sept 17th mike ballmans bear

mike ballman and his brother

mike ballman our newest member and his brother gary , shot these 2 black bear same night a few minutes a part from each other,, While hunting in sugar camp Wisconsin , congrat's guy's you did a fine job.

GREAT YEAR EVERYONE

Well guys range has come and gone again this year,, I sure had fun with all of you this year, and our 3 new members,,
sat, the 17th we Turn the broad heads back on , time to hunt that buck again,, I am sure looking forward to it,, debi still has to figure the scores out for the year, I will post them as soon as I know,,
our new pellet stove will be here next week that will be nice for the future winter football games , races , baseball,, hunting shows,, I hope we all get together weekly and enjoy your new club house, the end of the year party sounds like the 22nd of oct , but we will all keep in touch with that,,, yes for the last week I didnt shoot my round so I took a big fat zero,, we missed tony, mike, keith, mitch, and mat ,due to their jobs they couldnt make it the last night,, I would hope everyone posts their deer on here this fall , I hope freeman a great time out in Wyoming Antolope hunting, ray the best on his traping and hunting season,, and all members the best hunting possible,, thanks again for another wonderful year of memories ,, you all are GREAT friends a guy could ask for and ever want,,

club house

The club house got along way this year, this is the outside of the new club house,, special thanks goes to all the members who worked on it and donated, the time and materials to make it happen for all of us,, we have a great bunch of guy's and gal's , freeman bennett did a wonderful job on the planing of the building. and the construction of the club house and the use of his tools, we all followed his advise, freeman is very good at construction, just goes to show ya when we all work together we can all win , ray briggs and myself, craig bills boxed in the eves , to keep the animals out, kieth bennett , helped stand trusses and get the sheeting on the roof and floor,, russ nellis donated a fridge helped prep trusses, for the club house,, ray briggs donated all electrical, and some insulation,, and a bar that we all will enjoy,
craig bills helped with labor and the use of his tools,,. craigs mom and dad . gave us the windows, that we needed. mike ballman donated 2 big lights and a new broom and 1 packer sign,, we changed a few things over the years since we started the range,, it was open to the public. Now it a members only club,, we are always looking for new members, but there is rules to be followed to become a member,, all members own this range, and all members vote on new members,, we like to have fun and laugh, if this sounds like you ,we would like to have you,, for the following 2012 summer,,

8-24-11

I will be up tomorrow you all are in serious trouble....matt

update on pre post

kieth bennett has been there from the the start also , he takes his free time and helps when he dont have to,, he is one of the best shooters I have seen ,, and loves the sport true to the hart,, wish he was here today i sure enjoy laughing with him,, he knows allot about archery, And I learn allot from him, I am very lucky to know him and be his friend.. D,B.A

august 17th 2011

we had a great time tonight , freeman and ray and tony . mike our newest member. russ , and my self ,,we all shot sat by the fire laughed and talked just like i always wanted.. what a great bunch of guys,, mike ballman our newest member brought his dad (harold , and is brother dave tonight to check it out,, very nice men,, they sure enjoyed them selfs,, I couldnt of hand picked better friends if I tried,, so I had a few to many beers tonight thats normal I guess,, freeman and ray and my son mat have been there from the begining ,, they see what i see,, and we are after the same goal in the long run, a range we can call our own. and many members

russ nellis is a newer shooter, and he has a true talent in the sport he holds rock solid, he has a talent that most of us would love to have,, We all tell him that but I dont think he sees it yet,, he is one of my closest friends and I sure enjoy hanging out with him ,,

ray is coming in the morning to work on the club building,, and craig bills, freeman, ray , mike and craig and my self will hump on the building this weekend to get as far as we can to get it done before snow flies our way,,

kieth , craig and mitch, mat,, all had to work today and missed the shoot. we sure missed them all
work gets in the way of life but we all have to do it like it or not,,
ray says that his traping season starts in oct.. we wish him the best of luck this year, we hope he gets his furs that pays for his outdoor life in the fall,, he lives for that,,I'm blessed to have such a good friend..

God give me all these friends that I have truly asked for, I would do anything for each and everyone of them , .

we will tally up the scores from tonights shoot and i will post them tomorrow,, DBA

over hangs are almost done

just put fly rafters on , ready for sheeting now

building is coming along nice

put this up in 4 hours turning out nice

clearing the land

first step clearing a place for our club house

2011 bow season

Well guys this is what we live for it is almost here again( BOW SEASON, the doe tags will be going on sale. around august 12,th but I heard august 20,th also,, I will keep you up to date as I know,, we will be able to shoot does this bow season, ,, there should be a lot of spike and forks this year also, since there was no doe permits sold last year ,, above hwy 64 in Wisconsin..
As far as the doe tags go, there will only be a limited amount of them issued this year,, I was told there will not be any at all in Vilas county this year,, I am sure looking forward to hearing ducks and geese flying south again and the fall colors God gives us all.. How lucky we are to even be able to see such beauty,,
Ray brigs starts his trapping season around that time also,, we wish him luck this year,, . for the last few years I have been hunting with freeman, I sure enjoy hunting with him,,. and I look forward to it,,

Any way its almost time to screw on the blades , 3d targets are fun ,, but they just don't taste very good. lol.

freeman

freeman is coming off the shooting stand. I have a feeling he is saying something to my wife deb. she seems to get him going about then,, he sure likes getting her going ,, I sure enjoy it myself

russ at left as your looking at the picture freeman to the right

stoping for a beer break and smoke a little b.s . we are half way around the trail.. we have so many laughs it should be against the law to have that much fun..

freeman bennett giving russ nellis a hard time

russ nellis in front , freeman bennet middle, keith bennet out side of picture, looks like freeman got the best of russ on that one . russ is looking a little twitterpated. kieth is sure enjoying it..

bows

I think this is one of my favorite things , Is seeing a couple of grand worth of bows hanging from a 4 dollar 4x4 I just love that

mitch

mitch moore taking a shot

shoot night 7-27-11

heading out to shoot