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Published December 02, 2011, 12:00 AM

Big Bucks Photo Gallery


Craig Simonson, son Lonnie Simonson and grandsons Wyatt Simonson, 15, and Wayne Simonson, 10, all of Hermantown, are shown with Wayne's first buck, a spike, and Wyatt's four-point buck. Both were shot within minutes of each other near Meadowlands.

  • Craig Simonson, son Lonnie Simonson and grandsons Wyatt Simonson, 15, and Wayne Simonson, 10, all of Hermantown, are shown with Wayne's first buck, a spike, and Wyatt's four-point buck. Both were shot within minutes of each other near Meadowlands.
  • James Newgren, 15, of Cloquet shot this 11-point buck with a bow that weighed 228-pounds dressed near Big Lake.
  • Matt Marciniak of Rice Lake Township shot this 15-point buck on opening day of Minnesota’s firearms deer season. It weighed 200 pounds. Marciniak said the rack, in preliminary measurements, unofficially scored a net 156 inches on the Boone and Crockett measuring system. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime buck,” said Marciniak, 24. (Photo by Debbie McAuliffe)
  • Wayne Simonson, 10, of Hermantown holds the spike buck he shot near Meadowlands on opening weekend of Minnesota’s firearms deer season. His brother Wyatt, 15, shot a four-pointer. (Photo by Lisa Simonson)
  • Patti Sheff of Cloquet took this eight-point buck near Cromwell on Tuesday morning. The buck weighed 183 pounds field-dressed. (Photo by John Sheff)
  • Eleven-year-old Payton Cardinal shot her first deer, this seven-pointer. (Photo courtesy of Tina Cardinal)
  • Ten-year-old Austin Parrott of Saginaw shot his first deer on opening morning of Minnesota’s firearms deer season with his mom, Jeri, by his side. (Photo by Jeri Parrott)
  • Dusty Snyder of Deer River is leading the Deer River Sportsman’s Club’s big buck contest with this buck, which weighed 227 pounds. (Photo courtesy Dusty Snyder)
  • Denise Beargrease of Brookston got this nine-point, 220 pound buck her first time hunting. (Photo courtesy of Denise Beargrease)
  • Rocco Schinigoi of Duluth shot this 10-point buck on Nov. 13, 2011. (Photo courtesy of Rocco Schinigoi)
  • Cheryl Dunbar of Duluth shot this 10-point, 223 lb. buck northwest of Duluth. (Photo courtesy of Cheryl Dunbar.)
  • John Zmyslony of Barnum shot this 12-point, 210 pound buck on opening day. (Photo courtesy of Mary Overlie)
  • Keegan Heikes, 12, of Hermantown holds the 10-point buck he shot Saturday morning, opening day of Minnesota firearms deer season. The buck weighed 200 pounds. (Photo by Chalstrom’s Bait and Tackle)
  • Roy Erickson of Blaine, Minn., shows 11-point, 231-pound buck he took on opening day of Minnesota’s firearms deer season. He weighed the buck at Chalstrom’s Bait and Tackle north of Duluth.
  • Rose Amesbury of Two Harbors shot this 14-point buck on Nov. 9, 2011.
  • Matt Matson of Hinckley shot this 10-point buck on opening morning.
  • Carl Ellison of Superior shot this 10-point buck with his bow. It field dressed at 230 pounds.
  • Roger Hurd shot this 10-point, 200-pound buck in Blackhoof Township in Carlton County.
  • Jessamyn Musch, 17, of Oakland Township in Douglas County, shot this buck with a 21-inch spread on opening morning in Douglas County.
  • Stuart Waters and his daughter, Madysen, 6, of Cloquet, show off the 8-point buck they got in Blackhoof Township.
  • Chuck Bosell of Duluth shot this 10-point buck.
  • Larry Doran of Esko won the Cloquet Pine Journal Big Buck contest with this 21.5-inch spread, 12-point buck.
  • Quinn Musch, 25, of Oakland Township in Douglas County, got this 10-pointer with a bow.
  • Beau Musch, 20, of Oakland Township in Douglas County, shot this 9-point buck.
  • Nick Peterson and Nate Buck of Hermantown both took 8-pointers.
  • Mary Walker and JP Walker, of Woodbury, Minn., got these nice bucks in Northern Wisconsin. Mary's buck dressed out at 199 pounds and JP's dressed out at 152 pounds.
  • Jim Hansen of Duluth shot this 10-point buck near Meadowlands.
  • Devin 'Bud' Negard, 16, of Beaver Bay shot his first deer, this 8-pointer, outside of Beaver Bay on opening day.
  • Matt Schmidt of Lake Nebagamon shot this 8-point, 185-pound buck.
  • Joey Singpiel, 19, of Cloquet, shot this 10-point buck on Nov. 11. It took third place in the County Corner bar contest in Brookston.