ASHMONT – Ashmont's 43rd Annual Buck of the Season event brought an enthusiastic crowd of hunters and fans of hunting to the Ashmont Agriplex on Dec. 7, with a total of 65 entries brought in for measuring by head judge Neil Sapora and his very busy crew, 20 of the racks arriving in the final hour before the 3 p.m. deadline.
This is one more entry than last year, and one of the best entry totals to date.
As entries poured in, everyone had the opportunity to bid on a wide variety of donated silent auction items and to visit displays offering a huge variety of fishhooks, leather and fur mittens, archery supplies, baking and handicrafts and to enter their guesses for the measurement of a handsome mounted deer head, enjoy lunch from the concession and swap hunting stories with friends.
Once all the measuring was complete, the winners were:
Whitetail deer - Men’s Typical: James Mercier, 178 4/8; Men’s Non-Typical: T. J Rempel, 220 5/8; Ladies: Lindsay Rowe, 211 3/8; Youth: Tye Gargus, 173 7/8
Mule deer - Men’s Typical: Jason Miller, 179 3/8; Ladies: Becky Farkaska, 177 7/8; Youth: Ty Reszel, 184 3/8.
Bull elk - Lane Peters, 321
Bull moose - Brett Andrusiak, 167 1/8
