Eagle River Walleye

This is my buddy Sid and one of his Eagle River walleye.

Not as big as some from Green Bay but a nice fish nonetheless.  The fishing this year was exceedingly difficult.  We timed our trip to coincide precisely with the mayfly hatch.  Crap!

Velvet Antlers

The local buck population is beginning to sport their antlers.  They're in velvet now and I haven't seen any of last year's monsters - but you never know.

Watch them grow...

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Just a Sniff

Just last week I published a post of a deer giving this branch the sniff.

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They're still doing it.

I figure I should start being more careful about brushing it aside with my stinky, sweaty hand.  Or possibly putting something else on it to catch the attention of the local whitetails.

In any event did you notice the mange on that deer above?  Look at the base of his neck and above his forelegs.

There is either some serious shedding going-on, a bad case of mange or maybe some scarring from an accident?

Food Plot

Remember that food plot I planted several weeks ago?

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There's stuff growing in it.  Which isn't all bad considering it's meatball farming.  We sure could use some rain though.

For any of my hunting compadres who might be reading - on Saturday I filled the big sprayer on the ATV and nuked the large food plot in the north forty.  I figure I'll mow the dead stuff and someone else can disc it into the ground in a couple of months.

Thinking about planting it into rape, turnip and a couple of clover varieties.  The brassicas will come up and remain hardy into the fall with their natural frost tolerance.  The clover will put on some serious growth in the spring and summer of 2013 and be virtually maintenance free.

All the critters like clover.

Trail Cam Update

I tweaked the trail camera setup yesterday.  While still in the same general vicinity I relocated each camera so as to hopefully get some closer shots of the deer moving on a couple of their known trails.

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I also took the opportunity to clean the lenses of both and replace the batteries in the western-most camera.  Fresh batteries on June 10th, 2012.  Now I can finally determine how long the batteries actually last under steady use.

Should probably expect to see some fawns before too long.

Entrepreneurship

It is refreshing to know that the spirit of Wisconsin entrepreneurship isn't dead.

It is alive and well.

Evidence of which can be found in this fella peddling ice cream from a pontoon boat on a lake in northern Wisconsin...

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Yellow Cubs

I was away fishing recently and came across this guy's perfect set-up.

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A pair of float planes.

Piper Cubs to be exact.

These are four cylinder engines on these aircraft which I believe would make them a Model J-3 Cub.  They were built between 1937 and 1947.

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