When I was in Kansas last weekend, my buddy asked about that huge WI buck that was taken last year. Is it true that it was really shot with a gun during bow season? He thought he had heard about it – I am a bird hunter, so I couldn’t help him out. Thanks for any info. Jeff
The decker buck??? (i.e. the field and stream buck??)
No, everything was kosher the last I heard. A great buck shot by what sounds like a good person, as far as I have heard.
I believe you are talking about this buck:
Father, son charged with killing trophy buck
The Reporter Staff • August 17, 2009
JUNEAU — A father and son from Horicon could face jail time on charges that they killed a trophy buck out of season during a Dodge County hunting trip.
Anthony W. Nisiewicz, 24, of Horicon, and his father, Wayne A. Nisiewicz, 45, made their initial court appearance Monday in Dodge County Circuit Court. Anthony is charged with possessing game during a closed season and failing to attach an ear tag to the carcass. The elder Nisiewicz also faces charges of being a party to possessing game during a closed season and obstructing a conservation warden.
The 26-point buck — estimated to be the 37th largest buck recorded in Wisconsin — was allegedly shot on Dec. 31, 2008, by Anthony Nisiewicz on his father’s property along County Trunk TW in the town of Hubbard. Off-duty Dodge County Sheriff’s Officer Scott Ziorgen, who was bow-hunting at the time, told investigators that he heard two gun shots around 4:50 p.m. coming from the Nisiewicz property, according to the criminal complaint.
Anthony Nisiewicz told game warden Paul Nell that he had killed the buck with a bow and arrow on the morning of Jan. 1. However, DNR veterinarian Julie Langenberg reported finding two bullet holes in the carcass along with a cut caused by an arrowhead. However, she said the wound from the arrow was caused after the deer was dead. A forensic specialist also determined that the deer carcass contained lead particles which pointed to a bullet entering the deer, according to the criminal complaint.
Wayne Nisiewicz also reportedly told Nell that his son had killed the buck with a bow and arrow but would not tell Nell the exact location of the kill. Photos from a confidential informant showed the prize buck in a shed at the Nisiewicz property with ear tags — a mandated procedure that should be implemented immediately after the animal is killed, according to the complaint.
A return court date has been set for Sept. 14 followed by a jury trial on Oct. 7. If convicted, Anthony Nisiewicz faces up to a year in jail and $4,000 in fines while his father faces up to 15 months in jail and $12,000 in fines.
I believe you are correct Brad! 
And welcome to the site Nittany Lion! 
That was the one – thanks Brad!
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