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Location - Texas
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Location - Colorado
Tony Hansen - Is pretty confident Michigan will release at least 300,000 archers into the woods this fall.
Location - Michigan
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Location - Georgia
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Location - Tennessee
Monday, November 24, 2008
Michigan Monster
I have a group of neighbors that were fed up with the way the deer herd was looking in their area of Michigan's Eaton County.
So, a few years ago, they decided to do something about it. Tony Smith and Joel Malcuit are neighbors. Joel owns 260 acres and Tony owns five. Together, they started talking with neighboring hunters and landowners and formed a QDM co-operative. Basically, the neighbors agreed to stop shooting immature bucks and more aggressively harvest does. Three years after the program started, Malcuit dropped a Boone and Crockett qaulifier on his farm that topped 180 inches.
This year, Smith tagged a buck that was well-known in the co-op area. In fact, Malcuit has video footage of the buck from each of the last three seasons including some footage that shows Malcuit's gun resting against the side of his blind while the buck walks by in broad daylight, well within range. Why would Malcuit pass on such a deer which was estimated at about 150 inches last season? He simply wanted to see what it would look like this season. Well, now he can get a very close-up look.
Smith tagged this super-wide buck at 8:15 a.m. on the opening morning of Michigan's gun season. The buck tops the 160 mark and is a testament to the power of cooperation.
Tony Hansen, Michigan Man
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