December 30, 2009

Well, another year has past me by like a bolt of lightning. I fondly refer to it as a bad case of the bed spins. If you don't put your foot down you will spiral out of control. My point is to take the time to share your passion for the outdoors with someone that has not had the opportunity. I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas. I would like to thank all of the listeners and Wood ward communications for this great opportunity to share my passion for the outdoors. Please keep the e-mails coming, if you have a topic or an interest that you would like to learn more about let us know. If you need to get outside consider a trip out to Wolf River Game farm click here for more info. Steve and his crew out there will provide you with

a great outdoor experience. As we move forward to 2010 take

the time to get the youngsters

involved in the outdoors, you will be a better person for it.

We here at Living the outdoors would like to wish you a happy and successful new year

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December 14, 2009

As I promised here is one of the nice bucks that was harvested by a Gander Mountain associate. Andy Wickland shot this buck on the opening weekend of the 2009 season. He was one of the lucky ones this year. The younger hunters at Gander were very successful this year and out did the veterans. Several nice deer were taken by the crew this past season. Hopefully the other hunter will e-mail me the pictures so I can post them. If you head out to hunt the late season I wish you the best of luck. If any of you would like me to post your BIG BUCK on the blog e-mail it to lto@wcinet.com with a short description of your hunt.

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December 1, 2009

WOW hard to believe that the 2009 gun deer season is over. I will try today to get out with the smoke pole. All in all the deer season was a bit of a disappointment for me. The weather was not very conducive to hunting with the fog and warm weather. The deer herd is also way down from the last 2 years. I at least see 20 deer on opening day this year I saw 4. The Wisconsin DNR has met or in my opinion exceeded their goal of getting the numbers down. Most people I have spoke with in the store are of the same opinion as me. Not many deer. Their near extermination of the doe population has had an adverse effect on the herd. I feel this not only effects the hunters but the economic impact on small businesses can be felt across the state. I will take a closer look as to what licences I purchase next year. I may not even gun hunt. I will always take to the woods with my bow because I love being in the woods that time of the year. If the DNR passes a 16 day gun season, will we have any deer to hunt ? Wisconsin has long been known for its whitetail hunting opportunities. Those are severely diminished. The DNR claims that we may not be hunting the right areas or not spending enough time in the woods BULL!!!!!!!!!! Those of us that take deer hunting serious can give them a better idea of what is out there. They claim the SAK works, if that means killing all the deer I guess it does. I must say that there has been quiet a few BIG deer killed this year. My opinion on that is the lack of does. A BIG buck rarely

shows himself let alone during daylight hours. These bucks have to travel to find receptive does. On a more positive note this year was the year for the younger hunters. At Gander Mountain we had 2 of our younger associates show up the older hunters. I will post the pictures in future posts. Also my nephew Daniel harvested his first deer, a BIG doe. as with all my disappointment this was why I like to hunt. Take the kids out and expose them to the outdoors and watch them take their own path. It was a pleasure to see the look on his face. After proudly serving his country in the Marine corps and a tour in Iraq he most certainly deserved that.

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