Lone Lake Deer Camp

DEER CAMP DIARY 2007(WEEK 1)

FRIDAY NOV 2

§ KIRBY & RUSS MEET RYAN & GREG @ BLUE GOOSE IN GARRISON FOR WALLEYE FISH FRY

§ ALL ARRIVE AT “DEER CAMP” AT APPROXIMATELY 8 PM AND ARE WARMLY GREETED BY HOSTS – MAUDE & MARV

§ HUNTERS IMMEDIATELY DISPLACE SPACE WITH HUNTING GEAR AND MAKE WALKING IN LIVING AREA A REAL CHALLENGE TO THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

SATURDAY NOV 3

§ START DAY WITH “SKILLET SCRAMBLE” (EGGS, SPUDS, SAUSAGE, CHEESE) BREAKFAST FEAST CREATED, COOKED, & SERVED BY MAUDE & MARV

§ RYAN PLACES A 30-06 ROUND IN AN 8-PT 160 LB BUCK AT APPROXIMATLEY 9:30

§ KIRBY ADDS THE LEAD OF TWO MORE ROUNDS INTO THE SAME ANIMAL AS IT RUNS BY HIS STAND – SCORE ONE FOR OUR PARTY

§ OTHER SIGHTINGS: GREG OBSERVES A PAIR SEVERAL TIMES; RUSS SIGHTS ONE AT 10:30

§ SUPPER OF TRADITIONAL VENISON FAJITAS ACCOMPANIED BY “RUSSELL SILK PIE”

SUNDAY NOV 4

§ START DAY WITH AWESOME, FAVORITE BREAKFAST OF “VENISON TENDER LOINS, BISCUITS & GRAVY” THANK YOU, MAUDE & MARV

§ RUSS WOUNDS 65 LB “TENDER” @11:15

§ KIRBY, RYAN & GREG ATTEMPT TO TRACK & RECOVER THE DEER WITHOUT SUCCESS

§ AFTER TRADITIONAL OPEN-FIRE HOT-DOG ROAST LUNCH, GREG KILLS THE WOUNDED DEER – SCORE TWO FOR OUR PARTY

§ LEFT WOODS @ 4 PM

§ “SUPER SUPPER” OF ROAST PHEASANT, BAKED POTATOES, CABBAGE SALAD, CORN, TOAST & HOMEMADE APPLE PIE PERFECTLY PREPARED AND SERVED BY MAUDE & MARV

MONDAY NOV 5

§ KIRBY & RUSS SPEND MORNING HUNTING TILL NOON WITH NO SIGHTINGS

§ COLD, WINDY, CLOUDY, 30’S

TUESDAY NOV 6

§ KIRBY CLEANS UP BUTCHER SHOP AND HAS BIG BUCK SKINNED BY 4 PM

§ KIRBY & RUSS DEBONE, CUT-UP, WASH, AND STORE IN EIGEN GARAGE FRIDGE

WEDNESDAY NOV 7

§ RUSS WRAPS STEAKS & ROASTS FROM BUCK IN ANDREA’S KITCHEN

§ “TENDER” IS CUT UP & PREPARED FOR WRAPPING; BURGER FROM BIG BUCK IS WRAPPED

THURSDAY NOV 8

§ ALL WRAPPING, LABELING, AND FREEZING IS COMPLETED BY NOON

DEER CAMP DIARY 2007 (WEEK 2)

FRIDAY NOV 9

§ KIRBY & RUSS LEAVE FOR CAMP @ 4 PM;HAVE SUPPER AT HAPPY’S AFTER STOPPING @ TWO PLACES TO FIND PLASTIC, DISPOSABLE TABLE CLOTHS

§ RYAN & GREG ARRIVE AT THE WIER DEER CAMP SHORTLY AFTER RUSS & KIRBY

§ EVENING IS SPENT LOOKING AT PICS & VIDS FROM PREVIOUS WEEKEND

SATURDAY NOV 10

§ BREAKFAST OF SCRAMBLED EGGS, SAUSAGE, & CINNAMON ROLLS

§ HUNTERS HEAD OUT INTO 36 – 37o , CLOUDY, WINDY, SNOW & SLEET SHOWER MORNING

§ RYAN BLASTS ANOTHER 160 LB BUCK WITH 10 PERFECT POINTS @ 8:30 AM – SCORE THREE FOR OUR PARTY

§ NO MORE SIGHTINGS FOR REST OF DAY

§ SUPPER OF CAREY’S “CAN CAUSE A FIRE (AND DID!) CORN GOODNESS PUT TOGETHER BY ANDREA, VENISON STROGANOFF & NOODLES, CEASAR SALAD, FRENCH BREAD, & 3-LAYER PUMPKIN DESSERT

SUNDAY NOV 11

§ OUR MUCH ANTICIPATED, FAVORITE BREAKFAST OF MAUDE’S VENISON LOIN WITH BISQUITS & GRAVY WENT UP IN SMOKE – LITTERLY!

§ AT 7:30, KIRBY FIRED A “COFFEE & BROWNIE” ROUND AT A PASSING DEER BUT MISSED

§ AT 9 AM, RUSS BLOWS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GUN DOWN ANY NUMBER OF 4 INCOMING DEER

§ AT 9:07 KIRBY KILLS 2 DOES; A 113 POUNDER AND THE OTHER WEIGHING IN @ 99LBS – SCORE FOUR & FIVE FOR OPUR PARTY

§ AT LUNCH IT IS DECIDED TO “PULL THE PLUG” ON OUR ‘O7 SEASON HAVING FILLED 5 TAGS; A DECISION WAS ALSO MADE TO DONATE ONE OF THE DOES TO THE AITKIN LEGION POST

§ SUPPER CONSISTED OF ROAST VENISON SANDWHICHES, ANDREA’S POTATO SOUP AND MORE OF ANDREA’S PUMPKIN DESSERT

MONDAY NOV 12

§ KIRBY HAS HIS DOE SKINNED AND QUARTED IN THE K-BUTCHER SHOP BEFORE RUSS ARRIVES @ 1:30

§ THE DOE IS DEBONED, TRIMMED, WASHED, AND TRANSPORTED TO REFRIGERATION

TUESDAY NOV 13

§ KIRBY HAS TRIMMINGS GROUND AND RUSS WRAPS BURGERS BEFORE BOWLING

§ RUSS ARRIVES @ K-BUTCHER SHOP AT 4 PM TO SEE RYAN’S BUCK ALREADY SKINNED AND PARTIALLY QUARTERED

§ BY 5:45, THE BUCK WAS DE-BONED, CUT-UP, WASHED, AND REFRIGERATED

WEDNESDAY NOV 14

§ KIRBY HAS TRIMMINGS GROUND; ALL MEAT CUT, WRAPPED, AND FROZEN BY 4 PM

§ TOTAL MEAT COUNT OF OUR 4 DEER: 70 BURGERS, 10 ROASTS, 40 STEAKS, 40 STEAK/ROASTS