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'Amazing:' 7-Year-Old Shoots A 21-Point Buck In Rural Wisconsin
Jericho Manske has had incredible aim since before he was a toddler, his father said.
OCONTO COUNTY, WI — A 7-year-old deer hunter pulled in a trophy prize that's larger than himself. Jericho Manske shot a 21-point buck at a deer ranch in rural Oconto County just before the local deer hunting season ended recently.
"For him to be able to shoot an animal that size, and everything else, it was just amazing," Eric Manske, Jericho's father, told FOX 11.
Jericho, who lives in Maricotte County, thinks he didn't even "get a good shot at it," but still struck the buck twice, he told the news station. He hit the buck in the throat, and then the shoulder, he said.
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Eric Manske said Jericho has had incredible aim since practicing with a BB gun as young as age 1.
The 21-pointer will soon be mounted as a trophy for the young hunter, the report states.
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