Enjoyed a great early season with Marie. She is always a blast to hunt with and we had a lot of action this year.
I started off with this doe right as we were eating the last packages of venison from the previous season.
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Marie followed up with this huge (200#+) 8-point.
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Good stuff!
Nice season Denny! Better than Darryl did I bet. ;)
This 9-point walked by my stand a week later.
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The last week of early season I shot a buck on an afternoon hunt that I'd seen several times. I waited to the next morning to trail. Marie said she would love to fill her second buck tag so we could take a double picture.
The next morning she shot a 5-point and it went down in under 50 yards, like her first buck. We recovered it first.
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After a lengthy search we found my buck. This was an extra special buck to me and Marie had found one of his sheds the previous winter.
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We placed our bucks together so we could get Marie's double picture too.
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Wow! Great season ! Congratulations
That's a heck of a year for you guys, so cool to share it with your wife!!!!
Big Huge Congrats :campfire:
Ben
AWESOMEEE :thumbsup: Great looking picture of Marie and you together :archer2:
Awesome! Looks like a great time together in the woods!
Congrats to both of y'all!
Bisch
That's awesome!! Congrats to both!
Great pics and season, Denny and Marie! Congrats to you both! :thumbsup:
That's about as good as it gets! Congratulations to both of you for an outstanding season! :thumbsup:
Bernie
:thumbsup: :notworthy: :notworthy:
That first Doe looks big!
Congrats on a great season.
Great season!Congrats to the both of you :thumbsup:
WOW!!! That's what I call blessed!
Congrats to both of you. :thumbsup:
That's the good stuff. I like those smiles. Thanks for sharing.
That is some fantastic hunting right there. Congratulations to you both.
Very Cool!!!! Congrats to you both! :clapper:
I guess this qualifies as a pretty good effort. Congratulations to both of you, and thanks for the story.
Dang, y'all are on a roll, what a great season. You're lucky that your wife likes to hunt, she seems to be quite a good hunter at that.
I love the PSR's... I talked to Toby yesterday about getting a PSR. My 66" PLX's are great but there are times that I wish my bow was a little shorter.
I really cannot believe my eyes on those deer.
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What a season for you two both. :clapper: :clapper:
Well done Dennis and Marie Sturgis.
Great stuff Denny! Huge congrats to you and Marie! I see a short recurve in your pics? Seems to be working out well for you. Can you comment on your decision to switch from your trusty PLX?
Wow, what a season! Great job to the both of you!
I like the smiles as well.
Very nice! Great for both of you :)
I noticed the size of the smiles equates to the size of the rack....good stuff...congrats and thanks for sharing...
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Glenn
That's incredible... Well done to you & your wife!!! :thumbsup: And with the Black Widow PSRs... :archer2:
Congratulations to the both of you! What a great way to spend time together.
What a great season for you both! Congratulations!
From time to time I hear how tough Michigan deer hunting can be. You've obviously got a great place to hunt, but it goes to prove what the state is capable of given good management.
Awesome!!!
Well done Denny and Marie!!!
Hope all is going well!!!
Happy Holidays from Hawaii!
Ryan
A season to dream for. Kudos to you both.
That is an amazing season.. Thanks for sharing.
Joe
Great season and plenty of venison in the freezer.
Thanks for sharing!
Denny
Wow!!! Awesome :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
BIG Deer AND a wife that hunts...Lucky you.
Superb...! Thank you for sharing.
Wow...awesome season! Congrats to u both!
that's so cool . I wish my wife hunted so we could share times like that :campfire:
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Congrats on a successful year to both of you...WELL DONE!! :clapper:
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Denny and Marie you guys are blessed. I know the joy of having a spouse as a favorite hunting partner. Nancy was mine for over 50 years. Unfortunately with her deteriorating health she's not able to hunt anymore. She loved her bow and she loved hunting. She misses it very much and I miss having her with me.
I had a saying about us when we hunted together,
"Like the bow is to the arrow, we are separate yet we are one"
Congratulations to both of you.
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Wow ,nice Deer are those Michigan bucks ? Those are great memories for you both.
Outstanding!
Super season for both of you!
Wow!!! What a season for you two! Congrats!
Wow! One heck of a season! Congrats to both of you! :thumbsup:
That's wonderful all the way around. Congrats to you and Marie!
Partners in the forest! Well done you two!
You two are a great team! Nice job on refilling the freezer!
Well done team Stur :bigsmyl: gis!
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nice , congrats to you both
Sounds like an exciting year! Congrats and thanks for sharing!
Partners in the forest! Well done you two!
We often get into the question of trophy hunting and here how any deer that comes by is a trophy...I think the deer you two shot puts a great spin on that thought pattern
DDave
Good times....
,,Sam,,
congrats too you both! what an awesome way to spend time together!
Great going to the both of you! Make a great team for sure.
Dennis, Look like your land management has really starting producing.
If I'm correct from past readings this is on your own land, and from the looks of past bucks and these the heard is healthy.
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Congrats on an amazing season!
now for that turkey double!!! CONGRATES !!!
Good for both of you, looks like you had fun.
I would love for my wife to hunt, that would be great.
Great deer and story(s).
What I like best though is the smiles you both have in the pics, you both look so happy.
Thanks for sharing.
Great stuff...! Congrats to both of you..!
:bigsmyl:
Congrats on a great season! Even better sharing it as a couple!
Awesomeness!!!
Congrats on a great season Denny and Marie !! :clapper:
What a great year, congratulations to both of you!
-Jay
Congrats to you both! Great year!
Congratulate you both! Top work!
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How cool that you are able to share the experience together. Love this post. Scott
Wow! Congrats to both of you
So awesome brother, you guys a quite a team!
Good things happen to good people. And hard working ones too ;)
Way to go y'all!
Fantastic!
Thanks everyone! Hunting with Marie is a blessing for sure.
S C Mercer, I pretty much hunted with longbows since 1983. I tried the 60" PSR for a hunt that took place out of small blinds and enjoyed it so much I decided to change it up for awhile and have enjoyed some great hunts; including this Cape buffalo last summer.
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Wow!!!
Denny, when will the story of your buffalo hunt come out?
Congrats!!
Wow! That is quite a season! Congrats to both of you!
What a great season!
congrats you two way to go
You guys had a great year Congratulations !!!!
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Wow great year for you guys! Love to see husband and wife teams!
This is awesome
Great stuff ... a dynamic duo for sure, you are blessed
Great pics of the Cape Buff Denny! Congrats on that hunt too!
Cool stuff . Some big ol smiles With your big ol deer.
Fantastic my wife used to hunt with me also . We enjoyed it very much until she underwent knee replacement that was it . congrats to the both of you great deer and very special memories that will last forever!