Your Wisconsin Outdoor Community

Who is going?  I will be there all weekend in the Whitetail addictions / Blood brothers booths. Swing by and say hi.

Wisconsin Madison deer classic:
April 2008
April 4 - 6
Wisconsin Deer and Turkey Classic
Alliant Energy Center
Madison, Wisconsin
www.deerinfo.com

I hear allot of talk about hunters waiting for the cold weather to go hunting...  Apparently a lot of folks think in winter you need to hunt in the bitter cold to get movement... But here it is last day and its pretty warm...  I have always felt that there are advantages as to why to hunt every day, and that if hunters get out of certain routines of always hunting the same way, they can start to take advantage of whats going on around them...

  Its pretty warm here in S.E. Wisconsin, fog is rising off the ground blocking vision and the snow is soft and quiet as it melts. Perfect day for some bedding area invasions.

    I have lost allot of my old hunting places, seems everybody, even friends get wired about big bucks. Especially when you out do them on there own ground. Hunting big bucks really teaches you who your true friends are.. Seems some people are only happy when they are shooting "your" bucks. This year I did not draw any out of state tags. I concentrated mainly on hunting the hill country to work on our next DVD. The area of public near my home has been devastated by the DNR's war on whitetails. As a result, I went my 1st year in over 20 without taking a good buck.

   I have been very fortunate in meeting lots of great people on these forums.  Many offers come in from folks who ask me if I would like to come to there ground and hunt with them. I really appreciate the friendships that I have made on the forum the last few years. You Guys treat me better than friends I have had most my life.

   I went over to one of my "new" friends ( been asked not to post who he is)ground for a last minute, last chance hunt.
 As expected, no big bucks spotted.. But I could use another big doe, and my friends ground has an abundance...






Check out Dan's Hunting Marsh Bucks DVD http://www.wisconsinoutdoor.com/huntingmarshbucksdvd.htm

Its that time of year again
Merry X-mass from Santa Bukmastr and friends!

I have a freind named Bernie, He is my Mom's 77 (I think) year old neighbor, who is always hanging around at Ma's asking questions about hunting. I took him hunting a few times in the last couple years... He is a pretty cool dude. Well he came over before rut and said he was going up to Black river falls to bowhunt and was asking some advice as well as just wanting to talk hunting. I asked him about his safety harness cause he uses one of those old one strap deals that will kill ya if you fall... I told him about the vest that Whitetail Addictions gave me and took him out by the truck and showed it to him... After hearing they were over $100. he said he could not afford it on his retirement budget... I asked him what his life was worth... That was the last thing I said to him... I was notified he fell out of his stand and his harness failed. He broke 5 ribs and punctured one lung. It took 1 1/2 hours before any body came looking for him.... He is in the hospital in Black river, he has been in Intensive care for about two weeks now... Those words I last told him keep ringing in my ears....
This is the second good friend who was severly injured this year from a treestand fall.
PLEASE be safe out there!