3D Shoot - Blawkhawk Bowhunters

Jacob Marty and I decided to head over to Verona and shoot the 3D tournament at Blackhawk Bowhunters.  Casey was suppose to go with us, but he bailed at the last minute.  His loss, not mine!!  The course was set up for the "Wisconsin Big III" tournament, so the layout was tough.  Lots of longer shots with interesting angles and obstacles.  It was a great challenge, but very fun overall.  This was also my first 3D shoot with my new bow and I felt pretty good with it.

Jason: 244  (263 last time)
Jacob:  228

New Bow!!

Over the past few weeks, I had an itch to get a new bow.  The bow I had was a great starter bow, however I wanted something newer and a little faster.  I found a great deal on a 2009 PSE Bow Madness and I had to have it.  The nice thing was, I sold my bow for $225 and I had $100 from our garage sale so I had the cost of my new bow covered.  So far I've gotten all the accessories on and have only shot it a few times.  I'm very satisfied with the purchase.  I just have to find time to shoot it!

Fishing in Ladysmith

This past weekend I headed up to Ladysmith to fish with Andy and Terry.  I met Andy at his house in Plover on Thursday evening and we rode together to his cabin.  His wife Steph was also up there and she served as our "camp cook" all weekend which was very nice.  Friday morning got off to a slow start due to the rain and a couple hung over fisherman.  We eventually made it on the water around 10:30.  The weather cleared up but the fishing was slow.  Andy had a few muskie strikes and "follows", but he never landed a fish.  One of the follows was a very large fish, that haunted Andy all weekend.  Overall, Andy managed to catch a small northern and a small mouth and I caught a small northern on the last cast of the night.  Steve Edwards, Kerl and Terry made their way up on Friday afternoon to join in the fun.  On Saturday we decided to head over and fish by Kerl's cabin.  Andy, Steve and I were in Andy's boat and concentrated on a small bay where we consistently caught northerns and smallies for 2 hours.  Nothing overly big, but enough to keep us entertained.   Did I also mention it was pouring out?  Ironically enough we catch the most fish in the worst weather of the weekend.  We all met up at Kerl's cabin to dry off and to have dinner.  After dinner, we caught a few more fish in the hot spot.  Across the river, Kerl pointed out a huge bald eagle nest.  The nest was enormous and had three bald eagles living it it.  They watched over us all day.  At one point, they were all perched together high up in a tree.  It was an awesome sight.  Overall it was a fun trip.  It was good to catch up with the guys.  I look forward to the next one.