Monster, 11-point buck creates a stir among hunters
Joel Eggers and the 11-point buck.
Bow hunter bags his trophy buck in Randolph County
BY ROD KLOECKNER
News-Democrat
Joel Eggers knew he was out there.
In two of the last three years, the 22-year-old from Percy, which is about 15 miles south of Sparta, had found the shed antlers from a massive whitetail buck on private property he hunts in Randolph County.
He had never actually seen the deer in person, except for one fleeting glimpse on videotape. It was a blurry image, caught last summer when the buck stepped into a bean field about 150 yards away from the camera.
"It wasn't a very good look," Eggers said, "but there was no mistaking it was huge -- very huge. I never expected to see it again."
The hunting stars aligned for Eggers last week. On Oct. 23, Eggers was about 25 minutes into his daily after-work bow hunt when two does came crashing through the brush.
In pursuit was a monster 11-point buck, the mythical Bigfoot of the timber. Somehow, Eggers calmed himself enough to bring down the behemoth. Only after he found the animal 200 yards from where he shot it did he begin to comprehend the scope of his kill.
The buck field dressed at a whopping 251 pounds, and Eggers estimated he weighed well over 300 pounds on the hoof. Of more significance was the massive rack, which may be the biggest taken with a bow in North America this year.
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