I just got back from an RMEF banquet a few hours ago where I had given a very short talk about the fundraiser that I am going to be doing for the RMEF. It went very well, there was a lot of interest from the attendees. The individuals that were putting on the banquet were wonderful with their willingness to help me promote my cause. Much thanks to them!
I can't wait to get deeper into this fundraiser! Tonight was first time I have been to a banquet, since coming up with my idea, and it was great to be surrounded by a lot of people who feel the same way about giving back to the outdoors as I do, and around people who understand why I am doing this!
Monday, October 12, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
Ironman 2010: Wildlife Conservation drive
Hey all! I recently signed up to compete in the Ford Ironman Wisconsin triathlon in September 2010. For those of you who are unaware of what the Ironman consists of, it is a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, and a 26.2 mile run. The race will take place on 9/12/2010.
I have decided that I want to give back to the sport that has helped mold me into the man I am today, Hunting. I have chosen to give back by my efforts to raise money, through donations, to support wildlife conservation. All donations that are made will be 100% tax deductible and are going towards preserving what we are most passionate about, the outdoors! The dreams that we are able to fulfill year after year would not be possible without the hard work put forth by so many individuals and foundations, foundations that are supported and kept up due to donations, both physical and monetary. The ability to give back in this way is an honor for me and will be felt by all who donate.
In the next couple of months I will be finalizing the details of the donation process to ensure that every donation is recognized by the government. Much thanks to all who give back and spread the word about this great cause.
Please let me know if you are interested in making a donation in the coming months!
Tyler
I have decided that I want to give back to the sport that has helped mold me into the man I am today, Hunting. I have chosen to give back by my efforts to raise money, through donations, to support wildlife conservation. All donations that are made will be 100% tax deductible and are going towards preserving what we are most passionate about, the outdoors! The dreams that we are able to fulfill year after year would not be possible without the hard work put forth by so many individuals and foundations, foundations that are supported and kept up due to donations, both physical and monetary. The ability to give back in this way is an honor for me and will be felt by all who donate.
In the next couple of months I will be finalizing the details of the donation process to ensure that every donation is recognized by the government. Much thanks to all who give back and spread the word about this great cause.
Please let me know if you are interested in making a donation in the coming months!
Tyler
Wisconsin DNR proposes a 16-day gun season
In the recent months, the Wisconsin DNR has proposed the possibility of extending the regular gun-deer season from 9 days to 16 days.
I am baffled by this. When CWD first came around they made the gun-deer season the better part of a month and a half, and that didn't accomplish what they wanted, so they brought in snipers to shoot as many deer as possible. That wasn't enough, so then they went back to the traditional 9 day season.
The only thing the DNR is succeeding at is taking the fun, camaraderie, and excitement out of hunting. I remember when the whole family would get together the night before the opening day and play cards, eat, and talk about what the next day may bring. I would look forward to these times more than I would Christmas. That has since all but disappeared due to extending the seasons, putting all kinds of rules and regulations into our hunt that was never there before, and shooting mass amounts of deer.
Hunters no longer have to hurry up and get into the woods that opening weekend because they have numerous days to harvest their deer. With that amount of time brings procrastination, which leads to not getting out into the woods like you may have wanted, which in turn leads to no deer shot. Maybe they are thinking that with every week they add on to the 9 day season, each hunter would shoot twice as many deer as they had the previous week. That is not at all the case, if I want to shoot three deer this season I am going to shoot only three deer, no matter how many day's I have to hunt.
There are a lot of hunters who do not want to shoot doe, my dad is one of them, and since the DNR has brought about the Earn-a-Buck program, people like my dad are now forced to shoot an animal that they don't want to, but they have to in order to harvest that buck-of-a-lifetime. This is the sole reason my dad doesn't hunt much anymore! To me that sounds unethical and inhumane. I promise there are a large number of outdoorsman who feel the same way.
I am beginning to think that the DNR doesn't care about hunters, the people who pay their salaries through license sales and donations. The DNR needs to listen to the people who spend all their free time in the outdoors; people who know how many deer are on their property or how many are in their area. There are a lot of counties that have seen a large decline in population and a number of counties that are still above their carrying capacity, so what does the DNR propose to solve this problem? Shoot as many deer as you can!! I'm pretty sure that will not solve anything except reducing the overall population. If you talk to hunters who haven't seen a deer in the last couple years they would tell you that the last thing that needs to happen is increased deer kills. Look at my situation for example, I am still pretty fortunate to have a good deer population on our farm, a few years ago we would invite people out to shoot doe, now...we are telling hunters not to shoot any unless they have to. It's not that we don't have good number's, its that we know the numbers are decreasing and we want that to halt.
I feel that this proposal to increase the length of the deer season would do nothing but discourage hunters even further. It would take away that remaining camaraderie and excitement that is still scarcely in the hearts of us true outdoorsman. I encourage all outdoorsman to attend as many of the hearings as possible, and let them know how you feel. Below are the dates and locations of these hearings:
-October 14, Crivitz - Crivitz Village Hall, 800 Henriette Ave.
-October 15, Onalaska - Onalaska High School Field house, 700 Hilltopper Place.
-October 21, Madison - Lussier Family Heritage Center - Main Level, 3101 Lake Farm Road.
-October 21, Rhinelander - James Williams Middle School, 915 Acacia Lane.
-October 21, Ashland - Ashland AmericInn Conference Center, 3009 Lakeshore Drive E.
-October 26, Appleton - Fox Valley Technical College, Appleton Campus, Room C190, 1825 North Bluemound Drive.
-October 26, Eau Claire - Chippewa Valley Technical College auditorium, Room M103, 620 W. Clairemont Ave.
-October 28, Pewaukee - Waukesha County Technical College, Room C051/C057, 800 Main St.
-October 28, Spooner - Spooner High School Auditorium, 801 County A.
-November 3, Stevens Point - Portage County Courthouse Annex, Conference Room 1, 1462 Strongs Ave.
I am baffled by this. When CWD first came around they made the gun-deer season the better part of a month and a half, and that didn't accomplish what they wanted, so they brought in snipers to shoot as many deer as possible. That wasn't enough, so then they went back to the traditional 9 day season.
The only thing the DNR is succeeding at is taking the fun, camaraderie, and excitement out of hunting. I remember when the whole family would get together the night before the opening day and play cards, eat, and talk about what the next day may bring. I would look forward to these times more than I would Christmas. That has since all but disappeared due to extending the seasons, putting all kinds of rules and regulations into our hunt that was never there before, and shooting mass amounts of deer.
Hunters no longer have to hurry up and get into the woods that opening weekend because they have numerous days to harvest their deer. With that amount of time brings procrastination, which leads to not getting out into the woods like you may have wanted, which in turn leads to no deer shot. Maybe they are thinking that with every week they add on to the 9 day season, each hunter would shoot twice as many deer as they had the previous week. That is not at all the case, if I want to shoot three deer this season I am going to shoot only three deer, no matter how many day's I have to hunt.
There are a lot of hunters who do not want to shoot doe, my dad is one of them, and since the DNR has brought about the Earn-a-Buck program, people like my dad are now forced to shoot an animal that they don't want to, but they have to in order to harvest that buck-of-a-lifetime. This is the sole reason my dad doesn't hunt much anymore! To me that sounds unethical and inhumane. I promise there are a large number of outdoorsman who feel the same way.
I am beginning to think that the DNR doesn't care about hunters, the people who pay their salaries through license sales and donations. The DNR needs to listen to the people who spend all their free time in the outdoors; people who know how many deer are on their property or how many are in their area. There are a lot of counties that have seen a large decline in population and a number of counties that are still above their carrying capacity, so what does the DNR propose to solve this problem? Shoot as many deer as you can!! I'm pretty sure that will not solve anything except reducing the overall population. If you talk to hunters who haven't seen a deer in the last couple years they would tell you that the last thing that needs to happen is increased deer kills. Look at my situation for example, I am still pretty fortunate to have a good deer population on our farm, a few years ago we would invite people out to shoot doe, now...we are telling hunters not to shoot any unless they have to. It's not that we don't have good number's, its that we know the numbers are decreasing and we want that to halt.
I feel that this proposal to increase the length of the deer season would do nothing but discourage hunters even further. It would take away that remaining camaraderie and excitement that is still scarcely in the hearts of us true outdoorsman. I encourage all outdoorsman to attend as many of the hearings as possible, and let them know how you feel. Below are the dates and locations of these hearings:
-October 14, Crivitz - Crivitz Village Hall, 800 Henriette Ave.
-October 15, Onalaska - Onalaska High School Field house, 700 Hilltopper Place.
-October 21, Madison - Lussier Family Heritage Center - Main Level, 3101 Lake Farm Road.
-October 21, Rhinelander - James Williams Middle School, 915 Acacia Lane.
-October 21, Ashland - Ashland AmericInn Conference Center, 3009 Lakeshore Drive E.
-October 26, Appleton - Fox Valley Technical College, Appleton Campus, Room C190, 1825 North Bluemound Drive.
-October 26, Eau Claire - Chippewa Valley Technical College auditorium, Room M103, 620 W. Clairemont Ave.
-October 28, Pewaukee - Waukesha County Technical College, Room C051/C057, 800 Main St.
-October 28, Spooner - Spooner High School Auditorium, 801 County A.
-November 3, Stevens Point - Portage County Courthouse Annex, Conference Room 1, 1462 Strongs Ave.
Declining WI deer population
I came across this great post on Wisconsinoutdoors.com, this article was a composition of facts, stats, and data about the shrinking deer population in Wisconsin from 2004-2009. The link to the post: http://wisconsinoutdoor.com/smf/index.php?topic=2826.0
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Open Carry Law -- Wisconsin
Within the last six months, here in Wisconsin, there has been a number of people that have expressed their legal right to "Openly Carry a Firearm", as long as it is outside a certain radius allotted to certain venues. There was a case recently where a man was wearing his gun on his hip on his own property, the neighbors called the cops and he was cited for disorderly conduct and his gun confiscated.
I have had a passion for gun's my whole life, I was brought up around gun's, as my dad has always been an avid hunter and outdoorsman. That passion that I have therefore spills over into our Right to Bear Arms, the 2nd Amendment.
It seems very much so that the best way to solve the issue of "Open Carry Law's" is to adopt a "Concealed Carry Law", legalizing licensed citizens of Wisconsin to carry a concealed weapon. I say that concealed carry is the cure to the issues that have risen, due to the out-coming of open-carry law's legalizing open-carry in Wisconsin, because open-carry accomplishes two negatives: 1. It allows any legal citizen, under the laws of WI open-carry, to openly carry a firearm without any proper training or licensing, and 2. It scares individuals and causes panic when they see someone carrying a gun in public. How do pro concealed carry law's solve these issues?
In order to obtain a concealed carry permit an individual must go through intense background checks, and upon passing those test's that person must enroll in a concealed carry training program, which generally last the better part of two-to-three days, when they come out of training they have the necessary skills to safely handle themselves in any situation involving firearms. That takes care of problem 1 listed above.
To solve problem 2, the idea of concealed carry is just that, CONCEALED. An individual is able to walk right down the street, all the while carrying a firearm on them, and not a single person would ever know. This would eliminate any panic that is caused by open-carry.
There are some that argue against it on the basis that concealed carry makes it easier for people to buy guns, that is bogus, if anything it only makes it harder. Not only is your name now in the government system for being able to own a gun, it is now in the system for being able to concealed carry a gun, and guess what? You have done it LEGALLY. If a criminal is going to carry a weapon they are going to carry it whether it is legal or not. Allowing people to protect themselves against such criminals is a natural right that should be recognized by all state governments. I would like to know what your opinion on this is!
I have had a passion for gun's my whole life, I was brought up around gun's, as my dad has always been an avid hunter and outdoorsman. That passion that I have therefore spills over into our Right to Bear Arms, the 2nd Amendment.
It seems very much so that the best way to solve the issue of "Open Carry Law's" is to adopt a "Concealed Carry Law", legalizing licensed citizens of Wisconsin to carry a concealed weapon. I say that concealed carry is the cure to the issues that have risen, due to the out-coming of open-carry law's legalizing open-carry in Wisconsin, because open-carry accomplishes two negatives: 1. It allows any legal citizen, under the laws of WI open-carry, to openly carry a firearm without any proper training or licensing, and 2. It scares individuals and causes panic when they see someone carrying a gun in public. How do pro concealed carry law's solve these issues?
In order to obtain a concealed carry permit an individual must go through intense background checks, and upon passing those test's that person must enroll in a concealed carry training program, which generally last the better part of two-to-three days, when they come out of training they have the necessary skills to safely handle themselves in any situation involving firearms. That takes care of problem 1 listed above.
To solve problem 2, the idea of concealed carry is just that, CONCEALED. An individual is able to walk right down the street, all the while carrying a firearm on them, and not a single person would ever know. This would eliminate any panic that is caused by open-carry.
There are some that argue against it on the basis that concealed carry makes it easier for people to buy guns, that is bogus, if anything it only makes it harder. Not only is your name now in the government system for being able to own a gun, it is now in the system for being able to concealed carry a gun, and guess what? You have done it LEGALLY. If a criminal is going to carry a weapon they are going to carry it whether it is legal or not. Allowing people to protect themselves against such criminals is a natural right that should be recognized by all state governments. I would like to know what your opinion on this is!
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Weekend coyote hunt 9/26
I have been seeing a lot of coyotes while out deer hunting this season. So this past weekend I figured I better try and harvest one of those "song dogs". So when I got out of the woods that night I drove across the road to my uncles house to see if he wanted to go coyote hunting in the morning, he said yes and we made plans to meet up the next morning.
When I woke and stepped outside I knew it was going to be a good day, it was calm, cool, and a front had just passed. I drove out to the farm while it was still dark and met my uncle, we decided on our spot and started our trek up the logging road to our spot, I sat up in a tree, since I had my .223 and could shoot into the field, and my uncle sat on the ground about 10 yards away, since he had a shotgun. As we started a quiet cadence of distress calls I noticed some movement and readied myself, out from the corner of the woods came two twin fork horn buck's, they were a little wary of our calling so after 20 minutes of feeding they decided to hit the road. About that same time my uncle hit a coyote howl call and that's when I saw the two other bucks jump up not 35 yards away, turns out they had been bedded there all morning and I hadnt seen them, two small 2 1/2 year old buck's. Not long after I heard a ruckus in a down tree top, I looked...nothing, I turned away then looked back...and there was a coyote standing 30 yards away in that tree top, I slowly took the safety off and raised my gun, at that same time he took off, running parallel to me so I took a shot...missed, when I tried to rack another round they had gotten mixed up because of how I loaded the gun in the dark, so I never got another shot at him.
We decided to call it a day and headed to the truck. We left the woods that morning without a coyote to show off, but the memories of being out in nature on such a beautiful morning with all the wildlife around us is what hunting is all about. Hunting is not all about the trophy that you harvest, in fact that is a small part of it, it's about being outdoors, breathing that fresh crisp air, about watching the wildlife and how mother nature manages her inhabitants. It's about spending quality time with friends and loved ones, creating memories that only true outdoorsman can create.
When I woke and stepped outside I knew it was going to be a good day, it was calm, cool, and a front had just passed. I drove out to the farm while it was still dark and met my uncle, we decided on our spot and started our trek up the logging road to our spot, I sat up in a tree, since I had my .223 and could shoot into the field, and my uncle sat on the ground about 10 yards away, since he had a shotgun. As we started a quiet cadence of distress calls I noticed some movement and readied myself, out from the corner of the woods came two twin fork horn buck's, they were a little wary of our calling so after 20 minutes of feeding they decided to hit the road. About that same time my uncle hit a coyote howl call and that's when I saw the two other bucks jump up not 35 yards away, turns out they had been bedded there all morning and I hadnt seen them, two small 2 1/2 year old buck's. Not long after I heard a ruckus in a down tree top, I looked...nothing, I turned away then looked back...and there was a coyote standing 30 yards away in that tree top, I slowly took the safety off and raised my gun, at that same time he took off, running parallel to me so I took a shot...missed, when I tried to rack another round they had gotten mixed up because of how I loaded the gun in the dark, so I never got another shot at him.
We decided to call it a day and headed to the truck. We left the woods that morning without a coyote to show off, but the memories of being out in nature on such a beautiful morning with all the wildlife around us is what hunting is all about. Hunting is not all about the trophy that you harvest, in fact that is a small part of it, it's about being outdoors, breathing that fresh crisp air, about watching the wildlife and how mother nature manages her inhabitants. It's about spending quality time with friends and loved ones, creating memories that only true outdoorsman can create.
ScentBlocker "Realtree Road Trips" suit review
I recently purchased a Realtree "Road Trips" ScentBlocker suit. I have always been a big fan of Realtree camo, it's all I wear, but to be completely honest I was a little skeptical about the brightness of the Realtree AP HD, boy was I wrong, I should know by now that Realtree makes the best patterns available.
When I was out deer hunting this past weekend, it was raining and cold, and the deer were very wary to begin with. I was only 15 feet high in the tree and I had a group of seven doe and one fork horn buck within 25 yards. Now keep in mind I have been busted many times before in this exact set-up, and not one of those deer spotted me or even showed any suspicion of a human in the area.
Now to attest to the quality of the scent killing technology that has been incorporated into this suit by Robinson's ScentBlocker. I hadn't even washed this suit with scent killing detergent, I simply hung it outside for a few hours and sprayed it down with ScenBlocker spray, and on top of that I wasn't very smart with the scent on my body from showering and such. Robinson's technology is so effective those deer never once winded me or even smelled in my direction. Now that is a top quality product! When anyone asks me what suit I recommend I tell them to buy a ScentBlocker suit with Realtree camo!
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