Shrew Haven get's an addition

[Ron LaClair]

A lot of you know about Shrew Haven, my hunting camp in the western end of Michigans U.P. You may also have seen pictures I have posted of our buck pole and the cabin it's self "Shrewhaven Lodge".

Last weekend we had a work detail at Shrew Haven to finish off a new building that was started last fall. The buildings dimensions are 10X16', with an inside wall separating two rooms. The "bunk" room is 10X10' and the storage room is 6X10' The bunk room will be able to sleep 4. It is insulated with two small windows. It will have a gas light and gas heater. A gas light will also be on the deck.

The siding is pine and spruce slabs that we acquired from a lumberman. We debarked the slabs and cut them to fit making the whole cabin look rustic. I've going to name the new structure  "Lil' Haven"    

This was how it looked Friday afternoon.

       

This is how it looked Sunday afternoon

       

The main cabin just at dusk

       

[vtmtnman]

Great looking building Ron I like it.

[Arkansaslongbow]

Great looking addition to such a legendary place; will be a great place to share hunting stories for sure; thank you for showing us the pictures;


Now, how about a membership for an old southern boy; I can whip up a mean batch of "grits and eggs"....  

[hayslope]

Great looking addition to the camp.

Is that where the folks that snore (like they're callin moose) are going to be relegated?

[Ron LaClair]

The old cabin was built in 1936 and moved to it's current location on Arm Strong Creek in 2000

The old tamarack logs and hardwood flooring gives the cabin an old timey atmosphere. Here we are in the evening exchanging stories of our days hunt.  

   

[wv lungbuster]

Awesome!! Super nice looking camp.

[BRITTMAN]

Very nice Ron and just in time for hunting season

[Ron LaClair]

Down in Shrew Vally by old Arm Strong Creek
Sits a little log cabin with wood floors that squeak

In the evening the soft glow of gas lights are there
While outside there are whitetails, gray wolves and black bear

Up on the oak ridge the acorns are falling
The bucks they are grunting, the does they are calling.

So we slip in our stand and we wait for a buck
If the wind is just right all we'll need is some luck.

Now come hang up your buck on our deer hanging rail
then sit by the fire and tell us your tale

For the stories of hunting is why we come here
To hear the stories and to hunt for the great whitetail deer.

[Pegen]

beautiful poem, Ron! and nice addition to Shrew Heaven

[harvestmoon]

That warms the heart Ron...Thanks

[Jason Hansen]

AWESOME!    

[DennyK]

Should be Shrew Heaven! Very Nice!

[mscampbell75]

Me like ALOT!!

[shedhunter]

how are the building codes up there????   :D

[Mudd]

Most of yea old hunters sits by the fire eating  their grits.

All that is save one, he just looks on at them and spits.

Cajole and harangue did they one and all to break the one down.

But true to his taste buds, all he could muster was a frown.

Morning came early, such a frosty start.

"southern tofu" was a meal for the crowds largest part.

All but the one who could not choke down this gastric fright.

For him it was a bowl of steaming hot oatmeal much to his delight.

Now comes evening again at Shrew haven with all it tired hunters and one true man!!

He knew what was important and stayed true to his plan.

Grits is for goats and meat is for man!!

God bless,Mudd

             

Enjoy  Ron!! Love ya man!!!

[Bill Turner]

Heck Ron. Your making my neck swell. Congrats on the new digs.  

[jcar315]

Ron, Every time you post pics I am just amazed. Wonderful pictures and that is what I imagine a "deer camp" looks like in my minds eye.

Thanks for sharing as always.

[Ron LaClair]

The Shrew Crew, ready to hunt.

   

[maineac]

Now that is a deer camp!!  I can only imagine the comradarie and stories around the table in the evening.

[NoCams]

Just what the doc ordered to get rid of the summer blahs Ron ! Sick of summer, ready for Oct / Nov for sure. I still say us Southern boys got it made, but...... the one thing I long for is the Northern Tradition of Deer Camp. Shrew Haven is just that, a legendary deer camp. Looking forward to pics and stories from Shrew Haven this year.

Mudd, that there is one awesome poem brother !!! Ron is going to have to set his clock an hour earlier to beat that one bud !!!