The first shout out of the 2023 Wisconsin Deer Gun Season went to Journal summer intern Andrew Harrington of Ellsworth. Congrats Andrew for being the first one on the board and also for your first buck, an eight-pointer.
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Brooke Webb of Thorp shot her first birthday buck after 10 years of gun hunting at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 19 near Elmwood on private land in Spring Lake township. The buck had eight points and a 16-inch spread.
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Jack Bjork, River Falls, and the buck he shot on Thanksgiving morning north of Spring Valley. The deer's name was Rudolph the "Big Brown Nose Deer."
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Sixteen-year-old Ethan Nigbor of rural Menomonie/Baldwin harvested his first buck, a seven-pointer, on his great uncle’s land in the town of River Falls Nov. 20 just before dusk.
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Owen Walsh, age 11, of River Falls, gets a monster shout out for bagging a doe on the first day of the season and a buck Nov. 26, the last day of the season. Owen was hunting on his great grandpa’s land in Martell.
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A big shout out to Chad “Gip” Melstrom of Ellsworth. (Do all Melstroms have nick names?) Gip harvested this big 12-pointer and he bagged a terrific doe a couple of weeks ago as well.
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Steve “Tights” Melstrom, of Ellsworth, harvested this monster heavy racked 10 pointer.
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Kelsey Walters, of Ellsworth, bagged this huge 11-point, 140+ inch buck. She passed up numerous small bucks during the archery because she wanted her first buck to be a good one. This one certainly qualifies.
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Sixteen-year-old Caleb Rogers bagged his Pierce County buck at 7:07 a.m. Nov. 18 on opening day.
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This unique shout out (Nov. 9) goes to Opie from Little Bailey's Big Game Recovery and Richy Gillman of Ellsworth. Richy made a lethal shot on the 12-point buck but as is the case sometimes, there wasn't much to go on for a trail. The recovery dog was brought in and released at the last known location and 900 yards later, Opie found Richy's buck. Congrats Opie on a remarkable recovery and atta way Richy for doing what it takes to recover your buck.
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This shout out goes to OTT Club Member Brad Cain who bagged this nice buck on Monday, Nov. 6.
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Kinsey Luebker, from Onalaska, harvested her first ever bow buck in Pierce County the weekend of Nov. 4.
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Here's a Minnesota Gun Season shout out to Jake Suchy of Prescott. Jake bagged this 10-pointer that had 10-inch brow tines and was 18 inches wide.
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Matthew Matzek-Maher, age 16, of Ellsworth, harvested his first crossbow buck, a six-pointer, on Sunday, Nov. 5 while hunting at his Uncle Pat's farm.
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Randy Brickner and his 8-year-old grandson Matthew Gaard, both of Ellsworth, created the greatest grandpa/grandson memory ever when Mathew bagged this awesome nine-point buck while hunting on Saturday, Oct. 28. When the buck came in Matthew said, “You better shoot because it’s too big for me to miss.” Grandpa Randy responded, “No, today is your day.” Grandpa was right.
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Remington Schneider, Stockholm, bagged this trophy hunting on public ground Oct. 24.
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