By DREYMA BERONJA
Journal Employees Author
GWINN — A Gwinn resident has shot the largest buck to this point this looking season in Marquette County.
Shannon Koponen, spouse of Marcus Koponen, mentioned in an e mail that her husband shot the 14-point buck on Nov. 17 at nightfall.
“He took the shot and when he went to go search for blood, there wasn’t any. He seemed for an hour and a half and couldn’t discover any indicators of blood or hair,” she mentioned. “When Marcus is aware of he hit his goal, belief me– he hit it.”
After calling it an evening, Marcus Koponen went out the following morning at dawn, when he then searched for an additional 4 1/2 hours utilizing a grid sample.
“He walked a straight line for 200 yards and would transfer over 10 ft and stroll again,” Shannon Koponen mentioned. “He lastly discovered his buck, and to his shock it was a monster 14-pointer.”
Marcus Koponen entered the Fast River Knifeworks Large Buck Extravaganza buck pool on Nov. 18 and received the highest prize for the largest buck.
In line with the e-mail, the 6 1/2-year-old buck scored at 142 inches, weighing 186 kilos with “monster hooves.”
“From what we all know to this point, this man is the largest in Marquette County,” Shannon Koponen mentioned. “There’s a actually cool story about this man. By no means quit when you bought your buck.”
He additionally received Baraga County’s greatest buck in 1997. The successful buck got here in at 11 factors and 118 1/2 inches.
The 50-year-old Gwinn resident mentioned he has been looking since he was 14 years outdated. In 2021, Marcus Koponen mentioned he suffered a stroke after carbon monoxide poisoning from an area heater. He needs different hunters to concentrate on potential carbon monoxide poisoning.
Hunters can keep secure from carbon monoxide poisoning by putting in carbon monoxide detectors, verify current detectors to ensure they’re working correctly and to correctly vent and preserve heaters that burn gasoline.
The Mining Journal reached out to the Marquette workplace of the Michigan Division of Pure Sources for remark however didn’t hear again earlier than publication deadline.
Dreyma Beronja will be reached at 906-228-2500 ext. 548. Their e mail tackle is dberonj@miningjournal.internet.