Whitetailaddict wrote:Almost sounds like John challenges Dan at one point on trying to shoot a mature buck in Michigan using beast tactics by essentially saying it can't be done. Seems like there's already guys on here from Michigan doing it. Also no disrespect to Andrae but I'd be surprised if he has the most boone and Crockett deer. Not that it matters and he doesn't need to prove himself to anyone but that might have been stretched a little. This series of podcasts is like a heavyweight fight. Love the info. Thanks to Dan and John for doing it.
He has the most with a bow, all scored by officials from B/C. However, it don't count because they were taken out of the current books. There may be someone, somewhere, who has him beat, but they have never come forward. There was a Marc Anthony guy who claimed he had the record, but he had one less than Andrae, and he was later busted for buying the racks, not actually killing the deer.
Andrae was an amazing hunter who taught me a lot. There was a time frame when he decided to try and break the Wisconsin State record. He did not succeed, but in a short time frame he shot the second biggest buck in Wisc, and then broke that record by shooting the second biggest again knocking his other one down a notch. He also was onto a giant that was the state record and another guy ended up getting it. Its fact, I was hunting with him at the time.. He was a legendary hunter who certainly never got the credit he deserved.
The biggest difference between him and I, is that he went the way of finding the best buck, then doing whatever it took to get permiission, lease, or buy the property, where I was a little less competitive, and hunted more public... Andrae did start out on public though...