The Famous Bob Decker "Field and Stream" Buck

It was late August of 2008 and the middle of football camp for us at UW-Stout when several friends of mine talking and emailing me about the "Field and Stream" buck video that spread across the country via email.  Living only a half hour away and having hunted Buffalo County my friends wanted to know what I had heard about this buck and the video.  They had viewed the video on the Field and Stream website and wanted to know if this was a hoax.

Bob Decker's Field and Stream Buck

During football camp I am completely oblivious to what was taking place outside of UW-Stout Football.  But, I couldn't help myself either, so I went and checked out the video of this great buck and couldn't believe what I saw.  Could this be a new state record buck?

Here is the famous Field and Stream video shot by Scott Kirkpatrick of Buffalo County Outfitters. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EvgkoxBvS8

 Throughout the fall the word continued to spread and this buck became an internet sensation. Bob Decker, of Eau Claire, was excited to hunt his lease in Buffalo County long before reports of this buck began to circulate, but his excitement increased when he heard reports that the Field and Stream video had been shot close to his lease.

Decker never would have thought his dreams would come true on a November 1 morning when he came face to face with this trophy buck.  A well placed shot landed Bob Decker is the record books with a new Wisconsin Non-Typical buck with a score of 233 2/8.

His new state record wouldn't last long.  In the fall of 2009, Wayne Schumacher of Fond du Lac, shot a new state record buck.  Decker may not have the bragging rights of having the record, but the buck he harvested is one of the most well know bucks to have ever lived.  Congratulations to Bob Decker.


http://www.northamericanwhitetail.com/trophybucks/NAW_field_0909/index.html

http://www.fieldandstream.com/pages/special-report-field-stream-buck-falls?page=1

http://www.wisconsinsportsmanmag.com/hunting/whitetail-deer-hunting/WI_1109_02/index.html

Brian Inda's Buck - New Wisconsin Typical Archery Record

For those of you that think that off season shed hunting doesn't pay off in finding a trophy buck to hunt you should talk to Brian Inda of Wautoma. 

Inda's brother, Chris, had received permission to shed hunt the property where he found a pair of massive sheds.  Sheds that scored 192 inches.  They had just identified the backyard of a buck that, if harvested, could become the new typical state archery record.  The problem was that they did not have permission to hunt the property.

As fate would have it, Inda and his friend, Craig Carpenter, would later find themselves on a construction project adjacent to the 120 christmas tree farm that the shed were found on.  It was through this turn of fate that Inda and Carpenter would learn that they property was available to hunt through a lease.  They waisted no time and  quickly signed a three year lease to hunt the property.

The two men set several stands and camera on the property to try and pattern this big boy. They had several pictures of the buck from their trail cameras confirming the big buck was still around.  They hunted the property sparingly throughout the fall making sure to play the wind right, but they had only glimpsed the buck one time before a grunt call brought the buck to within fifteen yards of Inda on that November 2, 2010 day.  A well placed shot from Inda sealed the fate of this record buck.  They found the massive buck only seventy yards away from Inda's treestand.

The 12-point, Waushara County buck was scored by a group certified Pope and Young scorers.  The 7.5 year old buck had an official net score of 187 5/8 inches making it a new state record surpassing the previous record of 187 2/8 inches by Barry Rose's 2006 buck shot in Dunn County.

To view over 9 photos go to our Facebook page and click "LIKE" to become a fan to view photos:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/WisconsinBigBuckBoard

http://www.fieldandstream.com/photos/gallery/hunting/2010/11/wisconsin-hot-streak-continues-potential-archery-record-buck

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/outdoors/106829508.html


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Video of Wayne Schumachers Wisconsin State Record

Did some searching and found some videos of Wayne Schumacher and his trophy buck.  Schumacher's buck is the standing state record for the non-typical category.









Here are some links to Schumacher's buck.  Field and Stream story: http://www.fieldandstream.com/photos/gallery/hunting/2009/09/how-wayne-schumacher-killed-lucky-buck-fon-du-lac-county-wisconsin


North American Whitetail story:  http://www.northamericanwhitetail.com/trophybucks/wayne_schumachers_wisconsin_non-typical_state_record_buck_100810/index.html



VIDEO:  http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/strange_news/offbeat_wluk_wisconsin_hunter_gets_amazing_30_point_buck_200909231004_2893759



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