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Re: OUR LOCAL RENDEZVOUS IS JUNE 1ST! [Re: Patrice] #6543898
05/25/19 05:42 PM
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Ok patrice

Re: OUR LOCAL RENDEZVOUS IS JUNE 1ST! [Re: black and tan] #6544407
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Back up there for the Black Sheep laugh


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Re: OUR LOCAL RENDEZVOUS IS JUNE 1ST! [Re: Patrice] #6544918
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Because you're all out there wondering, you do not have to be a WTA member to come and join us. The Black Sheep welcome all trappers and their families! grin


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Re: OUR LOCAL RENDEZVOUS IS JUNE 1ST! [Re: Patrice] #6545020
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Are you having a T-Man feed?


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it tells me why I wanted to go there.
Re: OUR LOCAL RENDEZVOUS IS JUNE 1ST! [Re: Patrice] #6545026
05/27/19 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Patrice
Back up there for the Black Sheep laugh



" We are poor little lambs who have lost our way........baaaaaa baaaaaa baaaaaaaaa........"



grin

Re: OUR LOCAL RENDEZVOUS IS JUNE 1ST! [Re: Sharon] #6545190
05/27/19 08:23 PM
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No Nittany, for this one we always have great food available from the Reedsburg Outdoor Club. They serve great brats and pulled pork sammies there!

Sharon, we can make you an honorary Black Sheep. We'll have to make you a little more devious and ornery first! This will be fun ... laugh


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Re: OUR LOCAL RENDEZVOUS IS JUNE 1ST! [Re: Patrice] #6545281
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grin I can imagine .....

Re: OUR LOCAL RENDEZVOUS IS JUNE 1ST! [Re: Sharon] #6546219
05/29/19 08:58 PM
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The Black Sheep are organizing. Only three days ...


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Re: OUR JUNE 1ST RENDEZVOUS - UPDATE! [Re: Patrice] #6546423
05/30/19 08:20 AM
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UPDATE - Bridge Out - Road Closed Near Reedsburg - DIRECTIONS

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You may need to look at a clearer map than this, but hopefully this will help. For all of you coming from the south to our rendezvous …

Look at Hwy V coming out of the north end of Reedsburg. At the point where you see the name “Riverview Rd” on Hwy V – THE BRIDGE IS OUT and the road is closed where it crosses that creek.

There are two ways around it. The official detour will take you west on Main Street/Hwy 33 out of Reedsburg to the point where Hwy V comes back out on Hwy 33. You would then get on Hwy V and come in from the north to that first right turn which is Menchoff Rd and then turn right again on Luedtke Rd.

The shorter way around the bridge is to go a few blocks east on Main Street to Myrtle Street which is Hwy K. Go north right through town. You will drive between two cemeteries as you come out the north end of town. In about a half mile take the first left turn on Barbara Ann Drive and follow it to where it ends on Hwy V. (That cuts through a little subdivision and it’s what all the locals are doing.) Then turn right on Hwy V and continue north to Luedtke Rd to the rendezvous.

By the way, for those of you coming up on Hwy 23 from the south, that is S Albert Ave on the map.

Nothing will stop the black sheep!

I hope that’s helpful!
Patrice


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Re: OUR JUNE 1ST RENDEZVOUS - UPDATE! [Re: Patrice] #6546511
05/30/19 11:39 AM
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TTT from WTA D5 to WTA D9! Have a great one, Black Sheep!

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Re: OUR JUNE 1ST RENDEZVOUS - UPDATE! [Re: Moosetrot] #6546675
05/30/19 06:48 PM
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Thanks Moosey!

D9 loves D5! grin


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Re: OUR JUNE 1ST RENDEZVOUS - UPDATE! [Re: Patrice] #6547147
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Topperino!

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Re: OUR JUNE 1ST RENDEZVOUS - UPDATE! [Re: Moosetrot] #6548029
06/02/19 09:13 AM
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Photos on the way .........


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OUR RENDEZVOUS - LOTS of PHOTOS!!!!!!!! [Re: Patrice] #6548129
06/02/19 12:15 PM
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We had a nice little rendezvous on Saturday. Here’s a bunch of photos. If my photos were half as nice as the people in them, I’d be thrilled.

Friday night we set up at the Reedsburg Outdoor Club. This is the hooped beaver and plaque we presented them with a couple years ago for being so generous to us and supporting our event. (Next to it is a board signed by legendary D9ers they won in an auction to hang on their wall!)
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Nute had some materials there for his trapper ed group. Some wise words there!
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Getting set up for our WTA tables.
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Volkers Trapping Supply getting their tables set up. Even though they live in Illinois, the Volkers are D9 members. We’re so happy to have Mike and Jeanine join us each year. We have a lot of fun!
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Smokey’s Trapping Supply getting their tables set up. Smokey and Sheryl are a great asset to our little rendezvous and we love having them here!
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Getting our Welcome stuff out. We have flags and glow sticks for every kid who comes by.
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After everyone is set up on Friday, we have a little party and relax. Here’s Smokey and Sheryl, who shared all of these great snacks with us on Friday. The whole crew appreciated it. It’s hard to find nicer people than these!
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We opened up on Saturday morning and visitors started arriving. Here's Mike Volkers talking with some folks. Mike did a nice coon trapping demo for us.
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Jeanine Volkers is helping out some customers.
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Early Saturday morning, Nute did a trappers ed field test-out for this group of guys. Afterwards, they stayed and spent the day with us. Nute is our county trapper ed coordinator, our D9 treasurer, and helps set up and run our rendezvous and every other event we have. Thanks, Denny!
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Nute spent time with each kid and tested them on their track knowledge. He has a set of molded foot imprints that go with photos of furbearers, and he has the kid set each foot on the photo it matches. If they get all of them right (with a little coaching from Nute), they win a 110 trap. Those kids' eyes would light up – and so did their parents! Nice job, Denny!
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In the background, you can see Scott from the Village Gunsmith in Kendall, WI in the black shirt next to their sign. This was their first year at our rendezvous and we loved having them there. What nice people to meet and do business with! (Yes, I had to buy a new fun gun!) Thanks for joining us!
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Here’s Tommy, who helps out at every one of our events. You might recognize him as part of the TMan Labor Camp. Tommy took in some memberships and gave out information to folks. Thanks, Tommy!
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Re: OUR RENDEZVOUS - LOTS of PHOTOS!!!!!!!! [Re: Patrice] #6548130
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We had a few tailgaters outside. Aside from a couple of short-lived bursts of rain, we ended up with a mostly dry and nice day for them.
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Here’s WTA Hall of Fame member Dan Carroll, who helps us out every year. Dan did a couple of great demos, and a muskrat and beaver tasting that went over famously! Thanks, Dan!
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Great to see a bunch of future trappers having fun and learning stuff. This kid was having a lot of fun on Saturday.
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Smokey did a great demo on winter canines.
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Sheryl is inside helping customers.
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These kids had a trap shoot and birthday party at the Outdoor Club, and then joined us for the rest of the day. Each one of them had fun getting tested by Nute and winning a trap and they all tried Dan's muskrat and beaver samples and liked them!
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Dan did a wonderful demo on cable restraints, and wasn’t even distracted by predators creeping up behind him. He did another demo on muskrat trapping later on.
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Lots of fine people joined us. Here’s another shot of the grounds.
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We were happy to be joined in the afternoon by our warden, Mike Williams, who visited with trappers and answered questions. What a great guy! It was really nice to visit with him. He’s a local, a trapper, and may even become an honorary member of the Black Sheep! Thanks, Mike!
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Alex Hanrahan from the DNR did a nice demo on bobcat trapping and stuck around with us for the day. Great information!
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The questions followed Alex back to his truck where he was nice enough to answer them all!
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Here is Howard, my buddy who helps me set up on Friday every year. On Saturday, Howard carries my clicker and counts the people at our rendezvous. (We had a total of 121 people on the clicker this year.) All of you who go to our conventions in Marshfield have seen Howard, who has been there helping at every event for years. We love you, Howard!
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I wish I had decent photos of all of the Black Sheep who make up our team. Wayne, Roger and Mat help out through every event, manning tables and selling raffle tickets. Thank you! My Zim coordinates the demo area and brings me flowers! XXXOOO! And I have to thank Black and Tan for helping me out all day long with our card raffle this year. Because of Jason, I had time to say hello to people and take these photos. Thanks so much to all of you! D9 rules!!!

Finally, I want to thank the Reedsburg Outdoor Club for everything they do for us! (Next time, I’ll get a photo of you guys in here too.) This is one fine place full of fine people who provide a beautiful venue for our event and help make it a success. They also offer great food and beverages to all of our hungry trappers and a lot of smiles in the process. Thanks so much, guys! We’ll be back!

Again, thank you to everyone!
Patrice


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Re: OUR RENDEZVOUS - LOTS of PHOTOS!!!!!!!! [Re: Patrice] #6548136
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Looks like you had a good turn out.
Graduation and family had to come first. What a pain had to stand in line outside for about a hour before they would open the doors to the school. No more graduations for a while.

See you next year.


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Re: OUR RENDEZVOUS - LOTS of PHOTOS!!!!!!!! [Re: Patrice] #6548146
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Very nice. Good looking building and outdoor area too.

Let me ask, how would a feller go about buying one of those neat looking Wisconsin Trappers shirts ?

Re: OUR RENDEZVOUS - LOTS of PHOTOS!!!!!!!! [Re: The Beav] #6548147
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We missed you, Beav! We'll see you next time!


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Re: OUR RENDEZVOUS - LOTS of PHOTOS!!!!!!!! [Re: Patrice] #6548153
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I hope you all had a good time.


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Re: OUR RENDEZVOUS - LOTS of PHOTOS!!!!!!!! [Re: trapper les] #6548173
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Thanks, Les!

Sorry Redsnow! I posted at the same moment when you did and didn't see your question. I looked on the WTA website but don't see any of those shirts with the tracks. They must be from a different year.


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