#1 JOE KONSWINSKI Top 100 Santa Rosa Island Mule Deer Bucks
#1 JOE KONSWINSKI Top 100 Santa Rosa Island Mule Deer Bucks # 1 is finally here. We started this countdown on November 24, 2014 Joe Konswinski of Michigan shot the biggest buck on Santa Rosa Island in our 33 year tenure out there. This buck of Joe's is a 210 buck as a typical 4x4, but when you add in all extra points, he had over 45" of nontypical points. What a buck! Joe gets the distinction of shooting the biggest buck. At the same time a misguided Dodger fan, Will Woolle
#2 STAN ATWOOD Top 100 Santa Rosa Island Mule Deer Bucks
#2 STAN ATWOOD Top 100 Santa Rosa Island Mule Deer Bucks This is such a quintessential Santa Rosa Island buck and photo! This monster was shot by Stan Atwood near dusk out at the end of Bee Canyon. Pocket Field is in the foreground and San Miguel Island in the background. If I keep staring at this photo, I might start crying. I can just relive that return trip over the Burma Road in the dark, knowing that a monster buck is in pieces in the back of the truck. Before long, th
#13 MIKE DAVIS Top 100 Santa Rosa Island Mule Deer Bucks
#13 MIKE DAVIS Top 100 Santa Rosa Island Mule Deer Bucks Mike shot this buck a mere day later than Trent Kelley shot #14. That's pretty crazy-- two 224+ bucks within a span of 24 hours. 2010 was a wild year, indeed. This must have been Mark Michealis' most successful guiding experience. Not only did he guide on this buck, but also Matt Peters (#64). As they say, even a blind pig finds an acorn once in awhile! Seriously, Mark is a great guide. In fact, he still guides for us
#19 JULIE PERGAN Top 100 Santa Rosa Island Mule Deer Bucks
#19 JULIE PERGAN Top 100 Santa Rosa Island Mule Deer Bucks Just another 220+ buck from the Island. Ho hum, what's the big deal? Writing this, it almost feels as if looking at a buck like this is just so "normal". Now that's sick! Julie's buck is a true monster that is 10 points on his left and 8 points on his right. With this post, Julie is also established as the top scoring woman hunter in the SRI Top 100. Congrats Julie, that is quite an accomplishment. Julie came out wit
#20 TOM ARTHUR Top 100 Santa Rosa Island Mule Deer Bucks
#20 TOM ARTHUR Top 100 Santa Rosa Island Mule Deer Bucks Tom Arthur only came to Santa Rosa Island once, but he made his time there valuable. Wayne guided Tom, and they hit it off incredibly right from the start. Two seasoned warriors who ended up showing up all the young studs. No question they enjoyed that role. This buck was shot the same day that Ray Westall shot #23. When these two bucks were side by side that night all of us just knew that Ray's buck was bigger than Tom
#25 ARTHUR GUTIERREZ Top 100 Santa Rosa Island Mule Deer Bucks
#25 ARTHUR GUTIERREZ Top 100 Santa Rosa Island Mule Deer Bucks Arthur's 38.5"buck is the widest buck ever shot on Santa Rosa Island. The next closest buck was 36.25" buck that was shot by his cousin Jorge (#32) on this same hunt. Over 2" inches wider than either other buck. This 220 buck was not the biggest buck this tandem of hunters shot on this day either! Arthur's grandson Bobby Sergi shot an even better scoring buck on this fateful day (coming at #7). Now that's wild. T
#26 FRANK HIGGINS Top 100 Santa Rosa Island Mule Deer Bucks
#26 FRANK HIGGINS Top 100 Santa Rosa Island Mule Deer Bucks When you first look at this buck, you know it's big. But is it really a 220 buck? Then you start analyzing the complete picture and you begin to appreciate what this muley actually has. Also, he is a 6x6, so this photo doesn't highlight his four extra tines very well. In another month after this photo was snapped, the extirmination program for the herds of the deer and elk began. Sometimes, when you weren't on the hu
#27 GEORGE KARDASHIAN Top 100 Santa Rosa Island Mule Deer Bucks
#27 GEORGE KARDASHIAN Top 100 Santa Rosa Island Mule Deer Bucks Our first 220 buck! This buck truly has everything. Width, height, mass, non-typical points, the whole package. And as Will found out while guiding George, they are almost neighbors, which makes it even more sweet. Will also guided Lacey Duffy (#43) on this hunt. As mentioned in a comment on our Facebook page, this hunt was one for the books-- 4 bucks from this Sept 18-22, 2010 hunt made the Top 100, and this is
# 28 STEVE FULLMER Top 100 Santa Rosa Island Mule Deer Bucks
# 28 STEVE FULLMER Top 100 Santa Rosa Island Mule Deer Bucks This date was yet another magical one in Pocket Field. Earlier in the day, Steve's partner and great friend Jay Brasher shot a 205 buck (#98) on the edge of the Pocket in the bottom of Bee Canyon, and then we find this monster out at the point. This was the largest buck shot in 2004. If you read Jay's post, he never should have had the opportunity to shoot that buck since a prior client shot at the wrong buck. Well,
#29 GARY MILLER Top 100 Santa Rosa Island Mule Deer Bucks
#29 GARY MILLER Top 100 Santa Rosa Island Mule Deer Bucks Gary has been a trophy mule deer hunter for many, many years. He may also be the only member of the SRI Top 100 that was related to one of our staff. His son Grady worked at our skinner periodicallly. Grady got to be on this hunt with father on this hunt. Very cool. Gary's buck has a huge frame with three non-typical points. This is another great buck from our last, fateful year on the Island. This buck has great looki
