It's all most here guys......

[gophergunner]

Deer season is just around the corner.  We were up north scouting on Sunday.  You can tell there's an energy in the air.  Lots of trucks hauling up tree stands, ATV's and the like on 169.  Can't wait for the opener.  I'm officially the old fart of our group, but I still get excited about the opener.  My hunting time is very limited, so the opener is very special.  Hoping to see my son fill that elusive first tag this year.  So many memories.  So many great stories.  Good luck to everyone this fall as we all go out to get Da Turdy Point Buck.

[Steve-o]

Certainly I'm excited, but changes keep happening, and I miss the old days.

For many years 4 of us rode together in a DIY customized conversion van and stayed in a motel.  That was comraderie.

One guy retired to a lake home, so we started stayed at his place.  Nice digs, but that put an end to the road tripping and everyone drove up on their own timetable.

Since then my dad has given up the trip and my daughter has joined.  Sadly there was only one year of overlap.  My daughter made a hell of a shot on a doe that year; the first year she sat by herself.  Grandpa was very proud.

Now I bow hunt the before the gun season opener and my daughter commutes from college so we all still drive up by ourselves.

There is no turning back the clock.

[HD]

I've always been the old fart here.... 
The 2 daughters have moved away, and Jr is not far behind.
We all hunt on the home farm....so, the girls come home with the husband's, 🐕 and baby.
Grandma baby-sits while we hunt...
It's a family affair. 

[glenn57]

I've always been the old fart here.... 
The 2 daughters have moved away, and Jr is not far behind.
We all hunt on the home farm....so, the girls come home with the husband's, 🐕 and baby.
Grandma baby-sits while we hunt...
It's a family affair. 

so do they call you uncle Bill then!!!

[deadeye]

Although the land we hunt hasn't changed (well, it has grown in size) the hunting "camp" has moved over the years.  When my dad hunted with us (I had the good fortune to hunt with him until he was 92 years old) we used his farm as our camp.  It was nice to be able to hang the deer in the barn.  When my father passed away in 2013, we moved camp to my brothers house.  It was ok but a house in town wasn't quite the same as being on the farm.  Both locations were about 20 miles from where we hunted so there always was a lot of dressing, packing, driving, unloading, dressing and packing during the hunt.  We did have a travel trailer at the land but only used it for bow hunting.  A new camp tradition starts this year.  A year ago we bought an adjacent piece of property.  This property had a cabin on it that was built by friends of mine.  This year we are 100% committed to the cabin as our new "Deer Camp".  No electricity (generator) or running water (jugs) but it's comfortable.  So, 2017 marks the first of what I hope will be many years at "Deer Camp" for us. 

Three bedrooms and around 1000 sq. ft. gives us plenty of room


Inside is very nice. 

[HD]

I've always been the old fart here.... 
The 2 daughters have moved away, and Jr is not far behind.
We all hunt on the home farm....so, the girls come home with the husband's, 🐕 and baby.
Grandma baby-sits while we hunt...
It's a family affair. 

so do they call you uncle Bill then!!!

Crazy Uncle Eddie.... for some reason.... but, yur close....

[Outdoors Junkie]

We make the annual trip up to Waskish for deer camp. My grandma (86 years old) still hunts, my parents, my aunt, a couple friends, and two of my four kids. This year will be my youngest daughters first trip to deer camp. We play cards, and enjoying telling stories from past years. Yes, that's grandma hanging the flag in front of her cabin in the picture below.

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[Boar]

Awsome oj, love waskish area, cookie is a good freind of mine say hi if ya bump into him, good luck!

[mike89]

that is pure great!!!!  love the grandma and still hunting!!!

and with her grandkids following along!!!

[gophergunner]

I really love reading these stories.  We stay at a little resort on Lake Emily in Emily, and while it's a nice place, and very comfortable, it's just not the same as having a deer camp.  I'm half owner in a camp in Pennsylvania, and it's so nice to have a place to call your own.  7 decades of our family hunting out of that camp.  My son is the third generation of our family to hunt there.  My wife and I are on the 10 year plan leading up to retirement, and are looking to get a place up north to call our own.  I hope some day to be able to host the hunts like so many do here.  On our own property, where we know who's hunting next to us, and we don't have to worry about who else is in the woods.  It's time to lay down some traditions for the future.  Good luck next week guys.