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Wisconsin bowhunter Cody Kabus makes headlines after tracking a massive buck for two days only to discover it was not his to claim. After realizing that the buck he killed had already been wounded by another hunter, Kabus chose to return the animal to its rightful owner, a decision that ultimately earned him the state’s Ethical Hunter Award from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
On his unexpected journey, Kabus displayed exceptional integrity, as he informed a fellow hunter about the deer’s whereabouts, despite being the one who ultimately dispatched it. His story highlights the importance of ethics in hunting and serves as a reminder of the hunter’s community spirit, prompting Kabus to comment that “doing the right thing means more to me than having that buck on the wall.”
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