Bowhunting conditions were ideal on Friday afternoon, when 34-year-old Mitch Piepenburg headed toward a small food plot surrounded by a dense private swamp in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. Photo courtesy Mitch Piepenburg“It was a dead still evening, perfect for bowhunting,” says Piepenburg, who owns Steve’s Auto shop in Chilton. Photo courtesy Mitch Piepenburg“I didn’t want to mess it up with such a great buck,” he said. Photo courtesy Mitch Piepenburg“I’d seen this buck so many times on camera and in the woods, it was like hunting a ghost. Photo courtesy Mitch Piepenburg“He was much bigger a few years ago, maybe as much as 220-inches,” says Mitch, a dedicated bowhunter with many 140-inch bucks to his credit.