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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Ron LaClair on October 25, 2014, 05:47:00 PM
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This video is from a Michigan Upper Peninsula TV show called "Discovering" that was taped a year ago. It's not totally traditional archery but it has a good segment that was taped at our Shrew Haven deer camp with comments from all of the guys that come up there every year.
It's time for our annual trek to Shrew Haven again in 2014. To that oasis in the northern woods where we drink deep of it's healing waters....until we come to this place again. :campfire:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C5sIKWBjoY
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Very nice!
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Ron,
Good video that says a lot about why we hunt.
Good luck at Shrewhaven this season.
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That was a real nice video.. Great to get a look at Shrew Haven..
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Very cool!!
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I have been to Shrew Haven many times, only it's called "County line hunting club".... and its in the mountains of central Pennsylvania.... really enjoyed that..!
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Way cool, Ron! Thanks for sharing.
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Cool video, Ron! Nice to get an idea of what Shrewhaven looks like! Thanks and good luck this year in the UP!
Kenny :bigsmyl:
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Definately a great video Ron of what it's supposed to be and why and when we each take the journey afield each and every year!! What a special place you have there
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We will be there soon!!
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Great video Ron...thanks for sharing.
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Good luck guys at camp this year. We lost a lot of deer in this part of the country last winter. I have had many hunts this fall with no sightings including two of three days this past weekend.
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Really nice video thanks for sharing :campfire:
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Hey Ron, very cool thanks for that little taste!!
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Thanks for sharing, very nice.
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Thanks for sharing...really captures the attitude and spirit behind the comradery of hunting. Really makes me want to get back to the UP again as well.
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Nice video.
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A real delight to watch and listen to.
Cheers
Alex
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I saw that clip last year while up there during our gun season, it is a great video, and pays great respect to your camp and all of those that have come before it, and shows the great respect and tradition that we all share as brothers and sisters in the hunting world.
(P.S. the very next morning I had a wolf at 26 paces, knowing the reverence you have for them I thought it was very fitting, thanks Ron.)
Jason
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Good luck guys at camp this year. We lost a lot of deer in this part of the country last winter. I have had many hunts this fall with no sightings including two of three days this past weekend.
John, I know last winter hit the deer hard up there :( C.O. Dave's son saw what he said was the "biggest buck he's ever seen" early in the season on our property, we recently bought another 40 acres ajoining our land so we've got 440 acres now.
Also one of the guys that hunted the first week said he saw a really nice 10pt. and a big 8pt.in the same area that Daves son saw the big one. So we know there's a couple dandy bucks to watch for... :archer:
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The camp Chef is in camp already. He's doing some advance scouting and preparing for the onslaught of the Shrew Crew.
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Yes Jason, I do feel a "connection" with wolves. They are highly intelligent and their social structure is much like ours. I know they're numbers need to be controlled but personally I don't think I could ever kill a wolf.
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Great video and story, Happy Hunting guys!
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I've heard thier songs before but that morning with them all around was simply one of my most memorible times that I will alway cherish, and I thank the good Lord for it. Good luck to you and everyone at Shrewhaven this year.
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Way cool Ron. Best of luck to you guys this year.
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Interesting comment on the wolf, Ron. I feel the same about an elephant (not that I could afford to hunt one anyway). I understand their numbers need to be controlled and I feel no resentment toward those who hunt them legally, but I have no desire to kill one myself. I guess I've romanticized them too much, but "noble" comes to mind when I think of them.
That is a great video. What a difference from the "high 5's" and fist punches on most of the hunting shows. I still like the German tradition of the "Lezter Bissen" (last bite) and the moment of silence before the field dressing starts.
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The only fist bumps and high fives come when that evenings chef says dinner is served. :readit: ;)
Now if a deer is brought back into camp, there will be a lot of 'way to go ______' congratulations and probably a toast of bourbon a little later. :thumbsup:
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Now if that could be a good, single-malt Scotch, I'd be glad to toast your deer, Ray :)
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Now Tim Cosgrove is a Scotch drinker as well as bourbon, and Roger Norris loves his Jamison's Irish Whiskey, however Greg, Ron, Kevin and myself prefer the finer bourbons. That said, nobody would frown upon any toast made with any refreshment made in the spirit of camp.
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Makes me want to go find Armstrong Creek! Souds like my kind of draggin'!Very nice Mr. LaClair.
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That right there say's it all.Very well done Mr. LaClair and gang
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Now Tim Cosgrove is a Scotch drinker as well as bourbon, and Roger Norris loves his Jamison's Irish Whiskey, however Greg, Ron, Kevin and myself prefer the finer bourbons. That said, nobody would frown upon any toast made with any refreshment made in the spirit of camp.
Just in case someone gets the idea we're a bunch of lushes because of the bottles on the video and Rays statement, we're not at all. The libations are enjoyed moderately in the evening just before and or after dinner, with maybe a cigar or pipe of aromatic tobacco. There is not a deck of cards in camp, and after dinner we sit and talk of the days events and maybe reliving experiences of years past. We talk of plans for the next day, then it's early to bed and early to rise...we're not party boy's, first and foremost we are hunters... :archer2:
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Originally posted by Ron LaClair:
We talk of plans for the next day, then it's early to bed and early to rise...we're not party boy's, first and foremost we are hunters... :archer2:
That's a proper hunting camp right there. Good stuff Ron.
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Ron isn't kidding about no cards and actually having a conversation after supper. We sit around and debate, laugh, solve the worlds problems, and talk about old hunts. Someone is always stopping by, and that's always fun.
Put it this way...we all know that our local herd is in trouble up there because of last winter and possibly the wolves. Ron and I just hung up, and we both agreed that we (at least he and I) aren't shooting any does. It's going to be a slim year. Yet NOBODY considered not going to camp.
Shrewhaven is a place that we all get to enjoy TRADITIONAL ARCHERY....that's what it's about.Heck, I'm not even taking a treestand to camp this year. I'm planning a Shrewhaven season on the ground, sneaking around the pines...and hopefully a whopper buck. Or at least a story to tell..... ;)
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Please be sure to post all the stories and pics from shrew haven this year. I really enjoy reading all the adventures from there.
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Go Get em Roger.
(FYI- Ron has your Coup Cap.)
Good luck Guys.
CTT
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I've gotten wind of a couple nice bucks on our property. They have been seen by several different people in the same general area. From what I've been told I have a pretty good idea on their line of travel. The plan when I get up there is to scout the area and try and find a trail they may be using. Then I'll set up a ground blind on either side of the trail in case of changing winds. This tactic has worked for me before so I'm hoping it'll work again.
I haven't mentioned it to the other guys but I told Roger about it in a phone conversation earlier today, he wanted to team up with me on these bucks. I told him I'd send him a text when I needed help dragging one of these bruisers out.... :bigsmyl:
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Text me sure....while you are :bigsmyl: dragging I will skip back to camp and eat the last hunk of apple pie....
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Text me sure....while you are :bigsmyl: dragging I will skip back to camp and eat the last hunk of apple pie....
Have at it chubby... :biglaugh:
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Hmmm. Roger I thought you told me the cross fit motto is you can't out work what you eat. No amount of you "skipping" back to camp will work off a piece of that butter laden crust/brown sugar and butter infused mixture of Northern Spie and honey crisp apples baked to a Carmel like perfection. Since I am down about 30 pounds over the last ten weeks I really don't think I should tempt myself by making any pie in camp this year. Go ahead and help Ron with that mossy horn buck and we'll count it as a cross fit workout for you. :laughing: :laughing:
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You hear that Ron? No pie! You need to do something about this, :scared: Old Timer!
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Originally posted by Ron LaClair:
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Text me sure....while you are :readit:
Awe, don't you worry your chubby little belly, you'll have some pies in camp. I'd hate to have you 'inadvertently' not tend the fire so deftly as you do each night.
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Loved that Armstrong Creek story telling!
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Really enjoyed watching that Ron. Thanks for posting it!
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You hear that Ron? No pie! You need to do something about this, :scared: Old Timer!
What can I do :readit:
"Those were the day's my friend, I thought they'd never end" :( :( :(
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Oh, and don't fall asleep during our evening discussions... :biglaugh:
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Wow Ron, I'm getting close to that weight in the picture. That's got to be a picture from 10 plus years ago. Note the wood post just above my right elbow is still there. That was removed during one of the first remodels. Also, the shelf that Tim added on the right of the right post is not there yet. I do miss that short brim stormy Kromer. I think it shrunk in the wash and now would fit an infant. Yes folks, proof that you can have gourmet desserts even in a remote hunting cabin. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Originally posted by Ron LaClair:
Oh, and don't fall asleep during our evening discussions... :biglaugh:
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Oh poor Kevin. Now that's just plain naughty Ron. The poor guy needs to join Tradgang and get on here and defend himself.
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Wow Ron, I'm getting close to that weight in the picture. That's got to be a picture from 10 plus years ago. Note the wood post just above my right elbow is still there. That was removed during one of the first remodels. Also, the shelf that Tim added on the right of the right post is not there yet. I do miss that short brim stormy Kromer. I think it shrunk in the wash and now would fit an infant. Yes folks, proof that you can have gourmet desserts even in a remote hunting cabin
I never noticed that other stuff, I just saw the pie in the makin's.. :p
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I just got a call from our buddy Greg, who is already in camp. He said he had a nice 8pt within 40-45yds of him last evening. He said the buck made a turn away from him so he didn't get a shot. I forgot to ask if he had a grunt call... :jumper: :jumper: :jumper:
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enjoyed that.
Ron, always knew you could shoot a bow, had no idea you could sing too. Well done! :)
best of luck up there this season to all you guys
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Man you guys have it figured out, the best part of deer camp is just that, deer camp. Making memories with good friends, and family, telling and re-telling of stories. The hunting, the deer, and getting to watch the sunrise, and sunsets, and listening to the woods around you wake up and go to sleep is all iceing on the cake...or should that be sugar on the pie crust. :)
I am surprised to hear no cards in camp, I figured there would be storiesbeing told, or a healthy debate going on over a good game of euchre or cribbage.
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I am surprised to hear no cards in camp, I figured there would be storiesbeing told, or a healthy debate going on over a good game of euchre or cribbage.
I got my fill of playing cards, working for GM for 30 years, every break and every lunch hour cards, cards, cards. I don't want to be reminded of those days .. :banghead: .. while im in Paradise
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No cards needed when you can have entertainment like dressing up Kevin's nose after he falls asleep.
Warning, if you sit next to that woodstove after a long day in the cold north woods on a full belly you WILL end up like Kevin. :eek:
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Ron, I know you and the boys will have a great time. Looking forward to the pictures and the stories that always come after Shrewhaven. :)
Todd :archer:
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I understand that totally Ron, any time you can get away and leave the hustle and bustle behind and walk in paradise it's a great day!! Looking forward to my time away.
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A wake up and We're outta here... :wavey: :jumper: :jumper: :jumper:
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Truck loaded. A cup of coffee and I will be heading north :bigsmyl:
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Good luck everyone.
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One last day in the office, a hunt with my daughter Morgan tonight and then off to camp bright and early tomorrow.
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Ray - have a safe trip , blind will be delivered to ShrewHaven today. finaly got our website and e-mail back on line,major problem with our providers server. Light dusting of snow overnight and alittle cool this morning,27deg. See you this weekend.
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Good luck guys . Looking foreword to the story's and pics. Who's got dibs on the bucks ? Saving them for Ron ?
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Very nice, Ron.
I ain't 'fraid of no ghost! :goldtooth: :goldtooth: