Minnesota Deer & Turkey Classic

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BACK-TO-BACK 200” BUCKS

Luke Onstad took this 22 point Buck on Nov 7th near Spring Grove. The antlers green scored 207 gross.

NEW STATE RECORD NONTYPICAL

Jesse Schroed­er with the antlers he found in April 2023 Good­hue Coun­ty scor­ing 277 3⁄8 net Nontypical.

FILLMORE COUNTY BRUISER 11 POINT

LeRoy Purri­er took this 11 point buck on Sept 16, the antlers green scored 179 4⁄8 typical.

POTENTIAL NEW #2 NONTYPICAL BULL ELK

Gary Przek­was shot this 10 x 11 bull elk on Sept 11 in Kitt­son Coun­ty. The antlers scored 413 7⁄8 net nontypical.

Winona County 14 POINT HOG

Lan­don Krei­der­ma­ch­er of Altura shot this buck on Nov. 11 near his home. The antlers green scored 188 gross with a 21” inside spread.

CARLTON COUNTY 13 POINTER

Scott Gustafson of Mah­towa shot this Non­typ­i­cal Buck on Nov. 16 near his home. The buck was aged at 6 years.

Van Lith Buck

The state record typ­i­cal is the largest typ­i­cal buck scor­ing 197 6⁄8 net tak­en with archery equip­ment. Curt Van Lith took this Wright Coun­ty 11 point­er with 30-inch beams in 1986. 

Saurdiff Buck

The James Saur­diff “30 gal­lon buck” from Beck­er Coun­ty scored 244 0⁄8 Net Non­typ­i­cal in 1985.

Rath Buck

This Renville Coun­ty buck scored 231 2⁄8 Net Non­typ­i­cal and was tak­en by James Rath 1977.

Klatt Buck

In 1985 David Klatt took this 191 5⁄8 Net Typ­i­cal while hunt­ing in Good­hue County.

Vakoch Buck

This state record non­typ­i­cal is largest scor­ing buck ever tak­en in MN. In 1974, Mitch Vakoch dropped this 3 points, 268 5⁄8 Net, 295 4⁄8 Gross in Nor­man County.

Knisley Buck

This 9‑point Meek­er Coun­ty buck mea­sured 183 7⁄8 typ­i­cal, and it is the world’s largest 4 by 4 framed deer.

Minnesota Monarch

This world record sin­gle & matched set was dropped by Stew­art Valen­tine in 1990. The rack scored 180 0⁄8

Breen Buck

This State Record Typ­i­cal was har­vest­ed dur­ing the firearm sea­son in 1918 near Funk­ley and ranks 10th largest in the world scor­ing 202 0⁄8.

Whitewater Buck

Tak­en in SE Min­neso­ta in 2005 firearm sea­son by Mario Morales. The rack had a 30 inch inside spread, and scored 186 6⁄8 net typ­i­cal and 208 4⁄8 net nontypical.

Wackler Buck

36-Point Buck Har­vest­ed by 78-year old Jim Wack­ler in Wright Coun­ty on Nov. 11, 2016. Click to learn more.

Albino Buck

Jer­ry John­son shot this 10-point albi­no white­tail near his rur­al Cam­bridge home in 1994, and will be dis­play­ing it at the Out­door News Deer & Turkey Classic.

Cannon Falls Poached Buck

Turn In Poach­ers (TIP) will have the Big 8 point­er that was poached near Can­non Falls on dis­play in their exhibit.

Miller Sheds

Excel­sior’s Jay Miller will have on dis­play a repli­ca of the Min­neso­ta record typ­i­cal shed antlers.

Kreidermacher Buck

Cer­ti­fied as a new state record for a non-typ­i­cal muz­zle­loader kill, Stan Krei­der­ma­cher’s 28-point­er with a net score of 248 5⁄8.

Luzinski Buck

This 24 point buck was tak­en by Deb Luzin­s­ki while bowhunt­ing on Oct. 27, 2006, cur­rent­ly it’s the high­est scor­ing buck tak­en by a woman using archery equipment.

Ben Miller Buck

Ben Miller will be at the Out­door News Deer & Turkey Clas­sic dis­play­ing his Min­neso­ta Record Book buck that he dropped in 2009.

Ole Wire Buck

Jon Hatleli of Rush­ford shot this old Fill­more Coun­ty buck on Nov. 8, 2015.

Burgdorf Buck

This Winona Coun­ty buck was tak­en by Mike Burgdorf on Nov. 11, 2012. It scored 202 3⁄8 gross, 193 1⁄8 net rank­ing it 8th largest typ­i­cal tak­en in Minnesota.

State Record Black Bear

This Min­neso­ta state record black bear, that scored
22 10⁄16, was tak­en by
Jesse Koskinie­mi in Wade­na Coun­ty in 2017.

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