When I finished a challenging 3-D archery course Aug. 16 with fellow traditional bowhunter Larry Morrow, I had one small victory — I had not lost a single arrow.
During our farming years, we’d raised Holsteins, Black Angus, chickens (upon occasion) and pigs, and along the way held company with a few cherished dogs and cats. Never ever did we have a horse on the farm.
GILLETT: Oconto County Youth Fair, 9 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., Zippel Park, 150 N. McKenzie St. Rabbit show 9 a.m., exhibitions open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., beef show 10 a.m., Midway open noon to 10 p.m., music by Randy Peterson 12:30 p.m. and 4 p.m., Bob Bohm’s Family Entertainment at 2 p.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., music by Ken and Kris 3-6:30 p.m., bingo 4 p.m.
As I have mentioned in previous columns, I became hopelessly bewitched by the spirits of long-dead lumberjacks when I joined the staff of the Holt and Balcom Logging Camp in Lakewood. The camp was badly deteriorated, and subsequent efforts to restore it took seven long years.
Some bucket-list items involve distant destinations or once-in-a-lifetime adventures. Mine were much simpler: see a baby loon and photograph one.
You’d think that would have happened long ago. I grew up exploring Wisconsin’s lakes and have spent the past 15 years at a Northwoods cabin where loons return each spring. Yet year after year, I heard their haunting calls without ever seeing a chick.
