Did A Bowhunter Bag the Field & Stream Buck?
November 3, 2008
This Field & Stream Video took the net by storm this past summer it now appears this buck has been tagged by Bob Decker.
Then, at 9:30 a.m., Decker heard it, the telltale “snap” of a whitetail stepping on a twig as it walked nearby.
Startled, he looked down from his tree stand and saw a large buck just 40 yards away. Decker eyed the animal’s large antlers and immediately decided it was a “shooter buck.” A few seconds later, adrenaline surging through his veins, he grabbed his bow and zeroed in on the animal’s body.
Thwap! The arrow struck its mark just 6 or 7 yards below Decker. The buck bolted for about 50 yards through the woods, then collapsed. It struggled to its feet after a few seconds, then staggered another 50 yards or so to its death.
“I knew it was a nice deer. I figured I’d shot a good-sized 10-pointer,” Decker said.
Decker climbed down from his tree stand and went to meet Olson before going to find his deer. As his friend approached, Olson noticed Decker’s hands shaking with excitement.
“I shot a monster, but it wasn’t the Field and Stream buck,” Decker told Olson, referencing the huge buck that has caused a craze among deer hunters this fall after a video filmed about a half mile from Decker’s hunting spot was posted on the Web site of the outdoor magazine.
The video prompted deer experts to speculate that the animal, with its stunningly large 16-point rack, could challenge Milo Hansen’s 1993 world-record buck. The much-discussed buck is pictured on the cover of the November edition of the magazine.
Olson and Decker approached the buck, which had died on a bed of grass and leaves and was lying on its side. At first glance, Decker figured the animal was smaller than he had thought. He soon discovered otherwise.
Olson reached the buck first and yelled in disbelief to Decker.
“It’s the Field and Stream buck!” Olson shouted to his friend. “This is unbelievable! It’s the Field and Stream buck!”
This is one awesome buck but where will it fall in the record books? I’m not sure we’ll have to wait and see. I’m sure more info will be coming out on this story soon.
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Even if he did there is always a bigger one to takes it’s place.
That is one awesome buck though and congratulations are definately in order.
[...] Stream Buck Scores 233 2/8 making it the New Wisconsin State Record for Non Typical Bucks. When I posted the story about this buck being taken I promised to keep you up to date on it’s status and the record books. [...]
Can you tell me what it is that the Field & Stream buck is eating along the edge of the woods?
I haven’t got a clue. The quality of the film is not such that you can clearly tell.