With hunting season right around the corner, we are reminded of the Biggar, SK., local who earned himself celebrity status in the hunting world with his record shattering whitetail buck.

Back in November 1993, Milo Hanson was out, as many were that time of year, searching for their next big kill. A large buck had been reported in the area and Hanson even conferred with the local bus driver as to the bucks whereabouts.

His existence was no secret as many had heard of, seen and even taken missed shots at the whitetail. Hanson wasn’t even trying to sneak in a trip alone to find the prize buck, he was out that day in November with friends of his within the area, all vying for a good shot.

Hanson and his friends saw him twice during that week before the day that would forever change the hunters life. They saw him that fateful day go into a willow run with two does. One of the other guys Hanson was hunting with was his first to raise his rifle at the buck that Hanson said, “Looked like an elk. He didn’t look normal at all.”

Unfortunate for his friend, but fortunately for Hanson, his friend missed – Hanson took his shot next, and got him.

Hanson who had been smoke free bummed a smoke off of one of the other guys after the connected shot. "I was just shaking.." said Hanson.

Keeping in mind there are hunters who entire mission is to score a kill that would give them a page in the Boone and Crockett Club’s record books, Hanson, although knowing he just shot an incredibly impressive buck, simply hung the whitetail in his Quonset, without even so much as a lock on the door.

When word got out, Hanson knew he had a prize possession on his hands and started to hide the bucks head, at one point, even in a barley pile that he would pull it out of when people would stop by to see it.

Word travelled and the Boone and Crockett Club measurers confirmed that it was the new record holder for a typical whitetail buck measuring 213 5/8 inches. Beating out his record-holding predecessor, the Jordan buck shot in 1914, by 7 4/8 inches, to say it shattered the previous record would be an understatement.

From that point on Hanson was the ‘it’ guy in the hunting world, he referenced in previous interviews that his phone would ring constantly for appearances and interviews and everything in between. He had no idea that chilly November morning that his life would change so drastically.

Hanson reported that he made $60,000 a year for 10 years off the record holding buck, and said he would get nervous every year that someone would break his record, and added he knew that hunters out in the Midwest in the U.S. were definitely vying to get the title back.

However, 25 years later and no one has scored a bigger buck than the farmer from Biggar.