Hunting Diary

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  Second Tag - Anticosti

  One of the BEST things about going to Anticosti is that you have TWO deer tags!  Both tags are good for bucks or does!  Now that Freddy turned the Jupiter River into “the Red River” with his buck, I was “back in the saddle” of the shooter’s seat, and Cowboy was trying to help us fill my second tag. While driving back towards camp (with Fred’s buck safely… read more »

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  Cowboy and the .300 - Anticosti

  It was 2 a.m. on December 5, 2009, my birthday, when Ralph and Vicki picked me up at my place. We loaded my gear and headed to Joe’s, who lives only a few blocks from me, tossed his gear in the truck and headed for O’Hare Airport. We were starting the first of what would be four flights to get to Anticosti Island and hunt with our good friends up at Sepaq Anticosti. After what seemed like… read more »

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  Illinois Arctic - Illinois

  The snow was falling and the temperatures were dropping as we counted down the remaining days left to the Illinois deer season. We had been keeping a close eye on our HS Vita-Rack food plots for the last two weeks and with this last cold spell, the deer were hitting them hard. We consistently had a multitude of does, young bucks, and 4-6 good bucks working the food plots and then moving off to the… read more »

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  Captivating Island - Anticosti

  Anticosti Island... If I had to use one word to explain that place, it would have to be “captivating.” I suppose I say this about a lot of the places I’ve been with Ralph, Vicki, The POSSE and Archer’s Choice Media in general, but “The Island” has a unique, “captivating” stigma about it. First of all, it’s an island, and islands are ‘captivating’… read more »

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  Love 4 Double B - North Dakota

  Once again we headed up to hunt with David and John Brandt of Double B outfitters in North Dakota, knowing we would see a pile of deer! When we arrived we had two other special hunters in camp with us! Tom Gallagher from Cabela’s and Jon Allen from Nikon were there to hunt with Double B too!! We arrived in camp the day before we were to start hunting. We needed to go buy our tags from the local… read more »

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  Caught Off Guard - Kansas

  Our 2009 trip to Kansas started out a little rough. It was November 29, 2009 and Terry had just shot his long shot buck on the evening of the 28th. After taking care of Terry’s buck we still had to pack up for Kansas which we finished up by midnight, but we planned to leave at 4:00 a.m. With only three hours of sleep we climbed into the car and began our 1,000 mile trip. It was a long and tiring… read more »