ken98k Posted November 21, 2018 Report Share Posted November 21, 2018 My oldest son just got his 1st buck. He was hunting Michigan's upper peninsula with a rifle I built for him a couple years ago. The rifle is a 308win, built on a mexican small ring 98 with a light barrel. Here's a photo of the rifle right after I completed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FC Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 Good for him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzRednek Posted April 16, 2019 Report Share Posted April 16, 2019 On 12/23/2018 at 8:29 AM, FC said: Good for him! I agree!! Never been there but heard the Michigan upper peninsula is a hunter's paradise. Back in the early 70's I worked briefly with a part time retiree. During WW2 he ran a hunter's lodge there. Making a long story short. The lodge had full time professional hunters. He told me wealthy Detroit men would show there up with young women. They would pay the hunters to get a deer, bear or anything even geese and ducks while they were shacked up with the women in the lodge. They could go home with game cleaned and butchered by the lodge to account for the time away from home. My co worker bragged about once getting a hundred dollar tip which was big bucks in the 40's. He ratted out what he believed was a private detective that was spying on the visitors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donmarkey Posted April 16, 2019 Report Share Posted April 16, 2019 That is our hunting grounds. Not what it used to be as the deer herd is down big time. Where was he hunting? We hunt between Munising and Marquette about 2 miles from the big lake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzRednek Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 Don I don't recall the lodge's name or town but he did say something about a nearby lake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Hess Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 Well, given that it's called the Upper Peninsula, chances of a nearby lake are pretty good. . I want a T-Shirt from Hessel, MI, right there when you get to the UP. X-Large. Something like "Welcome to Hessel." I think it's a wide spot in the road. My friends were from the UP. "You-Pers." They'd tell stories of walking home, drunk, and having to be careful on certain parts of the streets because the bears were out raiding trash cans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FC Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 Why’s the herd down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donmarkey Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 21 hours ago, Dr.Hess said: Well, given that it's called the Upper Peninsula, chances of a nearby lake are pretty good. . I want a T-Shirt from Hessel, MI, right there when you get to the UP. X-Large. Something like "Welcome to Hessel." I think it's a wide spot in the road. My friends were from the UP. "You-Pers." They'd tell stories of walking home, drunk, and having to be careful on certain parts of the streets because the bears were out raiding trash cans. A friend of mine goes there on a regular basis. He in-laws live near there. I’ll see what he can find. There is a bar there so maybe something. It’s not big. And it is yoopers! Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donmarkey Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 20 hours ago, FC said: Why’s the herd down? Hard winters, wolves, and crappy deer management. Still lots of snow on the ground today where I go. The southern up isn’t as bad. We are about 2 miles from Lake Superior. I haven’t deer hunted without snow in about 20 years. Some times over 2 foot on the ground. Most the yooper serious deer hunters come down state where the farm fields raise the big one. But I like the deep woods. More traditional deer camp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Hess Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 Thanks. Yoopers. Yeah. My friend had a cassette from some yooper polka band playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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