Jim Opoka arrowed a big eight-point buck with his crossbow in Cook County last month.
“Sure feels good to share the nice buck of my younger brother!” Joseph Opoka emailed.
Outdoors is a family affair for them. Jim Opoka helped coach the Brother Rice fishing club in past years and his son Luke, who took big bass honors at the Wolf Lake sectional nearly 15 years ago, earned Buck of the Week honors five years ago.
It also sure feels good that there is still huntable land in Cook County.
BOTW, the celebration of bucks and their stories (the stories matter) around Chicago outdoors and beyond, runs Wednesdays in the paper Sun-Times.
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