Alvin Ance, legendary deer hunter

  • 88-year-old Alvin Ance shot the biggest buck of his 74-year career on the last day of the Tribal hunting season. He’s in the running for the person who has shot the most Michigan bucks over his lifetime. Courtesy photo
    88-year-old Alvin Ance shot the biggest buck of his 74-year career on the last day of the Tribal hunting season. He’s in the running for the person who has shot the most Michigan bucks over his lifetime. Courtesy photo
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. That string of success was…

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