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Dedicated Shed Hunter Tags Monster Minnesota Buck After Three Years of Work
Dedicated Shed Hunter Tags Monster Minnesota Buck After Three Years of Work
For three years high school biology teacher Michael Versland of Cottage Grove, Minnesota scoured more than two dozen properties to track down two complete and three partial sets of this Minnesota monarch’s shed antlers. He finally laid his hands on the true prize Oct. 2, stopping the massive 14-point nontypical with an arrow at 30 yards less than two hours after hanging his stand.
The final encounter unfolded only a few yards from where Versland scooped up the buck’s sheds last spring. The northland bruiser weighed 350 lbs. and boasted an inside spread of 22 4/8 inches. On January 21 Boone & Crockett certified an official net score of 198 4/8. Click through the slides to learn how Versland’s dogged shed hunting helped lead him to the buck of a lifetime.
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It really shows that hard work does pay off. Great buck, congrats!
good story, but please no text messages while hunting,,,please
thats good hunting!!! its not always luck its hard work and more hard work.. thats a good story.. congrats
great story good job
That is so awesome and a great story.
Great story. congrats.
Great Story. I am sure that all of his students had also learned some great things during the entire ordeal. Passing on the hunting tradition.
Dedication pays off. Nice job.
Great story! That is one nice Buck! Its cool to see how the buck developed over those 3 years. Congrats!
Awesome pictures and story!
beautiful deer and a great story.i wish my teachers had been this cool
Awesome, your commitment & hunting skills really paid off. Congrats!
What a great outcome for such a dedicated hunter. If we could all just spend more time in the field how much more successful could we be? Best of luck on your next big buck!
wow...cool!
Awesome deer, great story, and a teacher that hunts, i love it.
good story,,, and a very nice deer
Congrats from a fellow educator!!! The fact that you had students come out to see the deer tells me two things. One you teach in a school that has good kids and two you must be a good teacher as well. I have pictures of my students with their deer up on my "wall of pride" in my classroom. I love it when we can put one in the win column for us average Joes doing it the hard way. Way to go.
there is nothing better than hearing about a dedicated hunter finallly getting his buck. amen.
NIce Buck! THose are some Great shed's Too!
Nice Buck. Now that is hunting.
Doesn't get any better than that.
amazing
hunt on
Congrats!
Great animal. Great story. Thanks for sharing it with us.
hunt safe!
Great! Gorgeous! I'm drooling all over the keyboard. Now - if he wants to give a set of those sheds a home, I have a great place to put them since some stinker broke in & stole mine that were nearly this size..
Kudos to him. Much deserving trophy for all that hard work. A fine representative of the hunting fraternity. Wish we had more like him.
Bucks such as this one arer very rare. Last year I hunted the same woods as been hunting for 40 yrs plus 100 more i Leased. I killed a 290 lb l0 point (perfect side matches l6 l/2") this buck had not been seen by anyone of a couple dozen hunters except on cameras. He had been seen 6 miles away once. But my coe areas he had not shown. Had I not been looking directly in the direction I was looking ( about 20 yds) he would have slipped by me, he would have gotten away. Was the 2nd day of B/P and I shot him at l90 yds. THe largest boddy Deer any of us in my area ever seen. Mass of horns not all that great but way above average, Was judged to be 6 l/2 ys old (where had he been). When stats state a deer lives within a 2 mile radius his entier life, this one did not. Can;t wait to get him back from Taxi and hange beside 2- 8's came from same area.This was the largest deer killed in my areas that we all can recall, a fewe nice 8's but nothing like this l0. Now I;m trophy hunting, other than I want a buck with my handgun, then I happly hunting days will be filled, other than one last trip to the Rockies and hopefully that can be to NM.
i wish i was that dedicated of a shed hunter, those are some huge sheds and the bucks even better good job
Congratulations..... Shows the results of what hard work and hunting smart can do for you !
This has to be one of the best stories with picture documentation I've ever seen. Congrads on the prize for putting in the time & effort! I have even more hopes right now of finding the owner of matching 130 class 8 point sheds found this year!
That is very cool.
That's really cool to have all of those sheds and finally get the buck.
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It really shows that hard work does pay off. Great buck, congrats!
thats good hunting!!! its not always luck its hard work and more hard work.. thats a good story.. congrats
great story good job
good story, but please no text messages while hunting,,,please
wow...cool!
Bucks such as this one arer very rare. Last year I hunted the same woods as been hunting for 40 yrs plus 100 more i Leased. I killed a 290 lb l0 point (perfect side matches l6 l/2") this buck had not been seen by anyone of a couple dozen hunters except on cameras. He had been seen 6 miles away once. But my coe areas he had not shown. Had I not been looking directly in the direction I was looking ( about 20 yds) he would have slipped by me, he would have gotten away. Was the 2nd day of B/P and I shot him at l90 yds. THe largest boddy Deer any of us in my area ever seen. Mass of horns not all that great but way above average, Was judged to be 6 l/2 ys old (where had he been). When stats state a deer lives within a 2 mile radius his entier life, this one did not. Can;t wait to get him back from Taxi and hange beside 2- 8's came from same area.This was the largest deer killed in my areas that we all can recall, a fewe nice 8's but nothing like this l0. Now I;m trophy hunting, other than I want a buck with my handgun, then I happly hunting days will be filled, other than one last trip to the Rockies and hopefully that can be to NM.
Great Story. I am sure that all of his students had also learned some great things during the entire ordeal. Passing on the hunting tradition.
Great story. congrats.
Dedication pays off. Nice job.
Awesome deer, great story, and a teacher that hunts, i love it.
Congrats from a fellow educator!!! The fact that you had students come out to see the deer tells me two things. One you teach in a school that has good kids and two you must be a good teacher as well. I have pictures of my students with their deer up on my "wall of pride" in my classroom. I love it when we can put one in the win column for us average Joes doing it the hard way. Way to go.
Great! Gorgeous! I'm drooling all over the keyboard. Now - if he wants to give a set of those sheds a home, I have a great place to put them since some stinker broke in & stole mine that were nearly this size..
NIce Buck! THose are some Great shed's Too!
beautiful deer and a great story.i wish my teachers had been this cool
Awesome pictures and story!
amazing
hunt on
good story,,, and a very nice deer
What a great outcome for such a dedicated hunter. If we could all just spend more time in the field how much more successful could we be? Best of luck on your next big buck!
Congrats!
Great animal. Great story. Thanks for sharing it with us.
hunt safe!
Great story! That is one nice Buck! Its cool to see how the buck developed over those 3 years. Congrats!
Nice Buck. Now that is hunting.
That is so awesome and a great story.
there is nothing better than hearing about a dedicated hunter finallly getting his buck. amen.
Doesn't get any better than that.
Awesome, your commitment & hunting skills really paid off. Congrats!
Kudos to him. Much deserving trophy for all that hard work. A fine representative of the hunting fraternity. Wish we had more like him.
Congratulations..... Shows the results of what hard work and hunting smart can do for you !
i wish i was that dedicated of a shed hunter, those are some huge sheds and the bucks even better good job
This has to be one of the best stories with picture documentation I've ever seen. Congrads on the prize for putting in the time & effort! I have even more hopes right now of finding the owner of matching 130 class 8 point sheds found this year!
That is very cool.
That's really cool to have all of those sheds and finally get the buck.
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