"Okay" is the best word to describe our 2000 whitetail season. 34 hunters harvested 26 bucks for a 68% success rate. Not bad numbers but no where near as good as we anticipated. Our overall success rate was 67% with an average size of 154 gross. I felt we should have been in the neighborhood of 80% success with an average of 160+, going into the season.
No shortage of big deer, we had nothing but bad luck with 5 very large deer being shot at and lost.
Ken Vaught of Texas took our best buck at 178 gross, 168 net. Extreme mass and long beams made up a good chunk of the score.
Repeat hunters did well this year. Dave Foster took a 29" wide, 168 gross on the third day of his hunt. Jim Moses on his seventh hunt with bear Paw took a 163 gross with rookie guide Gord Lavergue. Bryan King took a 174 non-typical with Chris Gilbert who probably saw more big bucks this fall than anyone else. Jim Nelson scored a nice 160, 5X5 just before he was to leave for home.
Sam Finch and Mike Belosky harvested a pair of 24", 3 1/2 year olds with veteran guide Bowen Dolhon.
Doug Shultz went home with a 177 non-typical with the assistance of guide, Ryan Jones. 22" of the non-typical points on his eye guard make this buck very unique.
Bryan King | Wisconsin | 414-692-6474 |
Wayne Nevar | Wisconsin | 608-253-6563 |
Lee Hubbard | Texas | 254-939-1642 |
Mike Beloski | PA | 607-739-5212 |
Mike Horsley | Florida | 954-946-7575 |
Tim McWhorter | Georgia | 912-890-9640 |
Tom Baine | Mississippi | 601-363-3592 |
Dave Morris | Montana | 406-837-6780 |
George Wheeler | PA | 540-464-3153 |
Jim Moses | Georgia | 770-854-4331 |
Ken Vaught | Texas | 409-441-9513 |
Doug Schultz | Minnesota | 507-825-2326 |
Jim Nelson | South Dakota | 605-348-5543 |
Brad Brubach | PA | 724-352-7626 |
Jake Poloski | PA | 814-965-5641 |
Sam Finch | PA | 717-278-1506 |
Gene Yount | PA | 814-371-0582 |
Dave Foster | Texas | 903-473-4188 |
Don Rhyne | Oregon | 503-638-8100 |
Tom Mueller | Oregon | 360-256-1895 |