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Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 3:42 AM

Alvin Ance, legendary deer hunter

The biggest deer shot by 88-year-old Alvin Ance may have been the one that required the least work. Ance, a member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, may have shot more bucks in Michigan than any other hunter.

The biggest deer shot by 88-year-old Alvin Ance may have been the one that required the least work.

Ance, a member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, may have shot more bucks in Michigan than any other hunter. He’s been putting venison on the table for nearly three-fourths of a century.

“I’ve gotten at least one buck every year,” Ance said.

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