Shrew Haven get's an addition

Ron LaClair · August 28, 2010, 01:00:00 PM

More pictures. This was last fall, coming up Armstrong Creek with a deer retrieved from the Wisconsin side of the Brule river. The deer was shot by Eric 2 (we've got two Erics in camp) This was his first year at Shrew Haven and his first traditional deer.

Rick Butler · August 28, 2010, 08:34:00 PM

That's gotta be just about the coolest camp in the Yoop!

Ray Lyon · August 28, 2010, 08:50:00 PM

It's good to see Eric 2 using good canoe beaching technique.

Many nights during camp we're glad that there are coolers to keep the food from freezing while sitting outside on the back deck. It can get awfully chilly. There's just something about crossing the bridge that is magical about the UP. I no more than got back from the work bee at the cabin and turned around and spent 4 days back in the UP with my family seeing some sights up in Munising, Marquette and Negaunee that I hadn't seen for years and my 8 and 10 year old daughters had never seen (and some I hadn't either). The pace is just so relaxing up there and the people are very friendly. We're only a month and a couple of days from our archery deer opening day here in MI and it will be a good fall, but it won't be complete till hitting the lodge at Shrew Haven.

red pony · August 28, 2010, 11:49:00 PM

Looks like a great place to hang up my long bow and gear. Cook a great meal and enjoy the stories of the day. Enjoy!!!

jcar315 · August 29, 2010, 07:29:00 AM

Top notch chair placement right next to the wood stove. Very nice looking apple pie too!

More pics please....love 'em. Thanks again for sharing to the entire Shrew Haven bunch.

**DONOTDELETE** · August 29, 2010, 08:07:00 AM

Bryan pinick · August 29, 2010, 10:14:00 AM

Outstanding photos and details of a much envied camp!

Ron LaClair · August 29, 2010, 10:28:00 AM

Hey Roger, I remember that one. We couldn't believe she was losing that much blood and was still going. Heck you didn't even need me on that tracking job.. :D

This one was a long track. Greg shot this deer and she headed for Wisconsin....darn near made it too. He shot her in the evening and we didn't recover her until the next morning. Greg and Ray draged her up to the grade while I went for the truck. As old "Rooster" Tom Jenkins once said, "We're not very good shots but we're darn good trackers"... :D

**DONOTDELETE** · August 29, 2010, 11:30:00 AM

Remember laughing about that blood trail? You and I and Jenkins were damn near trotting there was so much blood. It ran an honest 200 yard circle and ended up next to the trail we started on!

jcar315 · August 29, 2010, 12:59:00 PM

Nice! That looks like "deer country" to me.

Ron LaClair · August 29, 2010, 12:59:00 PM

A few of the guys sitting on the new back deck relaxing before the evening hunt.

A picture from the previous work detail, table saws, and all power equipment are run by generator.

Ray Lyon · August 29, 2010, 11:39:00 PM

Hmmm, I know we were some happy campers when we finally found that doe of Greg's. One of the longest tracking jobs I've ever been on. Words of wisdom from that track:
1) Always take a bow with you when tracking. After a long wait from a morning hunt hit(had to correct your memory Ron, you know, the second thing to go), we started out in late afternoon for that doe on a midsection shot (we've lost deer to coyotes and bears several times). The deer stood up at fifteen yards and neither of us had a bow in our hands and then she took off. The next morning we took after the trail again.
2) After loosing a blood trail, follow the natural deer trails in the vicinity. We picked up blood a long ways from the last blood on a main trail that put us back on the track. After another 100 yards, we found her piled up.
3) She was not far from the Brule River, which is not unusual for a wounded animal to head for water.

Not all deer cooperate at the release of an arrow. Over the many years at Shrew Haven, we've had the good fortune of tagging over a hundred deer. That's a lot of blood trails (most are quick, but some aren't)and there's nothing like experience and persistence to help you learn.

We're hoping for many short trails this fall. Good luck everyone from the Shrew Crew.

**DONOTDELETE** · August 30, 2010, 07:36:00 AM

My favorite stand up there

RkyMtn Joe · August 30, 2010, 07:52:00 AM

Nice seeing people make fantasies become realities. Good luck this season and enjoy those pies.

Joe

Ron LaClair · August 30, 2010, 08:52:00 AM

Roger, I know where that one is. Here's my favorite stand when it's cold and nasty.

**DONOTDELETE** · August 30, 2010, 04:12:00 PM

I love this view. It's between the pine stand and my ridge stand....I stop most mornings and just stare, maybe throw up a prayer or two.

smoke1953 · August 30, 2010, 04:36:00 PM

Just to cool guys! Loved every minute of the conversation. I am sure of one thing, that deer from the Wisconsin side was soooo much better eating! Here's to the Yuppers

Dry Creek · August 30, 2010, 04:52:00 PM

That is a pretty picture!!

todd smith · August 30, 2010, 05:12:00 PM

Roger,

That's good stuff... Enjoy... todd

Ron LaClair · August 30, 2010, 06:07:00 PM

This is on the southern end of our 400+ acres looking down at the Brule river. That's Wisconsin on the other side. To the deer the river is like crossing the street.

Armstrong creek looking toward the northern portion of the property.