Andrew Crossley, 9, in his first year hunting deer with a bow, bagged his first deer from 15 yards in November. It was 5-points and weighed 125 pounds.
Aubrey Dunnuck, 10, of Bluffton shot her first 9-point buck with a muzzleloader. She has been bow and gun hunting with her dad and this was her first kill.
Brenden Shuler of Leo shot this 11-point buck on the last day of the youth hunt season in September. It was shot with a .44 mag Marlin lever action just outside of Leo.
Parker Hale, 12, shot his first deer in October while hunting with his father at their farm in Orland. It was a 5-point buck and he shot it with his bow.
Pete Switzer II shot this buck in November during archery season in Steuben County. The buck has 10 scorable points and dressed out at 211 pounds.
Sam Boneff, 15, of Churubusco shot this 14-point buck with his shotgun in November in Noble County. This is Sam’s second year of hunting and his second buck.
Trevor Hack shows off his 10-point buck.
Courtesy photos
Zoe DePillo, 12, made a perfect shot on this doe on opening day of gun season in November. She used a .44 mag Marlin rifle with a 1x4 scope. This doe came walking in with another smaller doe and a little 6-point buck, but the buck was off property.
Fishing and hunting are enjoyed by young and old, male and female. As proof, readers of The Journal Gazette have been showing off their catches on the weekly Recreation page. The Journal Gazette publishes an Outdoors Experience page once a month, lending a forum for readers to share their love of the outdoors with their neighbors. Send your stories and photos to The Journal Gazette, c/o Sports Department, 600 W. Main St., Fort Wayne, IN 46802, or email them to jgsports@jg.net.
Tim Heffron had been an avid golfer for almost 30 years, but he’d been too busy to play in about a year when his wife brought him a newspaper clipping in 2011, telling him about the new Mulligan Tour, which had come to Fort WayneIt
