BIG BUCK NITE 1999!

The 11th 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 11th 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.

Nate Bernhardt

Pete Rayl

Craig Hess

David Dawson

David Bolton

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 10th 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 76 year old Jack Eddy from Owosso. Jack again made the shows big buck nite for the 10th time in 11 years! He was sick in 1996 the only year he didn't take a record book buck.

Barry O. Paige

Dennis Dasilva

Bruce Caltrider

Nate Bernhardt

John Conklin

Hunter

City

Rack

Score

T/NT

Marlene McBride

Manistee

10 point

126.3

Typical

Laura Sims

Laingsburg

10 point

133.4

Typical

Shelby Jubar

Grand Junction

10 point

136.3

Typical

Donny Carpenter

Caro

11 point

140.0

Typical

Greg Pennazoli

China

10 point

141.2

Typical

Joesph Lombardo

Royal

10 point

141.4

Typical

Barry Paige

Plainwell

10 point

141.5

Typical

Timothy Carlson

Auburn Hills

11 point

141.6

Typical

Michael Bollota

Shelby Twp

13 point

143.2

Typical

Thomas Darling

Howell

11 point

145.1

Typical

Terry Palmer

Flint

10 point

145.4

Typical

Hunter

City

Rack

Score

T/NT

Dennis Dasilva

Rochester Hills

10 point

145.6

Typical

Craig Hess

Grass Lake

10 point

147.0

Typical

Mathew Bauer

Pinconning

10 point

148.3

Typical

Peter Rayl

Dryden

10 point

150.4

Typical

Bruce Caltrider

Mason

13 point

153.5

Typical

Gary Idalsky

Rogers City

16 point

149.1

Non Typical

David Dawson

Taylor

14 point

155.0

Non Typical

Bill Schuyler

North Branch

13 point

155.3

Non Typical

Matt Harwood

Grayling

12 point

155.3

Non Typical

Kirk Osterling

Reading

13 point

157.7

Non Typical

David Bolton

Climax

18 point

158.2

Non Typical

Hunter

City

Rack

Score

T/NT

James Dutton

Orion

10 point

153.7

Typical

Nate Bernhardt

Whitehall

10 point

154.5

Typical

Kurt Weiss

Vassar

12 point

156.2

Typical

Jack Eddy

Owwoso

12 point

163.2

Non Typical

10 point

156.7

Typical

John Conklin

Whitmore

10 point

158.2

Typical

Andrew Haywood

Goodrich

10 point

163.4

Typical

Joe Soave

Munith

10 point

163.6

Typical

Michael Malek

Kalamazoo

15 point

172.4

Non Typical

Edward Chupp

Sturgis

13 point

175.1

Non Typical

Stuart Johnstone

Redford

12 point

164.7

Typical

Mario Vandermeulen

Birch Run

12 point

168.4

Typical