en-us http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal.aspx?id=29 10 Journals http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1025 This story began last year when I started getting pictures of a massive buck on my trail cameras. Throughout most of the summer I got pictures and trail camera videos of this buck as he grew into a giant that I was dedicated to chasing that fall. But as so many mature bucks do every year, when Octob... 11/4/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1008 New Property A new hunting spot usually means a lot of excitement, work, and frustration. Hanging stands can darn near kill you during the heat of the summer the excitement of what you might see out weighs any work. Justin and I had several goals for this trip: hang 5 sets, mow some walking paths, ... 10/15/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=878 Alert: Anti-gun bills to be heard in Illinois Bill Status: Six bills will be heard Wednesday by House Executive Committee Action: Contact committee members , attend 10 a.m. hearing Wednesday More Trouble in Illinois A slew of anti-gun bills will be heard in the Illinois Executive Commit... 2/26/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=798 Here we go again!  The best 15 days of the year is finally here and we are ready to hit the woods in hot pursuit of some giant Midwest bucks!  Rubs and scrapes have been popping up all over our hunting areas in the last 10 days and with this colder weather finally here the bucks have been ... 10/31/2007 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=739 Let me first start off by saying that the official opening of a new Cabela's store a mere minutes away from the HuntingNet.com office spells a lot of trouble for both mine and Justin's credit cards.  We managed to secure some tickets to a VIP sneak-preview last Thursday and I have to say we wer... 9/27/2007 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=210 It's been quite awhile since my last posting and I hope everyone out there is doing well and having a safe, successful hunting season.  I figured I would give everyone an update on what's going on with me. so here goes nothing. Wisconsin rifle season was extremely successful for my group this ... 9/7/2007 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=723 As you may have noticed, HuntingNet.com recently got a bit of a facelift and some great new areas added to the site. We are super excited about the direction that HuntingNet is going as we head into the heat of this fall's hunting season. We're already seeing traffic numbers that are way up from las... 9/6/2007 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=593 Sorry for the delay between journals, things have been pretty busy around the office lately! As you may have read, we are in the middle of a big conversion for HuntingNet.com which will allow lay the foundation for some pretty major changes to the website in 2007. I can't tell you about all of them,... 9/4/2007 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=676 Holy cow does time ever fly!  I cannot believe it's already the first week of June!  Not only am I wondering where Spring has gone, but with just over 3 months left until bowhunting season opens in Wisconsin I feel like I should be getting ready to go sit in a treestand again.  But be... 6/5/2007 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=548 The heat of the Illinois and Wisconsin rut has finally come and gone and I'm finally starting to come down from this crazy deer hunting frenzy that we all seem to work ourselves into during the month of November.  Sometimes I question who is running around like crazy more, us or the deer! Ther... 11/30/2006 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=538 The 2006 hunting season has been one of the most difficult hunting seasons for me in a very, very long time.  I set out this year with the goal of harvesting a 3 1/2 year old animal or better on my land in Wisconsin.  In the past, I've shot a lot of quality 2 1/2 year old bucks early in th... 11/14/2006 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=503 The past few years, esepcially last year, we were hunting in t-shirts well into November.  Well, not this year!  An unusual cold snap last week really got things moving here in Illinois. A lot of people, including myself, are starting to see some bucks bumping doe around the the rubs and scrapes ar... 10/19/2006 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=488 In between my recent elk hunting trip to Montana and trying to get some work done at home I have managed to sneak in a few deer hunts and even a duck hunt at my property in Wisconsin.  Unfortnately as luck would have it, things haven't turned out exactly the way I had hoped - but they're not all bad... 10/5/2006 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=474 Its been awhile since my last journal entry but believe me, it's not because I haven't been doing anything!  My summer has been filled with not only keeping up with work around the HuntingNet.com office, but preparing for the hunting season as well.  I will be going on my first elk hunt this fall in... 9/26/2006 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=397 My son Craig and I at the Wisconsin Deer & Turkey Expo Wow, I can’t believe that it is already June! This year is flying by so fast. I have to admit it has been a very eventful year so far. I brought my son to the Wisconsin Deer Classic for the second year in a row, and I think that he is ... 6/16/2006 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=312 Since deer hunting season ended over 2 months ago I have certainly been keeping busy.  Between the ATA Show in January, maintaining and operating our upland hunting club, looking for shed antlers, starting preparations for my food plots and raising a two year old, I'm surprised I can even keep my he... 3/30/2006 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=303 Throughout all my years of hunting I have had the fortunate opportunity to meet a wide variety of people from all walks of life.  From the northernmost Canadian province to the heat of South America and from executive conference rooms to contstruction sites people are united worldwide by their l... 3/23/2006 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=261 Before I met Frank Menini a few years ago I used to think I was obsessed with big whitetail deer antlers.  Not just with hunting them while they were still attached to giant whitetail bodies but with capturing them on my CamTrakker , looking for their sheds, and scouting for them in the o... 1/26/2006 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=234 This past October I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to travel to Wyoming with my good friend Paul Mazur for a hunt with Scott and Angie Denny of Table Mountain Outfitters .  On this particular hunt we would be going after trophy pronghorn as well as mule deer with our rifles. Upon a... 1/17/2006 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=226 Well we finally made it back into town after an exciting and very eventful trip to the 2006 ATA show for the entire HuntingNet.com organization.  All of our hard work is certainly beginning to pay off as more and more people within the hunting industry begin to take notice of the power the inte... 1/9/2006