Yes sir...."THE" Doug Campbell,knife maker supreme, was here in NY. He just happened to be staying at one of the plces I hunt thanx to him      .

His lovely wife Karen and him rolled in Monday and plans were set to spend the day and hunt all day Tuesday.

Met him at 5:00am, and after a quick hand shake and some cloths changing(not each others     :D  )  , we were of into the darkness. Walked him to a tree that I thought would be his best bet for an opportunity. He had some screw in steps and a Gorilla treestand to set up in the dark. I was off to another tree about 150yds away that I would climb with my Lone Wolf.

I'll be back...

here we go

Campbell in a TREE    Screw in Steps  


Doug come home for ya get hurt  

now that just ain't right

This is going to be good        :p  

Vance did you forget Doug grew up in Missouri,He's just an ol flatlander!

Tracy

More Curt....Dad was just telling me about your hunt a few minutes ago.......

First deer I see is splitting the yardage between us, but maybe a little closer to Doug. It was a small buck, and I knew with only a day and a half to hunt and an either sex tag,he wasn't going to be too picky. Just about the time I figured things were going to get interesting as I watched thru bino's, the buck stops on a dime, and looks toward where I knew Doug was. It was obvious he'd called to him, and it worked! He turned and started toward him...I watched till he went out of site and waited for something to happen.....but I never heard or saw anything.

He'd called him almost to the base of his tree,but a good shot never presented itself....

The morning was filled with bucks and does for both of us...it was almost non stop sightings. One buck we both saw was a nice 2 1/2 year old 4x4. I tried to call him in, but he didn't want anything to do with it. Little did I know Doug had already called to him and had him coming right to him, that is until a bunch of does showed up and changed his course      :mad:  

Seems I put Doug in a pretty good spot....I think he saw about 10 does and fawns and 3-4 bucks!

It was my best morning of the season, only the fourth morning I've gotten to hunt this fall      :(  


Some pix from the morning stand......

 

 

 

 

 

Not sure I want to hear this as I was supposed to be there too!  Seems like the flu bug got me first though.  Rather have seen it than read it...Doc

My favorite pic....




We got out of our hunting cloths and shortly Karen showed up with a nice lunch. Soon enough we were out to show Doug a spot I wanted him to see and some stump shooting. Doug also mentioned trying to kill some squirrels....he couldn't believe how big our gray squirrels are.....

It wasn't long before he made one of the nicest shots I've ever seen on a squirrel...it went nowhere!




As you can see he's smiling in this pic because I was giving him a little static about using a store bought folding knife....just didn't seem right....



The afternoon hunt was incredible!! I'll be back.....

I just want to see what he guts it with   :D  

Let's not string this out TOOOO much, some of us have to get up early to go to work  

HAH! you were putting up pics while I was typing...a store bought knife  

Great day there!

Looks like a great day.  Nice pics Curt.

Chris

Dang, that's a Boone&Crockett squirrel!

     

Now that is my idea of a good time!  
What kind of bow is Doug shooting?? Whip??

Great pics Curt!!!  Any more you would like to add??????    

That squirrel looks to be extremely large  

Very cool story and read so far Curt! Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to the rest!    

Store bought Folder.... why the hide of the man!...lol

That IS a big squirrel!  Do they attack?  :eek:  
Good stuff Curt  

Thats a squirrel,you gotta be kidding me.He's the size of the blacktail deer where I live.bd