Glassing!
Took a opportunity I had to glass quick at a local property I hunt and a familiar buck is still around he’s a 5 year old and is looking good so far. Sent from my iPhone
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Shawn’s Place: Small Tract Mgmt March 29th, 2012
Since my February post a lot has transpired on my place. I now have a mgmt plan and some of the initial work has already begun thanks to our early spring. My previous post said I would talk a little…
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Shawn’s Place: Small Tract Mgmt Feb 26th, 2012
It’s been a couple weeks since I last posted and a few things have started taking shape on my place. I’ve been out scouting a few times, I hinge cut some trees around a few bedding areas and started making…
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Shawn’s Place: Small Tract Mgmt Feb 2nd, 2012
Feb 2nd, 2012 The Land: This week I’d like to tell you a little about my place and what’s been going on there recently and why I see potential with this place. The 56 acres is pretty diverse for its…
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Shawn’s Place: Small Tract Mgmt Jan 30th, 2012
Jan 30th, 2012 – Intro: Greetings, 2011 was a great year for me and my family. With two growing kids (one teenager) we were ready to move into something larger and were fortunate enough to be able to purchase a…
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Deer and Turkey Multi-tasking
I’ve drawn the first week in May for my turkey tag. The landscape is turning green as I look over my choice of camo clothes to select something to match. Rummaging through my “hunting” closet I pull out stuff I’ll…
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A Hunters Best Friend
Until the early 1900’s, dogs were a part of big woods deer camps in Wisconsin. Typically, dogs would be turned loose on a fresh deer track to chase deer and get them to move past posted hunters. Hunters would take…
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Spot and Stalk on the Prairie
For the past couple years I’ve tried a style of hunting that I’ve found to be challenging and addictive. Spot and stalk requires the ability to see your target animal before it see’s you, and then get in position to…
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A New Deer Season Begins
Recently, I had the good fortune to escape Wisconsins’ winter for 10 days to visit my daughter, who attends college in a place where sun tans never fade. As my plane departed from Madison the temperature was -20 degrees….
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Hunting on Faith
I’d found his track while scouting a property in early April. Deer tracks, this size were not common these days. The CWD rules in effect for this area saw to it that few deer survived long enough to grow this…
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Experiencing the Ground Game
My typical bow or gun hunt for deer has me perched high in a tree, looking down on deer as they travel to bed, feed, or avoid other hunters. Occasionally I’ve set up on the ground mainly due to lack…
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Self-Filming Camera/Bow Mount Recommendation
This is always the most common question I get from guys, so I figured I’d post my latest recommendation in the world of filming your own hunts: Kodak: Kodak Playsport Zx3. A very handy, economical, HD camera. Waterproof, one-finger operation…
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Nutrition and the Hunter
I mentioned in an earlier season report about my elk hunt that I’m cleaning up my nutrition. I’m fortunate to have a great client that’s an expert in the health and fitness industry. Chris Johnson, owner of On Target Living,…
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Erdody Brothers Kill Big Bulls in Arizona!
My brother, John, and I left Saturday, September 8th for the 30+ hour drive to Arizona. Late Sunday night, we were setting up base camp to the sounds of multiple bulls bugling in the national forest land (public land) we’d…
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