JACK WARD of King Ferry, NY had poor snow conditions during
his initial hunt. He made his second try of the season in late
January and his persistence was rewarded with this nice tom.
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BRYCE JOHNSON of Leavenworth, KS came for his first visit to
Alberta in February. He arrived in time for some warm weather,
but stuck with it and took this cat on day nine of his hunt.
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RAY KRAUSE of Prince Rupert, BC made the drive over from the
coast to get in on our first antelope hunt of the year. This nice
buck was traveling by himself in the early morning rain and fog.
Ray was lucky enough to intercept him, getting the antelope
season off to a great start.
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Also joining us on the first antelope hunt was longtime friend
TAFFORD OLTZ of Shelby, MT. Despite the rain, fog and lots of
mud, Taff was able to score on this heavy horned, hard hooking
buck.
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FREDERICK BADIA of Barcelona, Spain traveled a great distance
to hunt with us. He made a difficult shot to take this nice buck.
Thanks for the Spanish lessons, Frederick!
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DON SELBY of Orem, UT, has hunted with us a number of times,
becoming a good friend along the way. He joined us on our second
Pronghorn Antelope hunt of the year, in late October, and took
this wide horned buck.
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Outfitters get a chance to hunt their home ground on occasion.
This year Gordon was lucky enough to take this nice buck for
himself with a 140 grain Barnes X bullet from a .280 Remington.
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JOE PICCOLO of Johnsonville, NY got the trophy he came for. He
harvested this big Shiras moose and saw some of the great scenery
the Rocky Mountains have to offer.
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DAVE SHULTE of Glenarm, MD took this fine mulie on the first
day of his three day hunt.
He was lucky enough to put his tag on a prairie whitetail on the
third day.
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SHAWN HARTMAN of Baltimore, MD joined his friend Dave for the
trip to Alberta and was happy to find a trophy mule deer waiting
for him too!
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DAVID GRATON of El Granada, CA (right) took this beautiful
non-typical buck at first light on the first day of his hunt.
His guide Gary Villemaire is holding David's buck below to
give us another look at this super deer.
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JIM MELLODY of Scottsdale, AZ is an avid mule deer hunter, he
joined us in November. He put on some miles hiking around the
prairie landscape. He was rewarded with this long-tined buck.
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ROBERT SLOCUM of Ashfield, MA and his father HOWARD SLOCUM of
Sehaghticoke, NY came on a deer hunt together. Robert took this
great deer at the beginning of his hunt.
Robert also managed to tag this old heavy whitetail before his
hunt was finished. 
Howard was hunting with us for the second time (see the
Mule Deer page for a
look at the 33" buck Howard took on his previous hunt). Here's
the buck he took on the third day of this year's hunt.
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TODD REID of Columbia City, IA harvested this muley buck after
hiking some picturesque prairie coulees.
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SHAWN YOUNT of Larwill, IA hunted hard to get his first moose
and then the work began!
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Thanks to everyone who joined us in 2002 and
made the year another memorable one for us. Congratulations to
those whose success we were lucky enough to share.
A few words of appreciation are in order to all
those, whose contributions helped make everything possible.
Special Thanks to:
Andre Couture, Dan Fieldberg, Derek Barnes, Gary Villemaire,
Heide Bowyer, John Gordon and Tony Kondel.
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