VickiC

Thanks everyone! I will try to do my best to keep everyone posted on how we are doing with our hunts!!

Hey everyone!! How has your summer been? We have been pretty crazy here, heck Ralph and I haven't been home for a weekend in about 3 months!! We have been al over the place at consumer shows, in fact, we will be at Simmon's Sporting Goods in LA this coming weekend and the Cabela's in Hoffman Estates, IL on the 21 & 22!! We have a busy hunting season coming up and I get to start off in WY at Table Mountain Outfitters, antelope hunting with Brenda Potts for Beyond the Lodge!! Ralph starts off in CO for elk at Cielo Vista!! Anyways, I just wanted to stop by and say hi!! :rockon: Vicki C

Hey Everyone! We did have a lot of fun at Harrisburg and it was nice meeting a bunch of you!! We did have to leave early, as Ralph had knee surgery this morning!! He is doing great and his leg is in a constant motion machine right now. They replaced his ACL and had to mess with his meniscus too!! Bearhunt - I do not know where Westmoreland CO is, but we hunt almost every year out near Lamar CO and do all of our own scouting and hanging stands. Same goes for at home in Illinois and Iowa. No one is out there 'looking' for game for us. Sometimes people forget that on TV shows you only get to see the best 22 minutes of an entire hunt, maybe even season!! Thanks!! Vicki C

How's it going in here? :yes: Ralph and I have been on the road nonstop since like August, or close to it!! LOL!! :yes: Now we are heading to the Eastern Sports Show in Harrisburg!! Any of you going to be there?? We will be there from Sat (2/6) thru Monday (2/8)!! We will be hanging out at the REALTREE booth pretty much the whole time we are there!! We will be on a Panel Discussion once each day as well!! Hope to see some of you there!! Hey, this smilie looks like Ralph....:crutch: He is going in for knee surgery on the 11th, right after the show!! OK, I'll be nice now!!

Hey Turkeygirl we could have used you here last Thursday when Ralph decided to try to take his thumb off with a pocketknife!! I had to rush him to the hospital, 4 stitches, IV & tetanus shot later (and who knows how much $$) he is healing well!! It is his left thumb, by the base on the palm side, basically where he needs to rest his Hoyt when he shoots!!! Ouch!! Going tomorrow to Othropedic because he cut an artery & possible nerve damage!! Sitches may be out tomorrow, just in time for Quebec caribou!! He may need to take his TC instead!! LOL!! Vicki C.

Thanks everyone!! We have been busy traveling, Ralph was supposed to leave for OH opener, but decided to put a knife in his left thumb instead!! He has 4 stitches right at the base of his thumb by his palm!! He had to get a tetaus shot too!! We leave out on the 2nd for caribou up in Quebec!! Stitches come out on Tuesday hopefully!! Have a safe season!! Vicki C

Gary is really just a fictional character......... We do hope to see some of you in OH!! We will be at the Deerassic Fri & Sat, and then at the Bass Pro Sunday 12-5!! We will also be at: Huntfest in Edmonton, Alberta the weekend of Aug 14-16!! Cabela's, Hoffman Estates, IL - Aug 22 from 11-5!! Hope to see some of you there!!!

Hey Randy, It was a pleasure meeting and the family! We met a whole buch of great people over the weekend and appreciate all of the kind words! As for Gary.... He doesn't work enough as it is, and then to take him out of the studio even more.... is just asking for trouble!!! LOL!! Vicki C

OK, if you won't go visit Tim, how about Ralph & me at the Rossford (Toledo) OH Bass Pro on Sunday from 12-5?? We will also be at the Deerassic Classic Friday & Saturday, all day!! Vicki C:)

Oh Great!! Now we will have to deal with his ego in the office!! Thanks a bunch guys!! :)

WOW! Now there is a lot to answer..... Buckee - We hunted in BC with Trophy West Outfitters, we were hunting costal & island black bears! We stayed on a 73 foot tug boat turned into a house boat! It was a blast!! Fresh dungenous crabs & prawns to boot!! Tink - I will go check out the website and take a looky! Shaun - Ontario is getting some big bears since there is no spring hunt there!! Good luck and be safe!! Kirk - Good on the moose hunt!! Where in Illinois do you live? We live up in Carroll county, NW Illinois!! Dakota - Sounds like a very interesting turkey!! LOL!! Congrats! Can't say I have ever seen a he/she bird!! Good luck to you all!! Be safe and God Bless!!! I will continue to check in with you all, of course as time allows!! :-) Ralph keeps adding things to my list!! Vicki C

Sounds like a pretty decent spring so far! Congrats to you all!! We can't wait to get down to Hoppy's for some hog & gator hunting! It is so much fun!! Maybe Ralph can take another ride behind the airboat!!

We are talking about going to the NWTF next year and I know we are going to be at the Eastern PA show next year too!! We ended up cancelling our turkey hnts due to production here, and one of our bear hunts got cancelled because of ice on the lakes!! We leave on the 24th for Florida though for hogs & gators!!!! I cannot wait!!

Hey everyone! It's been a while since I visited here on Realtree and I just wanted to check in and see how everyone is doing! How has your spring been? Did you do any bear hunting? Ralph and I took a couple nice bears up in BC , and then spent two weeks in Alberta and didn't get a thing . I guess that's why it is called hunting!! I think I would call those two weeks, 'sitting' though! OK, Let's here from you!! Vicki C

Hey Tim! You will love the AlphaMax!! I have been sooting it now for a while and it is great!! Let us know what you think of it!! Vicki C!

Hey Dakota! Like Tim said, you can be on more then one pro staff, you just need to make sure that none of them conflict with each other and you need to check the pro staff contract. Thanks for asking!

I try to pop in when I get a chance! It is early in the am when I am drinking coffee at home and getting ready for another crazy day!! Key word would be 'at home'! LOL

Hey Deb! We will have a blast!! Ted & Tina down at Eagle Lakes are great people and they have some awesome hunting areas!! We have been hunting down with them for the past couple years and they are top notch!! Accomodations & food good too! If you have any questions feel free to pm me and we can chat!! :) Vicki C:)

Hey Tim! We won't be at NWTF either, we have a deer classics & banquets to attend. Have fun guys!

Thanks everyone for the input! And thanks to SHE Outdoors for taking a giant step and putting this TV show out there!!

Hey Tim! Ralph and I were supposed to be there at the Cabela's booth too, except we were already scheduled to be at a SCI banquet in MN the first weekend of the show and at the MI Deer Classic the second weekend, so it didn't work out for us! I am sure you will meet a whole bunch of great people there! Have fun! That is one long show!!

Congrats to Don & Kandi for the well deserved awards! You guys have been in this industry for a long time ad deserved every award that you won at the Golden Moose Awards!! Congrats Girlfriend!! :) We are so proud of your guys!! :) Congrats to the rest of the awards winner as well! They were all well deserved!

Thanks guys! We are trying to get online more often, but things like hunting & shows sometimes get in the way! In fact, we are leaving home in about an hour for O'Hare to fly down to Orlando for the SHOT Show. We only live about 2 hours from O'Hare and our flight isn't until 4pm, but we just got another 5 inches of snow and the roads are really bad out here in the boondocks! Ralph is having a fit cuz I want to leave SO early, but I would rather be there early than late. He just needs to deal with it! Thanks again!! VickiC:)

Thanks for watching Beyond The Lodge and for giving your input! It is always great to hear the negative with the positive, it is the only way to get better! They are going to have 6 of the shows that will have bios on them, the rest will have more hunting on them. Kandi's bio show is on this week, so don't miss it!! Vicki C:)

Hey everyone, Kandi is right, the ATA show was great and had a lot of neat new products! It was fun to get to know some many new people and look forward to getting to know you all better here as well! Now that hunting season is basically over and show season has begun, there is still no rest for the wicked! Right Kandi?? Take Care! VickiC:)