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Published November 15 2009

Photo Gallery: Big bucks of 2009


Bob Hansen of Duluth shot this buck opening day of Minnesota's firearms deer season. It's a 16-pointer, counting the brow tines.

  • Bob Hansen of Duluth shot this buck opening day of Minnesota's firearms deer season. It's a 16-pointer, counting the brow tines.
  • Ben Johnson, 14, of Duluth shot this 14-point buck on opening weekend of Minnesota's firearms deer season north of Duluth about 25 miles.
  • Chad Gustafson of Cloquet shot these deer on opening day of Minnesoa's firearms deer season. He's shown with his son, Liam.
  • Bob Truscott of Duluth displays the 12-point, 233.5 pound buck he shot on the opening day of Minnesota's firearms deer season. (Derek Montgomery/derekmontgomery.com)
  • Alyssa Schwanke, 19, of Two Harbors, shot this 10-point buck in Lake County on Nov. 7, opening day of Minnesota's firearms deer season.
  • Steve Carlson of Duluth shot this eight-point buck Sunday near Cook.
  • On Sunday morning of opening weekend in Minnesota's firearms deer season, Clint Deraas of Gnesen Township shot this 10-point buck that field-dressed at 238 pounds.
  • Jim Wheratt took this 10-point buck while bowhunting near Lake Nebagamon.
  • Steve Fiske of Cloquet shot this 220-pound, eight-point buck on Oct. 26.
  • Minnesota bowhunter Scott O'Konek displays the 32-point buck he took during a hunt at Camp Ripley, Minn.
  • Troy Stoddard of Duluth took this 20-point buck on Nov. 13 during Minnesota's firearms deer season while hunting north of Duluth. It weighed 200 pounds field-dressed.
  • Chad Kucza shot this 10-point buck on opening day of Minnesota's firearms deer season near Alborn. It weighed 220 pounds field-dressed.
  • Shannon Nelson of Eveleth took this 10-point, 200-pound buck north of Virginia in the Lake Leander area near Britt.
  • Kelly McMullen of Esko shot this big buck in Carlton County during Minnesota's firearms deer season. It field-dressed at 233 pounds and had a 23 1/2-inch antler spread.
  • Ryan Cunningham of Carlton shot this buck the second weekend of Minnesota's firearms season near Brimson. It field-dressed at 232 pounds.
  • Jen Libbey of Grand Rapids shot her first buck, this eight-pointer, on Nov. 17 in Minnesota's firearms deer season.
  • Dean Niemi of Hermantown registered this 16-point buck at Hugo's in Brimson on Nov. 20. He shot it in the Isabella area.