In 25 minutes he'd taken two bucks with gross rack scores collectively measuring over 300 inches! The 8-pointer was a 6.5-year-old buck and weighed 280-pounds. The 10-pointer was 250 pounds and 4.5 years old.
 
Illinois allows landowners to take two bucks per year. Dan had reached his limit in less than a half hour. And he didn't even get to hunt his best deer stands in the hardwood timber surrounding the clover field.