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#6 JIM TONKIN Top 100 Santa Rosa Island Mule Deer Bucks

#6 JIM TONKIN Top 100 Santa Rosa Island Mule Deer Bucks This was Jim's second big buck he shot on Santa Rosa Island. He was a crack shot with his scoped handgun. Andrew guided him on this hunt, but on his other trip I guided him and as we were stalking him, I asked him how close did we need to get for him to shoot the buck with his sidearm. He nonchalantly said, "We can stop here, I'm good". I was a little shocked since we were a good 300 yards out. True to his word, he sat d

#24 RANDY STOLTE Top 100 Santa Rosa Island Mule Deer Bucks

#24 RANDY STOLTE Top 100 Santa Rosa Island Mule Deer Bucks This is Randy's third and final entry into the SRI Top 100. As far as my guiding experience on the Island this buck won my personal competition for growing after it was shot. Randy and I saw this buck from a half a mile away. At that first glance, I thought we should go after it. Randy wasn't so sure. After a little cajoling, we set off after it. Two hours later of playing hide and seek with the buck, Randy planted h

#89 Santa Rosa Island Mule Deer Buck-- Joe Massolo

Joe and his guide Chad had an epic hunt during that Sept 2011 trip. This buck was shot the last morning of the hunt. Several years earlier Joe, knowing that 2011 was our last year, booked himself for two trophy bucks. On the previous day, Joe also shot a beautiful 194 SCI buck. As well, they saw an even bigger buck but couldn't close the deal. That particular buck was finally shot by the National Park Service's extirmanation team a couple days after they began shooting elk a

#100 Santa Rosa Island Mule Deer Buck-- John DeFalco

Anyone who ever experienced Santa Rosa Island knows about the winds out there. This hunt was extremely tough due to 30-40 MPH winds. This buck was hiding behind the largest scrub tree in all of Wire Field. This buck was also shot during the last hour of that hunt. I don't think John even had time to change clothes before he hopped on the plane. Number 100, 99 to go! #santarosaisland #santarosaislandbucks #sribigbucks