In his own words:
I am 45 and married to a great lady who lets me hunt and fish all year long.
My favourite type of hunting is for turkeys and a very close second is bow hunting for whitetails. Being lucky to have some great properties to hunt, I do a little guiding for both species.
In 2000 I successfully completed my Ontario Slam.
The Ontario slam is taking all of the big game in Ontario in a single year: Tom Turkey, Boar Bear, Buck Deer and a Bull Moose.
I am also part of the Gobblestalker Pro-Staff. You can see Gobblestalker game calls at www.gobblestalkercalls.com
Great optics have proven to be a large part of my success. I am happy to be a part of the Vortex Pro Staff.
location: Cambridge, ON
email: festerite@yahoo.ca
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Please click any cover for a .pdf article from that magazine on Ken Cull.
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| Big Buck Magazine Spring 2011 |
Ontario Monster Whitetails Spring 2007 |
Ontario Monster Whitetails Fall 2007 |
Big Game Records of Ontario 5th Edition |
For more information on Ontario Monster Whitetails, please visit: www.omwmag.com
The Big Game Records of Ontario are published by the Foundation for the Recognition of Ontario Wildlife.
To learn more visit: www.frow.ca
Articles posted with permission of the publisher.
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Please click any thumbnail to see larger photo at right.
Professional photographs taken for Vortex by Terry A. McDonald. Visit his website at www.luxborealis.com
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A Hunter's Tale
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...
To quote Dickens, that's how my morning went. I have been hunting all week with the shotgun and been passing young bucks and does waiting for a mature buck. Knowing that sooner or later I would get my chance. This morning the wind was from the east and I was hunting by myself so I thought that I would slip into a spot on the edge of a swamp. The swamp is a bedding area that holds alot of deer. To make this stand work you have to have the right wind. Shortly after first light a 1 1/2 year old spike came through. A half an hour later A doe and 2 fawns skirted the clearing I was hunting. So I tipped over the bleat can and they made there way over to my stand. Milling about under and around my stand depositing there sent they didn't know I was there. The eventually fed off.
15 minutes later I heard something coming through the swamp behind me straight down wind. It was a 2 1/2 year old buck. He walked out at 10 yards and starts to smell the scent left behind by the other deer. Working away from my tree he was out of harms way. So I tipped the can over again to see how he would react. There was another buck with him and out he came too. Now the two young bucks are walking around out in front of me grunting and looking for the source of the bleats. Then the young bucks put there heads up to see what was coming. I heard a deep grunt and I knew this was no young deer. He was slopping through the swamp coming out were the others did. I didn't move. Looking through the grate of my stand all I saw was rack and then a big body. At 3 yards the big 8 pointer was looking out into the clearing.
Here was the mature animal I was waiting all week for right under my stand. So I lowered the barrel down on to him and looked through my scope and settled in on his spine between his shoulders...
And pulled the trigger.
CLICK.
Anticipating the recoil but nothing. The shell misfired. All 3 deer are now on alert. And me thinking what the heck just happened? They get a little goosie and start to move away. "Should I cycle my pump quickly to get another shell into the chamber or go slow and quiet?" I opted for the slow and quiet choice. With deer out in front of me I did the best I could to get a fresh shell ready. When I closed the action they were off like a shot.
Oh well that's hunting...
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