Anyone headed on any out-of-state hunting trips?

Those are some nice deer. If y'all ever want to get some BIG whitetails I'll let y'all go to my land in UPPER Michigan. Look up the Upper Penninsula. I grew up there until I was 18 (yea I'm a yankee) but it much different then you would expect. I own 80 screw with a camp on lake frontage. The deer are big up there, I downed a 14 point non-typical the second week of deer season. Rifle season starts Nov 15th and goes for a few weeks and then it's back to bow. If I know ya I usually let ya hunt in my land for free. I'll even let ya stay at the camp no charge as long as it's in as good of shape when ya left. Google Republic, Michigan. Squaw lake to be exact. Beautiful country up there. Best kept secret to the whole world.

jimbo300 said:

Lt. Dan,

Man that is some beautiful country. You are mighty lucky to have your very own lake resort.

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Yea its nice for sure. There is just over 3 acres of lake frontage with the other 77 out back. I just wish I could get up there more often. Its about 1200 miles from here so im lucky to get up there once a year, my dad and sister use it all the time tho. Its nothing to have deer, turkeys, geese, ducks come right through the yard. There's even a few bald eagles out there. It may get a bit cold up there in the winter but yall would be surprised how much you would like it.

jimbo300 said:

Sounds like a good place to someday retire to and who knows maybe become a fishing guide. I'm sure you forgot to mention the biggest reason most people would be drawn to that locale.

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Yea im only 26 and I told the wife we are going to retire out there haha. The fishing is nice as well, a lot of perch, rainbow and large and small mouth bass. even a pike once in a while. There is another few big lakes within a reasonable distance so fishing becomes more of an adventure haha. The only downside is that MEAD paper company has been logging out there for years and all of us HATE it. I wouldnt let them set foot on my property for less than $10k, that was the entrance fee. They cut around my property, they had it down with a laser and plat books to get as much as they could, I told them it was $5k A TREE on my land. Needless to say they didnt touch any, I was also right next to them well armed when they were measuring. My dad bought the land back in the 70s for a few hundred dollars and a case a beer and then I bought it from him after my first Iraq deployment and I have no plans to let it go from the family.

It is in the middle of nowhere.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=squaw+lake,+mi&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&oe=&um=1&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl