2016 Central WI Public Land Gun Buck

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2016 Central WI Public Land Gun Buck

Unread postby hunter_mike » Thu Nov 24, 2016 5:58 am

2016 Central WI Public Land Gun Buck

I was lucky enough to kill this beautiful buck on opening day of gun season in a big public tag alder swamp. To be honest it was not a difficult hunt. There was an abundance of very obvious buck sign coming out of a certain area. I had to cross a knee deep ditch to get to the spot. But after that, the rubline coming out of there indicated a very obvious spot to set up. I made a video documenting that day of hunting, so I will let that tell the rest of the story.

[bbvideo=425,350]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evvWRiXkeQ0[/bbvideo]

God is good, this has been my best year of hunting ever. Thank you for all the knowledge shared on here. Many forum members I should be thanking for being trustworthy and knowledgeable and willing to bounce ideas back and forth. stash59 and fishlips in particular. Thanks for reading my story!

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I think he is a 2.5 yr old. The rack is small but his body was big. I got 46 lbs of boned and trimmed meat off of him. His skull was big too. His skull was actually bigger than my bow buck.

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Re: 2016 Central WI Public Land Gun Buck

Unread postby fishlips » Thu Nov 24, 2016 6:22 am

Congrats man and cool video. Pretty darn good year you earned right there. Keep it up.
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Unread postby kripp53 » Thu Nov 24, 2016 7:10 am

sweet video and nice deer!
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Unread postby Edcyclopedia » Thu Nov 24, 2016 7:11 am

Spectacular!

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Re: 2016 Central WI Public Land Gun Buck

Unread postby Jackson Marsh » Thu Nov 24, 2016 7:14 am

Congrats Mike! You had a great year. Well done :clap:

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Re: 2016 Central WI Public Land Gun Buck

Unread postby tgreeno » Thu Nov 24, 2016 7:21 am

Nicely done Mike! Congrats!
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Unread postby Beauford » Thu Nov 24, 2016 7:21 am

Loved it thanks for sharing. Great buck

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Re: 2016 Central WI Public Land Gun Buck

Unread postby G3s » Thu Nov 24, 2016 10:56 am

God I love alder swamps, they are just plain fun to hunt! Congrats on a great hunt
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Re: 2016 Central WI Public Land Gun Buck

Unread postby stash59 » Thu Nov 24, 2016 11:06 am

Cool vid and pictorial. Great buck and great year. Good draggers must run in the family!!! :lol: :lol: :clap: :clap: :clap: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :D :D :D
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Unread postby john1984 » Thu Nov 24, 2016 12:03 pm

That's a good trophy. Congrats Mike!

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Re: 2016 Central WI Public Land Gun Buck

Unread postby Dewey » Thu Nov 24, 2016 12:21 pm

Congrats Mike. Nice bucks. 8-)

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Re: 2016 Central WI Public Land Gun Buck

Unread postby headgear » Thu Nov 24, 2016 2:14 pm

Congrats.
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Re: 2016 Central WI Public Land Gun Buck

Unread postby JakeJD » Thu Nov 24, 2016 3:18 pm

Hello Mike.

I recognized your brother in the video. I know him as "Slim" coined by the Staab guys. Tell him hello from Jake (the engineer from the Cascade project).

Haha, small world...

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Re: 2016 Central WI Public Land Gun Buck

Unread postby csoult » Thu Nov 24, 2016 3:20 pm

Congrats!

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Re: 2016 Central WI Public Land Gun Buck

Unread postby U.P. MAN » Thu Nov 24, 2016 4:21 pm

Nice job!

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