Maddie Morgan submitted this eight-point buck, which was taken during firearm season in McHenry County.
She had hunted for a decade with her dad David and noted: ‘‘Not many people expect a 20-year-old, 5-foot-tall girl to shoot a big buck!’’
She’s right about that.
BOTW, the celebration of good deer stories and big bucks around Chicago outdoors, runs Wednesdays on the Sun-Times’ outdoors page as warranted. Send nominations by Facebook (Dale Bowman), Twitter (@BowmanOutside) or email (straycasts@sbcglobal.net).