Hunter hunting along a marsh

Reagan Middleton

Information

  • Date Taken: 11/27/2023
  • Time Of Day: Evening
  • Method: Rifle
  • Number of Points: 8
  • County: Leelanau County
  • Property: Private
  • Dressed Weight: 120

Proud of my protégé, she’s persistent and put the time and dedication in and it paid off. Reagan MISSED this buck opening day of bow season and was sick. She thought she missed her opportunity to get a nice deer. 58 days later and a lot of cat and mouse moments, he made another mistake, and she didn’t miss this opportunity. This is the largest of her 8 bucks by measure and her most gratifying. She is so thankful, if you look closely, those are tears of joy. She was listening to a pack of coyotes trying to locate them and this buck walked out of the woods. One well place shot, and 50 yards of easy tracking in the snow-covered ground, she found him. Never did see any coyotes that night but they were all over on our camera’s.