunting there.congrats to the hunters who got them.
awsome not aswem
I don't think I'll ever see anything like these bucks up here in MI, untill they change a few things. Nice job guys! I'm jealous!
Those are all great deer! I don't hunt whitetail very often at all, but nobody can take anything from those deer. Nice job guys.
I was at the show and them bucks need to be seen in person to really see the beauty and wounder of them, the size the mass, it unreal & all I have to say is they are AWSOME!!!!!!
Amazing Brutes!
Wow, those areb some really nice ones. Now i remeber why i spend all those hours in the tree!
WOW! WOW! and WOW!
Scott,
I think this helps support my argument on your blog "Do feeders grow big Racks".
Those bad boys are impressive, I would like to see them in person. Congrats to the hunters!!
You guys are right pictures dont always show the mass and character of these giant animals,would love to see them up close..congratulations!!
looks like all 3 would make a nice coat holder, another great thing for deer antlers
yeah wisconsin!
Those are some great looking bucks. I plan to honor them on my blog at WisconsinWhitetail.blogspot.com since Mr. Decker has made us proud
wish those deer would have been in my sights ha ha GREAT JOB guys. yall have some reslly good looking trophies there. NOW save some for us ha ha
Awesome! 3 lucky lucky guys!
Midwest Whitetail gigantis-a suggestion for the sub-species name for deer from this area-these deer are 100 lbs larger and 50 inches of Antler bigger than the Southern purty tenderist whitetails of Arkansas, also separate from the Caged super selected mutants of Texas, do they really fall under the same category in B&C? C'mon people, the retold legendary size of deer around here don't approach the size of these cold winter surviving behemoths.They are distinct breeding populations with unique traits.
AJMCclure:In all the subspecies of whitetails there are the rare specimans that either have way above average body size or antler size. The big differance is most areas of the country, they are shot too young, long before they can reach their full potential. Bucks like these 3 are rare anywhere. So if you are lucky enough to have a young buck thats showing the traits for being an above average deer. Its your own fault for shooting him when he is only 2 or 3 years old.
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What great looking bucks. I was wondering how long it would take for the "Field and Stream" buck to be killed after reaching a national based magazine.
Awsome bucks, my congrats to the lucky hunters who took them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those would be aswem to get. i would love to go hunting there.congrats to the hunters who got them.
awsome not aswem
I don't think I'll ever see anything like these bucks up here in MI, untill they change a few things. Nice job guys! I'm jealous!
Those are all great deer! I don't hunt whitetail very often at all, but nobody can take anything from those deer. Nice job guys.
I was at the show and them bucks need to be seen in person to really see the beauty and wounder of them, the size the mass, it unreal & all I have to say is they are AWSOME!!!!!!
Amazing Brutes!
Wow, those areb some really nice ones. Now i remeber why i spend all those hours in the tree!
WOW! WOW! and WOW!
Those bad boys are impressive, I would like to see them in person. Congrats to the hunters!!
You guys are right pictures dont always show the mass and character of these giant animals,would love to see them up close..congratulations!!
looks like all 3 would make a nice coat holder, another great thing for deer antlers
yeah wisconsin!
Those are some great looking bucks. I plan to honor them on my blog at WisconsinWhitetail.blogspot.com since Mr. Decker has made us proud
wish those deer would have been in my sights ha ha GREAT JOB guys. yall have some reslly good looking trophies there. NOW save some for us ha ha
Awesome! 3 lucky lucky guys!
Scott,
I think this helps support my argument on your blog "Do feeders grow big Racks".
Midwest Whitetail gigantis-a suggestion for the sub-species name for deer from this area-these deer are 100 lbs larger and 50 inches of Antler bigger than the Southern purty tenderist whitetails of Arkansas, also separate from the Caged super selected mutants of Texas, do they really fall under the same category in B&C? C'mon people, the retold legendary size of deer around here don't approach the size of these cold winter surviving behemoths.They are distinct breeding populations with unique traits.
AJMCclure:In all the subspecies of whitetails there are the rare specimans that either have way above average body size or antler size. The big differance is most areas of the country, they are shot too young, long before they can reach their full potential. Bucks like these 3 are rare anywhere. So if you are lucky enough to have a young buck thats showing the traits for being an above average deer. Its your own fault for shooting him when he is only 2 or 3 years old.
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