Kerry Sobieck is an able bodied Coordinator for Capable Partners deer hunts.	Tom Gindorff is a physically challenged member of Capable Partners. Besides his role as Vice President, Tom is also a deer hunting Coordinator and avid participant.	Greg Runyon his our deer Coordinator for the Carlos Avery deer hunt.

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HUNTING NEWS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Blaine Airport Deer Hunt
• Carlos Avery Deer Hunt

Blaine Airport Deer Hunt
1998 provided yet another successful year of deer hunting for Capable Partners members. For those of you unfamiliar with this hunt, the roughly 1900 acres of the airport presents challenges not normally associated with typical big woods or cropland deer hunting. The airport borders highways, hangers, soccer fields, and homes. In addition, a public road dissects part of the hunting area. With close encounters of this type. SAFETY IS OUT #1 CONCERN!

As always, making this hunt possible for us were Dwight McKenzie and Jack Eberlein of MAC (Metropolitan Airport Commissions). Working closely with them, we were able to hold both archery and shotgun deer hunts. Two deer were taken during the archery season with Stan Koich tagging the first one. The morning of November 7th began the shotgun deer hunt. Thirteen disabled hunters and their partners took to the field on opening morning. By 9:00 a.m., ten deer had been harvested. They were all bucks. This included a huge 200 lb plus, 8 point buck, the biggest buck of the 1998 hunt, taken by John Frazer.

Next up was a series of organized drives or pushes orchestrated by Paul Evans (drive master) and the "Professional Drivers". By the end of the first day, the total harvest was eighteen deer, two more than last years record breaking opener of sixteen deer. When the four day, two week-end hunt ended twenty-seven deer were harvested. Twenty-one of the deer harvested were bucks! A total of twenty-nine deer for the year including those taken during the archery season.

On a special note, Capable Partners member Melvin Jerry took his first deer ever on one of the deer drives. Melvin uses a time delayed air compressor mechanism to "pull" the trigger on his single shot 20 gauge. He shot his deer running full speed as it broke out the end of the cover, ahead of the drivers. Congratulations Melvin!

There were many laughs, many misses, many doughnuts, and a good time shared and appreciated only by those of us who experienced airport deer camp 1998.

Thanks again to Matt Kuker of Pro Sporting Goods in Ramsey for donation of a new Polaris 6X6 ATV, to the professional drivers, and of course, the Metropolitan Airport Commission.

Kerry Sobieck, Deer Hunting Coordinator

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Carlos Avery Deer Hunt
Carlos Avery Deer Camp opened October 17, 1998 and closed the cabin door on October 25, 1998. There was twenty plus hunters signed up this year. We had a number of new hunters and a couple of first time deer hunters. The "old veterans" of the Carlos Deer Camp made up the rest of the crew. Something different this year was the weather. It was great compared to the rain and snow we have had in years past.

The first deer was taken opening morning by one of our new hunters. Something else special about the first deer is that is was her first time deer hunting and the first shot she ever fired at a deer. Yep you got it right the first deer was by one of our first time, lady hunters. Congratulations to Leslie Poole on her spike buck, her first of many more to come, I hope. There was another special deer taken this year that has a unique story. We will have to have her tell us at the game feed this year. Yep, another first for one of our other lady hunters, Lisa Murphy. Lisa took a big doe. It was her first time at Carlos Deer Camp. Congratulations to Lisa, and to her husband, who I think was as happy as Lisa about the deer. We wrapped up the week in good shape with a number of more deer seen and shots fired for a total of seven deer. Our Iowa boy scored on a little one, congratulations to Pat Moore. The one that got the big deer last year took a little one this year. Congratulations to John Frazer. Two more hunters Rick McCoy and Jim Spansaven scored on deer this year. Congratulations to both of you!

Thank you to Roger Hauck, Dan Rodde and Lloyd Knutson. These are the guys that make this happen every year. Thank you to the rest of the crew at Carlos for all their help and to all the hunter helpers that made this a very successful year at Carlos Deer Camp.

Greg Runyon, Deer Hunting Coordinator

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