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This is a once-in-a-lifetime harvest, and we a darn proud to share it with you. Mark Mincks who is a regular contributor to the site has this hunt share with us, Congrats Mark!
I harvested a once in a lifetime whitetail deer Sunday evening. I have been hunting since the late muzzleloader season opened. I had scouted a particular area where I had seen several deer feed and I abtained permission to hunt. The first night out I saw twelve bucks and one was a exceptional eight pointer, then another buck stepped out into view and I could immediately tell he was different than anything I have seen before. He was a piebald deer and he came within fifty yards but I was not sure he was legal to shoot so I let him walk. I went home and called our local DNR officer to verify the law and he advised me he would of been legal to harvest.
So, the hunt was on and I only hoped I would get another chance but time was running out with only a week left to hunt. It took me four days to get him within range again and I made a clean kill at seventy five yards. It is not my biggest trophy but it is a trophy all of its own to say the least. I have made the decision to have a life size mount made because it is a once in a lifetime whitetail.
Mark Mincks
I harvested a once in a lifetime whitetail deer Sunday evening. I have been hunting since the late muzzleloader season opened. I had scouted a particular area where I had seen several deer feed and I abtained permission to hunt. The first night out I saw twelve bucks and one was a exceptional eight pointer, then another buck stepped out into view and I could immediately tell he was different than anything I have seen before. He was a piebald deer and he came within fifty yards but I was not sure he was legal to shoot so I let him walk. I went home and called our local DNR officer to verify the law and he advised me he would of been legal to harvest.
So, the hunt was on and I only hoped I would get another chance but time was running out with only a week left to hunt. It took me four days to get him within range again and I made a clean kill at seventy five yards. It is not my biggest trophy but it is a trophy all of its own to say the least. I have made the decision to have a life size mount made because it is a once in a lifetime whitetail.
Mark Mincks