New Wisconsin Record Buck

On September 20, 2009, in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, bowhunter Wayne Schumacher heard the sound of a twig cracking underneath his treestand. Looking down, Wayne could see part of a buck’s rack and knew it was no ordinary deer!

For a few tense moments, the giant buck tested the wind and finding nothing, proceeded to head for a nearby food plot. At 15 yards, the buck paused, quartering away. Wayne (trying desperately to ignore the antlers), drew, anchored and sent the arrow on its way. Confident the shot was good, he watched the buck bolt away, looking “like a moose running through the grass.”

Tis Far Better to Give

Sure, it’s part of an old saying, but when you think about it, it’s really true. And in this case, it’s the truth. It all started almost a year ago, when I was having a cup of coffee with Dick Busha of Little Lakes Ranch, a whitetail preserve in Irma, Wisconsin. He casually mentioned that he would like to host a disabled war vet on a whitetail hunt, but he was having a hard time getting it put together.

Hunter or Hunted?

The Rainbow Lake Wilderness area; the best thing Bill Clinton ever did! Eleven-odd square miles of big woods country in Bayfield County in between Delta and Drummond Wisconsin. This is where I call home when it comes to hunting. This is also where the wolf calls its dining room when it comes to eating.

This is a short story of my encounter with wolves that haunts me to this day, and it happened last fall.