Gobblerdad

WAY TO GO DAKOTA!!! Mom and I are proud of you!

Hang in there Dakota! Mom and Dad are pulling for you! Be patient, you'll get just the right one!

Here's a video of Dakota rockin' out (different song) at Lifelight that was posted by Casting Pearls on their myspace page today. http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=17541087 Enjoy! Chuck

We'll be praying for you Steve! Keep the faith! Chuck

Hi all, hope you are doing well! Dakota (Gobblerbane08) played guitar at Lifelight (a 3-day Christian music festival in Sioux Falls, SD) on Sunday evening with the band Casting Pearls. He performed in front of a crowd of nearly 100,000 on the main stage. Here's a link to a video of one of the songs he performed: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.showvids&friendID=21130729 Sorry we haven't been on in a while, will try to do better in the future! Take care! Chuck (Gobblerdad, Dakota's dad)

Hi all, Dakota's Dad here. Want to thank Steve Beilgard and Steve Douglass (Bowtech) for keeping you all up to date with Dakota's situation. What Steve said at the top of this thread is pretty much the current status. Our family thanks each and everyone of you for your continued prayers! Dakota is in some pain, but is doing well over all. We'll see if we can get him on here in the next day or two! Thanks again! Chuck

Re: Another one bites the dust That's a great doe, Steve! You'll have to come up to South Dakota and give Dakota and me a few pointers! Congrats! Chuck

Re: Bulldawg FUND RAISER (Let\'s get ER done guys a Having been on the receiving end of a RT forum fundraiser for Dakota and our family this past spring (for Dakota's open heart surgery), I know that Bulldawg and his family will be very grateful! The people on this forum are the best!! Our check will go out in tomorrow's mail. You and your family are in our prayers Bulldawg!

Re: prayers needed.... So sorry to hear of your loss. Will be praying for you and your family.

Re: Two Strangers Too funny!

Re: Hey Everyone Welcome back to the Real Tree forums - the greatest place and greatest people on the internet!

Re: Happy Birthday BowtechTurkeyHunter Happy Birthday Steve!!

Hi everyone! I gave some thanks on a previous thread but I wanted to make a separate post to thank those who made Dakota's hunt possible. Thanks so much to Steve and Rilda Beilgard for their hospitality, and for Steve's expert guidance and encouragement! A big thanks also to those who helped on the hunt: Jeff and Kaeden, Justin and Christina, Tom, Bill, David Maas (from North American Hunting Club) and Ernie, and of course, Matt and Bear. Thanks again to each of you on the forums for your prayers, calls, cards, gifts, and visits for Dakota during his surgery and recovery, and to Steve (BowtechTurkeyHunter) for organizing the forum fundraiser for Dakota, which helped to make it possible for Dakota's mom to come on this trip! She really had the time of her life seeing her son bag a huge bull elk! Thanks to Steve and Kimberly (Bowtechs Wife) and Brian (rifleman25) for coming to the fundraiser to represent all of you on the forum. Thanks to Savage firearms for donating a rifle, and to David Blanton for donating a scope to Dakota for his hunt! Thanks to Billkay for writing a wonderful story about Dakota on the Real Tree website! And THIS TRIP WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED without Tina Pattison at Hunt of a Lifetime! Thank you so much Tina!! And of course, we thank and praise our heavenly Father in the name of Jesus, for providing this opportunity for Dakota, and for bringing just the right bull at just the right time, and for guiding Dakota's shot. I know that I probably have forgotten someone or something in my thanks, and I greatly apologize if I left anyone out! We are so grateful to you all and are proud to call you friends! Sincerely, Chuck, Jennifer, and Dakota Case

Re: THE REAL DAKOTA STORY Hi Steve, we're home now! Just filled the freezer in the garage to the max with elk meat! Thanks so much again to you and Rilda for your hospitality, and for your guidance and encouragement! It has been a privilege to meet and to get to know you! We all had the time of our lives! A big thanks also to Jeff and Kaeden, Justin and Christina, Tom, Bill, Dave and Ernie, and of course, Matt and Bear (I apologize if I missed anyone!). Thanks again to everyone on the forums for your contribution to Dakota's fundraiser and for making it possible for Dakota's mom to come on this trip! And THIS TRIP WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED without Tina Pattison at Hunt of a Lifetime! Thank you so much!! We are so grateful to you all! Sincerely, Chuck, Jennifer, and Dakota Case

Re: *****DAKOTA\'S ELK HUNT PICS******* This is Dakota's dad. It's a 6x6. Hard to see all the points because of the camera angle (his left antler has a very small 6th point). It's going to be a shoulder mount and him turning his head to the right. Thanks for everyone's support, and for getting Dakota's mom out there as well! She had the best time! Chuck