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11/17/2025

Reminder…
Jay’s Sporting Goods 2025 Hunters Feeding Michigan Deer Drive… Both Jay’s, Clare’s, and Gaylord’s will be collecting deer for the hungry on November 21 (10am-4pm), 22 (10am-4pm), and 23 (10am-2pm). For every deer donated, that hunter will receive a $20 Jay’s gift card!
All deer must have heads on, must be tagged with a 2025 tag, must have a harvest report confirmation number, and must be field-dressed.

Reminder…
Today is the DNR’s Hunter Appreciation Deer Drop-In, Monday, Nov. 17, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Check the DNR for locations across the state!

Congrats to Daniel Pitters on his Washtenaw County Buck!"Shot him 11/10/2025 evening with crossbow. I had been watching ...
11/13/2025

Congrats to Daniel Pitters on his Washtenaw County Buck!

"Shot him 11/10/2025 evening with crossbow.

I had been watching this buck for about a month and could tell he’d made a huge jump in growth since last season. I only had one daytime photo of him, but with a cold front moving in, I knew conditions were right for deer movement.

That evening, I caught sight of his tines coming through the woods and knew immediately it was him. He has double drop tines off one main beam, which makes him truly unique. He stepped to the edge of the field, checked a scrape, and worked the tree aggressively.

I expected him to follow the same path as other deer for a 25-yard shot, but like most mature bucks, he did the opposite. He looped around a bush and started walking perpendicular to me, heading out of range. I took the shot at 42 yards, watched him drop his head, and run through the field into the woods, where he went down about 50 yards from the shot."

His gross score is 173 3/8.

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Hadley SchaferIsabella County 9 point11/7/2025 CrossbowWent out hunting with dad and this buck came in following a doe a...
11/11/2025

Hadley Schafer
Isabella County 9 point
11/7/2025 Crossbow

Went out hunting with dad and this buck came in following a doe and just happened to stop at 17 yards for her to make the perfect shot. He only ran 30 yards making an easy track job for her first buck!! This is one memory her and dad will never forget!

Send your trophy pics to kjorgensen@pageone-inc.com

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Congrats to Joe Monczunski!"On October 25th, I set to the woods on a piece of land that I haven’t been to in two years. ...
10/27/2025

Congrats to Joe Monczunski!

"On October 25th, I set to the woods on a piece of land that I haven’t been to in two years. I have some history with this exact spot as I was hunting another very large deer just a short few seasons ago. I didn’t find the deer sign that I was expecting to be there, so I pushed in just a bit further and seen everything that I expected to be there. Large rubs, 4 active scrapes and plenty of large tracks had me convinced that this was where it was going to happen. I setup on the downwind side of the last two scrapes that I found (they were closest to the bedding cover). While hanging my portable hang on stand, a small eight point chased a doe just 10 yards behind me so I had to act fast! I setup the stand just seven feet off the ground in a small ten inch diameter oak tree. I no sooner nocked my arrow and heard a deep grunt 50-60 yards behind the scrapes I setup on. When I first seen the deer, I knew he was the one laying the sign in the area. I let out the softest grunt that I could make and he beelined it straight to me. I drew back and sent my four blade Magnus right where you’d want it to go. He was only eight yards away! The deer was happily recovered in a pretty quick fashion. Shot at 4:05 pm in Mason county.

I’d like to thank Paris Archery for helping me with equipment failures the day before. I’d also like to thank my dad, Joe Sr. for getting me involved into the outdoors."

-Joe Monczunski

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