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Very sorry Ryan.

I'm confused on this as well.

Thanks guys



it was in regards to his FB post yesterday

Sorry Ryan. You're right, more prayers won't hurt and you have them from here.

Well now I have to look on the face books.

For those wondering about the brave v crazy: it's the crazy one.

I've been busy making those puck openers (local guys let me know if you want one) and Pinewood Derby.

After getting caught by the wife letting my son (6 years old) use the drill-press and the dremel (in a vise, to polish axles), he made it worthwhile:





He came in third overall, despite putting the Batman wrap on crooked....

My mug ain't got nothing to lose. I'm not exactly "man pretty" to start with.

Prayers sent

Very sorry to hear Ryan. Prayers sent. Is that the grandpa in my neck of the woods? The one you stayed with last summer?

Pic says it all Goalie!

I'm on board for one if you're still making them Dave.

Do you want a plain puck, a Wild logo puck, or something different?

I have some Wild logo pucks ordered, but it will be a few weeks until they arrive.

The pucks look cool Goalie. I don't drink anything any more so I'll pass.


Got on the ice at 6:45 this morning. Very early, and very short bite. We didn't get a fish after 7:30. Man, are they biting light. Guys are having a hard time finding fish, proven by the fact we saw several big houses being moved or just hauled off the ice. Ice was running about a foot thick with melt/refreeze on top. This was on Prior Lake in the south metro.

I'll send a WCHA puck, so he can be reminded of all the quitters

Just found this thread last evening about 11pm. What a great read; I worked through the first 80 pages last evening and then had to put down my laptop to get some sleep. Dave, you are doing a wonderful thing for your family and your cousin�s son. I, too, grew up in northern Minnesota, on �da range�. I shot my first deer in 1966 when my dad set me by a big norway pine on opening day. I�ll never forget that morning � it was -22. I wore an old pair of white felt US Army �bunny boots�, as they were called, and toted a 30-40 Krag my dad had bought for me. About 9am a spike buck appeared, just like magic � one minute nothing and then there, not 20 yards, he stood frozen, like me, staring back. I raised the old Krag and pulled the trigger � nothing; the cold temps had frozen the oil on the bolt hammer and it did not fall. I worked the bolt, the spiker stood motionless, and I pulled the trigger again � my very first deer on the ground. When your son is my age, he will remember his first deer as though it was yesterday.

I thought I would mention a tradition our camp started in 1999. My dad was an avid hunter and brought my brothers and me up, as you are your family. He passed away in Sept 1999. At the camp we hung his blaze orange, leather, well-worn, bomber-style hat on a nice set of antlers on the wall. From that day forward, anytime someone in our camp takes a 10-pointer or better, the lucky hunter gets to take down the hat and wear it through the end of the next day. Since 1999, the hat has been worn three times � once by my sister�s husband�s brother, once by me, and this past fall, by my father�s grandson, who shot his first deer at 11 years old � a ten-pointer; he will never forget his first deer and the honor of wearing �the hat� for day.

Well a wild puck man!

yessir, same one.

Excellent Keith! Welcome to 'the fire and the deer camp thread. A few of us are from da range or at least the area. I still have a lot of family in Hibbing, side lake, and Chisholm. I don't hunt in r elegy anymore but not far over by the whiteface.

Can't wait to hear some stories!!

I would like a wild one,btu I can wait till everyone has theirs. sending pm.

Ryan,prayers and well wishes for your grand father.

KeithNyst,welcome to the best thread on the net.You are required o read ALL of it.


Stan in SC