Art ran a hunting camp in northern Wisconsin for quite some time. I had the experience of hunting there for a week back in the late 70's. Some of the folks that were also hunting there along with my group were Roy Case and his son.
Roy Case also has a bunch of historical significance to bowhunting. He was probably in his mid 80's at that time.
During the morning and mid day, Art used to take us all in his robin-egg-blue school bus and take us on drives. An accepted practice there back then.
We were like paratroopers... as he approached the jump zone he would yell at us to get ready and then he would slowly cruise along the dirt road along one edge of a section of land. The standers would jump fromthe bus, one by one at his call, and then take up position along the edge of the forest.
This would then be repeated on the other side by the drivers. When all were in position, the hunt was on.
Course, you had to be really careful not to actually trust Art, cause he would often tell you to jump just as he was approaching a tree, or a ditch. Several of my pals found this out the hard way.
At the end of the drive, if any deer were taken, he would help with the tracking. If not, then it was back on the bus to try another section.
There was a stand site that he had that bordered a scout camp area, which was not being used. Many oak trees bordered left field on their ball field and a very good trail was worn into the ground. Problem was finding a good tree for a stand. There were a pile of old 55 gallon drums there and he would try (and often did) to talk someone into hiding inside a drum, waiting for the deer. It worked great, but have you ever actually tried to shoot from inside a drum ?
He told great stories and had a bunch to tell.
ChuckC
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