Lil....I' m not sure about the Phalen Lakes thing. I don' t make it up there much. Spend pretty much most of my time south of the cities. Better folk down here....just kidding. Hope you make it back home some day. Nice to meet you!

Jeff....It is a small world. Hopefully I will get my hwys right but if you take hwy 6 out of Belle Plaine, off of hwy 25(1st left that you can take) and just keep going.....I take a right on the last gravel road before you get to Henderson. I' m not sure what the gravel road is called. Go a few miles and I' m right around there. I' m right around the state land that' s off that road. I' m sure you know of the area. I was lucky enough to stop in and ask a guy for permission to hunt. I must have caught him on a good day, cause I' m the only one he lets hunt. He must like it when I bring him venison summer sausage. LOL I love that country out there. I wish I had the cash to buy some land out there for deer and turkey. While turkey scouting in spring, I have seen some awesome land and deer sign. Deer trails that look like cow paths. But from what I take, if your not from around there or have family, it' s pretty tough to gain permission to bow hunt(shotgun would be absoluetly out of the question). How old are you? What is your girlfriends name? Depending on how old she is, I bet I know her. It' s not that big of a town to not know most people. LOL Nice to meet you also.