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October 20, 2009
32 Point Minnesota Buck Monster - 18
by Mark Kayser
These photos are flying across the Internet this week and if they haven’t landed on your screen yet your friends are holding out. This monster whitetail buck was bowkilled last week in central Minnesota, more specifically on the Camp Ripley military facility (www.minnesotanationalguard.org). Information is sketchy, but the buck supposedly has 32 points (all may not be scoreable) and weighed 192 pounds. The lucky bowhunter associated with the buck is Scott Okenek who hails from the Minnesota town of South Haven. According to some notes I’ve read on Internet posts the buck has also been estimated to be 5 ½ years old and looking at the buck’s antler mass and body, I’d have to agree. To hunt the 53,000-acre Camp Ripley facility you need to apply in a lottery-style process. According to some acquaintances I know who have hunted the facility, you need to know the land, find a funnel, set a stand up and wait. Hunting pressure is moderate and you won’t be popular if you wander around under other hunter’s stands. Not only does the facility serve to train America’s finest, it also is managed as a conservation property with environmental stewardship as a main goal. That said, the results could be outstanding and I’m sure Mr. Okenek would agree. This buck has it all and then some, especially in the brow tine department. What do you think this buck would score? I’d bet my truck it’s a Boone and Crockett contender. Congratulations!
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Comments (18)
WOW!! look at those brow tines, whatta buck.
thats a great buck.i bet their are alot of army bases that are loaded with great bucks it would be great to get to hunt them!
what a deer typical frame with tons of stickes and HUGE browtines i am envious of this deer. he is huge congratulations on this tremedous buck
Great Buck. Nasty big brow tines. As a midwest whitetail hunter it just goes to show how great the hunting is.
(continued) in the midwest.
Wow what a huge buck, mind blowing. I would say 240s to 250s gross.
I certainly would not turn that one down. Congrats to Scott Okenek.
I am a MN resident and am very close to Ripley, I heard about it the day after and it sounded like pushing potential state record. That is 268 5/8 if I'm correct. (if not please put the correct score here) Either way, deer of a lifetime and it just goes to show if MN had the correct management put forth by the state we would compete every year with record book bucks!!!
that's a great buck and congrats to him. just one question...what makes him think he can sit on that animal? i'm just sayin...
Congrats to the fortunate hunter. I have a feeling it might be a little more diffacult to get drawn for that hunt next year.
bigdred, i've always thought of mn as a good place for huge bucks. would love to hunt there.
Those Brow Tines could double as an extra set of Field Dressing Knives w/Gut Hooks.
What a pig!!! Congrats
awesome animal, congrats.
I cannot even imagine what it must feel like to see a monster like that coming toward you in the woods. I'm not sure I could stay calm enough to make the shot, bow or gun.
Kudos to Scott.
i live right around that area and got to see it. IT WAS A PIG!!!!!!!!!
That is a tree rake on a deers head. Nice.
what an incredible buck!!!!!!!!!! we all dream of seeing a buck like that.!.!.! that fella is happier than a pig in sh-t!!!! my utmost congrats to him!!!! he obviously done everything perfect!!!!
i agree with jamesti i dont like when people sit on deer like that either and it p!sses me off when they call them snot noses to its a deer have some respest or stop hunting we dont need ya!!!!!!!!!
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WOW!! look at those brow tines, whatta buck.
thats a great buck.i bet their are alot of army bases that are loaded with great bucks it would be great to get to hunt them!
what a deer typical frame with tons of stickes and HUGE browtines i am envious of this deer. he is huge congratulations on this tremedous buck
Great Buck. Nasty big brow tines. As a midwest whitetail hunter it just goes to show how great the hunting is.
Wow what a huge buck, mind blowing. I would say 240s to 250s gross.
I certainly would not turn that one down. Congrats to Scott Okenek.
I am a MN resident and am very close to Ripley, I heard about it the day after and it sounded like pushing potential state record. That is 268 5/8 if I'm correct. (if not please put the correct score here) Either way, deer of a lifetime and it just goes to show if MN had the correct management put forth by the state we would compete every year with record book bucks!!!
bigdred, i've always thought of mn as a good place for huge bucks. would love to hunt there.
(continued) in the midwest.
that's a great buck and congrats to him. just one question...what makes him think he can sit on that animal? i'm just sayin...
That is a tree rake on a deers head. Nice.
what an incredible buck!!!!!!!!!! we all dream of seeing a buck like that.!.!.! that fella is happier than a pig in sh-t!!!! my utmost congrats to him!!!! he obviously done everything perfect!!!!
i agree with jamesti i dont like when people sit on deer like that either and it p!sses me off when they call them snot noses to its a deer have some respest or stop hunting we dont need ya!!!!!!!!!
Congrats to the fortunate hunter. I have a feeling it might be a little more diffacult to get drawn for that hunt next year.
Those Brow Tines could double as an extra set of Field Dressing Knives w/Gut Hooks.
What a pig!!! Congrats
awesome animal, congrats.
I cannot even imagine what it must feel like to see a monster like that coming toward you in the woods. I'm not sure I could stay calm enough to make the shot, bow or gun.
Kudos to Scott.
i live right around that area and got to see it. IT WAS A PIG!!!!!!!!!
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