Micah Avery holds up the winner’s name of the Buck’s Hardware Big Buck contest. Gary Vasco, Stillwater, Minnesota, won the drawing and will receive $1,0030. Isaiah Deschampe splits half the purse with Vasco for having entered the buck with the largest antler spread and he too, takes home $1,030. Staff photo Brian Larsen
Brian Larsen It’s been a year of few deer in Cook County. Many deer hunters are coming away empty, reporting few sightings of bucks in…
