The Hunts and Camps

Ronnie M, Levi M, Tim M, Daren H, Scott M, Rusty W, Larry, Justin W, Marvin W (from Michigan), Roger W

Deer Camp 2012

To view Deer 2012 picture, got to the 2012 Albums and select Nov 2 and 3.

Ronnie M, Rusty W, Scott M, Daren H, Marvin W (from Michigan), Mike D, Roger W, Tim M, Justin W, Shane, Levi, Cody H, Logan H

Deer Camp 2013

View the photo Album pages Nov 6 - 10, 2013.

Sorry, I do not currently have a group picture for this camp.

Deer Camp 2014

Deer Camp 2014 dates that I have pictures for were Nov 6-8, 2014.  Go to the Albums pages to view them,

Sorry, I do not currently have a group picture for this camp.

Deer Camp 2015

I only have one day's worth of Deer Camp 2015.  You may view it by looking at the Nov 7, 2015 Album.

My best as to why so few is that I was probably able to spend the weekend with LeeAnne.

Ronnie M, Marvin W, Tim W, Levi M, Scott M, Mike D, Daren H, Justin W, Doug F

Deer Camp 2016

Tim M, Levi M, Ronnie M, Daren H, Justin W, Scott M, Roger W, Rusty W, Mike D

Deer Camp 2017

See Album pages Nov 8 - 12, 2017 for all of the Deer Camp fun.

Roger W, Scott M, Rusty W, Mike D, Daren H, Doug F, Ronnie M, Justin W, Levi M, Dennis

Deer Camp 2018.

Unfortunately, I currently only have one days worth of Deer Camp pictures this year.  See the Nov 10, 2018 Album page to view them.

Ronnie M, Daren H, Tim M, Scott M, Cody H, Levi M, Rusty W, Mike D, Justin W, Roger W

Deer Camp 2019 has come and gone.

It was another fantastic and fun year and I'm already looking forward to next year.  To view all the festivities, go to the Nov 7-10 2019 Album pages.

Oreo Levi?

Shane C, Sam B, Ronnie M, Nolan M, Justin W, Doug F, Daren H,

Roger W, Mike D, Scott M, Levi M, Cody H, Tim M

Deer Kamp 2020 has come and gone.

This Deer Kamp could have been nicknamed 'Geriatric Kamp 2020".  I started the week with a lower back pains and spasms and finished up with the usual headache.  Rusty W wasn't able to make camp at all due to leg and knee problems.  Though it didn't affect his camp, Scott missed some work due to back/rib problems while Ronnie's foot was giving him problems.  I guess we are starting to show our ages.  Dad (Vernon W) didn't make an appearance like he normally does as he didn't want to get to far from Mom as she isn't doing very well.

This was a pretty unusual camp for us.  The November weather was quite warm with daytime temps approaching 80.  Pretty warm for hunting bringing meat in out of the woods; fortunately, we don't normally do much of that during deer kamp.  However, we didn't burn as much wood as normal and we didn't have to sit in virtually each others lap.  Shorts even became the apparel for some at camp.

Despite the Covid-19 virus, we had a great time as usual.  I wasn't quite as chipper as I normally am as I was hoping that LeeAnne W would respond to my attempts at conservations or at least make contact with me in some way.

And as expected, the company was good, the food was excellent and the hunting might even have been better than normal.  I'm already looking forward to Deer Kamp 2021; hopefully without he virus.

** Note ** I photoshopped Sam B into the picture as he stalkin' the big one (or snoozing a big one) when the majority of the group was available to get the group picture.  Hope the picture is satisfactory Sam.

Darin H, Tim M, Kevin N, Rusty W, Ronnie M, Levi M,

Justin W, Scott M, Mike D, Cody H, Roger W

*Note* Please excuse my excessive long hair.  I was growing it out for the Locks-of-Love foundation.  They take hair and make wigs for people who have lost theirs due to cancer.  The beard is just to help to complete my woolliness ensemble and not my usual look.

Deer Kamp 2021

Another unusual Deer Kamp this year.  The weather was good and normal for November, making for sitting around the fire and socializing quite nice.  However, my Mom had taken a turn for the worse several weeks before Kamp requiring several hospital ER visits and finally over Deer Kamp, requiring a stay in a rehab facility.  Also, my Aunt and Uncle haven't been doing well and my Uncle also needed a stay into a rehab center.  So some of the crew of Deer Kamp were in and out of camp visiting family.  Rusty was only able to stay from Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning.  Also, a man was taken out by Covid, as Sam came down with it the day before he was to head out.

Justin got a deer Friday morning.  It was a bad morning for him as he couldn't find the tree he wanted and then after climbing a tree, realized that his bow didn't stay tied to his climber.  He eventually got settled in and his buck came by a short time later.  I was hunting with him when he shot it and I heard his bow shoot.  I was blessed to be able to participate in the tracing with him as he still has that kid-at-Easter enthusiasm.  Thanks for letting me join in Justin.

New to camp was Kevin N from North Carolina with his Ney York City accent (he didn't have a NY accent but a heavy Southern accent).  When someone asked where he was from we would jokingly say, "from New York, can't you tell by the accent?"

Deer Kamp 2021 is in the books.  It will be nice to be able to get a full compliment once again in the near future, complete with Marvin W and Sam B and possibly add in some new friends.

** Note ** There was no time other than after dark that the whole group was together for a Kamp picture.  So I took the main group picture and PhotoShopped in Justin and his buck to make a complete compliment of the attendees.