Somewhere near Phillips, Wisconsin - November 2011
Little Dave, Dick, and Big Dave cookin' brats at camp
The kitchen tent to the left, sleeping and eating (complete with wood burning stove) to the right
What? A microwave at camp? We really roughed it
Big Dave cookin' pancakes, bacon, and eggs all at once on his ginormous grill
Cozy cots, sleeping bags, and electric blankets for all! (really)
Looking out from my blind at 5:30 am.
I don't think Laurie's dad likes me - he keeps dumping me in the forest in the middle of the night and leaves!
The AR-15 at the ready
Dawn comes but I don't think the deer have woken up yet
Self portrait, Wisconsin style
Afternoon of day 1 - in a new blind and it starts to snow
My window to a winter wonderland
It was so beautiful, grazing in the field with snow coming down. I can't shoot it - wait, I haven't seen anything move all day
and I'm HUNTING, right? Bang!
Say hello to my little friend - and my dead little friend
Day 2 - since I didn't shoot myself on day 1, they let me go into a tree stand this time
No deer but check out that view!
Steve sets a beaver trap after breaking through the ice
Da trapper gets a fat one
Yes, those teeth really are that color
Beaver lodge in the middle of a pond created by their dam
Les takes a pic of da trapper as Dick looks on
Da man isn't happy that beavers have flooded 30 acres of his empire
Another trap yields a muskrat
The city rat holdin' a muskrat
Schleppin' a 50 lb. beaver out of the woods left me drippin' sweat
The Rolls Royce of tree stands, complete with a propane heater!
Glad they put me in the cold stands first - this one's cozy !
The master butcher at work
Steve cuts the filets out first - notice the bullet wound in the front shoulder
Beaver, muskrat, filet of white tail in bag, rest of meat will be made into sausages
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