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Old 09-30-2005 | 04:20 PM
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rcgerchow
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Default RE: Wisc. Outfitters

Well I now have the true story, kinda received a bachelors degree in outfitters after six days with Indrebo. Our party was located on recently purchased property that they had leased before. We had five hunters in our party and we were not invited to hunt the main lodge (deer heaven). Our area consisted of about 340 acres of which 240 acres were soy beans and the wooded areas ran along the north and east sides. You had to cut across the beans to get on stand. All fifteen stands were located in a line about 80-100 yds apart along the north and east sides of the soy beans. It didn't take long for the deer to pattern us. We visited the main lodge on3 occassions. The first the day we arrived and were well received and shown around the main camp. We met our guide who then showed us to our hunt location and visited us once w/ Tom Indrebo at our camp. Our next visit was to pick up a double bull blind which the guide was to bring us. During that visit we were treated like second class citizens. Of course there was a lot going on, one guy had shot a 12 pt, 164" buck and the Summit treestand film crew was there. Our deer sighting rapidly diminsihed and to say the least we were not entirely happy. Our third visit to the lodge was the day before we left, raining like hell and not much going on. This time we actually were offered a meal, a chair and coffee, Tom sat with us and went over some strategy for our last hunt, at this time he told us we might want to check some stands LESS than a 1/4 mile away from us on the other side of the road where the standing corn was (duh). You could have knocked us over with a plastic vane, more area that we could have hunted that close to us! Tom did offer us an extra day, but we couldn't do it due to prior commitments and Michigans bow opener on Saturday. We basically ran out of the lodge, drove to the farm to shower and de-scent for the hunt. We headed out to the stands about 2:15 pm a little earlier than the stands we had been hunting all week. As I approached my stand there was a 10 pt. pope and young buck not 15 yards from the stand. He busted me and I continued to the stand, to spend the next 5 hrs. in total anticipation of his return, he came back in to the woods from the cornfield about 6:25 pm, seventy yards away. If you go to Bluff Country stay at the mainlodge and tell them you have a camera crew coming and it should be great. I would hunt the area we hunted again but only at the end of Oct. when bucks are chasing. The main lodge and Tom Indrebo's work there is nothing short of fantastic. But the main lodge is where you need to be.
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