![]() ![]() The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published a full account of Vandertie's hunt on Nov. He set out on scouting trips in late summer and made two journeys to Clam Lake during the fall hunting season.Īfter passing up several shooting opportunities, including at bulls that were on private land where he didn't have permission, elk that were too close to roads and at a very large bull that was standing broadside but in a crosswind, on his second trip to Clam Lake Vandertie was able to tag the 6 by 6 bull on a recently-logged area of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. Vandertie, though a life-long Wisconsin resident, was unfamiliar with the northern Wisconsin hunt area when he learned he was one of four names drawn in the state elk lottery. The 2018 hunt was restricted to the herd near Clam Lake. The Black River Falls herd was projected to peak at about 75 elk last summer. The DNR estimated the Clam Lake herd peaked at 224 to 232 elk last year after calves were born. The Badger State now has two elk herds, one in the central part of the state near Black River Falls and one in the north near Clam Lake. In recent years additional elk were transferred to Wisconsin from Kentucky. The species was native to Wisconsin but was wiped out in the 1800s due to unregulated hunting and habitat loss.Ī 1995 transfer of 25 elk from Michigan to the Clam Lake area in northern Wisconsin started a successful reintroduction of the species. The 2018 season was the first managed elk hunt in state history. "But after I heard from Bucky, I figured since it was the first season we should get it on the books." "I'm not up on all the scoring and I was never after any sort of record," said Vandertie, 56, who owns and operates a small dairy farm with his wife, Julie. PHOTO GALLERY: Trail cam images of animals wintering in Wisconsin ![]() OUTDOORS CALENDAR: Upcoming hunting and fishing dates RELATED: Ice firming as Winnebago sturgeon spearing season approaches ![]() It measured 280 4/8 inches gross and 270 3/8 net. 12 in Amherst by Bucky Ihlenfeldt of Kewaunee, an official scorer with WBBC. 8 near Clam Lake – it is now the Wisconsin record elk as recognized by the Wisconsin Buck and Bear Club. Dan Vandertie of Brussels knew he'd taken the first legally-harvested bull on a state tag in the 2018 Wisconsin elk hunting season, the first such regulated season in state history.Īnd he knew the fulfilling experience had been, literally and figuratively, the hunt of a lifetime.īut last weekend he learned something else about the 6 by 6 bull he shot Nov. ![]()
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