Hunting Diary

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  Choice Groundblind Bruiser

  Like many other fellow bow hunters have been putting up trail cameras, putting in food plots, scouting and looking for shed antlers on my properties for quite some time now. But one property I have not been able to connect on the big boys, due to the lack of good trees where I need them. So this year I decided not to watch the deer from a distance feeding in my food plot and then wander off after dark.… read more »

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  Change is Good

  I had been hunting hard in my home state of Wisconsin with little to show for it. So when Scott Wolfe invited me down to hunt in Illinois, I was excited to change things. The week started out pretty slow. Daytime highs were in the 70's and it was November 8. The first two sits we saw five deer total. On Tuesday night we had a small 4-point come into our doe decoy and have his way with her; that… read more »

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  “Show Me”

  I hunted the last 4-1/2 days of the Missouri's early archery season with hopes of getting a nice buck with my Hoyt bow, and then get to use my firearm permit during the following three days of the ten day rifle season. On the third day of my bow hunt, my oldest son Sage flew out to meet me. He did some scouting on his first day there, while awaiting the opening of rifle season. On my final afternoon… read more »

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  The Lucky Jacket

  Thursday October 21 seemed to be the day for me to go out and hunt. We had a POSSE member, Bill Ball come through the area after a hunt he had been on and was on his way to come visit us here at ACM. The light bulb went on!!! Give Bill a call and see if he would be available for an afternoon. I called and he said "yes, what time?", so we were putting together a plan. Joe said that we should get a ground… read more »

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  Moose Mania Once Again

  Tuesday, 9-14-10: We flew in to Tay Puddle Camp yesterday afternoon and met up with Darcy & Leon, our guides, along with Don Lind. It was about 5:30 pm when we arrived and we weren't able to hunt that day. Ralph & Don did take a boat ride and heard two bulls calling. This morning we got up about 5:00 am, got dressed and had some breakfast. Ralph, Don, & I headed up the Tay River at… read more »

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  In My Veins…

  Living in the Midwest, Whitetails are my bread and butter, but Elk hunting runs through my veins! There is no other hunt that I feel is more challenging and exciting than chasing the majestic Bull Elk up and down the Rocky Mountains. The bugles and screams of this great creature get your heart pumping as hard, if not harder, than the mountains in which they call home. I had been preparing for my annual… read more »