Jimmy Gretzinger has been hosting Big Buck Night for Michigan Out-of-Doors television for 25 years. And his co-host, Jenny Olsen Ciolek, has been doing so for 24. Between the pair, they’ve interviewed hundreds of hunters who they’ve brought to the stage to show off their big bucks.
The biggest change they’ve seen over the years is the numbers of hunters who shot the one deer they were monitoring and targeting.
Trophy whitetails highlighted at Big Buck Night-West in Michigan
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