22Dec07

I would like to thank all of you who hunted here this past fall. I enjoyed all of you; just a great bunch of hunters. May all the best come to you and yours during this Christmas season. May 2008 bring health, prosperity and happiness in everything you do.  I won't get to talk to you all before Christmas but I  will as soon as I can. Thank you to those who are rebooking, for the new guys coming and to all who inquired about our hunts. We have only a few spots left to be confirmed for the 2008 hunt.  For those interested, I can have your name on a waiting list in case of a cancellation. We have room for 14 bear hunters for next spring. Have you ever heard the saying "Christmas is coming" ? Yes me too. My pictures are coming and so is Christmas. Till next time, Merry Christmas to all.

Wayne, Vicki, Keith    

 01Jan08

Happy New Year to all. Not much in the way of news. I finally got some of my pictures on and will get some more on soon. Weather is pretty much normal for this time of the year. Forecast for tomorrow is minus 3-4  roughly 25F. Christmas came and went without a hitch. Keith our son (and guide) made it home on the 28th and is now headed back up north to work. We ate lots of turkey. Looking forward for tjings to get back to normal as I imagine that's the way it is for most of you. Till next time, take care out there.   

19 Apr 08

I bet you thought that you'd never hear from me again. Well I'm here. To bring everybody up to speed on what is happening around here I shall begin with the weather. Winter was basically pretty normal for the most part. We did have a colder than normal stretch for about 10 days in Dec. The weather warmed before Christmas,which was nice. Got to do a little fishing. Never caught much but was nice to get out just the same. Jan., Feb. pretty much normal,not a lot of snow in Feb. Most of our snow came in Dec. and Jan. The first part of Mar. was quite a bit above normal, getting the water poised ready to run. Then it cooled off some. First half of Apr. decent. We had very warm weather, temps around 65 or so, in the middle of Apr. That took care of most of the snow. Places in the forest still has some snow. Yesterday it cooled off and the forcast is for cool weather. Highs most days only reaching the melting point. Also cool for the next five days. The spring birds have been here for a long time for some already. Geese were the first to arrive, 21 of Mar. we seen them on the way to go fishing. My two youngest daughters and I tried fishing on two different lakes. Skunked on both. Well I should't make this too long for now or I will have nothing to report for next time. I be back on soon. Promise and I will tell of what it was like in the bush  when I was up the last couple of times. Till next time stay safe. Wayne

5May08

Seems like it takes a long time for me to get back here. Well I'm back for an update. As I said I would give a eport of what we saw when up to the bush. Middle of April or there abouts, we headed off to the bush to visit a couple of stand sights that we did't get set up last year because of high water. On our travels we saw 8-9 deer, which is good for the amount of time distance travelled that we spent in the bush. We also seen a lot of tracks. About a foot of snow left at that time. Since nearly melted away then a storm came through about the 20th of April and left a foot or more of snow behind. That has pretty much melted now except where it can really pile up out of the sun somewhere. Have been in the bush baiting bear and they have been slow to come out because of the snow that the storm left behind. No reason to come out when there is a bunch of snow to look at. Always see deer and lots of tracks when in the bush. My neighbor lady down the road had a skunk hanging around and asked if I could trap it. I said sure and off I went to trap this skunk. Two days later I had this skunk. Pretty proud I was.It has been a while since I have done any trapping. I am going to try to do some more trapping. Trapping is a lot like hunting and fishing, you get to spend more time in the bush, on the lake with mother nature. Beats the heck out of holding the couch down. I better get going, I think the cows are waiting to be fed. The cows and I arte all looking forward to green grass. Coming up next, some fishing stories. Ice fishing on opening day 3 May.

Till next time take care. Wayne 

7 July 08  Hello to everyone out there and happy summer. Happy 4 th of July to those celebrating the occassion. Summer officially came on the 21 th of June and also literally. We have had some very warm/hot weather since then. Temps reaching near 90 F.  The deer now have their fawns and they and mams look good. We have deer going through our yard quite regular looking at our apple trees. Our new Lab. pup I think just watches or maybe isn't aware that the deer are even here. That will of course change as he gets older. He has lots of ambition and will surely give chase. The deer are growing their new antlers. A little early to tell for sure but indications are that they will be as good as ever. Deer populations are good. This last winter was a normal winter for the most and the deer and deer hunting I expect will be as good as we could expect. There are a lot of deer out there that we don,t see. Not much else in the way of news. There are a few openings left if anyone is interested. Doug from Virginia just called and booked two hunts. Thank You Doug. Hey, if you have any question out there let me know and I will be happy to respond.  I can smell my soup on the stove. Gotta go. Till next time, Wayne