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Casey Liegeois took his son, Jackson, down to Kansas for the youth season over the first weekend in September. It was a hot one, with temperatures topping 100 degrees in the middle of the day. They didn’t see many bucks the first day or the second morning, so in the middle of the day on September 6, they came up with a new game plan and headed to a different spot.

They made their way in by dropping into a dried-up creek bottom and following it all the way down to a stand on the edge of a bean field. As soon as they got settled, they saw bucks in the beans. Jackson had his eye on one buck in particular, and they watched him stand up and bed down multiple times before he finally started to move.

Jackson stood in the ladder stand while Casey sat in a hang-on stand next to him, and Jackson rested the gun on his dad’s leg for support. He did a great job working through the shot and dropped the buck in his tracks at 140 to 150 yards.

It was an all-around amazing trip, and Casey says time outdoors with his son is his favorite.

Casey is a Food & Beverage Estimator in our Wrightstown location. Congrats, Jackson, on an amazing buck, and thanks to Casey for sharing the story us!

After about ten years away from hunting because of work travel and a lack of access to good land, Scott Nuutinen is back in the woods and already has venison to show for it. His new house near Gwinn, Michigan, borders more than 100,000 acres of state land, so he bought a crossbow and decided to try to put some meat in the freezer.

On the afternoon of October 14, Scott went out to sight in the bow, set up a ground blind, and toss out some corn and apples. The next afternoon, he came back with a chair, his bow, and a range finder just to see how everything fit in the blind and how long a shot he’d set up for himself. It was raining, and he didn’t really plan to hunt, but he decided to sit for a while and look around.

About an hour and a half later, a decent doe walked up to the corn and gave him a perfect broadside shot. Knowing he had two tags to fill, Scott couldn’t resist the thought of fresh venison, and that was that.

With one down, he says he can now settle in and wait for the big one.

Scott is an Account Manager in our Marquette, Michigan, location. Congrats, Scott, on a great comeback hunt, and thanks for sharing the story with the TG Buck Pool!

Brynden Beck is back again with another impressive buck. Brynden was in his stand on Sunday, October 18, in Jackson County, Wisconsin, for an early afternoon sit with his bow. It was a pretty slow evening for the most part, until a doe and a 6-pointer showed up by his stand.

Then a 9-pointer arrived and got really aggressive toward the 6-pointer and the doe. He ran them both off and stood in an opening, giving Brynden a 27-yard shot. Brynden drew, settled on the deer, and released the arrow. He heard a loud crack when the arrow struck, and the buck took off down the hill and out of sight.

Brynden climbed down and went back to the shed to give the deer some time before starting the search. When they returned to the point of impact, they started finding blood. They trailed the buck and found him a little over 100 yards away. It was a good shot right behind the shoulder.

Brynden has become a regular in the Buck Pool standings in recent years, and this makes his third big buck in the past four seasons. He finished fifth in 2023 with a 141 1/8″ bow buck and fifth again last year with a 139 5/8″ another bow buck.

Brynden is a Service Technician Pre-Apprentice in our Wisconsin Rapids location. Congrats, Brynden, on another great buck!

Brett McAdams added a buck to his season this weekend. It’s his second deer of the year (that we know of) following a doe he took about a month ago.

On Saturday, October 17, Brett headed out for an afternoon sit in Leelanau County, Michigan, on an extremely windy day. Late in the afternoon, this buck came out of the swamp and passed his stand at 30 yards, but there was no presentable shot. The buck slipped into a large patch of autumn olive, and Brett wasn’t about to let him walk.

Instead of staying put, Brett climbed down and stalked around to where he figured the buck would come out. The wind was covering his noise, which worked in his favor. He knelt behind a bush and waited for what felt like forever. Then the buck popped out at 20 yards and locked right on to him. Brett was ready, though, and his bow shot to the vitals dropped the buck.

When he’s not thinning the lower Michigan deer herd, Brett is a Service Technician in our Traverse City location. Congrats, Brett, on a well-earned buck and a great hunt!

Legend Larry Robenhorst is feeling like an extra proud grandpa this week, and he’s got good reason. On October 10, Larry and his grandson Jameson headed out for the youth hunt in Brown County, Wisconsin, and Jameson came home with a 6-point buck.

It was a warm day in the shack, but the two stuck it out right up until the end. About ten minutes before closing, this nice 6-pointer stepped into the shooting lane and made a beeline for the Legends Buck Mineral. Jameson took aim and put the shot right into the buck’s heart. The deer ran about 40 yards and tipped over.

That makes four bucks for Jameson now, and every one of them was a heart shot. As Larry puts it, the kid can shoot!

When Larry Robenhorst isn’t making Legends Buck Mineral or out on a hunt he’s a Truck Driver for Tweet Garot at our Wrightstown Shop. Congrats to Jameson and Larry, and thanks for sharing the story with us!

Adam Stankevich got to be there for one of the best moments a hunting dad can have. His son, Nolan, tagged his first deer, a buck, during Wisconsin’s Youth Hunt this past weekend in Marinette County.

The heat didn’t slow them down. Adam and Nolan sat the first morning and saw only three deer, so they took a break and headed back out for the evening. It was a long, boring sit until 6 PM, when this buck and a doe stepped out into the food plot. It took Nolan all of five seconds to decide he was taking the buck, and he made it happen with his rifle.

Three of them were packed into a small stand overlooking that food plot, which Adam says made for a great memory of his son’s first deer. As for Nolan, he’s hooked.

Adam is our Virtual Construction Manager at the De Pere Office. Congrats, Nolan, and thanks to Adam for sharing the story with us!

Every deer camp has that one buck everybody wants. This year at Jason Waligursky’s camp in Iron County, Michigan, he got it. The buck was a ghost for most of the season, only showing up on camera after dark and before first light. Then on October 7, while Jason was stuck at work, the big guy walked past his stand at 6 PM with plenty of daylight left. It was the first daytime picture of him, so Jason took Friday the 9th off and headed north.

Friday evening was a bust, just a doe and a fawn. With the forecast calling for 80° on Saturday, Jason figured the morning was his best bet and climbed into the stand at 5:45 AM on the 10th. Around 6:30, he heard a deer walking up behind him. Figuring it was the same doe and fawn he’d been seeing, he wasn’t too fired up, but he got ready just in case. Good thing, because when the deer finally stepped into view, it was the target buck, stopped at 12 yards to his left.

Jason let the arrow fly. The buck trotted off with his tail up like the noise had just spooked him, and Jason admits he wasn’t feeling great about how it looked. He gave it an hour before climbing down to check for blood. He found a couple of drops and barely any on the arrow, but the buck had only made it about 60 yards before he crashed.

As if that wasn’t enough, Jason also knocked down five grouse over the weekend and saw plenty more. In his words, an all-around great weekend at camp.

Jason Waligursky is a Shop Scheduler and Cut & Form Lead at our Wrightstown Shop. Congrats, on a great weekend, Jason!