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Hunting camp 52 : tales from a North Woods deer camp / John Marvin Hanson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hanson, John Marvin, 1944- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- White-tailed deer hunting--Social aspects--Wisconsin--Sawyer County.
- White-tailed deer hunting.
- Hunting lodges--Wisconsin--Sawyer County--History.
- Hunting lodges.
- White-tailed deer hunting--Wisconsin--Sawyer County--Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (275 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Danvers, Massachusetts : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- Meet the Jolly Boys--five men from northern Wisconsin who built a deer hunting shack in 1955 and established a tradition that has now lasted over six decades.Hunting Camp 52, affectionately known as Blue Heaven, is a place where every trail, rock, and ravine has its own nickname; every kill is recorded by hand on a window shade; every hunter.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- The Jolly Boys
- Permit for Camp #52
- Ownership Agreement
- Construction
- The Jolly Girls
- First Shack Log Entry
- Preparing for the First Season
- First Deer Season, 1955
- For More Than Just Hunting
- Dad's Favorite Place
- Slow Beginnings, 1956-1957
- The Long Season, 1958
- My First Hunt, 1959
- The Snacks
- Trails, Roads, and Landmarks
- Vandalism and Malicious Mischief, 1960-1962
- Evening Songfests
- The Light Plant
- The Monster Buck, 1963
- Camp No-Hunt, 1964
- Deer Camps of Like Kind and Quality
- Deer Camps Remembered
- The Boot Rack
- Nightly Card Games
- The Dog Robber
- Lost in the Woods, 1965
- Target Practice, 1966-1967
- The Coot
- The Bunny Girls Entertain, 1968
- Marriage of the Deer Camps, 1969-1970
- Keeping a Record, the 1970s
- Three Generations, 1980
- On the Run, 1981
- Winds of Change, 1982-1983
- A New Head Chef, 1984-1986
- A Successful Season, 1987-1989
- Butchering the Deer
- Pratfalls, 1990
- Adder's Ladder
- "Snowdin," 1991
- More Snow, 1992-1993
- Changing of the Guard
- Loss, 1994
- Young Blood, 1995
- Ghosts and Spooks
- Our War on Mice
- Camp Elders, 1996-2000
- An Uncertain Future, 2001-2003
- Financing a Hunting Camp
- Elimination of the Permits, 2004-2005
- Blue Heaven's Fiftieth Anniversary
- Final Seasons at Blue Heaven, 2006-2008
- End of an Era, 2009
- From Old to New
- New Blue, 2010-2011
- Shack Rules
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-87020-774-1
- OCLC:
- 957455224
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