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During her first deer season ever, Brooklynne Rude killed a buck that most hunters only dream about Brooklynne Rude, with her great 28-point buck.Brooklynne Rude When you’re a kid growing up in the Midwest, deer hunting is generally part of your life. For Brooklynne Rude of Ankeny, Iowa, this was certainly the case. Her father, Brock, has hunted whitetails as long as she can remember and her brothers Mitchell and Nick both started hunting when they were about 10 years old. Rude was always excited to see what the guys brought home from deer camp, and helped with processing the...

By Mike Leggett AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Sunday, November 07, 2004 Once upon a time, when a deer hunter dreamed of a big buck, he imagined a giant whitetail posed against a rising sun on a frosty hillside, blowing twin jets of steam from flared nostrils while surveying his brushy kingdom. Now there are other "big bucks" in the woods: A Texas partnership recently spent an astounding $450,000 to buy a live, 4-year-old whitetail. Though its stunning horns were a definite selling point, the most valuable thing about this magnificent animal wasn't his trophy potential but his semen. At $3,500 per dose,...