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Meeting to take place on Tuesday. I'll post the results.

Well, it's a few days late but here are some pics of our vacation. It was fishing, swimming, boating, mini golfing, probably some beer in there somewhere too.

Truck loaded down ready to roll


Checking in at the main lodge, replica of the world record muskie caught on the lake we plan to fish.




Part of the story is the same as Grizzly_Bill said. Lots of bears, one HUGE one. Started to unload the truck and found this guy. Biggest bear I've ever seen. I'm not good at this but I'd say he was more toward 500 than 400 pounds.



Here is another, when he wanted to see what was yelling and flapping the hat at him....he didn't care. This pic was from about 15', yes that is close enough.


We have the Princess doing her best teenager impersonation.

Ma gave specific orders to bring home fish, so who were we to argue?

Papa, Grandma, Uncle Andy and my nieces in Papa's boat.


We were looking for bluegills and caught this on the first cast. 15" smallie. The Chip is really starting to be a great smallie fishery.


Loony Tunes Rod $10. Loony Tunes reel loaded with new Suffix 6# test $10. Slip bobber picked out at Fleet Farm $1.29. Reeling in a smallie that dad almost got mounted....priceless. This is a 16" smb. I really had to think about keeping this one. It was a heck of a bass and he did it all himself. It even got caught between the kicker and main motor. That is the only help he got. Probably the highlight of the trip for me! Atta boy Jack!


A few more fishing shots. Stringer of pike headed for the grill. We caught a bunch of pike every day. I kept a limit every day to bring home. Got one walleye on this load too.

Smallest pike we kept was 22" Almost every one was 22-25" We got very few smaller or bigger than that.


23" walleye. Caught on a spinner.

Notice how the picture was taken by the grill. Not ironic either.
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Me and my BIL, Andy in the boat.
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Taking pictures of Ma taking pictures. I'm really glad Andy could come with on this trip. We were good friends before he and my sister got married. I couldn't ask for a better BIL, and he is one of my best friends. Truly a great guy and would fit right in with the Chickenbuck crew. He and Uncle Dusty would get along well, he's a hand gun guy like Dusty. If Andy can't fix your gun...you need a new one.
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Ma took the kids to town for a little horse back riding while Uncle Andy and I were fishing for fish with teeth.



Doin' what I do best.


Finally! Ma's finally relaxed. One of the kids took this shot, though I can't remember if it was jack or kennedy, they did a good job.


Mama bear and 3 cubs. Hard to see all the cubs here. They were tiny, pretty cute little bears.


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I wanted to wrap a bucktail with bacon and try to catch that big bear with my muskie rod, but nobody wanted to help me. It would have been a heckova tussle. I still might try it. Bacon Bucktail....it's the next fad.
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One last campfire before we headed out.
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Great pictues Tom wow it looks like you had a blast!!

We ar back home now from our chickenbuck adventure, my lady friend took some pictures, we'll try to post later.

A great weekend at Chickenbuck again!
I don't have the words to describe how honored I am to not only know, but to be friends with ND & his whole family.

Each & every time I spend time with that crew, I feel grateful for having the experience.

OK. Enough mushy stuff. Thanks again to ND, Mrs. ND, Dusty, Muffy, and the rest of the crew for a very enjoyable time at Chickenbuck.

White Bear

Thanks for coming out man. You and your lady friend certainly added to the fun of the weekend.

My lady friend & I would very much enjoy another trip to Chickenbuck.

I'll cruise thru my camera & see if there are any post-worthy pics to share here.

We'll do it again soon! Maybe they will open that state park back up so we can do some fishing too!

I have a wheeler and a boy that needs a place to drive. Let me know when the next trip is planned.

You're right wb, I don't think you can find a better crew.

We found a turtle by the cabin.





Girl and her hound.



Along the trail.



One of our stops.





White Bear and little Mr chickenbuck.

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Friday night at camp.





Missy and ... young Gene Simmons???



The next morning we spot a couple of these guys. Big eyes huh?





Riding at a pit.



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Cookin some dogs at another stop.

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Me and the little guy.

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Wiping some ketchup off.

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And some wild flowers.

OK. A couple of quick questions.
1) Is PWM floating in the silo pic?
2) Did yoo's get a new camera because those are some CLOSE-UPS!

ha... it does look like he's floating in that pic doesn't it? I like the pic with PWM on the bike.

The flowers are great. Ma, you're really getting the hang of that new camera.

Yeah I think he was floating, we've been trying to get him to stop floating like that.. lol!

Happy independence day everybody.

Happy Fourth everyone!

A true heart felt thank you to all you vets for serving our great country. I hope you all enjoy this day.

It is beautiful here.

Dave or Pam. Do either of you know what the purple and yellow flowers are in your pictures?

I was callin it an iris, but I'm no flowerologist.

Happy Fourth to you Chickenbuckeroos!!!!