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Good Morning from cool, windy central Wisconsin.  Soon Happy Camp will be alive with fishers and outdoor enthusiasts!  We are busy getting stuff ready to haul to Happy Camp and we are excited for the upcoming year and all it has to offer!

On a somber note, we lost our pal, comrade and pasture buddy Caleb last weekend and he was layed to rest near the pasture where his son, Hickory, now lives alone!  Caleb spent 23 years with us and it is hard each day to look into the pasture and not see his pretty white face!

Hickory knows if we could bring him to Happy Camp we would, but horses just don’t like to eat fish or pine needles!

In my travels yesterday I spotted the first bears of the year, there was 4 little ones that crossed the road after their momma!  That was really cool!

We will be open in early June and look forward to seeing you all again as well as the adventure that comes along the way at Happy Camp!

Take care and see you soon!

Howdy Folks, hopefully it is spring wherever you are?  Here in balmy central Wisconsin it is about 38 with moderate rain all day, winds out of the east which means a few more days of this!  At least it is not snow!  Spring can not come soon enough for us here or at Happy Camp!

We are excited to see all of you at Happy Camp this year!  I will be traveling up there in Mid-May and will be open the first part of June!  We continue to make improvements and hope to have a walk in cooler in place, and other items to make your stay with us even more comfortable!

As of now, our bear hunts for non-resident is full, but we are looking for resident hunters to hunt nearby Happy Camp!  Drop me a line if you are interested!

Additionally, our waiting list for Moose hunt lodging continues to grow!  If some of you are interested in Archery hunting, we will find a place for you!

So, time to get back to work, we look forward to seeing you all again and meeting many new friends of Happy Camp!  If you are in the area, stop by and say hi, take care and come on and catch the good life with us at Happy Camp!

Hello Happy Campers!  It is early March and we slowly inch our way towards spring and the re-opening of Happy Camp!  We spent yesterday at the Wisconsin Bowhunters Convention and met many very nice people and filled all of our bear hunting spots for the 2014 year!  If you are interested and would like to be put on a waiting list if someone cancels, please let me know!

Moose hunt 2014 is about 98% full, we have one cabin for one week left, so reserve your spot if you are interested!  Finally we do have some spots for fishing and September looks wide open right now.  With our Moose season opening a week later, October 11th, the first week of October would be a fantastic time for Bird hunters to take in some fantastic hunting as the leaves should fall by then!  We look forward to seeing everyone again in 2014, thanks!

Jamie spent a lot of time producing a video of our time until now at Happy Camp, and when I watch it, it brings a smile to my face to see all of our friends and customers who choose to stop at Happy Camp!  Each and every one of has touched us and I can not thank you enough for that!!  My only wish is that my dad could have been there to meet and hang out with all of you, he was quite a bowler, outdoorsman and bear hunter, would have fit right in!

Late Friday afternoon as Magoo and I traveled to the bow hunter convention, we were involved in a car crash.  I hit a patch of black ice, lost control of my pickup truck, spun around, then hit the deep snowbank in the median of the 4 lane highway.  I then rolled the truck 1.5 times ending up laying on the drivers side.  I woke with Magoo in my arms  as a National Guard member was pulling on my jacket saying, “Come on, we got to get you out of here man”.  He pulled me out and I immediately crawled back in for Magoo who was sitting there.  We got out and sat in the snow bank and numerous people came running, I remember an older woman in just a short sleeve shirt running and patting me as there was blood on my face.  I said thank you as she sat in the snow shivering but trying to help.  I then said, this is not my blood but Magoo’s who I was hugging with every ounce of energy I had!  The lady, took off running coming back with more napkins and she gently pushed on the cut on her nose.

I can not thank the people who helped Magoo and I enough, and to be able to walk away from such an accident is nothing short of a miracle!  As Jamie said, there were 2 angels watching over us, my Dad and Shadow, our wonderful Lab who we lost in 2012!!!

As I write, Magoo is laying on the floor listening to Folk Music.  Other than her cut, and my aches and pains in the back, neck and other places, we are lucky to be alive!  The sheriff told me thank God for the deep snow that cushioned your roll and slowed you down and if in the summer, neither Magoo or I would have survived!

Jamie, Magoo and I so look forward to seeing your smiling faces, talking with you and enjoying the good life once again at Happy Camp, so please take care, drive safe and keep in touch!!

Good morning from snowy, cold and blustery central Wisconsin!  My, it has been an unbelievable winter so far and it is late January, much more to come!  As of now, we have about 3 feet of snow on the ground and the temperatures have been well below normal.  Today it is about -20 with windchill.  Forecast is for the coldest weather of the season so far next week.  We are not looking forward to that!

We are looking forward to Happy Camp this summer and fall and things are starting to heat up!  We are booking bear hunts for this year and have a few openings.  We have our own area to hunt with non-residents, and we will only take up to 6 hunters per week.  That allows us to focus our attention on you the customer and assist you in every way possible to make each person’s hunt memorable!

We also provide great fishing and hunting for grouse and waterfowl.  For moose hunters, we are almost full for the 2014 season, so reserve your spot today!

For the winter, we will be attending a couple of shows to let people know all that Happy Camp has to offer!

We have new lakes, bear and berry area to explore and hope you come along for the 2014 year!  We are excited to see all of our friends and customers we have made over the last year and look forward to meeting everyone new coming to Happy Camp in 2014 and beyond!

Happy Camp plans on being open by May 25th, so whatcha waiting for, reserve your spot today and  come on, catch the good life with us at Happy Camp in beautiful northern Ontario!!

Good Morning and Merry Christmas everyone!  From cold, snowy central Wisconsin we greet our Happy Camp followers and wish each and everyone of you the best for the holiday season!

As 2014 comes along, we are now taking bookings for Bear hunts to start on August 16th.  Please contact Chris directly for details!

We have some openings for the fishing season and we are excited to get after some new lakes and hope that they bring our customers fantastic fishing!!

Moose hunting is almost full for the month, so if you want a spot, reserve it now!

With winter upon us, Magoo will start chasing some pheasants and see if she likes them as much as Ruffed Grouse and Ducks?

Thanks to everyone for a fantastic 2013 and we look forward to seeing you all again in 2014 and beyond!

Take care and whatcha waiting for, come on and catch the good life with us in beautiful Ontario at Happy Camp!!!

Hi everyone.  Happy Camp is now closed for the 2013 season.  Thank you for making our first full year a tremendous success.  From the acquisition of our own bear hunting area, to repeated fisherman and Moose hunters, each and every one of you who has stopped in at Happy Camp have made it a memorable year.

Our hope is that 2014 and beyond will be as spectacular as 2013.  One note, our 2014 Moose spots are almost filled, please contact us if you wish to be at Happy Camp for that!

We will be working on our bear hunt information and please get in touch  with us if that is your desire as we will have a limited number of openings for 2014 bear hunt.  There is some rumblings in the Ontario government to re-open the Spring bear Hunt, my what a pleasant surprise that would be!!

Magoo and I will be stationed in northern North Dakota and have no computer.  We will be chasing waterfowl and enjoying all the prairies can offer.  We will get after the messages when we return.

If you have ever experienced the waterfowl migration on the prairie, you know it can take your breathe away.  Afterall, every waterfowler knows that it doesn’t get any better than the smell of a wet dog, spent gunshells, and the aroma of fresh roasted Mallard in the oven!

Thanks again everyone, we look forward to seeing you again in 2014, please take care and keep in touch.  Finally, whatcha waiting for, contact us and reserve your spot and Come and Catch the Good Life with us at Happy Camp Ontario!!!

Hi everyone from Happy Camp in northern Ontario.  The Moose season is winding down as our last groups are in camp working hard to find the Moose.  We have the Webster and Kent crew in camp right now.  Everyone is out looking for Moose and hope their tags get filled by week’s end or they will be eating Tag Soup!!

The weather has cooled considerably and the daytime highs are in the low 40’s and nights are in the 20’s.  First ice has formed and backwaters which were hard this morning are slushy as the sun is out and it is about 45 this Sunday afternoon!

Magoo and I spent our last afternoon on the lake on Tuesday and caught nice Walleye up to 22″ and Pike over 34″!  The Walleye were much more aggressive than the Pike and have shifted deeper away from the dying weeds.  Water temps were in the low 50’s and have gone downward as last week progressed!

Herk ventured to Mann Lake yesterday and he and Jeffrey caught a few chunky Pike and lost a big fish which let go while they were fighting it, they are guessing a big Walleye!

Leaves have fallen and the tamarack’s are all yellow, so winter will soon blanket the Happy Camp area.  We will be closing for the 2013 season on October 26, 2013.

During the 2013 season, we greeted many familiar faces as well as met many new friends and we hope that trend continues in 2014!  We will again be offering fishing, Bear hunting in our new BMA as well as all kinds of other outdoor activities!

Thank you to our customers who came to Happy Camp in 2013.  We are taking bookings for 2014, so whatcha waiting for, call us and reserve your space to come and catch the good life with us at Happy Camp in beautiful northern Ontario!!

Hi everyone from Chilly Happy Camp!  With Thanksgiving Eve upon us in Ontario, we want to wish all of the people who we have been lucky enough to get to know up here a Happy Thanksgiving and Magoo and I will be eating a traditional Dinner of something tomorrow.  Our hope is that it will be fresh roast duck, but that remains to be seen.  Onto the report:

Moose hunting is in full swing and our 1st Moose was hung on the Happy Camp Pole on Wednesday.  Paul and Cal brought down the beast after calling it close enough to gun range.  All of the hunters in camp helped out in dragging, hanging and cutting up the Moose!  It is amazing how big they really are up close and this was a young Bull only 2 years old!

Warm temperatures have slowed the Moose activity as the Nowak bunch is trying everyday without success yet!  We had a Bull pinned down but he slipped through the bush somewhere?

I took Paul from Sarnia fishing on Friday, and my did we get into them!  Fish are still relating to the weeds, but have shifted a little deeper!  We caught about 20 Pike and 12 Walleye in about 4 hours.  Biggest Pike was about 33″ and Walleye up to 23″ were released to swim again!  We had a terrific Fish fry in the Lodge with the Moose hunters and all brought a dish to pass!

Bird hunting is a little slow as we do not venture out much as the woods is full of Moose hunters!  But Magoo and I will start duck hunting in earnest starting tomorrow as some ducks have showed up from the north.  We shall see if they come to visit our decoy spread!!

We will be closing on the 27th for the 2013 year and thank you all for a tremendous 1st full year of Business.  We appreciate and cherish meeting each of you and look forward to seeing you at Happy Camp again in 2014.  We are taking reservations for 2014 and have some spots already filled, so whatcha waiting for, reserve your spot and Come On and Catch the Good Life With Us in Ontario at Happy Camp!!

Happy Fall everyone from Happy Camp.  With the 1st day of Fall coming today, we finally have found the sun again!  The past week has been rain, rain and our first snow on the 21st.  Today is a beautiful, cold early fall day, with sunshine and temperatures in the 40’s.

With all the rain, travel is difficult in the area but Magoo and I went out and harvested fresh Mushrooms this morning and they are tasty!  They are popping up everywhere and hope this continues as it is fun and Magoo enjoys the romps!

Fishing has been slow and hunting in the area has been interesting.  Few Grouse have been seen but that should change with the leaves falling not soon enough!  Ducks are scattered as there is lots of water everywhere!  On a positive sign, I have seen 4 Moose in the last few days throughout the Happy Camp region!  My hope is that they will hang around for a few more weeks when the Happy Camp Moose Hunters chase them in the Woods!

This morning in our travels, numerous flocks of migrating geese were seen as well as Bluebirds, Evening Grosbeaks and numerous kinds of shorebirds!  They will quickly make their way south for the winter as we will too in about 6 weeks.

As always, thanks to everyone for a great 2013 and we hope to end on a high note during the Moose Hunt!  To those of you we will not see until 2014, we look forward to spending time with you exploring the Happy Camp area, so what you waiting for, Come on and Catch the Good Life with us in beautiful Northern Ontario at Happy Camp Ontario!!

Well the winds of change have definitely arrived at Happy Camp!  Hi Folks, as summer quickly left, we have been greeted with more rain, rain, wind and chilly temperatures!  The dock will need to be moved back in as today Magoo and I watched the water level rise.  It will come into shore for the last time in 2013! While water levels are nearing spring levels, the water temperatures are quickly receding and fish are disoriented!  The fish should set up soon in their traditional fall spots and patterns should follow.

Birds continue to migrate through, Bluebirds, Flickers and the first Canada Geese were seen flying south today from their summer homes on James Bay!  Unfortunately they have not stopped for a drink, Magoo and I can only wish they will!  In addition, there was an odd brown bird sitting on the fish shack this afternoon.  It was the size of a bluebird, but was white with brown wings, a grayish bill and its head was striped with brown and white.  While quite different looking, he was a handsome fellow that is for sure.

Duck season opened this week as well as Grouse!  While the leaves are changing quickly, they still are hanging on strong making visibility an issue.  As I write, the clouds have cleared out and it should be cold tonight, another frost might bring some leaves down, only time will tell.

In our travels today we noticed quite a few Mountain Ash berries, I wonder if their are any recipes for them?  If anyone has any, please shoot us an email so we can check it out!

As always, thanks for finding your way to Happy Camp in 2013, take care and until next week, Come on and Catch the Good Life with us in beautiful northern Ontario at Happy Camp!!

Oops, forgot to mention, Go Pack GO!!!