Don Pickell wasn't certain he had done the right thing when he passed on a large young buck last season.
Now he is sure he made the correct choice.
Pickell, of Rossville, Ind., was well-acquainted with the massive, 15-point whitetail he killed on Sept. 23 on a farm in Tippecanoe County, Ind.
"I had seen this buck last year, numerous times," said Pickell, 43, a pro-staffer with Mossy Oak. "He was a 12-pointer, but not real massive. I estimated him to be 2 1/2 years old, maybe 3 1/2. I never dreamed of him showing up this year and being what he turned out to be."
The buck puts Pickell as one of the adult leaders in the Harvested Non-Typical...