Arcola Buck Night (ABN) was held on Saturday, December 7 at Prairie Place Hall in Arcola. This was the event’s 19th year. ABN was first held in the Kisbey town hall, organized by local hunters and was attended by approximately 40 people. The ABN motto is “you shoot ‘em, we show ‘em”.
This year the event hosted 320 people and the money raised is donated to local community projects and to the “Look Good Feel Good” program. ABN 2018 and its sponsors raised $18,000 and this year the show should be just as successful.
The event is open to any hunter who has bagged and tagged either a whitetail or mule deer buck. Each set of “typical” or “non-typical” antlers is presented to be measured by a Boone Crockett scorer. This year’s scorers were Mike Halirewich, Heath Dreger, Donald Holinaty and Travis Markoski.
There is a men’s category for both species for typical and non-typical antlers, and also a ladies and junior category. The hunter with the high score in each category wins a free taxidermy mount with a value of around a thousand dollars. There are also secondary prizes in each category.
The evening also featured a roast beef supper, an axe throw and numerous draws and raffles. The supper was catered to by Linda Chapman and Eileen Corrigan.
This year’s top score in each category were as follows:
Juniors:
Whitetail or Mule deer, typical or non-typical: Kamri Olfert, Mule deer non-typical, score 199, 5/8
Ladies:
Whitetail or Mule deer, typical or non-typical: Karen Andersen, mule deer, non-typical, score 174.
Men’s Mule deer non-typical: Peter Andersen, score 227, 7/8
Men’s Mule deer typical: Kris Spence, score 200, 2/8
Men’s Whitetail deer non-typical: Ryan Carrier, score 209, 4/8
Men’s Whitetail deer typical: Brad Zukewich, score 182, 3/8.
