Trad Gang

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Last year, as a Christmas present to my Trad Gang family I gave away a personalized copy of Mike Mitten's book, "One With the Wilderness".

Frankly, the book is an inspiration. I am so impressed with it on so many levels, I have decided to give away another...each week for the next four weeks, ending on Christmas Day.

I will make a new post each week on Sunday.  Post your name here on the thread that you would like to to be in the drawing and I will set a deadline of Saturday night at 7pm, put all the names in a hat and have one of my kids draw the lucky winner.  I will contact you and get all your information.  Mike will personalize it any way you would like,( so you can keep it for yourself, or give it to a buddy or loved one) and then ship it out to you.

If you are not familiar with the book, it basically chronicles Mike's growth as a hunter from the beginning with family and friends to the grand solo adventures he takes today.  It is not a how to book, but if you read it carefully, you will pick up many tips that will help you on all of your hunts.  Every time I read it, I learn something new and find yet another reason to be impressed.

There is a more eloquent description here on the Brothers of the Bow website:

   http://www.brothersofthebow.com/html/mikesbook.html    

So here we go, this week's gift signup deadline is 7pm Saturday December 4th       :thumbsup:        

Merry Christmas!

Please include me. Awesome opportunity.

Thank You!

Pretty awesome Steve!!

Thankyou!

Don't include me..I have a copy ,but that's darn nice of you......great read also!!!   :thumbsup:

Ron,

You are in...pay it forward.  Give it to a young hunter, donate it to your favorite bowhunting organization for one of their banquets.  Lots of ways to do some good if you are the lucky one    :campfire:

Add my name in the hat please

Thank you for this chance

Please add my name. Thank you for your generosity!

Very generous Steve.  Count me in - I would love to pass it on to someone.

Throw me in Steve.  This book is amazing.  It would be great to win this and give it to someone for a wonderful gift.

Please include me Steve. This would be an awesome gift for my wife and I.

Please add my name as well! Thanks!

Thanks for the generosity. Please put my name in the pot also

I'd like to enter, too.

I'd like a chance. Thanks Steve.

Please add my name Steve.
                          Thanks,
                                Craig

Please add me.
Thanks,
Tom

Throw My name in also please. Thanks for the chance.

bretto

Please put me in and thanks for the opportunity.

Jason

Put my name in.  I loaned my copy to one of my hunting buddies and he hasn't given it back.

Please add my name.

I'd sure like to read it.  Please put my name in the hat.

thanks
pac

Throw my name in the hat for your kind offer.

Thanks.

Throw me in the mix! Sounds like a fantastic read.

please put me in.
Awesome, thanks alot!

Add me as well. Very genorous of you. Thanks.

Keeping the Faith!
Magnus

Please ad my name. Thank You    Jim

Please put me in the draw.

Great gesture mate, thankyou  :thumbsup:

Please add my name, Thank You

Me too! Thank You.

Add my name please,thanks for the chance.

Yes please! Thanks for the chance!

I'm all in. Thank You, Tom

How cool buddy...please include me...thanx!

Please include me

jerry

Heard many good things about this book. Please add me to the list and thanks for the chance.

Steve,

Very generous but knowing you not unexpected! I have a copy but would be happy to pass along your gift to someone that doesn't if I were lucky enough to have my name drawn.

Thank you

Put me in please,and thanks for the chance.

Please add my name.  Thanks, Jack

Appreciate you Steve.  Joy in giving.  Please put me in.

Thanks
Steve Spence

Wow that's awesome add me please...

Thank you very much for this opportunity Steve, please add my name to the hat also.

Please put me in

Please put my name in the hat!!!
Thank you,

Very generous of you.Please add my name ,love to read and pass most of my books to others.Take care Kip

Thanks SO Much for the chance!

Please enter my name. thanks

I would also like to take part in this. Thanks for your generosity.

Please include me. This would be a great Christmas gift for my daughter who just started white tail hunting with me this week, I might to read it also.

I'm in, thanks for the chance!

Thanks for the chance Steve but more importantly thank you for your giving spirit.

Please drop my name in the bowl/hat.

God bless,Mudd

Steve O please put my name in the hat.

Thanks

doug77

Please include me and thanks

Please add my name to the hat, sounds like a great read.  
Thanks and God Bless,
Nathan

Me too...Ben

I applaude your generosity.Please enter my name.Thanks ever so much.

I would love an opportunity at this one too, Thanks very much.

Jake

I'll give it a try. I am actually reading Ron W.'s copy now but would like to try and win one for my Father.

Thank you Steve O. for the chance.

generous,of you! please put me in I devore books like that. thanks.

Me too Steve...thanks for the opportunity!

Very fine gesture. Dont add me I already have a copy and your right, it is inspiring to say the least.

Please, and thank you, Steve!


Steve

Add me in please!

Add my name to the hat. Thank you.

Please add my name. Thanks.

Please add my name to the list. Thank you.

Please add my name.  I'm ready for something to read.  Thanks

Me too, I love books.

I'm in.....Thanks buddy!

Love the generosity of the members of this site, please add me to your hat as well

I am in.

Please toss  my name into the drawing cap

Thanks for your generosity.  Please add me.

Steve, Please add my name in the hat. Thanks.

I would love to have my name added, and thank you, Ryan

I'm in.

Thank you very much.

Please add me too, thanks!

This is very gracious of you, Steve.   :notworthy:     Thanks Much and add me to the list.

It would be an awesome addition to our library for my boys and myself to enjoy.  Please add us to the list.   Thanks for the chance.

Mike

yes please add my name if you don't mind. I'd love to have the book.

That is so awesome...I tend to "skimp" on things like this that would add measurably to my life to pay bills...and then regret it.

I've got to work on that...meantime, why not tempt the hands of fate and throw in my hat?

Thanks Steve!

Would love to have an oppertunity!  This books has been on my wish list for a long, long time now.   :)

Add me and have a great Christmas season!

Thx Steve!!

Please count me in as well!

Steve...very generous of you! Please add my name...I have recently coverted 2 training wheel hunters and this would be a great book for them.

Please add my name also
Glenn

Please put me in.  Thanks.

Please add my name   Thanks!!!

Please add me too thank you!!

count me in,thanks

Please add me in the hat.
Thanks

Put me in please, thanks.

Please add my name to the hat!   Thanks for the chance!   God bless you for your generosity to the "gang" and Merry Christmas!

please add me thanks steve

Please put me in.
Thank You

Very kind of you ...Please include me cause I have a friend who would love it Thanks....God Bless..Keefer's <")))><

Please put me in also. Thanks Steve!

Thanks SteveO, please put owlbait in the drawing.

Count me in Steve, and thanks

Please put my name in. Appreciate the opportunity. Very Nice of You to make this offer to everyone here.........
Have a Merry Christmas

Please include me and thank you very much!

That is fantastic! Thanks for the chance.  :notworthy:

Please enter me,and thank you for your generousity. Pat

Would you please add my name to the hat. This is very generous of you.

Breacher

yes yes yes add me in the hat please that would be a great read for the winter here

thanks,
Scott

I am glad you all are getting into the spirit of things.  I wish I could give out one to every person here.

Mike likes to do his thing out in the wilderness, but I think his true love is his first love...whitetails!

Check out the sheds of this buck he has been hunting.  I believe he had a VERY close encounter with this buck Halloween weekend.

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b351/osminski/Mitten/3a4a2176.png)

Holy smokes!   :scared:  Those are some nice sheds.  I love shed hunting just as much as getting after them.  It's just the overall total experience.

I would like to be included. Thank you.

Joe

im in thank you

Please throw me in. Thanks!

Add me please.

AA

Yes, please.  And thanks for your generosity.

Please add my name.  Thank you for the opportunity.
tav

Thanks for the chance(s). Please include me in the drawing.

Put me in Steve!!1   :goldtooth:

Please put name in the hat

Please add my name

Me too, Thanks

Add me as well
Thanks,
Fred

Please include me,and thank you for doing this

please put me in and thans so much!

Please include me Steve and Thanks!

Please add me to the list.

Thanks

I'm in and thanks. Lin

Thanks for the chance, please count me in.

Please add my name. THANKS STEVE!

Count me in...I already have my own copy, but would make a great gift for a young bowhunter I could pass on to.

Enter my name also. Thanks

I'd love a chance to read it aswell. Thanks for the chance. Jason

I'm in. Thanks! Noah

Please add me!! Thanks!   :thumbsup:

Please add me, Thanks!!!

Please include me. Awesome opportunity.

put me in please

Add my name too and thanks

Steve if i win i'll donate it to the IBA

please add me as well, thankyou!!

Please add my name.  Thanks!

Please include my name to the drawing Steve. Thanks!

Kevin in Michigan

Wow, Merry Christmas to you!  Very generous.  Please add my name in the pot.  thanks.

Thank you Steve. Add me to the list.

Please add my name.


Thanks Bob

Put my name in please.

Tim

count me in.  wonderful Christmas gesture.

Michael

please add my name,thank you ,Shane

Man I'd love a chance, please add me.

Very nice of you to offer this up. Please add my name to the hat.

please add my name thanks steve

Now with over 26,000 members, we should be able to find a few more guys that would like to read this book.

To The Top!

Add my name please. Thanks!

would love the chance!  Thanks!!

would luv a chance as well - thanks much and happy holidays.

Yes Please! Add my name to the list!

And thanks for the opportunity.

Tom

Please throw my name in the hat!  Thanks!

Please include me for a chance. I'd love to read it.

Add my name too please.  Thank you, this sounds like a great book.

Thanks, I'm in.

Thanks for the chance!

Let's have a few more entrants to challenge the computer skills of my kids   ;)  

Or are you guys laying in wait for weeks 2, 3, and 4 thinking the odds will be better   :knothead:  

I hope you all are enjoying this as much as I am!

Count me in!

Count me in as well and thanks. TD.

for my son mason, my knees are crippled , hunt ur butts off guys! Marco#78

I am very humbled to see such an enthusiastic response to my book, and am honored to have Steve choose my writing as the tool of his generosity. I see that Steve has ordered 3 more copies and will be doing this again for the next 3 weeks leading up to Christmas as well. Good luck to you all, and thanks again, Mike

In please

please add my name

Please include my name, Steve. Thank you very much for the chance.

Tom

Please include me in as well.  Thanks for the opportunity.  

Clay

Count me in...PR

Sounds like a great read. Please add my name.

Count me in!  I'm feelin' lucky this time....

Thanks for you generous spirit!

Please enter me too! Thanks

Please add me in on the chance, great gesture!

And the winner of the book for week one is the 7th post on the 7th page...OWLBAIT...Mr. Mike Gerard.  I will send Mike a PM to get all the details and get his book out asap.

Thank you all for participating and I hope you will play again when I put up the post for book #2 tomorrow.

Mike, I hope this book gives you a lifetime of enjoyment    :thumbsup:

Well, I edited my post from this morning to put in all the winning info but that did not update everything, so this should bring it up top.  Thank you all for playing and watch tomorrow for your next chance to win!  You have PM Owlbait!

Congratulations to Owlbait!!

Thank you for your generosity!

You can bet I'll be watching for the next opportunity.

God bless,Mudd

Hat's off to for the 2 Steve's.

doug77

Congrats!!

Thanks to Steve and Mike for the donation of the book! I was going to see if this book was available at KaZoo in January. I love to read hunting stories in my classroom and to have my students see and hear that hunting is a fun and exciting adventure to read about or to participate in. Thanks again.

Congrats to Owlbait,and thanks to Steve and Mike for the chance.  :clapper:

Good job SteveO.

Mike getting that book?  I hope it has lots of pictures, LOL  Enjoy Mike, good for you.

Maybe I can get a retiree to come in and read the hard parts!  :p

please put me in....Thanks

James, entry for week one is closed.  You have to go to the new thread I am starting shortly to eligible for this week's drawing NEXT Saturday.

I will make sure you are in, but I am not going to check this thread any more.