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s- r /Mil- \ jgp|r. * jfa. '»•. -:\.^y**y_ y nw jpp*' Special Photo KIjRK peaster shows off his big buck The Rack Was Good For Entry In Statewide Contest Peaster gains entry into statewide Truck-Buck contest Aug. 22 From Staff Reports Kirk Peaster. a freshman at Perry High School, will seek his 15-minutes ol lame Aug. 22 when he attempts to win a new pick up truck or a 4 wheeler. Peaster is one of the 16 contestants in the annual Georgia Outdoor News » ruv k duck Shoot-out. He qualified for the event by having the best deer, as scored by the Boone and Crockett system, during one week of the 16-week hunting season of 1998. Peaster, the son of Donna Hardage and Lynn and Tammy Peaster. all ot Perry, shot the 13-pointer in Macon County before his 15th birthday. He reached the competi tion by a most unusual route, according to Georgia Outdoor News. The hunters who believe they have a chance of winning the 16 weekly contests, bring their deer to the Georgia Wildlife Federation Fisharama each spring at the Georgia National Fairgrounds. Peaster killed his buck during the 10th week of the 16-week season. A contes tant from Telfair County had a 38-point deer which scored 248 4/8 on the Boone and Crockett scale, but the hunter did not take the required polygraph test and was ineligible to win. The next largest ranked deer also missed the con test because the hunter declined to take the poly graph test. A third hunter. Frank Timmons of Ponce Inlet. Fla., had bagged a 10 pointer in Macon County. The deer scored 141 1/8 on the Boone and Crockett scale. Timmons took and From left: Norma Adams. Manager Linda Nelson, Cathy Bryant, Sharon Beamon, Dr. Rhonda Thompson. Joyce Emerson and Phyllis Ross. V • y.v* * y. Dr Rhonda Thompson Optometrist passed the polygraph test becoming the Shoot-Out contestant for week 10. Timmons died after entering the contest, allow ing Peaster to qualify- He met the requirements of the rules and became the con testant for week 10 with his 13-point buck. The rack scored 138 6/8 on the Boone and Crockett stan dard. Peaster reported he shot the deer Nov. 21. 1999. He was sitting in a ladder stand on a 600-acre lease in Macon County, looking into an open hardwood creek bottom filled with white oaks. Peaster had not killed a deer during the season to that point. The weather was cold and foggy. Peaster told Georgia Outdoor News the weather began to lift. He said about 8:15 a.m., he saw movement at the creek and spotted the large deer. The hunter watched as the dear disappeared and then reappeared. Peaster shot but missed, and then failed to complete the clear ing and round bolting process because of his excitement. After getting the gun ready, Peaster said he was surprised to see the deer still in sight. He shot again and killed the dear. He did not move until his father, hunting nearby, reached the ladder stand. They were, Peaster said, amazed when they found the deer. The buck. Peaster's sec ond ever, was a 6x6 12- pointer with one abnormal point on the right beam. The rack tallied a net score of 138 6/8 by Boone and Crockett. Thompson Clfttc Specializing in Pediatrics and Contacts Call 987-3702 now for an appointment. Located in VVal Mart Vision Center 1 100 SI Patricks Pkwv Perry, Georgia Buckarama offers much for local visitors Aug. 20-22 The Georgia Wildlife Feder ation Perry Buckarama will be held Aug. 20-22 at the Georgia National Fair grounds. The Buckarama sig nals that the hunting season is quickly approaching. An exciting part of the Buckarama is the Truck- Buck Shoot-Out . This year, a local hunter, 15-year-old Kirk Peaster of Perry, has earned an opportunity to try for the Dodge truck and 4-wheeler. (see related story, this page) Also competing in the shoot-out will be Hugh Green of Houston County. He also won a hunting contest to become eligible to enter. Here's the story on the Truck-Buck Shoot-Out. Some lucky Georgia hunter will drive home from the Fair grounds in a brand new pick up truck valued at more than $28,000. Another one will leave with a new 4-wheeler provided by Motions. The truck and the 4-wheel er are the grand prizes in the 10th Annual Truck-Buck Shoot-Out. This is a pellet rifle competition among 16 deer hunters who harvested the highest scoring bucks during the 1998-99 Georgia hunting season. In the Shoot-Out. the con testants go through the rounds in which the targets get progressively more diffi cult to hit. One miss leads to dismissal from the competi tion. This event never fails to draw a large crowd of specta tors. As shooters are elimi nated. the tension and excite ment builds until the top shooter claims the truck. The second best shot wins the 4 wheeler. Highlighting the 1999 con test is the presence of two young shooters. Peaster, and 12-year-old Brandon Mitchell of Cochran. Each will try’ to out-shoot all other shooters to win the truck or 4-wheeler. , „ jg| ||||||| p ; d s |p| JgK fv I -Gj nuHHßnnr WFI 1 B? £ f 1 y'- % / rail« Wft / Hi rJjßs ■ Mr ri/Pfrfca j & -if JBMjB Jtaff jb Aim Home Journal Photo by John Trussed THE SCENT Dennis Lewis, president of the Scrape Juice Deer Scent Co., displays one of his two Pope and Young trophy deer taken in central Georgia. Lewis and many other hunting product dealers will have booths at the Buckarama at the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter SALE! - - Cl€nens iLaundry Pants J NOyt IN TUIO PERRV LOCUTIONS! 422 Sam Nunn Blud.,Perry * NeKt to Waffle House & Baskin Robbins 1109 Macon Street, Perry : 4 Pmr M John Thissel Home Journal Outdoors To qualify for the shoot out, a hunter must take the highest scoring buck during a week of the Georgia deer sea son. There are 16 weeks of deer season, and the 16 weekly winners are deter mined bv Boone and Crockett scores. These scores are determined during the sum mer Fisharama at Perry’. The Georgia Outdoor News Truck-Buck Shoot-Out will take pace at 3 p.m. Aug. 22 during the Buckarama. Local hunters will be on hand to encourage Peaster to win the truck. As usual, hunters will be able to get a look at the newest hunting gear at the Buckarama. They can also listen to several interesting programs. One of the most anticipat ed events is to see and hear Milo Hanson in person, along with his world-record deer. With a Winchester Model 88 .308 lever-action rifle with a Weaver K 4 scope pur chased for $lB9 in 1970, Hanson set out on his usual 2-week deer hunt with three friends. On Nov. 23. 1993. 49-vear old Hanson shot and killed the world's largest recorded white-tailed deer to date on his own property near Biggar (population 3PO) in Saskatchewan, Canada The Hanson buck scored 213 5/8 by the Boone and Crockett scoring panels and surpassed the 1914 record score of 206 1/8. A native small town Canor dian, Hanson has hunted big game since the age of 15. As a high school student, he worked feeding cattle on local ranches. After graduation, he serviced oil pumps and oil rigs, and then went at a co-op lumberyard. He met his wife, Olive at the lumberyard. During the fourth year of their marriage, Olive's father passed away, leaving Milo Hanson with a career change. They began operating her family's 1.200- acre beef cattle ranch. He converted the farm to grain production to compete in the farming market. On the farm, Milo and Olive Hanson raised their birth son, Bradley, born in 1970, and their unofficial adopted son. Chris. Hanson reports the entire family enjoys hunting. Before the fame, Hanson and his friends hunted large game in the snow by a method known as pushing bush. This involves several people flush ing deer to run into open ground past standing hunters. Though the local wildlife federation holds a big-buck contest, Hanson had never been interested in or did he really understand the intri cate nature of the Boone and Crockett scoring system. It was not until after shoot ing the famous buck that Hanson was introduced to artificial deer calls, scents and camouflage to coax unsuspecting deer even clos er. The spirit of the hunt still thrives in Hanson. In his 1995 book, World Record Whitetail: The Hanson Buck Story, Hanson wrote, “Quite simply, while big racks intrigue me, the hunt itself Middle Georgia Diamond Club Golf Tournament set From Staff Reports The Middle Georgia College Diamond Club Golf Tourna ment is scheduled for Sept. 18 at The Woods Golf Course in Cochran. The 27-hole, four-person scramble is limited to-the first 45 teams. Entrance fee is SSO per person. For more information, call The Woods at 934 0731, Coach Craig Young at 934-3044, or Pete Cook at 934- 2542. jab - m I Childcare Network Two convenient locations: 2294 Moody Road 923-8730 • 1701 Elberta Road 923-1246 Do You Need A Car... AND WONDER ABOUT YOUR CREDIT? Free, no hassle credit approval for auto loans . You may qualify regardless of • Good Credit • Blemished Credit • No Credit • Bankruptcy It’s Easy, Fast, and confidential! From your touchstone phone call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! 1-800-975-3325 Electronically answered Another exclusive service from Our Dealership 7 Wed., Aug. 11, 1999, Houston HonuJournal has always been more impor tant." Also at the 1999 Buckara ma young hunters get the opportunity to sign up for the 10-hour Hunter Safety Course. There will be a fully accredited Hunter Safety Course taught during the Buckarama. Classes begin the first night, Aug. 20, and continue all day Aug. 21. There is special emphasis on the safety and use of black powder muzzleloader firearms. To attend the Hunter Safe ty Course, interested persons must bring a social security card. To obtain the certifica tion, a person must attend both days of the classes. Pre-registration of 150 stu dents will be held at the Geor gia National Fairgrounds Aug. 20 at 5 p.m. Course hours that day wall be 5-8 p.m.. The next day, classes will be 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Upon successful comple tion of this course, students of all ages will receive the cer tificate needed to buy their hunting license. They will also receive a free blaze orange hunter safety patch, compliments of the Georgia Wildlife Federation. Addition al patches will be available at the GWF show office. Persons registered to receive credit for the course will be automatically admit ted to the show free each day. Others may sit in on the course, space permitting, but must purchase regular admission tickets. Admission to the Buckara ma show is $6 for adults and $3 for seniors and children over six years of age. See you there. Moms: If you have a four year old, live in Perry and work in Warner Robins, stop by to talk with us!! Enrolling now for Fall: Free Pre-K. Must be four by Sepil.im Free meals. Free “before am) after” are. Open 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Page 7A