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Kyle Hacke and Deer He Discovered

It’s the Principle!

Kyle Hacke, Principal at Hillsboro High School and his brother, Scott Hacke of Springfield, found what may prove to be the biggest Illinois deer head of 2008 on January 2, 2008. Here is the riveting account of Kyle and Scott’s discovery in the words (lightly edited) of Kyle Hacke. The Hacke brothers experienced the equivalent of discovering a shoe box full of thousands of dollars on a deserted street. Kyle and Scott did not hesitate. Kyle wrote, “Scott and I both knew we had a special deer, but the right thing to do was to give it to John(the landowner).”

Kyle wrote further, “Scott and I know that we aren’t supposed to remove a deer or antlers from the field without a salvage tag and John called a CPO as soon as he got there. No one could show up immediately, so he took it home and told them to come to his house, which they did. Scott and I both knew we had a special deer, but the right thing to do was give him to John….It was found by me on John Grosboll’s property in Menard County on January 2, 2008. My brother Scott got permission from John to bird hunt his property. I walked up on the carcass in a border strip along a creek and called Scott over. Coyotes had slicked it up, but there was still a lot of hide, the hoofs, and all of the bones and vertebrae intact. Couldn’t tell how he was killed, no holes in the hide, or broken ribs. I would bet someone took an illegal crack at him. No way someone legally takes a shot at him and doesn’t shout from the mountain top that they may have hit him. He could’ve also been injured from fighting. They say there was a real aggressive 9 pointer out there, that this guy wasn’t really the boss. I spoke with John Saturday at the Quail Forever Banquet and he said he hasn’t had it officially scored yet, but should be somewhere around 246-250. 24-25 points, 4 drop tines, one palmated (you can see that in the pictures we took). The large drop tine on the other side is really long (can see that one in the picture too). When we found it, we called a hunting buddy of ours to explain it to him, then we called John who was extremely happy. He’s taking it to the Deer and Turkey Classic and getting it scored. I don’t deer hunt, but I knew we had found something special. I’ve seen a lot of big deer and I am a pretty good judge after spending so much time outdoors. I don’t know John’s plans for the deer or story, other than he promises to keep it in Menard County.”

For more pictures and story on the Largest Deer go to:

http://www.prairiestateoutdoors.com/index.php?/pso/article/grosboll_buck/