Fields, Forests, and Mountains

These last couple of weeks have been spent in the fields, forests and mountains!  We were in Buffalo County, Wisconsin hunting deer at Bluff Bucks Outfitters with Jeremy Moore of Dog Bone and Butch and Mark Fox the owners and operators of Bluff Bucks.  

This was a great experience for me (overall) and a chance to see what it really takes to manage and get a crack at trophy whitetail deer.  These guys have it “dialed-in”, and if you have any inclination on hunting with an outfitter in WI, I would say this would be the place.  

Everything was first class including the sleeping quarters and the awesome home cooked meals by Dawn!  Thank you so much to all of you!  If you would like more information on this first class operation, go to www.bluffbucks.net!!  

Make sure the next time you are in Mills Fleet Farm, that you inquire and check out the products available from Dog Bone.  Shed hunting and tracking deer made easier!!

We had a day off between this hunt and our flight to Idaho where I met up with my brother John (who lives in Meridian, Idaho).  

John took us to the mountains in search of elk.  This trip included the two of us and two camera men (Pete and Kyle).  We worked it!  The mountain climbing in Idaho puts the woods of central MN into the “easy” category!  I wasn’t in great shape, but not terrible either.  I did take Altitude Advantage (made by Wilderness Athlete) before we left and I think it may have helped me have a full blown heart attack!  Day one was a killer, day three and four were killers too!  No, not as far as hanging an elk on the meat pole, but as far as the legs, lungs and whatever else was connected.  

We had incredibly beautiful weather and camping in the mountains in a wall tent can now be checked off the list!

But, we did not take an animal.  The moon was full, the elk were not talking, we had 4 guys working our way through the wicked terrain and it sounds like the animals did not start moving until the weekend (and by that time we had pulled stakes.  I do plan on going back with my bow and arrows next September.  Thank you brother John for all of your hard work and your entertainment at camp!  “It wasn’t so much the heat, it was that gosh darn humidity” :) !!

Next up, sounds like fish!  Then maybe more deer.  Good luck and be safe all of you as we head into the most awesome stretch of time on the outdoorsmen’s/women’s calendar.  We Love It!

Dan