Big turnout for big bucks

The stories were plentiful and so were the antlers at Big Buck Night for Leelanau County hosted by Dick’s Pour House.

It was the 21st year for the event.

“That’s when people were excited about new antler restrictions,” recalled Mark Steimel, a fruit farmer and taxidermist from Leland Township who has attended every big buck evening. “There is a huge difference between the size of bucks now compared to then.”