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In the fall of 2005 I
hunted with Alpine Outfitters and Wild Kakwa Outfitters
for a trophy Whitetail Deer.
On the first day of the hunt, Rick put me in a blind
and within an hour I started seeing deer which got me
pretty excited - waiting for that big one to come out.
How many deer I saw that day, maybe 7 or 8. I saw that
many deer, and more, every day. During my stay, I saw
a total of 7 moose also. I joked talking to the moose
to "get out of the way" so I could see the
deer as they would just stand there and look at you.
Each day off in the distance I kept seeing this big
bodied deer coming through, which is the deer I eventually
scored on, but I could never see any horns, just a body
in the tall grass or a rump passing through - but I
did see this deer every day.
Wednesday morning around 10:00 he walked through with
his head up and I saw a rack, and that's all I could
see in the tall grass and he was worth taking. Rick
checked up on me at about 1:00 in the afternoon and
I told him if he could get me up in a tree stand I could
get a better look at this guy. Within a half hour Rick
had me 16 feet up in a tree stand. Before he was back
to his vehicle I saw three moose from this stand and
later on that day I saw more deer!! But not the one
I wanted.
On Thursday early in the morning I'm back in my stand
still seeing lots of deer and almost had an owl land
on my head. At 1:20 that afternoon my deer came through
and I had a perfect one shot opportunity at about 75
yards. That very nice deer will be hanging on my wall
in the near future.
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My son shot a nice buck
that same day also. But let me quote him, which for
a dad made this trip a true memory!! "GEE Dad,
it was perfect, just like in the books, and the hunting
videos. 4 does came out in front of me and about two
minutes later you could hear this buck in the woods
GRUNTING to get to the does. I could hear him even before
I could see him. He came out and I shot him and then
another buck came out right after that "GRUNTING",
before I could even get out of my stand - it was absolutely
perfect!"
I certainly can't say enough about Rick's efforts and
skills to put me and my son in the right spot to make
our hunt enjoyable and successful. And I can't say enough
about the food. It was "Thanksgiving" every
meal!!! If you're looking for a big whitetail I don't
know where else you could go to get this kind of opportunity
for a real trophy. You will have a fun, memorable and
most likely successful hunt if you book with Rick and
Rita.
Tony Schuelke, Minnesota
- 320-328-0100
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