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Issue No 27
Spring 2014
2014 Supporters
IMED Mobility Inc.
Albertville Lions Club
Independent Sales
American Legion St. Micheal
Isanti County Sportsmans Club
Anthony Segale
Janie DuBois
Archery Specialist
Jane Lein
Arries Kandi
Jayme Welsh
Babe Winkelman
Jim Hale
Brave New Workshop
Joe’s Sporting Goods
Big Game
Jon Turhill
Bill’s Gun Shop & Range
John’s Wood Crafts
Bruce Miller Art
Joyce Kienast
BWANA Archery
Kent Dirks
Caribou Gun Club
KC Albertville #4174
Carole Wohlk
Lion’s Tap
Champlin American Legion
Major Ave Hunt Club
Clam Outdoors
Mark Kochaver
Cross Community Players
Mary Feterl
Cumming Moblity
Mathews Solocam
Custom Comfort Beds
MDHA Alexanderia Area Chapter
Dale Tribby
MDHA Bend in the River
Dave Hedland
MDHA Bluff County Chapter
David & Doris Marks
MDHA Brainerd Chapter
Delores Lopez
MDHA Crow River
Dennis Finden
MDHA Isanti County Chapter
Dick Ransom
MDHA Jim Jordon Chapter
Dorothy Balen
MDHA North Suburban Chapter
Duck Commander
MDHA Smokey Hills Chapter
Ducks Unlimited
MDHA Southern Gateway
Eugene Lloyd
MDHA St Croix Valley
Evan Newton
MDHA West Metro
Federal Cartridge
MDHA Wild River
Filerman Family Foundation
MDHA Wright County
Foiles Migrators Inc.
Medina Entertainment Center
Gaylord Sertoma
Merle Waldron
Gene Striefel
Midway USA
Gene Ullstrom
Midwest Medical Insurance Corp.
George Wicke
Mike Pfluger
Glenn Picha
Mixed Blood Theater
Goundforce
MN Firearms
Grand Casino Hinckley
Monticello Lions Club
Handi Medical
Hanging Out On A Limb Outfitters Mpls Elk Lodge 44
Nate Marks
Hanover Loins
Net Recovery Inc
Holzinger Kennels
Nicollet Conservation Club
Hornady
Pam Stokes
Park Square Theatre
PERM
Perry Bauer
Pepsi Beverage Co
Pettis Chiropractic
Pheasants Forever Anoka
Old Log Theather
Richard Heller
Robbi Haase
Rod Guthier
Ronnie Park
Roy Knafla
Safari Club International
Salon Distinctions
Sandra Korlath
Scot Bowman
South Forty Archers
Stages Theatre Company
St Croix Casino
Steve Dosch
Steve Martinson
Steve Rien
Structural Glass Products Inc.
Theather in the Round
Terry Hanson
TIP
Tom & Judith Hildman
Troy Stenerson
Turn West Custom Calls
Turtle Lake Casino
Vexilar Inc.
Violet Foster
Weapons Collectors
Whistling Wings Taxidermy
Wildlife Research Center
Water Wolverine Outfitting
Xcel Energy
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Features
Presidents Corner
AB Appreciation Outings
Ice Fishing
Banquet
Sled Dog
Canada Fishing
Spring Turkey
Mille Lacs Lake
Minnetonka Musky/ Prior Lake
Mille Lacs Lake
Lake Minnetonka
Atv Ride
The Ghost Owl
Sherburne Deer Hunt
Game Fair
Caribou Pheasant
Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery
LQP / Cambridge
Maple Grove Archery
Major Ave Pheasant Shoot
Caribou Pheasant Shoot
MN River Valley Waterfowl
MN River Valley Archery
Vermilion Dakota Co
Calendar of Events
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2014 OFFICERS
President: Dean Petersen 612-388-0156
Vice President: Gregg Runyon 763-441-2834
Secretary: Violet Foster 763-444-4427
Treasurer: Craig Simpson 763-549-1842
Outreach Cord: Dave Guzzi 612-220-3346
2014 BOARD MEMBERS
George Bruhn
Ken Johnson
Darrell Erickson
Lloyd Sinclair
Greg Hance
Tamara Zoldey
763-434-5824
651-731-5304
763-682-2153
651-792-2079
763-786-1476
763-257-4390
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Editor: Craig Simpson
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763-549-1842
The Partner in Action is a publication
of Capable Partners Incorporated.
Capable Partners, Inc
P.O. Box 27664, Golden Valley
MN 55427-0664, USA
Phone: (763) 439-1038
www.capablepartners.org
Capable Partners Inc., is in good
standing with the state of Minnesota
as a non-profit organization and is
registered as a 501(c)(3) tax exempt
organization with the I.R.S. of the
United States government.
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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
A
Hello to all the Capable Partners and Supporters,
nother
great
year has
come and gone
for
Capable
Partners.
We do the most number of outings per
year, some of the largest events, and the
highest number of memberships as an
organization that is dedicated to
providing outdoor experiences for the
physically challenged.
In 2013 we
added
more
events to the calendar for both fishing
and hunting. We had another good year
fundraising and it seems that all events
were well attended.
This year we added quite a few events
for fishing and hunting. Mille Lacs
fishing outings are one of the most popular
fishing events we do each year, so we were
able to squeeze in a third charter. We also
added a couple new archery deer hunting
opportunities at the MN River
Valley Wildlife Refuge, plus bow hunting
at Becklin WMA near Cambridge. The
Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge has
designated areas setup for turkey,
waterfowl, and deer hunting.
Everyone involved in Capable Partners,
from someone who’s physically challenged, able body helpers and volunteers
should be proud to know that our
organization is the largest in the United
States that does anything like this. I want to thank the officers of the board,
board members, and the coordinators
for everything they do throughout the
year. It’s an honor to work with each and
every one of you. Everyone continues to
find ways to improve the outings that we
have and add new ones to the calendar, if
possible.
They also place a high priority on spreading the word on who Capable Partners is
and what we do.
Please, everyone be safe and enjoy the
2014 outings!
Dean Petersen
Our Vision & Mission
The Vision and Mission of Capable Partners is to create a well-known and respected Twin Citiesbased non-profit organization of sport persons whose mission is to volunteer their time and talents
to provide hunting, fishing and related opportunities for the physically challenged.
Our Values
Our Goals
• Outreach to assist new/existing members to participate
and realize their potential.
• Family participation and support
• Educate & promote disabled issues
• Create accessible outdoor opportunities with more participants, locations and events.
• Friendship and Fraternity
• Independence through doing
• Develop our membership through experience and teaching to obtain skills and independence to organize. These individuals will become future event and outing leaders in the organization.
• Education and awareness
• Sense of accomplishment
• Building self-esteem
Our organization defines disabled as
“A physical impairment that substantially limits them from a sport activity.”
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Able Bodies Appreciation Outings
A
fter many discussions on how to show our appreciation to those who do all the work at our outings. The board decided to show our
gratitude by planning a pheasant hunt and a fishing outing.
In June we took them on a night trip
on Lake Mille Lacs. Eight of our able
bodied
enjoyed
the
outing.
Fishing
was not the greatest but they met and
enjoyed others who also give of their time for
our outings.
September we took seven able bodied
pheasant hunting. They walked the fields
and bagged twenty two birds. Unlike the
regular hunts they had to clean their own birds.
Hopefully in the future we can
once again offer them a apprecaition
hunting or fishing trip. Saying thank you to
those who give so the others can enjoy our outings is such a small thing.
Story by Violet Foster
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Ice Fishing
A
s fall ends and I hang up the guns and
crossbow for another hunting season, I get
ice fishing fever!
Wow, what a year for making ice on our local
area lakes. I first noticed there were permanent ice
shacks being pulled out around Christmas time.
Unfortunately our updates to the fish house were delayed for a lot of reasons, which puts us into panic
mode to get the fish house finished and on the ice.
We were lucky enough to have a few
members step to the plate last minute and get
the needed projects done, thanks to Raak Krost,
Mike Long and Lee Zeman for all their help.
For those of you that have been in the fish
house, we took out the back bench seats and
added two more holes. We also put a fresh
coat of white paint on the inside and took
out the front lower cabinet, making more
room for wheelchairs. We added a chalkboard to keep track of the
daily catch and raised the rattle reels so they are not interfering
with auguring the holes.
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There was a little problem at the beginning of the year with the furnace
not working properly, but that was easily solved with a new
regulator, thanks to Brent Nelson for donating and installing.
The fish house was pulled out on Medicine Lake January 3,
2014, we put it in the same spot as we did last year.
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Ice Fishing
We were lucky
enough there was
only a few inches
of snow on the lake
at that time with a
good 18 inches of ice.
Throughout the next
2 months, we had 25
different
members
fishing with several
of them fishing more
than twice. There was
great success catching numerous limits
of crappies, nothing
over 11 inches; a few
bluegills and surprisingly 2 northern were
reeled in on ultra light
rods, what a thrill!
We were unable to move the fish house around this year due to
all the snow but I believe that we were one of the most successful shacks on the lake. I didn’t keep close track, but I believe we
must have reeled in close to 500 crappies.
Even though we had 36
inches of ice remaining
when the shack needed
to be removed, the last
snowstorm became a real
problem for access to
the shack and a few times
we had to snow blow
a 75 yard path just to
get wheelchairs through.
Removing
the
fish
house also became
a
huge headache, but luckily several fish houses
around us needed to be
plowed out with bobcats, so with a plowed
path to the other fish
houses. We were fortunate enough we only needed to snow blow about a 50
yard path to get hooked up. Another unfortunate thing was
that it was 30 below wind chill the day we removed it.
Special thanks go out to Jayme Welsh and Dave Gothe for
venturing out on such a nasty day to get the shack unburied.
I can’t begin to thank all the other helpers enough for all the
hard work. As everybody knows, without their help we
would never have gotten the shack out and fulfilled so many
physically challenged members’ dreams of a successful ice
fishing season.
We will be storing the shack in a different location this year
thanks to Lowell!!
We hope to replace the door and possibly the furnace in
2014.
Thanks again for an awesome time had by all!!
If you are interested in doing some ice fishing next
year please contact me.
Craig Simpson 763-549-1842
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Banquet
T
he 2014 Capable Partners banquet was a success with an
attendance of 250.
Congratulation goes out to Ken Rueter for receiving the
outstanding volunteer award.
Capable Partners would
like to thank everybody
that was so generous
with volunteering their
time and donations. A
special thanks goes out to
Perry Bauer for emceeing.
Congratulations
goes
out to Bonnie for winning
the gun Mike for winning
the whitetail hunt and the
lucky winners of the bear
hunt were Eddie & Dave.
Jim winning the crossbow
and archery table.
We are unable to
acknowledge everyone’s
gracious donations, but here are a few.
Gene Striefel, Janie
DuBois, Perry Bauer,
Dennis Finden, Troy
Stenerson,Merle Waldron Richard Heller,
Jayme Welsh, Kent
Dirks, Dave Hedland
Steve Rien, Ronnie Park
Delores Lopez, Dorothy Balen, Mary Feterl,
Pam Stokes, Steve
Martinson, TIP, Duck
Commander,
Ducks
Unlimited,TurnWest
Custom Calls, PERM,
Joe’s Sporting Goods,
Foiles Migrators Inc.
Pettis
Chiropractic,
Brave New Workshop, Old Log Theater,
Bruce Miller Art, Cross
Community
Players,
Park Square, St Croix
Casino, John’s Wood
Crafts, Independent Sales, Medina Entertainment Center, Turtle
Lake Casino, Custom Comfort Beds, Stage Theater, Lion’s Tap,
Grand Casino Hinckley, Theater in the Round, Mixed Blood Theater,
Thanks again to everyone for making this an incredible
banquet and being so generous with your money to help raise
the funds needed to keep Capable Partners, one of the
leader in the country offering outings to the physically
challenged sportsman.
MN Firearms, Hanging Out On A Limb Outfitters, Vexlar, Bills
Gun Shop & Range, Archery Specialist, Cummings Mobility,
Water Wolverine Outfitting, Caribou Gun Club, Hornady, Clam
Outdoors, Mathews Solocam, Whistling Wings Taxidermy, South
Forty Arachers, Bwana Archery, Midway USA, Wildlife Research
Center, Big Game, Babe Winkelman Productions, Pepsi
Beverage Co, Net Recovery Inc, Handi Medical
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Dog Sledding
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og Sledding with Stu McEntyre of White Wolf Dog Trips
Have you ever wondered what it was like to go dog sledding
and then thought that it isn’t an option for you because you
have physical limitations? I did and then I talked with Jeanie
McEntyre of White Wolf (www.whitewolfdogtrips.com) about it
and decided to book a Dog Sledding and Ice Fishing trip for March
of 2013. The mushers would be my wife, daughter (15 years old),
and son (21 years old). I would ride in a sled. What I didn’t
realize is that the dogs are powerful athletes who live to run.
Some outfitters plan for all visitors to ride in sleds but the
McEntyre’s, in Ely, give you training and let you drive a dog team.
My daughter’s team was four dogs. Because my son and I weigh
about 400 lbs, we had an eight dog team. They lifted me down
into the sled and secured the “bag” around me. In the first two
minutes, we tipped over but I was so secured, I didn’t get hurt.
The next two miles were a silent trail through the
woods that is maintained by Stu throughout the winter.
After that it was four miles across a lake and into the
BWCA where we fished for Lake Trout. Stu prepared a
homemade hot lunch of chicken and wild rice soup. Soon we were
getting ready to head back and the dogs were barking which is
what they do when they want to run. The dogs go silent once
we let them start running. Just about every time we started
from a stop, my wife fell off the back of her sled. We laughed
as she ran after and caught her
team or the guide caught them.
On the way back to the starting point, my son was feeling
much more comfortable and
jumping off the skis to push
when going uphill. My daughter was
standing on the skis of her
sled and taking pictures of the
natural beauty all around. We
returned to the launch just as
it was getting dark. Everyone
was pretty tired but agreed it
was a great experience that we
would recommend to anyone.
Story by Evan Newton
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Canada Fishing
M
y brother-in-law asked me if I wanted to go Walleye
fishing in Canada. “Of course, but a fly-in trip won’t
work for me now that I’m in a power chair”, I replied. He
said, “I’ve found a drive-to resort with a roll-in shower, pontoon
boat and an elevator.” We decided to go in August with my son,
my father-in-law and a couple others. Bear Paw Lodge (www.
bearpawlodge.net) in Armstrong Station, Ontario is on 40,000 acre
Caribou Lake with Walleye, Northern Pike, and Lake Trout fishing.
My son and I arrived late on Saturday night to the accessible cabin
that sleeps six people.
We bought our licenses at the resort on Sunday and went
fishing where the resort owner, Darcy, told us to go for
Walleyes. We caught fish in 24 feet of water on a jig and
a minnow. The walleyes ranged from 16 to 21 inches.
With five walleyes in the boat, we headed to the shore lunch spot. It
was the only place in 10 miles that we saw a sand beach. Like other
Canadian Shield lakes I have been to, everywhere else had boulders
and trees right up to the shore. This spot had a fish cleaning table, a fire
pit with grate, picnic tables and other amenities. We fried fish, potatoes, bread, and heated some baked beans for a spectacular lunch.
When we told Darcy about all of the fish we caught, he told us
we had an off day and hoped we did better the next day. The
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next day was better but we did not average the dozen fish per
trip that he told us to expect. Along with Walleyes, my father-inlaw caught a 23 inch Lake Trout in water 50 feet deep while we
were positioning the boat for another pass on the Walleye spot.
In the next several days, I improved my personal best
Northern Pike from 26 to 28 inches. My brother-in-law
caught a 35 inch Northern which is a personal best for him.
The resort is accessible for living, showering and fishing. There
was a ramp from the dock to the pontoon boat that meant I could
wheel right onto the boat and fish from my power wheelchair.
Story by Evan Newton
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Spring Turkeys
A
s winter was releasing its icy grip, my thoughts were
on the much anticipated Spring turkey season. Here in
Minnesota we have eight, five day seasons in several zones
starting April 14th. The last four seasons you can purchase
an over- the -counter bow tag that is good for all zones. The bow
season starts May 7th and I decided that this year I was going to
use my Parker crossbow and that proved to be a wise decision.
As the first season was getting started the weather turned
nasty! It was windy and cold and to make it worse, we got 16” of
snow! It stayed like this for two weeks. Not ideal conditions for
turkey hunting. We were not even
sure if Minnesota was going to
have a Spring. But luckily the
weather changed the first week
in May and things started to look
promising. I had been out a couple
of times scouting on some of the
farms where I had permission to
hunt, but with the bad weather I
did not see much. One farm had two
hens in the field and I figured where
there are hens the toms will follow
so my plan was to hunt there.
He helped me get into the blind where I cocked my bow and
loaded an arrow then sat back and waited for the action to start.
We were all set up as the sun was lighting up the eastern horizon. We could hear gobbles from three different toms all about
200 yards away. At 6:00 AM a tom walked out into the opening
about 100 yards away and was gobbling and strutting. Brooks
sent out some soft hen yelps but the tom was not interested and
walked back into the trees. I said to Brooks that he must have
sounded like a cranky old hen and he scared the tom. He just
laughed and said he would try to do a better job on the next one.
At 7:00 AM I saw a hen about 120
yards out and she was coming at us at a
very fast pace. When she was 20 yards
from us we heard a loud gobble in the
opening and there he was watching the
whole scene. When he saw his hen near
the jake decoy he could not stand it and
just came running right at us. He made a
circle around some brush and I lost sight
of him for a moment. This gave me a
chance to pick up my bow and get ready
for the shot. At 5 yards he came in on
my left and went right up to the decoy.
On May 5th I got a call from
my good friend Brooks Johnson
( President of the Minnesota Bow
Hunters Association) and he said we
were to meet Greg Dehmer with the
Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge about hunting there. This is a
prime spot as it has not been hunted
before. The next day we went to
SNWR and met Greg and talked
over how we were going to set up
the hunt. He gave us some maps, a code for the gate and a permission slip and we drove to the area we were going to be hunting.
After sizing it up he started to
attack the helpless fake. He was
facing me so I had to wait what
seemed like ten minutes but he
finally turn broadside and I got the
shot I wanted. I squeezed the trigger and launched the two bladed Rage
broadhead and made a perfect shot.
The old boy just tipped over, kicked
a couple of times and then it was over.
Brooks managed to get the whole
incident on camera. I went out to retrieve my prize 20.lb bird with
an eight inch beard!
Brooks went home to check his schedule to see when he could
take me out. I went home and waited for his call. That night at
9:00 PM he called and told me to meet him at the gate by 4:45am.
Are you kidding me it’s still dark out! Aren’t there any turkeys that
get up late? But he wanted to be set up before first light which was
around 5:00 AM. The morning of May 7th found me at the gate at
4:30 AM waiting for Brooks. When he arrived he loaded his stuff
in my truck, unlocked the gate and drove in to the second opening
where we were going to set up. 300 yards from the spot I shut my
lights off and as quietly as possible we unloaded our gear and set
up the Darkhorse Double Bull blind and set out an X-treme jake
decoy. This decoy has worked very well in earlier
hunts for Brooks and I hoped it would do so again.
We took many pictures and then Brooks went to get my truck. We
tore down the blind, loaded our gear and the bird and it was off to
Sherburne Wildlife headquarters. Several rangers came out and
looked at my bird and we took some more pictures. They said that
this was the first turkey legally taken at the refuge and I did this with
a bow. Everything happened so fast, we weren’t even out 2 hours.
Why do people say turkey hunting is so difficult, to me there was not
much to it. I know its not supposed to be this easy…. I just got lucky.
This was a great experience and having a good friend go
out of his way to help me set up and share in the harvest
just makes it so much better. Turkey hunting with a bow is
great fun and now I am hooked and can’t wait till next year!
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Story by Doug Bermel
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Lake Mille Lacs
T
wenty five members sat on the landing
waiting for picture taking and time to
board the pontoon. Anticipation ran high
as we heard the fish had been biting. Is it our
turn to bring in the big one or get skunked?
Food and drink aboard and members
ready to sail. It was a beautiful evening
to be on the lake. Joining us is two new
volunteers; Nancy and Robbi always glad
to have new folks on the trips. Lines in
the water and we are off to fulfilling our
hopes of being the one who gets the big
one. I think we all forgot Perry was with us.
By the end of the trip Perry had caught
the biggest 25 ½ along with two others of
similar length. Because of his temporary
disability, his wife Laurel came with him,
she caught a 21 ½ walleye. Not to be outdone by too much Randy landed an 18 ½.
Thank you to the able bodied and volunteers
who helped with the cooking and clean up.
Story by Violet Foster
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Lake Minnetonka Musky
I
t was a wonderful weather Sunday morning with
overcast skies and mild wind, which made the bay
perfect day for Muskie mania.
About 18 CP members enjoyed fishing with a
guide for Muskie “the largest member of the pike
family” in one of the many beautiful Minnetonka bays, Cooks
Bay.
Muskie, very unpredictable they are, everyone wishing for the
big fish to rise or at least come with ferocious appetites.While
most of the fishermen were in hope of just seeing one, a few
lucky anglers caught the Minnetonka monster.
Frank “the Muskie man” Walther had the biggest for the day.
Frank was talking inches, what a forty-something? I think it was
forty-two. Heard someone saw a fifth five, how can they tell it’s
a fish with that measurement? Good hope/guess I think? Catch
for the day was about four Muskie’s and many fish teasing
us following our baits to the boat and just giving us the eye?
This is the nineteenth year for fishing for the mighty Esox. Lunch
was wow more than wonderful. Everyone had smiles on their faces even if they saw no fish! A BIG Thank You goes out to the Twin
Cities Chapter Of Muskie’s Inc. for hosting this outing.
Story by Rod Guthier
I caught my biggest fish! A 40” Muskie, Rod the coordinator for the
outing on Lake Minnetonka reminds me of my first meeting
with Capable Partners. It was at 7 Hi small office building. Stan
Koich, Jim, Gill,and Gregg Runyon are the members, I remember Jim
asked me what I wanted to do and I said, catch my biggest fish. So
with this fishing outing it happened!
Thank you Capable Partners.
Story by Frank Walther
Prior Lake
I
t was another great day for fishing as we
loaded pontoons at the Knotty Oak Marina on
Prior Lake.
Thanks to the Prior Lake Sportsman’s Club we
were taken to pan fish hot bay to fill buckets for
the cleaning crew.
After a fabulous lunch, everyone received a big
bag of fresh cleaned fish to take home.
Save the 1st Saturday in June 2014 for a very
outstanding day of fishing and eating.
Story by Terry Hanson
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Lake Mille Lacs
hen we set out on the evening launch trip to Mille
Lacs lake with 22 people, we had no idea it was
about to be our best ever.
The weather was about 80 degrees and windy. We started fishing about 4:30pm and apparently the fish were very
hungry because they started biting right away. The words,
“fish on” were coming from all sides of the boat. A good problem to have since we didn’t know which fish to net first. We
caught 98 walleyes, of which 15 were in the 18” to 20” slot.
Randy did a great job cooking all the food even
though we had to prop up chairs around the grill to
keep it from blowing out! And of course, John our
guide from Hunters Point Resort, without him this trip wouldn’t
have been possible. If you missed this amazing trip, don’t
worry, there are more in the horizon and we hope to see you there.
Story by Jon Pyke
The rest were too big and we had to throw them back.
Every person on the launch caught fish. Terry Hanson caught
12 walleyes and Perry Bauer caught 8. Many others caught
5 or 6 fish by the time we reeled in our lines about 10:00 pm.
Even I caught 3 fish despite the little time I spent fishing. The
biggest fish was caught by Laurel Bauer at 27 7/8”. John
Scanlon and Tom Lindskoog tied for the second biggest at 26 7/8”.
I would like to thank Violet Foster for all that she does, I don’t
know where she gets the energy. Thank you, Randy Glana for bringing those delicious beef and chicken kabobs.
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Lake Mille Lacs
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e were greeted by a warm sunny day with a
nice Walleye chop. It was a great day to go
fishing. Twenty five anglers were confident
the fish were waiting for us.
We are looking forward to another great day in July,
and we hope to see you there.
Story by Dave Heidtke
We didn’t catch as many fish as the night trips, but
we were looking for quality fish. We caught 13 fish,
but they were so big it seemed like more.
Ken Wagner had the largest Walleye which was
28-1/2” long.
Violet Foster had the second largest at 27”.
Jerry George had the third largest Walleye which
was 25”.
It was a fun day with friends, food, and fishing. Our
captain worked hard to put us on fish and did a great
job. He found a nice spot on the lake where we
enjoyed our lunch. No one left hungry.
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Lake Minnetonka
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e were greeted by a warm sunny day with a nice
Walleye chop. It was a great day to go fishing.
Twenty five anglers were confident the fish were waiting for us.
We left Rockvam Marina at 9:00 a.m. and made our way to a bay
called Forest Lake. The fish were waiting for us which made for a
fun morning. Several members were able to catch a few nice bass
as well. We caught so many fish we ran out of bait.
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Lunch was again provided by Judy Hildman and Sandy
Korlath. Sandy was on vacation, but Judy figure out how
many sandwiches to get. We were well fed! They have
been with us for 12 years, and helped us start this outing.
Story by Dave Heidtke
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Atv Ride
T
his year we will be celebrating our 12th
annual Capable Partners Atv ride!!
With just enough rain a couple days before, the
trails were perfect for a great day of riding, with more than enough
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deep water to keep everybody as muddy as they liked.
As always Troy and Nicole Lanie, Karen Miller of Polaris
and the whole BLESS (Brandon Lanie Ethical Sportsmen Society)
crew put on a full day of good food and lots of fun.
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Atv Ride
It was really nice to see so many of our members bring out
their own machines to round out the field of brand new machines
that Polaris gave us to use for the day. These machines have to
be picked up and returned to North Branch. For BLESS to drive
over from Buffalo and deliver them to the ride and then take them
back the next day is a huge undertaking. THANK YOU BLESS!!!!
Again we had a special guess speaker Lt. Leland Owens of
the MN DNR. Lt. Owens postion is a Recreational Vechicle
Coordinator and he was nice enough to give a great saftey speech
before the ride. He also found time to lead a group of riders on a
beautiful scenic trail.
Thank you goes out to Terry McQuoid and the McQuoid family
for letting us crash their property. Each year the ATV ride seems
to get a little bigger and more people join in. If you are thinking
about participating in this years ride and want to make it a weekend
long event, give McQuoids a call and reserve a room to party all
weekend! The 2014 ATV ride is on Aug. 16th.
Story by Bill Vice
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The Ghost Owl
G
host owl” and “White Terror of the North” are only two
of several terms applied to the raptor we know as the
Snowy Owl. These nicknames are well-deserved: despite
their grace and beauty, these are predators of the first order. In
their home territory of the high arctic, they dine on lemmings and
other small mammals, ptarmigan and other bird species.
They are also known to make meals of hares, raccoons,
squirrels, rabbits, waterfowl and even small birds, which they
are skillful enough to capture mid-flight. These graceful and
magnificent creatures periodically travel South into the Lower 48
in what is known as an “irruption”, and according to the experts,
the winter of 2013-2014 has been witness to the largest irruption
in several decades, it has been called a mega-irruption by some.
There are reports of thousands of these beautiful owls in the United
States, especially on the East Coast. Snowies have been reported
as far South as Florida.
When I first learned of this irruption, I went on-line to see
if there were any Snowy Owls in the Midwest, and much
to my delight I discovered there were several sightings in
Wisconsin and Minnesota. Until this year, I had
only seen one wild Snowy Owl in my lifetime,
north of the Twin Cities while travelling with
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Capable Partner’s member, Scott Poehler to hunt wild
turkeys West of Cambridge in 2011.
In fact, Scotty and
I had participated in the last large owl irruption, the Great
Grey Owl invasion of 2005, when we observed large
numbers of owls and took many photos, it was a great
experience. With that in mind, I decided to pursue the Snowy Owls this
winter, as viewing an irruption of this magnitude may be a once in a
lifetime opportunity. Through various websites I learned that
Snowy Owls had been observed in Maple Grove (my hometown),
southern Dakota County and in Ramsey, MN.
Frustrated at being unable to locate either of the two reported
Maple Grove owls, I travelled a few miles further in an attempt at
locating the Ramsey owls – two, perhaps three had been
reported in that area. Success! I located one of the Ramsey owls
just North of US Hwy 10 and West of Armstrong Blvd.. This owl
proved to be approachable and easily photographed, and perhaps,
the most stunning of all the Snowy Owls I would see this year.
Other enthusiasts informed me that there was a second owl that
had been named “Ramsey” by project Snowstorm, a Snowy Owl
research effort. In short, about twenty owls in the US had been captured and outfitted with GPS transmitters to follow their movements.
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The Ghost Owl
Ramsey was captured, physically assessed, GPS outfitted and
released on January 26th. On March 1st, while photographing a perching
Ramsey from a long distance, he suddenly took flight, and much to my
surprise, captured and killed a cottontail rabbit only a few yards from me.
Anticipating his next movements, I was able to position myself for a photo
sequence as he picked up the rabbit and flew off to dine alone. No small
feat for a bird that weighs less than four pounds. Close inspection of
some of these photos will reveal the GPS transmitter in the middle of his
back. I also finally found and photographed one of the Maple Grove owls
in a snowstorm and another dark owl near Sauk Rapids.
This irruption is soon to end, as most migrating owls usually begin
returning to the high arctic in late March and early April. Ramsey is
already on the move, although more westerly than northerly, I’m sure that
will change. Chasing these owls this winter has been a fun and rewarding
experience. Furthermore, I will be able to extend the fun by following
Ramsey’s movements on-line. Anyone interested in following his travels
need only google snowstorm.org to join the fun.
Story by John Murphy
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Sherburne Hunt
sights on him and took a deep breath and pulled the trigger. The
smoke cleared pretty quickly because it was windy out. I saw
him jump and run into the nearest woods. I saw him walking in
the trees a bit then lost sight of him. There is only one deer allowed in this zone, so I had to check right away to see if he was
hit. I walked over to where I thought I shot him. I looked around
and finally seen fresh bright red blood on the ground and brush.
My heart was going good by now, and I was certain I would get this
deer. I took off my heavy clothes put them in the truck then I went
looking. I tracked him about 100 yards and I finally seen antlers in
the brush, what a great feeling this big deer was mine! I hooked up
my dragging harness around his horns and started to drag him out.
It took me a while through the trees and over the grassy bumps and
pot holes, I think the excitement and adrenaline was doing the work.
I
was given permission by Capable Partners (Dean Petersen) to
deer hunt in one of their stands in the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge. I was there three days, with no luck. I’ve seen a
few deer and most of them were too far away. I seen one decent
looking buck in the distance one morning and I was hoping I would
get the chance to shoot him. I saw eight turkeys, two coyotes, some
geese, hundreds of Sand Hill Cranes while hunting. Wednesday
morning I got up at 4:15am and put my artificial leg on and I
stepped outside. It was windy/cold and about 10 degrees outside.
My bed was warm and comfortable, but you don’t get any
deer lying in bed. I packed my clothes, gun, some cough drops,
munchies, coffee and off I went. It was early and I got setup
about 6:00am. It was a south wind at 20 – 30 mph. I sat there
about 4 hours and Jack Frost was certainly nipping at my
nose! I saw one doe run by and that was all I seen all morning. I was getting cold and starting to shiver a bit, so I decided
to go home at 10:00am and come back for the evening hunt.
I finally got to the truck and I was pretty winded and sore. I tried
to load him into the back of my truck a few times and couldn’t
lift him quite high enough. I was thinking of another way to load
him into the truck. I saw a car coming down the maintenance road
so I waved it down. It was the biologist from the refuge. He was
going by in his car, so he stopped and helped me lift this deer into
my truck. So I want to thank him and the other guy that came to
work on the stand for their help. I was persistent, patient, dedicated, and that certainly paid off for me. I called Dean Petersen
right away and told him about the deer I got, so I drove down
to his home and showed him “the beast” and he took some pictures. It was a great day and a good hunting experience for me!
I really want to thank Capable Partners for allowing me the opportunity to hunt through their program. This is a great program for
anyone who is disabled. It allows the disabled to get out there to hunt
and do other activities we still want to enjoy. I also want to thank
Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge for allowing us to hunt in these
special areas they had set up for the disabled. They do a good job to
accommodate us and they are very nice and willing to help. Thanks,
Story by Steve Rein
I got back and set up again at about 2:00pm. It was a southwest
wind 20 – 30 mph. The sun was out so it wasn’t quite as cold, it
was about 30 degrees. I didn’t see anything but the usual cranes
flying and squawking overhead. At about 3:15pm I looked over
and seen something moving in the timber. I stared and out popped
this buck that I had saw before, he was a very large 8 pointer.
My heart started going faster, but I didn’t have much time. He
was heading across the firebreak about 120 yards from me.
I sighted in my Black Powder rifle a few days earlier
at 100 yards and I could hit a baseball sized target,
so I knew I had a good chance to get him. I put the
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Game Fair
T
hirteen members put in many long hours, some half a day others several half days and others were there four or five days of the six. I
am pleased to see some of our disabled members coming out and putting in their time. It is those folks that sell the most raffle tickets.
To all of you that worked I want to thank you with out workers we would not be able to raise the money we need to do the activities
we do. The most dedicated of the group George, Brigitte and Ron were there four of the six days and did a bang up job. I would also like
to thank Darrel who filled in for Dick this year.
The first weekend was warm and a nice breeze the crowds were small but we were able to sell tickets. The last weekend was HOT by noon
we were melting in our tennis shoes. It is a fun way to be with others in the group and meet new folks who could take advantage of our
club. It is always such a high to tell a disabled person of course you can do that. The look in their eyes is well worth all the time at the fair.
To those of you who have not volunteered or have been out of the loop consider signing up next year. It is good for the club and good for
you to see and talk to those who are in need of Capable Partner.
Over the years I have made some real good friends can’t wait till next year.
.
Free entrence to Game Fair if you work the booth.
If you wish to help please call Violet at 763-444-4427.
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THE GALLERY
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LQP Deer Hunt
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he day started out early so I would get signed in
and to my stand on time. This would be opening
morning of the 2013 LQP deer hunt and my first
attempt to harvesting a deer with my crossbow.
I arrived to my stand before sunrise and was sitting there
quietly for a few hours, until I saw some movement that
caught my eye. It was a set of large antlers moving through
the tall grass. I grabbed my crossbow and positioned myself to
where I thought he would walk into an opening in the grass.
My guess was right, he walked right to that spot and stopped. I
estimated him to be at 22 yards. Without hesitation, I let my bolt fly. He did
the old leg kick as my well placed bolt went through both lungs. He ran a
distance of 20 yards and stopped, he turned around wondering what just
happened and fell down into the weeds and died. Quick and clean, it
was over in less than fifteen seconds.
Originally we thought it was a fourteen point deer, but later found
out the point in question did count. He had fifteen points and field
dressed at 195 lbs.
I want to thank everyone with Capable Partners and Minnesota
DNR for making this hunt so successful year after year for everyone!!
Story by Warren Albrecht
Cambridge Hunt
D
uring Capable Partners 2013 deer season at Becklin WMA/
Isanti County Park , west of Cambridge there was four does
harvested. We had a full house of 8 hunters that
participated the first weekend. This is the last chance to
harvest a deer for the season so there’s a high interest for this hunt. The
weather cooperated for the most part except for
a few days of cold windy weather. Even though
there was only four deer taken there was plenty
of other deer seen out of most of the blinds.
DNR and Isanti County Parks. Doug Welinski of the DNR
and Barry Wendorf of the parks work hard each year preparing the land for us to have a great experience each year.
Story by Dean Petersen
I want to thank the hunters and the able body
helpers for coming out. The season is coming
to an end, the drive out for a lot of the guys can
be long, and the weather is starting to get cold
but these guys keep coming out to hunt. The
best thing about everyone is the attitude they
have “hey anytime I can get out in the woods
is better than sitting at home or the office”.
This hunt was successful because of
volunteers who dedicate their time to
helping out. Thanks to Violet Foster, Gary
Anderson, and Doug Woolien for helping the hunters into and out of
there blinds. We also have to
recognize the work of the MN
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Maple Grove Archery Hunt
F
or three consecutive years now six deer were taken during
this 3 1/2 month long hunt. One would gather that it was a
just another normal year. But nothing could be further
from the truth. Four of the six deer harvested were taken in
first week of season. While it is not unusual that someone
finds success (typically a big buck) in the first week of this
hunt, some of the best hunting occurs late October through
November...the rut. Not so last fall. Only Nick Kraft scored
during the rut when he arrowed a nice 8-pointer in November, to go along with the doe he took the second day of season.
Prior to the hunt volunteers constructed a half dozen ground
blinds throughout this splendid 100 acre hardwood forest. Last
summer a severe thunderstorm, one with very high winds, blew down
numerous trees. The storm created a bounty of building materials.
Using these natural materials volunteers used the deadfalls, downed
limbs and other forest materials to build great looking blinds. Craig
Simpson used them to bag his two early season doe. In addition, the
volunteers blazed trails to the blinds to accommodate our chaired
hunters. My thanks go out to volunteers Bruce and Ryan Wohlk,
Mike Bosquez and Brent Adams for their time and donations.
Every other successful hunter took their deer by early October.
Other hunters putting meat in their freezers were Emery Balts
(fork-horn buck), Craig Simpson (2 doe), Ryan Wohlk (doe).
After that, and especially after the heavy snowfall in early December, deer movement dwindled and few if any deer were observed
thereafter.
According to Sgt. Kyle Larson, City of Maple Grove’s
Hunting Coordinator, the February 2014 helicopter
survey showed an small uptick in the city’s overall deer
population. Considering this year’s fly over count, there
are an adequate number deer around to make 2014 another
successful season. He noted that numerous deer were observed in the
vicinity of where we hunt. While harsh winter conditions make deer
survival difficult, suburban deer generally pull through as there
is no predation and unsanctioned deer feeding is quite prevalent.
While I will still be available to answer questions about this event,
2013 was my last year as the Hunting Coordinator. In July, I am
opening a kayak fishing business on the Upper Mississippi River
near Brainerd, MN. The business will occupy my time through
October. A new Hunting Coordinator will be named in the
coming months. Until then please feefree to call me should you
have questions.
Story by Ken Rueter
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Major Ave Pheasant Shoot
T
he weather was awesome, just a little bite in the air, the sun was out and
not a cloud in the sky. The day would warm up very quickly with a light
south wind.
After a short safety meeting in the club house, we were off to get setup in
the blinds that were assigned to group of 3 shooters. After everyone was setup,
a horn was sounded, commencing the start of the shoot. Typically there is a
bird released every minute. There will be 20 birds released and after that, the
horn will be sounded again alerting the shooter it’s time to move to the next
shooting station. A typical shoot there will be 100 birds released with a 90 %
harvest rate.
After the shoot we were all treated to a great lunch perpared by the Major
Ave staff. By the time we had finished our lunch; our birds were cleaned and
packaged for our trip home. A huge thanks goes out to Jerry and Myra Major
Ave Club owners, Greg Hance, Zumbusch family, Vorderbruggen family and
all the able body helpers.
Story by Craig Simpson
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Caribou Pheasant Shoot
T
wenty hunters took to the field and bagged enough birds
to take home four each. The day was warm and the sun
was in our eyes on the west side of the field. The smoke
rose each time a bird was in flight. Some birds went down on a
few shots, others were lucky enough to get away until two of the
Caribou dog handlers flushing out the ones that got into the woods
and cornfield.
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We did something a little different this year for lunch and we had
taco hot dish with homemade brownies.
Our thanks goes out to the handlers and all the Capable Partners
helpers for making this shoot so much fun.
Story by Violet Foster
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M
MN River Valley
innesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge through Chris
Kane’s Vision
The Minnesota Valley Refuge established in 1976 whose mission
is to protect, restore, and conserve the ecological communities of
the lower Minnesota River Valley and its associated wetlands.
Today it provides habitat for migratory waterfowl, fish, and
other species threatened by development, and provides wildlife
recreation. The Refuge stretches nearly 70 miles from Bloomington
to Henderson. In addition, the Refuge manages a 14 county Wetland
Management District that assists private land owner’s managing
additional 8,000 acres designated as Waterfowl Production Areas.
Chris Kane has worked at the Minnesota Valley National
Wildlife Refuge since 1994 in various capacities, starting as
a Forestry Technician, Biologist, and managing maintenance
crews. Capable Partners started working with him 14 years ago
pertaining to access to the waterfowl hunt blinds in Eden Prairie,
MN. Then Ten years ago Chris took over the as the liaison between
physically challenged groups using the Refuge for what Chris calls
“wildlife recreation” most notably hunting and fishing. Chris
stated his goal is to get as many people/groups using the resource as
possible “it is the most rewarding thing I do”. We see tangible results
from folks who use the resource and report what they experienced.
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In 2004 a Bill called the Comprehensive Conservation Plan
(CCP) was signed into law providing a long term guidance for
Refuge decisions. How that has impacted Capable Partners, the
CCP has formalized the opportunity to maintain disabled hunting
opportunities with a suitable physically challenged organization.
This allows for reducing the deer heard to 15-25 deer per square
mile. After the hunt plan was revised in 2011 the process started
identifying areas were we could conduct archery deer hunts. This
came to fruition this last season where over 20 hunters were able to
hunt three new hunt sites two in Bloomington and one in Chaska.
These hunts, all being special, allowed hunters to make new
friendships and rekindle old ones, plus we attracted several new
members.
For those of you new to Capable Partner hunts in the
Minnesota Valley we offer coordinator lead hunts for
waterfowl. During the regular archery deer hunt season a
physically challenged individual is allowed to bring a hunting
companion with them who is allowed to hunt and assist. As it
is true of all our events we stress safety as the primary focus.
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This past hunting season we had varied success at our
waterfowl hunt site. During the youth day we had two eager participants Henry Heinks and Teddy Perron sitting in 90 plus degree
temperatures.
With little or no wind the anxious
hunters watched flocks of thousands of puddle ducks, many
of them Blue Wing Teal, tease us with an occasional swarm
over the water, well outside of range. However, we did
manage to harvest a mallard and a blue wing by days end.
The regular season proved to be challenging, most days the
birds just did not find a good food source since it had flooded out
during a high water event in mid summer submerging new growth
for an extended period of time. This occurred when the plants
were not mature enough to weather this condition. We enjoyed
many days afield having fun and getting into the great outdoors.
Going forward in 2014 we have launched one new Turkey
hunting site in Chaska for Archery or legal firearm. We are
modifying the location of one of the deer archery sites and adding
a new one in the Long Meadow Lake unit located in Bloomington. For the waterfowl enthusiasts we are currently surveying new
locations in hopes of finding a suitable hunt site for the future.
Story by Dave Guzzi
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Dakota County Hunt
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he Wildlife Area Manager for The Vermillion River
Complex deer hunt was held again. We tried a split season
Sept 14 - 15 & Oct 26 -27.
We had all the stands filled for the 4 days of hunting. We seen
a few deer and a couple of shots were taken. We still have only
harvest one deer. We moved a couple of stands trying to get the
hunters closer to the deer.
I was going to hunt stand 8. My helper and I drove
into the area were stand 8 is. I kept thinking I was in the
wrong area, because I was not seeing the stand. Then my
headlights hit the base of the stand. That was all that was left.
Someone decided to drove over the stand and smash it down the hill.
So looks like we will have to rebuild a stand this summer.
We are thinking about move stand 5, 6 & 8 a little. Hopefully these
moves will get the hunters close enough for some shots. We had
new helpers along with the old timers. We were able to use the new
helpers for the late hunt so the helpers from the north didn’t have
to drive alone. Thanks to Dale Tribby for getting Mark Rollard &
Steve Hokanson to help us. Dale said he thinks he can get the guys
to help again.
Story by Gregg Runyon
Carlos Avery
W
ell the rain we needed earlier in the month to green up
the rye decided to come opening morning Oct 5 thru13.
Oh ya and don’t forget the winds. We had some tough hunting
conditions opening weekend. Rain and high winds. The enclosed
stands are sure nice in these conditions. We had a couple deer
taken even with the wind the rain. Tuesday the wind and the rain
backed off and the conditions were great for the afternoon hunt.
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A few deer were seen but none of the shots connected. We
ended up with 5 deer total for the hunt. Hopefully this next year we
can get some crops in to help bring the deer in. Thanks to all the
helpers and the Carlos gang that make this hunt work every year.
Story by Gregg Runyon
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2014 Calendar of Events
visit www.capablepartners.org for updates and additions
Medicine Lake Fishing Plymouth MN, We must have 15” of ice
Jan - April
March 1
Banquet Kraus Hartig VFW Spring Lake Park Social hour starts at 4
Craig Simpson
763-549-1842
Violet Foster
763-444-4427
Spring
Turkey Hunting -- Chaska and Sherburne Wildlife Refuge
Dean Petersen
612-388-0156
Spring
Turkey Hunting -- Carlos Avery Blinds Available
Turkey Maple Grove Archery only for members that have attended
Call Refuge
651-296-5290 763-441-2834
763-607-0411
Turkey Hunt--St Cloud
Ken Rueter
Gregg Runyon
Spring
Turkey Hunt--Cambridge
Nate Marks
763-370-1733
May 1 - July
Bow Fishing 1 or 2 hunters only If there is opportunities
Craig Simpson
763-549-1842
May 4 Sunday
Mark Ryan Turkey Shoot LeBlanc's Little Falls, MN
Tom Gindorff
651-429-7625
June 7
Prior Lake Fishing
Terry Hanson
763-535-9603
June 8 Sunday
Muskie’s Inc.
Rod Guthier
952-888-6494
June 13
Lanesboro Trout Fishing
Stan Koich
651-455-0154
June 7
Lake Mille Lacs Fishing 4pm-10pm
Violet Foster
763-444-4427
June 21
Lake Mille Lacs Fishing 4pm-10pm
Joe Psyk
763-497-2062
July 12
Lake Mille Lacs Fishing 9 am to 3pm
Dave Heidtke
763-535-2718
July 12
Contact Nate to sign up for LQP Fall Deer Hunt
Nate Sjolin
763-286-9086
July 12
Contact Gregg to sign for early Sept 14-15 Dakota Co Deer Hunt
Gregg Runyon
763-441-2834
July 13
Picnic Buffalo Gun Club
Jayme Welsh
612-965-4686
August 9
Minnetonka Fishing
Dave Heidtke
763-535-2718
August 6
Pulaski Fishing
Jim Zumbusch
320-963-5879
August 08-09-10
and 15-16-17
Game Fair
Violet Foster
Dick Ransom
763-444-4427
320-274-5196
August 16
ATV Ride Isle, MN Bring your own machine or ride on Polaris Ranger Bill Vice
612-232-2495
August TBA
Maple Grove Archery Deer Hunt Site in Rapids Archery Club
Craig Simpson
763-549-1842
Sept 3 & 4
Monticello site in for LQP, Cambridge, Carlos Avery and Dakota Co
Jim Voderbruggen
763-497-3330
Sept 4
Cambridge Site in for all gun hunts 2-7 PM
Bill Vice
612-232-2495
Sept 6
Caribou Gun Club Pheasant Shoot
Violet Foster
763-444-4427
Sept 13 - 14
Dakota Co Deer Hunt Morning & Evening
Gregg Runyon
763-441-2834
Sept 13 to Dec 31
Archery Deer Hunt Maple Grove Must Site in & Attend City Meeting Kent Dirks
612-270-1104
Sept 13 - 21
Lac Qui Parle Deer Hunt
Nate Sjolin
763-286-9086
Sept 13 - Oct TBA
Archery Deer Hunting Cambridge
Nate Marks
763-370-1733
Sept 13 - TBA
Minnesota Valley Archery Deer Hunt Must Attend Site in & Meeting
Dave Guzzi
612-220-3346
Sept TBA
Youth Waterfowl Hunt
Dave Guzzi
612-220-3346
Sept 20
Major Ave Pheasant Shoot
Greg Hance
763-258-4293
Sept 24
Monticello site in for LQP,Cambridge,Carlos Avery and Dakota Co
Gregg Runyon
763-441-2834
Mark Holden
Dave Guzzi
Steve Scheunemann
952-451-4350
612-220-3346
952-445-0213
Bill Vice
Nate Sjolin
Jim Voderbruggen
Gregg Runyon
Gregg Runyon
Gregg
Runyon
Dean Petersen
763-441-2834
763-286-9086
763-497-3330
763-441-2834
763-441-2834
763-441-2834
Dean Petersen
612-388-0156
Nate Marks
763-370-1733
Spring
Spring
September 27
September 27
Muskie Fishing
Lake Minnetonka
A great opportunity to volunteer
and enjoy this great event for free
MNRV Waterfowl Hunting
Nate Sjolin
763-286-9086
Bill Vice
612-232-2495
Jim Voderbruggen 763-497-3330
September 27 Carlos Avery Waterfowl Hunting
September 27
Sherburne Wildlife Refuge Waterfowl Hunting
September 29
October 4 - 12
Carlos Avery Meeting Machine Shed 6pm MUST ATTEND
Carlos Avery Deer Hunt
October 25 - 26
November 8 - 16
Vermillion Dakota Co Deer Hunt Morning & Evening
Cambridge Rifle / Sherburne Shotgun Deer Hunt
Nov - Dec
Cambridge Late Season Bow & Muzzleloader Hunting
763-441-2834
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$15.00 each
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$15.00 each
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the newsletter, annual picnic, annual banquet, or general
fund.
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If you have a boat or land for Capable Partner’s
use, please check this box.
Please provide any comments, questions, special
considerations for scholarship, or instructions for
directed contributions.
Capable Partners Inc.
P.O. Box 27664
Golden Valley, MN 55427-0664