Tim Johandes said his wife Missy ``works full time, takes care of two of our kids and deals with me. She gets very little time to hunt, but lets me go a lot. That's why she deserves this buck, and I am so glad I was there to be part of it.''

The Tinley Park woman downed her biggest buck Friday, on opening morning of Illinois first firearm season, with a muzzleloader in Iroquois County. He gross scored 151 2/8 and netted 145.

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