BIG BUCK NITE 2000!

The 12th annual Great Lakes Outdoors Big Buck Nite was another big success. Big being the key word! Over 30 of the state's largest racks and the hunters who took them were in attendance at the Lapeer County Sportsman's Club on Saturday, December 9th for the taping of three TV shows. The shows can be seen on Michigan PBS and through out Canada. You can check for times and dates below.

Matt Fecteau

Ronald Miller

Larry Bussema

Bill Rousseau

Steven Coleman

Joe Slocum

Bill Lark

As always the stories were almost as tall and wide as some of the huge racks that were viewed!

A great time was had by all.

Susie and I would like to thank all of the hunters for attending. Many drove 3 or 4 hours just to get several minutes of glory on the show with Rob. Without the cooperation of the hunters of course this big buck nite wouldn't exist.

We would also like to thank the Lapeer County Sportsman's Club for again hosting the event for the 11th straight year.

CBM of course deserves a big round of applause for scoring all these big bucks and getting me the score sheets on time. By the way, Commemorative Bucks of Michigan has a brand new 5th edition Michigan Big Game Records book out and available. It lists all of Michigan's trophy deer, elk, bear and turkeys right through the 1998 season. Copies of the record book are available by calling CBM at 1-800-298-2825.

Also a special thanks to Kim Cunningham and Dee Hebert as well as Gary Ewell for again helping make this event one of our favorites of the whole year! Gary does a great job of teaming up with Susie for a smooth two camera operation to give you better angles of the big bucks.

As always there are many great stories, but none better than 77 year old Jack Eddy from Owosso. Jack again made the shows big buck nite for the 11th time in 12 years! He was sick in 1996 the only year he didn't take a record book buck.

Again this year Jack took two more monsters scoring 140.2T and 145.7T. Jack has 16 bucks listed in the Michigan record, more than any one else as far as I know. Jack is a master hunter and can tell you things about each buck he corners! This man knows each big buck intimately and knows when they eat, sleep and go to the bathroom!

To see last year's Big Bucks, visit
Big Buck Nite 1999!

Matthew Caudill

Connie Daigger

Dale Ostrander

York Inman

Eric Braun

Jacqueline Lauderdale

Hunter

City

Rack

Score

T/NT

Jack Eddy

Owosso

9  point

140.2

Typical

Jack Eddy

Owosso

11 point

145.7

Typical

Bryan Pollman

Albion

10 point

145.1

Typical

Don Donoghue

Hemlock

12 point

146.6

Typical

Jacqueline Lauderdale

Brant

11 point

147.4

Typical

Bob Nation

Byron

14 point

147.6

Typical

Bill Clark

Sparta, TN

12 point

148.0

Typical

Ron Miller

Stockbridge

10 point

149.6

Typical

Matt Fecteau

Warren

10 point

150.5

Typical

Joe Slocom

Ortonville

10  point

151.0

Typical

Darrin Gotts

Willis

10 point

152.0

Typical

Hunter

City

Rack

Score

T/NT

Dave Schumann

Utica

11 point

152.1

Typical

Larry Bussema

Parchment

10 point

152.7

Typical

Robert Anger

Romeo

10 point

153.0

Typical

Connie Daigger

Benzonia 

10 point

153.1

Typical

Tim Ruhlman

North Branch

11 point

153.5

Typical

Bill Rousseau III

Saginaw

8  point

154.7

Typical

Linn Tait

Lapeer

9  point

155.0

Typical

Dennis Albrecht

Eaton Rapids

11 point

156.7

Typical

York Inman

Tekonsha

11 point

157.6

Typical

Steve Tappenden

Coldwater

10 point

158.7

Typical

Beverly Bressette

Albion

10 point

159.0

Typical

Hunter

City

Rack

Score

T/NT

George Bain

Cohoctah

10 point

160.4

Typical

Jeff Merritt

Romeo

12  point

166.3

Typical

Eric Braun

Beaverton

14 point

168.7

Typical

Tim Mattern

Dearborn   

11 point

173.3

Typical

16 point

181.6

Typical

Steve Coleman

Niles

10 point

182.0

Typical

Dale Ostrander

Armada

17 point

176.5

Non Typical

Eric Fritz

Brownstown

18 point

196.0

Non Typical

Matt Caudill

Grand Blanc

19 point

200.1

Non Typical

Mick LaFountain

Southfield

21 point

212.2

Non Typical

Bruce Heslet II

Edwardsburg

22 point

215.0

Non Typical

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