I just got my newest TBM magazine and want to publicly thank Mike Mitten for the job he did with the two part profile of Bart Schleyer. It brought tears to my eyes. Bart would be so proud, especially with the concern for his son. If these two articles don't make people realize how special Bart was, nothing ever will. Bart would be shy about all this, especially his accomplishments, skills and abilities but it certainly is a true honor for Mike to share Bart with others. Paul Schafer is smiling as well. If you guys knew how long Mike's original draft was vs. what they printed in TBM, you would flip! We also have dozens of unpublished hero pix and a lot of footage that needs to be put on our Brothers of the Bow website. Give us time. It will happen. Do yourself a favor. Read the articles and then send a small donation to Bart's son. Thanks.
I liked the articles you and Mike both did. In the TBM mag Keep up the good work.
Very well said Mr Gene.
Please add my thanks as well Mike. I think it's my favorite read so far from TBM. Sure would like to read what didn't make the pages.
The fact that Bart was considered the best at capturing the big cats holds special meaning for me. I got a very small taste of just how difficult that is last winter. Can't wait to see the rest of the pictures.
Thanks again, Robin Severe
I really enjoyed part 1, haven't got to 2 yet
I just read the 2nd edition today myself.I feel almost cheated and am disapointed that I never new of Bart and even more so never got to meet him.Great articles in tbm and hopefuly there will be a book in the near future.
I too thoroughly enjoyed parts 1 and 2. After realizing Bart worked for Dr. Maurice Hornocker, whom I know well, I wish I could have maybe met Bart. He sounds like one of those guys that would do anything for anybody. Thanks Mike, this is the best article I have ever read in TBM.
Great job Mike. Thanks for letting us get to know more about Bart.
What a great article Mike! Thank you for letting us all know Bart a lil' better. Bravo my friend.
Peter
In the middle of the second part right now....awesome job Mike....Bart's another guy I wish I could have known.....
Thank you all so much for your comments and e-mails. I can't tell you enough of just how eye opening doing this piece was for me. Talking to a lot of Bart's friends and tracing his footsteps through life was a humbling experience. I hope we all come to know generosity as Bart did.
Thanks again,
Mike
Can't wait for the new TBM to arrive, as part 1 of the story was fantastic - good job Mike! I can never get enough stories of bowhunters like Bart and Paul, so thanks to you and the Wensels for preserving some of that bowhunting history.
I had been waiting since I read the first part and it was worth the wait. I'm still set back.
Leaving in the morning for my first solo wilderness hunt. To say that the stories shared recently about Bart, Schaf and company through the PD video, articles, posts etc have inspired me to start living what used to be dreams....well it would be an understatement. Please accept my humble thanks for sharing their lives (and yours for that matter) with us.
Again, great job Mike. You did tell me how long your first draft was...and I know how hard it is to whittle it down to Don's limits! You did a fine job, and Gene is right that Bart would be blushing about all the attention. But as for the rest of us, "thanks" for putting out the info for us all to enjoy and learn about what a fine human being Bart was and an inspiration to us all.
Mike, I finally came up from the concrete and sawdust long enough to read it straight through. Nice piece of work buddy!
Ever think that great bowhunters are like rockstars? Some of the best have gone on sooner than they should have.Bart, Paul and Jay are 3 people who when you read about them makes you almost view them as mythical.
Mike I did read part 2 this morning, great job.
Now that avatar.............tell me atleast one of those is roadkill cause that is too much horn for one day. :)
Looking forward to reading it...thanks Gene.
Plumbob.....The bucks in AVATAR were taken two days apart. You can read about them individually in "Antler Mines" Feb/Mar 2006 TBM. You can also see individual images of them in Primal Dreams, as well they are also featured together in the final scene of the film.
Thank you all for your kind words. Bart was one of us.
Mike
Mike did a nice job of giving us a glimpse into Bart's life and times. For those of us who never knew him, that is important. Good work.
Since I've retired from teaching I can actually sit down, fully absorb, and appreciate fine work like Mike's piece on Bart. Ahh, the good life . . .how many year's to go for you Bryce?:^)???
There is a video on this great site of Bart hunting with Paul Schafer
Bart liked to take a lot of pictures and video. A lot of the original video footage was filmed in high-8 format and should be of reasonable quality. Most of that now belongs to his son. We will have to wait to see what becomes of it.
Gary, NOT FUNNY. The light is very dim at the end of the tunnel, but at least it's there. Ten years until early retirement counting the current one, but I've got it figured out that I could retire the same year even with a year's leave of absence/sabbatical somewhere in there! So do I do that sometime in the near future, or just try to make it 9 years and hope I'm healthy enough to still hoof it up and down the slopes?
Hey Bryce, read my post on the Primal Dreams thread about how my quest to finally chase elk in the mountains is going . . . not that's not funny! Somebody told me that you keep an extra set of clothes at school to switch in-and-out of?? Could be just an ugly rumor. HA! I once went turkey hunting before school, shot a big gobbler, and then ran it by the high school parking lot to show my bow club students and hunting buddies on the way home to change into my teaching duds. Got back to school with cleaner hands just in time to open the door for my 1st block class:^) Then there's the year I had first period planning during the spring and last block planning during the fall. My principal was a hunter and seemed to understand my need for a customized schedule:^)
Getting back to what this thread is about, we are considering posting Mike's article about Bart w/photos this fall on the Brothers of the Bow website. www.brothersofthebow.com (http://www.brothersofthebow.com)
I still don't have my new TBM. What gives? I wonder.
I don't have mine either and I'm in ND for goodness sake!!!!!
Claudia
I got mine today.....doing the snoopy dance!lol
Great article. Enjoyed reading about Bart.
He actually lived 20mi. down the hill from me and I never got to see or know him.
I finally took the time to sit down and read the last issue of TBM and have enjoyed several of the stories so far, including the caribou article by Ben Pinney. It's been a long time since I got to visit via the internet with Ben. It sounds like he's become a very accomplished outdoorsman.
The article on Bart brought back some memories as well. I never did get to meet Bart but we had a mutual friend and I followed some of Barts adventures thru him. Bart, when he was in Siberia studying tigers, had his parents send me a beautiful painting he had done of a Caribou bull with a tranquil Alaskan valley in the background. That painting hangs in my den underneath a caribou mount. Even though Bart and I never got to meet, that painting is special to me. Thanks Mike for that article and I'm looking forward to reading part II.
Ric, You may get a pleasant surprise in part two since I talk of the bow and the painting you mentioned. Have fun and a great season this fall. I am off to Colorado for two weeks of alpine mule deer hunting. Mike
Mike great work. It seems that you just scratch the surface of his life. It sounds like you have the making of a good book. Proceeds of the book could go to his son. Just a thought. Thank you for sharing..
Top Shelf , bud!!!! :thumbsup: :clapper:
Mike, Thanks for this article. You did a great job!
Bill Wright
Got Mine Yesterday, and Havent made it That Far yet!! I got Caught Up in the "Letter to the Editor" Garbage. Equal Time........ DANG IT!! :readit: Everyone has an Opinion, just Like Sphincters Everyone Has One, and Some AREand Have One Too. Everyone Needs a Hobby I Suppose.
BAAAAD ME!! 1/2 Hour in the "Quiet Chair" in the Corner. Thats Ok, I am Used to it by now!! :thumbsup:
Great article! Man I wish I could have met him. I loved how the article ended with a quote from his dad. Those words gave me inspirational chills and brought tears to my eyes! Great job Mike!
Mike, I didn't know Bart but Thanks to you now I do. When Primal Dreams comes out again (part two) I think it would be AWESOME if in the beginning it shows some real scenes of Bart, Paul, Fred, Ben, Howard and many other brothers of the bow. I love looking at the stalks they did, the old camp scenes,the bush pilots as they fly over those far away places we can only Dream of. I really enjoyed those articles and what Barts Dad wrote in the end. What a great Dad ! Mike please keep up the good work all of you guys do to bring these storys to us. God Bless you and have fun on that hunt and I will be waiting to read your story !! Keefers <")))><