LUXEMBURG, WI (WTAQ) – The start of gun deer season also means great hunting stories and there’s plenty of them across the state following opening weekend.
Some are true and some are “slightly” exaggerated, nonetheless, everybody who ventured into the woods for opening weekend has a story to share.
Jessie Jorgenson of Sugar Bush is no exception.
She tells the tale of nabbing a 12-pointer in Kewaunee County.
“I actually saw it from a distance and it was going in and out of the woods so I couldn’t get a good shot because it was going into my neighbor’s lot,” says Jorgenson. “I shot it and the sunlight was in my eyes so I didn’t know exactly where it is or I dropped it and it went into the woods.
It took a little bit of patience before Jorgenson could find out if she was successful or not.
“We waited about an hour and then and we tried tracking it and we found about 20 yards into our neighbor’s woods and that’s when I actually got it,” she says.
And after doing some calculating, she’s pretty proud of herself.
“It was actually 258 yards away so it was a great shot,” says Jorgenson.
DNR officials say about half of the overall harvest numbers will come from the opening weekend of the nine-day gun deer season.
Officials are expecting good harvest numbers due to overall favorable weather conditions.
