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Monday 16 Jun 2008
Russ Zimmer is getting married
Russ was always the youngest hunter in deer camp. WOW time has flown by as now Russ the young man is getting married and will be sharing all his life and time with his new bride. Russ was always the eager kid listening to the older hunters stories and taking it all in. But he learned very fast and now is always one of the successful hunters with a trophy to talk about before the season is over. He races snow mobiles in New York State where he lives too. He is an avid outdoorsman in pursuit of whatever is in season and he also loves to fish. You can count on Russ to hunt from daylight til dark regardless of the weather with no complaints from him. He is always ready to help with the long drag if you need him to get your buck out of a deep ravine or the 1 mile or more drag back to camp. We wish you and your new bride the very best Russ. We look forward to sharing many more deer camps with you and with your family when they come along. Congrats Russ!
Friday 30 May 2008
2008 Year of the Morel Mushrooms in Indiana
When the ground starts to warm in the spring and the Wild Turkeys start to gobble and start their mating rituals is also the time to get in the woods and hunt for the land fish as some people call them. MOREL MUSHROOMS 2008 has been a great year here in Indiana to find them by the sack full. It had been several years since they were as prolific as they have been this year. All the local sages have their reasons for why it has been a good year. Lots of snow is what some people claim, the global warming factor even gets a vote. Regardless of the why are they here? It has been a good year. If your not familiar with the Morel then please research and make sure of what you have found before you eat them. Here in Southern Indiana there are several different varieties of the Morel. Small grey one, black mushrooms, long stem morels, and everyones favorite the huge yellow honeycomb mushrooms. They get their name from the honeycomb looking effect on their cap or top of the mushroom. A mushroom hunter goes out in the woods and hunts around poplar, ash, wild cherry and sycamore trees to find their quarry. They Morel’s color and size make it a challenge to find as they blend in perfectly with the surroundings. They are delicious to eat and hard to find so they can also be sold. $50.00 a gallon is a common local market price for these delicacies. Every Morel hunter has their favorite woods, creek, or hills to hunt for them. The morel seems to come up each spring in about the same locations each year. So every mushroom hunter guards their locations for finding them like the their most important family secret. You can not take someone with you to hunt them because they might remember where to go and beat you there next year when the time is right to find them. I have seen long friendships ended by just that scenario. Only hunt Morels with people you would trust to keep watch of your wallet or your wife 
This is my dad and two of the honeycomb mushrooms he found the first week of May. When ask where he found them? He claims “the woods” ! Likely story……
Friday 30 May 2008
Turkey Time - Xtreme Outdoors
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Karl Zainitzer with Xtreme Outdoors relocated from New Jersey to Southern Illinois so he could be closer to where the greatest hunting in the world resides. Not only are there trophy whitetail bucks here; but Karl also found a new passion. Trophy Wild Turkey Gobblers! Here is Karl with one of his 2008 birds. 25+lbs and 1 1/2 inch spurs to go with an 11 inch paint brush beard made this Karl’s best gobbler to date. Way to go Karl and welcome to the Midwest!
Monday 19 May 2008
Special Disabled Hunt and Events from BADF Disabled Services
Special Wisconsin Deer Hunt with Wisconsin River Power Company
The Wisconsin River Power Company (WRPCO) is hosting its first disabled deer hunt in 2008. The hunt will take place from October 11-12, 2008. The hunt will be located within the Petenwell Wildlife Area which is owned by WRPCO. The Petenwell Wildlife Area is an area approximately 750 acres in size that has been set aside by WRPCO as a wildlife refuge. The majority of the area is permanently closed to any other hunting activities. The area is located 3 miles east of Necedah in central Wisconsin. WRPCO is looking for a total of four hunters for the 2008 hunt. Each hunter may bring an assistant. Hunter will be chosen by replying to the questions below and sending the information to wrpcohunt@yahoo.com. In order to qualify for the hunt, a person needs to qualify for a State of Wisconsin ‘Class A’ Disability Permit. Hunters selected will need to obtain a Wisconsin Class A Disability Permit and a Wisconsin deer hunting license prior to the event. Wisconsin laws allow the holder of a Class A Disabled permit to take a deer of either sex with their regular deer hunting license.
Information on the WI Disability Permit is located here: http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/wildlife/HUNT/Disability.pdf
To apply please answer the questions below and email them to wrpcohunt@yahoo.com. Please do not apply if you are not serious about attending. Hunters will be drawn and notified on of before June 20th, 2008.
1. Name
2. Complete Mail Address with Zip Code
3. Email address
4. Age
5. Explain disability/illness
6. When did you become disabled/ill?
7. Number of deer taken lifetime?
8. Number of deer taken since disabled?
9. How many times did you hunt last season?
10. Have you been on a BADF hunt or are you scheduled to be, explain?
11. Explain what you need to accommodate you for a hunting stand
12. Will you need to bring a non-hunting attendant with you? If so male or female?
13. If you use a wheelchair is it manual or electric?
14. Do you already have a State of Wisconsin ‘Class A’ Disability Permit?
15. Do you have everything you need to be able to hunt? If not, what do you need?
16. How far can you shoot and keep your shots in a 3inch group?
17. How did you become disabled?
19. Describe your mobility.
To apply please answer the questions above and email the answers to wrpcohunt@yahoo.com
If you have any questions email dsullivan@buckmasters.com
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New Deer Stand
Helping you, get back into the tree!
The Mann Stand is mobilized to a location on the small trailer towed by a 4 wheeler or other means.The stand is balanced on the trailer so it maneuvers easily by hand when detached from the 4 wheeler. It only takes a few minutes for the setup.
A 12V-DC hydraulic remote controlled motor powers the stand. Once the motor is engaged it only takes a few seconds to ascend to its height. The lower platform line of sight, when elevated, is approx. 16’ and the upper platform is around 20’. When not in use the stand is raised and left in the up position. See it at www.kripplekreek.com.
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Sporting Clays Shoot for Able/Disabled in Alabama
The DSOA Mickey Roy sporting clays shoot that was to be held in Montgomery April 5 was rained out and a new date for the shoot is Saturday May 31st. If any of your group at Buckmasters in interested in shooting please have them contact me at 205 907 2604. There is no charge for disabled shooters and shells are supplied. Thanks for your help. If you get an opportunity please come.
My son and I went down to Jennings Louisiana for the Buckmasters shoot there and had a great time. Buckmasters really puts on a great show!
Danny Coker
205 907 2604
Tuesday 11 Mar 2008
Kale gets an OKIE Hog for Christmas
Paul Biggs youngest brother, Kale got a hog hunt for Christmas 07 from
his older brothers. He takes advantage and arrows a
nice boar at Rocky Top Ranch and it was all on film. CONGRATS Kale! Merry Christmas!!
Tuesday 11 Mar 2008
Nick Teeters and his 2008 Indiana Archery Trophy
Nick Teeters is a friend of mine and there is not a more dedicated outdoorsman than Ranger Nick. He loves to hunt and fish and spends all of the time he can pursuing these passions. This is Nicks story in his own words on his 2008 archery trophy.
Hey Hack….
Ok…let me just say that this is why you
always follow through with tracking. I Shot this buck
on the evening of Nov. 3,2007. It was a quiet evening
and the rut was just starting to come full swing when
I noticed a large bush shaking on the other end of the
field. I grabbed my binoculars and took a peek, I was
surprised to see the rack of this buck raking through
a small tree. I watched him work his way up the field
for another 20 minutes. I decided that this was not
the buck that I was hunting, but a bird in the hand,
and in this case a nice trophy in the hand. He
stopped about 70 out and started to make a scrape when
I picked up my grunt call and my Primos Can and went
to work, needless to say it didn’t take long. He
strolled right in to give me perfect shot at 35yards.
Just as I released the arrow, as I watched my arrow
heading directly for it’s mark, I saw the buck step
forward leaving the flying spear about 10 inches back.
He trotted right at me and stopped at 12 feet (I was
in natural ground blind), I noticed how bad the shot
had turned out and tried to nock another arrow, when
he caught me and trotted off. A long day later I was
able to find the buck bedded down about 1.5 miles away
and was able to correct what had turned to a
devastating loss into a great recovery. Anyway, he
scored 144 3/4″ which is a good buck anywhere in
Indiana. Just thought I would share it with you,
oh…and I will tell you the rest of the story around
the campfire sometime. Take Care Hack, enjoy and Good
Huntin’
Hunt like you mean it, and fish like you need it,
Ranger Nick
Tuesday 11 Mar 2008
Paul Biggs and coyote 2008
Here is the Outdoor Critic, an avid hunter and fisherman; Paul Biggs with one of his 2008 coyotes he harvested this year. Nice dog, dawg! Paul also films and edits for My Outdoor Zone an awesome website and upcoming TV show for the fall of 2008.
Monday 11 Feb 2008
Valentine’s Day - Love between a Moose and Bison Statue
when you’re in love, you’re in love
We need to tell you that there was some damage to the statue of the American Bison located in the Colorado Rockies .
The attacker could not be dissuaded, and kept up his assault for eight hours.The incident even caused a traffic situation - gawkers!
We need to tell you that there was some damage to the statue of the American Bison located in the Colorado Rockies .
The attacker could not be dissuaded, and kept up his assault for eight hours.The incident even caused a traffic situation - gawkers!
The damage consisted of:
1) The loss of about two inches from the left horn.
2) Hoof scratches on the side of the Bison.
3) Some chips in the right rear hoof.
4) Blood stains behind the Bison. The statue was also moved eight inches forward.
Attempts to center the statue on the pedestal were made.
Go Bullwinkle
Wednesday 23 Jan 2008
This 8 point buck is 12 yards away
Bow Hunting from the ground has it’s challenges, doing it from a wheel chair adds a little more of a challenge to it. This last bow season brought me several chance’s at bucks; but they were not the buck I was looking for this year. I had some very successful hunts though, like this one with this 8 pointer in the picture. To scout and find the deer sign and the perfect stand placement is to me one of the most fullfilling things about deer hunting for me. You take a 5,000 acre woods like I hunt and then narrow that down to the place to sit and observe deer within 20 yards of you is just awesome. This stand is a funnel point where three ridges drop off and empty into a creek bottom. There are several rubs and a couple of scrapes here along the side of the main ridge. Those logs have washed down due to a heavy rain at some point. It is very thick during bow season before the frosts have arrived so the deer will be very close for a bow shot. Chances are like that you will see deer within yards of you like this one and no shot will be available. Yes , you can find places for a stand that offer 50 or 75 yard shots but that is not where the deer are at so what good is all that open really doing you? Another thing is that you always have to be alert and watching and listening to the woods. A deer does not have flashing lights or sirens on it to make sure you see him. Allot of people go hunting I know and have deer pass close to them and they never had a clue it was there. Look at this buck in the picture and I bet it takes you a minute or so to see him. What perfect camo? He is exactly 12 yards away and yet if you do not know what to look for you will never see him. You rarely see a whole deer where I hunt. You must look for a ear, a nose, a white patch of hair or their eyes. A leg moving where there should be no movement or just the noise of the buck’s footsteps. I am not naive enough to even begin to think I see all of the deer that pass by my stand, but I know by concentrating as much as I can and looking for all of the clues I greatly improve my chances. The buck is top right about three inches left of the right hand side of the screen in case you can’t see him. Not a shooter for me, but it was great to watch him make rubs and browse along that trail.
Tuesday 22 Jan 2008
Snow brings up December morel Mushrooms!
This may have happened somewhere before but I had not heard of it. These two white morel honeycomb mushrooms came up after our first snow this December. Mushroom hunting is such a big deal here the local paper came and photographed it and ran a story on it. If you have had this happen before of know of it then please comment and let us know. Here is the picture of them as ran in the Salem, IN Leader Newspaper.
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