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Jleccmber, 1942
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On Thunder Mountain Reserve By Henry Collignon Our hunting grounds were at Thunder -Mountain Ranch Company, Wisconsin, which is about 260 miles from Chicago proper, and about 19 miles west of Crivitz. The area on which we hunted is not a state re serve but is owned by the Buck fam ily. There are 3000 acres of corn, alfalfa and clover fields and forest area, with plenty of nice ridges. All hunting other than with bow and arrow is barred, this being the first year any hunting has been allowed. The ranch is well posted at all times and patrolled by men on horseback. The signs now read, “Archery Hunt ing Invited on this Area.” Our party consisted of Bill and Tess Lubersky, Paul Duncan and Stanley Stanton of South Chicago
and of the Chicago Archery Club, and Bernice and Henry Collignon of Arlington Heights, Illinois, NFAA members. Bill’s party left Chicago Friday night, October 9. Bernice and I left Arlington at five in the morn ing in a heavy fog. We decided to take a short cut to Route 45 and were lost in the fog for about an hour, making a complete circle and landing a few miles from home. We had fog until we reached Plymouth, Wis.r which is about half way, where we stopped and had breakfast. We ar rived at Dahleen’s Resort on the Peshtigo river, fourteen miles west of Crivitz at 2:30 P. M. Tess was alone in the cabin when we arrived, the boys being out try ing their new bows. By the time
f‘r did get a string of nine in a picture.”