On deer hunting opening day, Hortonville teen, Corissa Wege, bags 3 bucks in one hour

Wisconsin Outdoor Fun ^ | 11/21/2010 | Kathy Walsh Nufer

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On deer hunting opening day, Hortonville teen, Corissa Wege, bags 3 bucks in one hour

By Kathy Walsh Nufer For Wisconsinoutdoorfun.com

DALE — Anyone who wonders if this is a good year for deer hunting need only ask Corissa Wege, 16, of Hortonville, or Wayne Freimuth, 53, of Black Creek.

For them, the thrill of the hunt couldn't get any better than what they experienced Saturday on opening day of Wisconsin's annual nine-day gun deer season.

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Wege bagged three bucks — a 13-pointer, a 10-pointer and an 8-pointer — all within one hour.

"It was really cool," Wege said. "That will probably never happen again. I couldn't believe it."

"They're out there," said a jubilant Freimuth, showing off his prize 12-point buck he was certain would tip the scales at 200 pounds.

"Isn't it amazing, me getting this one and a 16-year-old getting three bucks?" said Freimuth after congratulating Wege. "I told her she's awesome, and she will never top that. They are going to call her dead-eye from now on."

Wege arrived at the Mini-Mart about 10:30 a.m. with her three bucks.

She had been hunting west of Hortonville since 5:30 a.m. with a party of family friends and relatives, including her dad, Tom Wege, who had bagged a 12-pointer while bow hunting earlier this fall.

"They're huge," said Tom Wege, describing how she shot her first buck at 7 a.m. and had just enough time to reload her gun before shooting the second, followed quickly by the third.

"We're done," he laughed. "I took the gun away from her and told her to stop. Between mine and her deer, this is going to cost me $2,000."

Corissa said it was fun to impress her dad with not one, but three deer. "He's pretty much proud of me whenever I go hunting, but this is special," she said.

Freimuth got lucky hunting near Outagamie County M outside Hortonville.

"There was a lot of shooting out there between 6 and 7:30 a.m. — a lot of deer. After a couple not so good years it seems a lot better this year," he said.

"I shot this one at exactly 8:30 a.m. The woods were so dry and crisp. I could hear him and then all I could see was antlers coming. It was only a 15-yard shot and I dropped him in his tracks. It is the biggest deer I've ever seen in the woods — and I've been hunting nearly 30 years."

Other hunters stopped by Freimuth's truck to admire the buck, comment on the massive rack of antlers and take photos with their cell phone cameras.

"That's a beautiful deer," said Lance Simonis, of Hortonville, as he arrived with the doe he had just shot. "That's a buck of a lifetime."

Lauren Main, manager of Dale's Mini-Mart, said she had registered only about six deer until Wege and Freimuth showed up. Within the next half hour she had registered a total of 16.

Over at Colwitz's Convenience Store in Shiocton, Dylan Van Straten had registered 58 deer as of 11:30 a.m. "Last year we ended up with a total of 164 opening day and we should be well above that this year," he said.

Dick Nikolai, a wildlife biologist with the state Department of Natural Resources checked the teeth of new arrivals to gauge their age and said he was seeing a good range of ages up to 4 and 5 years old and had seen a fair number of deer when he was out hunting earlier.

"Last year was warmer, very quiet and the deer could sneak through easily. This year it's crisp and frosty and the deer are moving. Last year they weren't moving."

As Nikolai checked a buck brought in by Ryan Murray, 15, of Germantown, Murray described his morning in the woods with his cousin Pete Omholt, of Shiocton.

"It was fun. It really got your heart pumping. It's a good day for hunting."

[AlexW]

“Do you have any idea what the “limits” are in most states?”

OK, I have a clue...In my state, Tennessee, it is generally one per day, but there are many variations, depending on the area, age of the hunter, bucks or does, etc.
In some cases the bag limit is up to 3.

Feel free to beat up on me all you want. It is just fun and games for me, haha.

[Little Bill]

One Texas deer is a meat pie, ten is a White Tail, 15 is a Mulie.

[Osage Orange]

Good point!!

[Krankor]

The rest of my post (to the best of my memory) was this offensive bit of incivility:

"Judging by your...ahem..,logic, Freepers would not be able to comment on any individual unless they knew him or her personally.

Anyway, when you talk about public figures, do you mean this guy. Besides that, read the article. Not one person- not one, mentions actually eating the animal they killed. Oh, they talk about the thrill, they talk about how much fun it is, they talk about how cool it is, they talk about impressing dear old dad, they talk about how fast they can shoot 'em, they talk about the weight, they talk about the number of points- but not one single word, not one eensy weensy word about actually eating the animal. Killing an animal for a trophy isn't hunting- it's more like a guy with a limited endowment trying to desperately prove just how much of a man he is.

[Osage Orange]

Just another reason why I like you....: )

I've never taken my wild game to a butcher...yet. But I've been tempted....although you raise a good point. You probably are not getting your deer's meat.

There is a well respected butcher here in OK....that makes sausage. I will try him out...I think this year. Cause I'm not sure I can make a good sausage...and I really like it.

We shall see!!

[Osage Orange]

You need to keep me posted.....

Saw a shooter bow buck a couple nites ago....60 yds away.

Gun hunting here now...not seeing anything I want to clean. : )

Weather supposed to get cold here in a couple days....probably spruce things up some.

That said....some guy's have taken some 140-150" in. deer..and a report of a 160" in. deer NW of me...yesterday.

We shall see..........

[Osage Orange]

You didn't answer the question.

But I know your stance...

No worries....

[Osage Orange]

Feel free to beat up on me all you want. It is just fun and games for me, haha.

Alex.....are you a man or a woman?

Because I think that changes things..somewhat in your case.

I don't want to have "fun and games" with a "guy" that's really a woman, or vice versus...if you know what I mean. : )

[Osage Orange]

So....can we just keep posting what you wrote here...I have no problem with someone that goes to harvest a dear each year, but this is excessive greed...and leave that as your stance?

Or would you like to modify that?

[wku man]

IF that's all you said, then there's no reason your post should've been deleted. But, having been on FReep as long as I have, and having had a few posts of my own deleted, I seriously doubt that's all you said.

Now, as far as judging people goes, doing something stupid doesn't equate to mental illness. You didn't call the teenaged girl stupid (subjective opinion) for having shot three deer, you called her sick (objective statement), which is a judgment on her character and mental health. I called the guy in Dallas stupid because I believe in my subjective opinion that what he did was stupid. Anyone who walks his or her dog, while unarmed, at 3:30 in the morning in a major US city like Dallas is stupid. The guy in the article may be the epitome of mental health and he may be a good man, but he was stupid for having done what he did. So once again, your argument is comparing apples and oranges.

As for the rest of the article, so what if the way hunters talk offends your tender sensibilities? You obviously don't understand the American hunting culture, hunting laws, or hunters themselves. It goes without saying that when a hunter takes a deer, elk, moose, antelope, etc, he has the meat processed and eats it, or donates it to a local charity, where it's processed and eaten. Why? For one reason, because it's against the law not to! But I bet you didn't know that, either, did you?

Since you're evidently not from this country and definitely don't know anything about our hunting traditions, I'll invite you once again to stop embarrassing yourself and bow out of the conversation gracefully. A bit of friendly advice? In the future, when you feel like opining about things you don't fully understand, don't.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[codercpc]

I thought about that later, I think you are right. "Team" hunting.

You would just think that they would mention that, because some YaHoo is going to read this article and say, "Cool, I can shoot three bucks in Wisconsin, and get my name in the paper".

[Hot Tabasco]

I thought about that later, I think you are right. "Team" hunting.

A friend just got back from a week of pheasant/deer hunting in S. Dakota. His brother and nephew live out there so the three of them were able to take three bucks. The brother shot one and the nephew shot two which allowed my friend to tag one and bring home the meat......

[macquire]

“No, I just get a thrill out of tweaking CLOWNS like yourself”

I amuse you?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E84VqqCPI7w

[Cvengr]

Real sportsmen hunt with Claymores. ;^)

[Fawn]

Hardly a peta person. I dislike most dogs, abhor Peta for many reasons, one being they don’t want people to own animals period, two-—they kill cats/dogs on their own. But, someone like you needs to put words in others mouthes, distort, lie and slander someone— to other people, because you can’t win on your own. You’re just a loser.

[eastforker]

You are right, I should have compared you more with the ASPCA,all animals are human like,all fuzzy creatures should die of old age.Maybe you should aquaint yourself with something called the food chain.Just about every animal on earth is a food source for some other animal. Thats what nature is all about.Man just so happens to be at the top of that food chain unless you like Mr. Timothy Snackwell who tyried to cohabitate with the bears. A deer lives to be about 9 YO before his teeth give out and he starves to death cuz he can’t chew his food. Would you rather he starve to death in the dead of winter or be harvested and eaten while in his prime? Spare me and others who understand this with the crocodile tears and pleads of humanity. I think your real beef is you can not fathom in your own mind how anyone could kill an animal. You are incapable of it so no one else should either. I would wager you are probably against the death penalty for those who murder another human being. And before you answer, killing an animal is not murder.

[Fawn]

Just drop it ....you know nothing.

[eastforker]

I think I know more about animals than you ever will. But, I’ll make you a deal. I’ll drop it if you agree to stop coming on these hunting threads or articles about catching fish or killing dangerouse predators and chastising those who wish to do so. Is that a deal?

[Fawn]

Are you an idiot? You pinged me to this thread with a slander to initiate a reaction --
You either have a crush on me, or you are just instigating a fight.
Get a life.