Hunting with Mike

So what do you think of Tim Tackett’s huge Michigan muzzleloader buck?   You read alot about the big whitetails in Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, and other states, but I’d say Michigan has it’s own crop of trophy bucks.  Tim’s deer will no doubt hold on to be the new “state record” nontypical muzzleloader buck!  The current record is held by Dustin Hotchkins, and scores 204-1/8.  Tim’s deer has a green score of 214-1/4, and should not of shrunk 10 inches after the 60 day drying period required by the Boone and Crockett Club!

Tim shot this “Monster in late December (20th.), so you see there are still trophy deer running around, well after most hunters have cleaned their weapons, and put em away till next year!   This deer was shot in Calhoun County with a 50 caliber Remington 700 muzzleloader.  If you can believe it Tim had already taken a nice 10 pointer from the swamp he hunts, but knew there were bigger deer in the area.   His patients and persistence paid off in huge dividends, as his deer is truly a buck of a lifetime.

Tim’s deer had 19 scoreable points, with the longest tine being 13 inches.  One of the tines had a circumference of 8 inches, and the inside spread was 22 inches.  You can catch the whole story in the March issue of Woods-N-Water News.

Mike

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