To ensure it stayed down, I fired another shot and the hunt ended. I aimed through my 4-power scope and fired another shot with my. "I ran up the hill to where it disappeared and saw it below me, standing still. “Unfortunately, the buck got up and ran into a nearby aspen stand," Hanson said. "I fired and the buck went down to its knees. “We moved up to the next willow run, and when the buck ran out it turned straight away from me," Hanson said. I think we both got buck fever this time! We fired several shots, but missed the racing buck. The buck ran flat out about 150 yards broadside from John and me. "We posted ourselves around the willows," Hanson said, "and Rene walked the buck’s tracks. Just when we were getting frustrated and ready to move on, the big buck ran out of an aspen bluff and headed into a willow run on my land. “Rene stayed on its tracks," Hanson said, "and eventually lost the buck in a maze of other deer tracks because the big buck's tracks weren’t large. Believe me, my heart was pumping! We shot but missed it. The buck bolted, giving me my first look at it. “Rene walked the track while the rest of us surrounded the willows," Hanson said. "I took a position that would keep the buck from running south onto nearby posted land. They said they spotted a monster buck entering a willow run and it handn't come out. When we pulled up, I knew something was happening because they were excited. "The next morning, I met my neighbor, John Yaroshko, and we drove to meet Walter Meger and Rene Igini. “On the night of November 22, we had fresh snow, and I called the guys to plan our hunt," Hanson said. In fact, while hunting on his own property, in 1992, Hanson ended up reaping more from his fields than the usual autumn harvest. Then again he hasn’t had to travel far to find incredible hunting. Hanson doesn't have the time or money to hunt all over the continent. Working long days as a grain and cattle farmer in Biggar, Saskatchewan, Milo N. Hanson harvested the World's Record typical whitetail deer in 1992, on his own land.
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