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So, explain to me. Which group is at the top of the food chain? MEAT-eaters or
LEAF-eaters? (Dan 2016)
HUNGER & HUNTER:
There's only one letter between HUNGER & HUNTER, and I'm a HUNTER. (Dan
2020)
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Here for Larger view with Camo background.
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My first two on November 15, 1990.
Spike with an antlerless license at 8:30am,
7-Point at 11:00am.
Both
with a Remington 760 30-06 Pump.
See my dad's two deer during the same hunt below.
Dad's 1990 Michigan buck tag was 261659.
My 1990 Michigan buck tag was 261660.
Dad's November 16th buck and 17th doe, 1990.
My Dad used his Remington 760 30-06 pump.
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Here.
Click on the above plaque picture for larger view or
Here.
Mine and Dad's plaques for our 1990 deer
were made 31 years apart.
See my first two deer during the same hunt above.
Dad's 1990 Michigan buck tag was 261659.
My 1990 Michigan buck tag was 261660.
Genesis 27:3 KJV
Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons,
thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field,
and take me some venison.
Psalms 42:1 NIV
As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, my God.
Proverbs 5:19 NIV
A loving doe, a graceful deer, may her
breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be
intoxicated with her love.
I got my 2nd deer of 2025 on Nov 29th at 3:17pm. A one antlered 2 pt
buck.
It's a small trophy but it's my trophy.
Thanks to my friend Jerry for letting us hunt his 80 acres.
It was a good 40yard shot, yet it went 115 yards across an open field.
It was my 1st 6.8 SPC MSR kill and I used factory ammo.
I also got a nice doe the previous day. Tagged out.
2 days, 2 deer, 2 rifles, 2 calibers.
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Here.
Click Here for close-up view
of the antler.
Sandy's 1st buck was a one antlered deer 4pt in 2017.
Sandy got two deer this year also, see her page Here.
I have now taken deer with a 30-06, a 30-30, a 12ga,
7mm-08, .50 cal muzzleloader,
.44rem Mag rifle single shot, 6.5 Creedmoor, 6.8 SPC MSR, a compound bow,
and a crossbow.
I finally got my 1st deer of 2025 on Nov 28 at 3:23pm.
It was a good 128yd shot on this doe, yet it went 85 yards.
Thanks to my friend Jerry for letting us hunt his 80 acres.
It was my 1st 6.5 Creedmoor kill and I used my own reloads.
I also got a single antlered 2pt buck the following day. Tagged out.
2 days, 2 deer, 2 rifles, 2 calibers.
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Here.
Sandy got two deer this year also, see her page Here.
I have now taken deer with a 30-06, a 30-30, a 12ga,
7mm-08, .50 cal muzzleloader,
.44rem Mag rifle single shot, 6.5 Creedmoor, a compound bow,
and a crossbow.
I shot a doe. I shot her on Oct 2nd, 2023 at 7:28pm from 17 yards
out of a pop-up ground blind. It was my 1st compound bow kill since 2018.
We had a really good blood trail for this one. Maybe 120 yard track.
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picture above for a larger view.
Sandy alerted me of deer behind me then four deer appeared to my left.
Click Here for the
window I shot her out of. Click
Here for where we found her.
Click Here for an
additional picture after we dragged her out in the open.
I got one, November 22, 2022. An antlerless at 4:17pm. Shot at 51 yds with
my CVA 44 Rem
Mag single shot using my own reloads. Click on the picture or
Here to view larger
picture.
Not my finest deer kill, but a
successful deer kill
and season just the same.
Me and Sandy were in Nebraska Mule Deer hunting at
the
beginning of the Michigan
firearm season. This was my 1st day hunting with a
firearm
in Michigan this year.
WOOHOO, I finally got my 1st Tom Turkey on
Oct 18th, 2022.
I used my crossbow to shoot this big Tom turkey.
I shot him at 12:17pm from 26 yards. The beard is 7 1/4" long.
The spurs are 13/16" on the right leg and 7/8" on the left leg.
It's physically the largest turkey I've taken.
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to view larger picture.
Click Here for
a closer view of me and my turkey.
Click
Here for
picture of me standing showing the size of my turkey.
Click Here for a
close-up view of the beard. Click
Here for the plaque we made.
Click Here for
the plaque made for the spurs and longest wing feathers.
Well, I got my 2nd deer of the year.
Shot it at 4:31 on Nov 19th, 2021 with a CVA 44 mag single shot rifle
at 58 yards with my own reload with a Hornady XTP 240gr bullet.
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to view larger picture.
Sandy (Her Page) got a 6 pt at 4:50 on Nov 19, 2021
at 75 yards with her
Marlin 44 mag lever action 19 minutes after I got my 2nd deer of the year.
We came home two days early from West Branch and are we glad we did.
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of both of our deer together.
This was my 1st centerfire rifle firearm kill on our own property.
We both shot our deer from elevated platform blinds.
I have now taken deer with a 30-06, a 30-30, a 12ga,
7mm-08, .50 cal muzzleloader,
.44rem Mag rifle single shot, a compound bow,
and a crossbow.
"HIGH TOP"
I got "High Top", a 6 pt, on Oct 6th, 2021 at 6:33pm at 18 Yards with my crossbow
out of a pop-up blind on an elevated platform.
Roughly a 240 yard tracking job (43�23'7.55"N, 83�30'57.57"W)
My best Michigan antlered deer in 31 years.
Sandy got a 6 pt on Nov 19th, 2021. So, we both got 6 points.
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for a larger view. (Here
for night time)
Here are three velvet game camera pictures:
"1",
"2", and "3".
We used a dog tracking service to finish finding my buck.
Click Here for the plaque
that I made.
Click Here for Me and
the Tracker.
Michigan Deer Tracking
Network
Chad Sinicki & his dog Kaiah, a Bavarian Mountain Hound
(Sinicki's Whitetail Trackers 989-450-4943,
Chad's Facebook)/
I got a deer. It looked bigger at 54 yards walking next
to the thickets with my crossbow at 5:09pm on Oct 31, 2020. I'm happy.
It's a nubbin buck. Click on the picture or
Here for larger view.
Heck, my last Mule deer was only shot at 51 yards with a 30-06.
Obviously, this is the longest shot with a bow of any kind that I've taken.
I got my turkey, it is a hen, at 19 yards on October 9th, 2020 at 4:25pm.
I used my compound bow from a new raised platform and a new blind.
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Here for a
larger view.
Click Here to see the unique broadhead I
used.
Click Here for the broadhead's website.
The broadhead was awesome on my turkey again.
Sandy texted me that there were turkeys in the south woods.
I was in a tree in the north woods. Got out of the tree
and went to the closest blind. Boom, 4:25pm, 19yds,
complete pass through.
October 5th, 2020
"Skinny Boy"
Well, I got my 2nd buck on our own property on Oct 14th, 2019 @ 7:12pm.
I shot him at 14 yards with my crossbow with a 100gr G5 Montec.
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Click Here to
see
where we found it after a 60yd track.
I shot him from a pop-up blind on an elevated platform built for last
season, 1st one.
Click Here for the plaque I made.
I GOT MY 1st BEAR, a boar. It was the 1st day of the hunt.
I shot this brute in Canada on June 1st, 2019 at
7:30pm with my Marlin 30-30.
Ironically, my 1st Mule deer was taken with this rifle. I shot it at 18yds
and tracked it for 18 paces.
It was a one shot, one kill from a ground blind. It initially dropped straight to the ground.
It is estimated to be over 300lbs and maybe 7 yrs old by the outfitter.
Click on the above picture or
Here for a larger view.
Click Here for a picture
back at camp posing on a boulder.
It was my first kill with my own reloads. I had Sandy pick one out and that
was the round I shot it with.
Click Here for my bear mount. It took 9 months to get it back. Plus a bear
rug.
Here are the GPS coordinates to my blind: 49�38.3875'N, 86�47.5203'W.
Here are the GPS coordinates to the cabin: 49� 41.806'N, 87� 15.077'W.
Click Here for the plaque I made
that will accompany my Bear head mount.
Click Here for the plaque I made for
the bear claws.
I hunted with my friend Rick through "The
Call Of The North".
Finally got my 1st Buck in Michigan since 1995 on Oct 7th, 2018, a 35 yard shot
at 6:27 p.m.
It was the only buck of 5 deer in front of me. It was an awesome week with me and Sandy
both getting a buck
and I also got a turkey. This is the 1st buck I have taken off of our own
property.
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view of the picture.
Click Here for a picture of where it
was found.
Click Here to see the game Camera
picture right before I shot it.
Maybe an 80 yards track.
We had an awesome blood trail. It was an easy find
Click Here for the plaque that we made.
Got my turkey, it is a hen, at 24 yards on October 5th, 2018 at 3:59pm.
I used my compound bow from the same platform blind as Sandy's buck yesterday.
Basically was shot at the same spot as her buck also.
I did have to track mine further than her buck. Had to track it 10 yards.
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larger view.
Click Here to see the unique broadhead I
used.
Click Here for the broadhead's website.
The broadhead was awesome on my turkey.
November 8th, 2017
I finally got my 1st turkey after 2 seasons of hunting them.
Shot it at 5:01 at 17 yards with my crossbow.
It was the same blind as where Sandy and me got our deer.
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larger view.
Click Here for the plaque.
Click Here for the wing
feathers and claws.
My (Dan's) Doe Oct 7th, 2017
Shot this doe @ 7:08pm from 22
yards. 3 fawns were with her.
Shot it with a 100 grain Allen Power Chisel Point 100gr fixed blade broadhead
on a Gold Tip Devastator arrow shot from my Bear Mauler @ 60 lbs.
These are very inexpensive broadheads, but it did the job perfectly.
It was not a pass thru, but she's in the freezer.
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I shot it from a ground blind.
Sandy harvested her 1st buck from this same blind on Oct 22, 2017.
View Sandy's Hunting page Here.
I got this Mule Deer on Nov 12th, 2016 @ 4:12pm.on opening day in Nebraska.
I stalked it for well over 1000 yards and shot it at 51 yards.
Coordinates: 41.81237, -100.45029 or 41� 48.742'N, 100� 27.017'W, Elev:
2907
I used my Remington 760 30-06 pump using Remington Core-Lokt 150gr rounds.
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larger view.
Click Here for the close-up
picture while it was still alive.
I also missed one at 10:03 opening day.
Click Here for the plaque.
A fork horn in the freezer is better than a 4x4 in the prairie.
My Doe Oct 8th, 2016
My 1st harvest with my new Parker Blackhawk crossbow @ 7:03pm from approx. 28
yards.
Shot it with a 100 gr G5 Montec broadhead on a Parker Hunter bolt.
I also missed a turkey around 5:30pm. I nicked a frame stick for the blind when I shot.
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Our 2015 Nebraska hunt. Wish we would have gotten one.
Seen plenty of mule deer, but it just didn't happen.
My (Dan's) Doe Oct 11th, 2015
My 1st treestand kill in Michigan @ 6:36pm from 23
yards.
Shot it with a 100 grain G5 T3 broadhead
on a Gold Tip Devastator arrow shot from my Bear Mauler @ 60 lbs.
Her 2 fawns came out 1st to my right while there was 8 turkeys to my left.
This was the longest wait I've had to shoot any deer.
Nebraska was good to me again. 3rd deer of the year. My 1st buck with a bow.
I got this 8 point on my 10th day of hunting @ 7:13am on Nov 3rd, 2014 @ 35
yards,
next to a scrape, good blood, pass thru. There are 2 points below the left antler
Here.
Burt Coyote Lumenok disappeared in the chest. This is my 1st treestand kill. It
was a 60-65 yard
track.
Click
Here
for the picture of where it was tracked to.
Bear Mauler compound bow @ 60lbs. Gold Tip Devastator arrow. G5 T3 100gr broadhead. Nikon Prostaff 550
rangerfinder.
By the way, the arrow I used was an arrow I pulled out of a log 2 nights earlier
after missing a doe
Here.
Otoe County, Nebraska.
40� 37.069'N, 95� 49.792'W
or
Here. 54�F, overcast with
occasional light sprinkles.
Nicest whitetail buck for me since 1990. Click
Here or on the picture to see the full size image.
Click Here
for the plaque that I made or
Here with camo background.
My 1st crossbow kill. 2nd deer of the year.
Oct 10th, 2014 @ 6:38 pm @ 28 yards.
I was using Sandy's Parker Tomahawk Crossbow
with a G5 Montec 100 grain broadhead.
Shot it from a ground blind. Double lung pass thru.
I have now taken deer with a 30-06, a 30-30, a 12ga,
7mm-08, .50 cal muzzleloader, a compound bow,
and a crossbow.
My (Dan's) Doe Oct 4th, 2014, my 1st day out.
Ground blind @ 7:22pm from 19
yards.
Double lung pass through with a 100 grain G5 T3 broadhead
on a Gold Tip Devastator arrow shot from my Bear Mauler @ 60 lbs.
Shot it here
Found it here
Here is my first with a muzzleloading rifle at 128 yards.
Nov 30th, 2013 @ 5:20pm. CVA Optima .50 cal Muzzleloader.
TC Shockwave Sabot 250gr bullet with a standard 100gr load (2 pellets) of White
Hots Pellets propellant.
I have now taken deer with a 30-06, a 30-30, a 12ga,
7mm-08, .50 cal muzzleloader and a
compound bow.
Me and Lucas in NE: a 7mm-08 did an excellent job on
Oct 6th, 2012 @ 7:07pm
Dad, Sandy and Dan November 17th, 2011
My first deer taken with a bow. Oct. 1st, 2011 at
5:06pm.
I used my new Bear Archery Mauler compound bow at 60 lbs
with a Gold Tip Devastator arrow and a G5 T3 broadhead.
I shot it from 21 yards out of a ground blind, another first for me.
She may be small, but I am pleased just the same because this deer ends
my ten year drought
in Michigan.
And did I forget to tell ya that this is my first deer taken with a bow. Plus,
this is the first deer taken on our own property.
I have now taken deer with a 30-06, a 30-30, a 12ga,
7mm-08,a .50 cal muzzleloader and a compound bow.
Here's where I got that 1st bow kill from. Shot it just left of the
post with the shelf on it, just inside of the pasture.
I got this 4x4 Mule Deer on November 18th, 2010, in
Nebraska. It is my first Mule Deer.
It was day number 6 at around 1:08pm, 195 yards with my new Marlin 336W 30-30
that Sandy bought for me Christmas 2009. Click Here
or on the picture for larger view.
Visit our Nebraska Hunt 2010 page HERE
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Spike 1993 Norway, MI
5pt 1995 Tawas, MI
The plaque I made for my bucks from '93 & '95 is below.
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Here
with camo background.
Both were taken with a Remington 760 30-06 pump.
My bucks from '93 & '95.
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So, should all food come from stores?
The human race didn't get to where we are at by eating grass.
The Lord gave us the beast to eat.
He didn't specify color.
He didn't say "go to the market for your feast".
Dan 2014
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ANTLER SCORE SHEETS
Dan's
1990_Whitetail_Buck_Antler_Scoring_Sheet.xls
Dan's
2010_Mule_Buck_Antler_Scoring_Sheet.xls
Dan's
NE2014Buck_Antler_Scoring_Sheet_Whitetail.xls
Dan's
MI2021_HighTop_20211006_Antler_Scoring_Sheet_Whitetail.xlsx
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Weapons Used To Take Deer
30-06 Pump, 30-30 Lever, 44 Mag Rifle Single Shot, 12 ga Pump,
7mm-08 Bolt, .50 Cal Muzzle Loader, 6.5 Creedmoor, 6.8 SPC MSR,
Compound Bow, Crossbow
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Weapons Used To Take Turkey
Compound Bow, Crossbow
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Weapons Used To Take Bear
30-30 Lever Action
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HISTORY
buck 2025 2 pt one antler firearm 6.8 SPC MSR, Beaverton, MI
doe 2025 firearm 6.5 Creedmoor bolt action, Beaverton, MI
doe 2023 archery compound bow, Vassar, MI
antlerless 2022 firearm 44 mag single shot, Vassar, MI
1st Tom
turkey 2022 a Tom crossbow, Vassar, MI
antlerless 2021 firearm 44 mag single shot, Vassar, MI
buck 2021 6 pt (3x3) crossbow, Vassar, MI
antlerless 2020 archery crossbow, Vassar, MI
turkey 2020 a hen compound bow, Vassar, MI
buck 2019 spike crossbow, Vassar, MI
black bear 2019 est. 300lbs 30-30 lever, Geraldton, Ontario, Canada
buck 2018 spike compound bow, Vassar, MI
turkey 2018 a hen compound bow, Vassar, MI
1st Turkey 2017 a hen crossbow, Vassar, MI
doe 2017 archery compound bow, Vassar, MI
buck 2016 NE Mule 2x2 firearm 30-06 pump, Halsey, NE
doe 2016 archery my crossbow, Vassar, MI
doe 2015 archery compound bow, Vassar, MI
buck 2014 NE Whitetail 8 pt archery compound bow, Nebraska City, NE
doe 2014 archery Sandy's crossbow, Millington, MI
doe 2014 archery compound bow, Vassar, MI
doe 2013 firearm muzzleloader, Vassar, MI
doe 2012 NE Whitetail firearm 7mm-08 bolt, Plattsmouth, NE
doe 2011 archery compound bow, Vassar, MI
buck 2010 NE Mule 4x4 firearm 30-30 lever, Halsey, NE
doe 2001 firearm 30-06 pump, Sanford, MI
doe sometime between 1994 & '98 firearm 12ga pump, Mt. Morris, MI
buck 1995 5 pt firearm 30-06 pump, Tawas, MI
buck 1993 spike firearm 30-06 pump, Norway, MI
doe 1991 firearm 30-06 pump*, Norway, MI
buck 1990 broken 7 pt firearm 30-06 pump, Sanford, MI
buck 1990 antlerless spike firearm 30-06 pump, Sanford, MI
wild pig 1988-89 12ga 00 buckshot, Mt. Olive, NC
*My Dad finished it off since I did not want to use another round.
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Dan's Parker
Blackhawk (Click
HERE for larger view
or with quiver
HERE)
