So many things to talk about and so little time! For those who think we are in the off season with not a lot to do, I am quickly learning that there is no off season. We have had a lot of great things happening at Wired Outdoors. First, I wanted to take a minute and thank the Parker Polar Bear Club of Parker, Pennsylvania for raising over $1700 for our “Hunt Of A Lifetime” kids! The Polar Bear jump into the chilly waters of the Allegheny River was a tremendous success and there were many Wired Outdoors fans in attendance. Due to the short notice this year, I wasn’t able to make it, but I promise you, I will be there next year. Thanks again to the Polar Bear Club and all the Wired Outdoors fans who joined us on this special day for a great cause.

Wired Outdoors Crew at the Parker Polar Bear Jump

This time of year when we aren’t jumping in freezing cold water we are looking for other adventures.  One thing I have always wanted to do is chase free ranging wild hogs and I recently had the opportunity to chase some pigs in North Central Florida with Florida Cracker Outfitters.  I was definitely under the perception that hunting hogs was a slam dunk and they are a dumb animal.  I couldn’t have been more off base.  Not only are they very fast and never stop moving, they have a nose every bit as good as a whitetail and if they smell you, it is all over.  We only had a two day hunt planned and were able to close the deal on two pigs, but I was the odd man out and didn’t get it done.  However, I will be heading back to Florida on March 2 to not only get a pig with my bow, I also plan to wrastle one.  You are probably saying, “What are you talking about, wrastling a hog?”  You will just have to stay tuned for more details, but I will guarantee it will be very entertaining.

Myself, Mike Switzer and Mike Bell with Mike Switzer’s first hog

Myself and Mike Bell with Mike’s first hog

Last but not least we are very excited and can’t wait to meet many of Wired Outdoors fans at this year’s Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. We are a corporate sponsor of the show and look forward to this event every year.  It is a great way for us to meet and talk to many of our fans.  If you have never been to the Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show or maybe you haven’t visited in few years, if you love the outdoors, you owe it to yourself to visit the show.  It is the largest show of its kind in the world!  If you can’t make it to the show, we will be streaming live video all week long with people like, Michael Waddell, Lee & Tiffany, Stan Potts, The Bennoits, and more.  Visit our website at www.WiredOutdoors.com for more information and schedule of all the interviews.

Get Your Wired Outdoors Season 1 – “In the Beginning” DVD – www.WiredOutdoors.com

I would also like to announce that our DVD – Wired Outdoors Season 1 – “In The Beginning”, will be available at the Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show and online by February 6 by visiting www. WiredOutdoors.com.

Scene from last year’s jump!

In Wired Outdoors fashion, when we get involved in something we are all in!  So we will be filming this event and we will be taking the plunge with many of our Wired Outdoors fans!  So all you Wired Outdoors fans, band together and we are asking you to join us and have a great time for a great cause as we take the plunge into the Allegheny River in Parker, Pennsylvania.

• Event: 4th Annual Parker Polar Bear Plunge – “Freezin’ For A Reason!”
• When: January 1, 2010
  Registration 11:00am-1:30pm
  Safety meeting, at 1:45pm
  Plunge at 2:00pm
• Where: Parker City Boat Launch (311 North River Avenue, Parker, PA 16049)
• Who: Parker Polar Bear Club
• Why: Benefits Hunt of A Lifetime and Parker Parks and Recreation
• Cost: $10 registration fee (free t-shirt to all participants)

Additional Information:

• $50 prize for “Most Unique Plunging Attire”
• Chinese auction for items donated by local business.
• 50/50 raffle.

While the cost is only $10 a person, we are encouraging folks to go out there and get sponsors and help us raise as much as possible for our kids who we will be sending on their “Hunt of A Lifetime”.  Questions or comments should be directed to Tony Davenport at 724.659.5114 and we look forward to seeing you all very soon!

I would also like to tell everyone a very special story that happened to us a few days ago at the Clarion County Youth Field Day banquet.  Each year, Randy Culberson of Sportsman Outfitters and one of the organizers of the Clarion County Youth Field Day invites us to the annual event.  Initially I was not going to be able to attend the event due to a scheduled hunt that we were filming.  A phone call from the guide earlier in the week said he wanted to hold off that the birds just weren’t here yet.  So a phone call later and I was off to Clarion County for the banquet.

Our buddy Sawyer – He is WIRED!

Some More Wired Fans!

At the banquet each year, Kyle Schwabenbauer, Co-Host Wired Outdoors, presents the highlight Youth Field Day video to all the guests.  This year, Randy asked if we could also show our Hunt of A Lifetime videos that we did the past year.  Once Kyle was done showing the highlight video I would be showing the Arianna video and Michael Ciarlone clip. (You can see both those videos at the bottom of this story)  Before showing the videos Randy informed me that since we weren’t quite ready to begin our fund raising for this year’s Hunt of A Lifetime kids, he had come up with an idea just hours before.  He purchased a small Christmas tree about three feet high and hung lottery tickets and a couple of gift certificates on the tree for decorations. He informed me that he was going to sell raffle tickets for the tree and donate all the money for our “Hunt Of A Lifetime” kids.  I was very thankful and expressed my gratitude because any money we can raise is always appreciated it, but really didn’t know what to expect.

Amy Shoup from Strattanville, PA won the Hunt of a Lifetime raffle. It was a live Christmas tree filled with lottery tickets, $100 gift cert, $50 savings bond and a Traditions muzzleloader. Congrats Amy!!

After showing the Arianna video and the Michael Ciarlone clips there were a lot of folks who I could tell were really touched by our work.  Shortly after the presentation, I had to get on the road as I had a 4 hour car ride and had to be at the airport the following morning to fly out to Illinois.  About an hour down the road, I get a text from Kyle saying, “An anonymous donor just said they would match any money raised for the Hunt of A Lifetime kids.” About another hour down the road I get a call from Kyle saying, “How much money do you think they just raised for our kids?”, I replied, “I have no idea, maybe $500?”  Kyle said, “Try $3600.00!”  I was floored.  There are not many times in my life where I don’t have something to say, I was truly speechless.  In a year, when the economy is so bad to have folks open their hearts and wallets like that was truly humbling.

Clarion County Sportsmen for Youth raised over $3600 for Hunt of a Lifetime in less than two hours at their banquet. CCSFY President, Eric Black, presents Kyle with the money!! Thanks guys for everything!!!

I have so many things to be thankful for this Thanksgiving and they just keep rolling in.  I would like to thank all the folks from the banquet who purchased tickets, to the anonymous donor, Randy Culberson and all the CCSFY committee members and the list goes on. Thank you again, I can’t say it enough and I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!!!

For those who haven’t seen the Arianna video and Michael Ciarlone clip, you can click on the videos below.  They both will make you truly thankful for all you have.

Matthew Ciarlone’s photo who passed away from Leukemia this year during our Hunt of A Lifetime fundraiser. Michael didn’t go anywhere without that photo.

Arianna’s dream was a South Dakota Merriam Turkey hunt and I am happy to report that we were successful in making her dream come true and that hunt will appear this month on our tv show Wired Outdoors.  While Arianna’s hunt ended with lots of smiles and great memories, unfortunately, Matthew Ciarlone, suffering from Leukemia, lost his battle before he had a chance to live his dream of a Midwest Elk hunt.  Obviously in circumstances like this, the Hunt Of A Lifetime organization has no choice but to move on to the next child waiting to go on their hunt.  So the money that we raised was put to good use and a little boy, Alex, was sent on his dream whitetail hunt in Alberta.

Typical Terrain on our hunt

Like all the kids we raise money for, I find myself getting  emotionally attached to the children as well as their families.  When I received the call from Matthew’s father, Michael, that he had passed away, my heart was broken.  Being a father myself, I can’t imagine what Matthew’s family was going through.  For me, it was impossible to just move on and I knew that I had to do something, and I knew immediately what I wanted to do.

Myself and Michael

Like I mentioned before, Matthew’s dream was a midwest elk hunt so I knew that I wanted to offer Matthew’s father the opportunity to live out Matthew’s dream and harvest an elk in remembrance of Matthew.  I wasn’t going to be able to pull this off without some help.  So after a visit with one of the most well established elk hunting operations in the world, United States Outfitters, they didn’t hesitate and said, “Lets make this happen!”.

Michael Ciarlone in New Mexico

Now was the hard part, as I knew it was going to be very difficult for Matthew’s father to go on this hunt.  I put the call into Michael and asked him if he would like to go hunt and film with the goal of having a tv show that was dedicated to the memory of his son.  I could immediately hear the hesitation in Michael’s voice.  I told Michael “that it was entirely up to him and only he could decide if he wanted to do this, so think about it and give me a call in couple of weeks.”  About two days passed and Michael called me and said, “Matthew would kick my butt if I didn’t do this, so yes, I would like to go on the elk hunt.”

Typical New Mexico Sunrise

So plans were made and this trip would be muzzleloader hunt on October 9-14th in New Mexico at the Floyd Lee Ranch with United States Outfitters.  After arriving in New Mexico we would be staying at a very high elevation and hunting elk in some very rough terrain.  Michael being 62 and not used to hunting in these conditions was an absolute trooper.  Even though we knew he was really hurting, he got up every day and hunted hard walking and sometimes running after elk.  There was something deep within driving him on this hunt.  After hunting hard and having one miss, we found ourselves staring at the last few hours of the hunt.

Cameraman Fran and Michael Preparing for the evening hunt

That morning before the last hunt, Michael opened up to all the guests at camp and told them his story and all about his son Matthew.  There wasn’t a dry eye in the camp and some of the guests even had to get up and leave.  Michael explained to everyone how Matthew was his youngest son and his best friend.  They did everything together and especially loved being in the outdoors.  After hearing Michael open up and just how important this was, I found myself outside staring up at the clear blue sky in New Mexico, saying, “Dear lord, please make this happen for Michael.”

Our United States Outfitters Guide – Brian Dam

The last morning hunt we found ourselves walking in the woods and calling, but we didn’t hear a bugle all morning long.  Things were looking more and more bleak.  We were left with less that two hours to hunt when I spotted movement to our right about 150 yards in front of us.  The first elk was a cow, but there was not doubt that the second one was a bull.  Our guide Brian got Michael in place and confirmed that he was a shooter.   Michael took careful aim and let the Thompson Center bark!  We could tell the elk was hit, but couldn’t see where.  So our guide, Brian took off like an Olympic sprinter after this elk.  We could see the elk walking through the timber and Michael got in place for another shot.  The shot was about 70 yards and it didn’t look like he hit him.  Again, we were off after this elk and came upon him about 150 yards later laying down and unable to get up.  Michael got in place for a finishing shot at about 40 yards, which ended up being a clean miss. We moved Michael to about 25 yards for his fourth and final shot.

Our sleeping facilities for the week

The elk was finally down and I can’t really describe the feeling that came over myself, our guide Brian, the cameraman Fran and Michael.  Again, there wasn’t a dry eye in the woods as Michael did his tv interview over the elk with the photo of his son Matthew in hand and said very simply, “This is for you Matthew!  I love you.”  Michael accomplished what he came to do even when there was nothing left in the tank.  He was emotionally and physically exhausted and had nothing left to give.  I am so proud of you Michael, you were truly an inspiration.

Michael, myself and Fran Rodenbaugh with Michael and Matthew’s Elk

You may be asking what the title of this article, “Now I Know” means.  Last month I wrote an article, “Someone is Watching Out For Us” which is all about our success this year and how I feel there is someone watching out for the Wired Outdoors Team. After this hunt in New Mexico, “Now I Know” someone is watching out for us. After Michael fired his last shot, a revelation hit me in the face like a ton of bricks.  I said to Michael, “You know, we never shot your gun after arriving at camp.”  It was obvious that Michael’s gun was way off.  I personally know better and felt horrible for forgetting to shoot  Michael’s gun.

Now what one has to wonder is, how was Michael able to hit that elk from 150 yards away, but missed him from 40 yards.  The gun was off that much and it just doesn’t make any sense other than “Someone was watching out for us”.  It was perfectly clear to all those on the hunt, there was certainly some help from above.  That elk was sent our way for a reason and that shot found it’s mark miraculously from 150 yards away.  Sure it isn’t the biggest elk in the world, but that wasn’t what this hunt was all about.  This was Michael and Matthew’s elk and a hunt that I will never forget.  So many times people get wrapped up in the size of animals and that isn’t what we are all about.  I live for the experiences and moments that we make in the outdoors.  This is a memory that I will cherish the rest of my life, and hopefully will help the Ciarlone’s as they deal with the loss of their son Matthew.  I know that Matthew is smiling down on Michael and one VERY PROUD SON!

You can see this episode this year on our tv show Wired Outdoors!  We would also like thank all of those who get involved in our “Hunt of A Lifetime” fundraisers every year. This is an example of why it is so important to get these kids out on there dream hunts.  Be watching next week as we introduce our two kids for this year and how you can help.

Here are the final numbers and winners of the 2009 Medalist Whitetail contest. Congrats to everyone on some great PA deer and thanks for playing!!

Team 1 – 56 points (WINNERS)
Bowhunter 92 & Jake

Team 2 – 50 points
Wildgoosechase & Bowhunter07

Team 3 – 54 points
HomerJ & Hunt&FishPA

Team 4 – 44 points
GTBullet & Beardbuster

Team 5 – 32 points
4Season & Spike

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As I am riding the train home from our adventure Caribou hunting in Northern Quebec, with Wedge Hills Lodge, I thought I would take some time to reflect on this trip and the entire season so far. The trip with Wedge Hills Lodge in pursuit of caribou was an unbelievable experience, but not only was this trip a winner, my entire season so far has been unbelievably successful, which really makes me believe that there is someone watching out for us!

Some Wired Outdoors Kids came to see us off!

Me, Kyle and Rob McCoy heading out on our 22 hour drive!

When we decided to do the tv show we knew we had one year to produce 13 episodes for our show, Wired Outdoors, that will start on Tuesday, September 29th at 6:30 pm on the Sportsman Channel. Anyone who has produced a hunting show will tell you that trying to produce 13 shows in less than a year is a very tall task. We knew that we had our work cut out for us, but I was confident with the team’s help that we could not only produce the episodes, but create 13 high quality hunting shows. That being said, we would still need a lot of things to go our way.

Kyle Connects on the First Caribou of the trip!

As I was sitting this past week watching a giant caribou in a herd of about 30 cows bear down on us at about 35 yards, I was thinking to myself, there is no doubt that someone above is watching out for us. Out of 31 caribou, we needed only one to come our way for Kyle to get  a crack, and here he comes. While in the end, the shot was just over the caribou’s back, the footage was awesome.

Rob McCoy connects on this awesome caribou!

While that particular hunt did not end with a caribou in the boat, we did take 4 beautiful caribou home with us. I was able to harvest a true giant. I have been extremely spoiled with taking this animal for my first caribou. But like any true hunter knows, the most happiness comes from seeing friends, family and loved ones experience successful hunts. I was able to watch good friends, Kyle Schwabenbauer and Rob McCoy connect on two awesome caribou, and too say I was happy was an understatement.

My first caribou.  I was definitely spoiled with this guy!

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Looking back I reflect on shooting a great whitetail in Wisconsin during the first hour of the hunt, hunting with little Arianna Evans in South Dakota and closing the deal on a beautiful Merriam turkey on the last day, seeing Don Ott connect on his first black bear, spending an unbelievable week with my father in Alberta where we got two cracks at true giant whitetails, and spending a day with our friends from the Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show and shooting 16 long range groundhogs. Very easily any of these hunts could have ended without success, with bad weather or not seeing any animals, but fortunately for us, they have all been successful with great footage.

Heading Home with Some Serious Bone!

From all of us at the Sportsmen Portal and Wired Outdoors, we would like to thank you for following us and making our dreams of bringing you a great show a reality. Without all of you this wouldn’t be possible. I would most importantly like to thank the man upstairs for watching out for me and the entire team. Not only has he kept everyone safe, he has sent some fantastic animals our way.

The first show is quickly approaching and we hope you will all tune in! Like we say here at the Sportsmen Portal, “Get WIRED!” For more information on the show visit WiredOutdoors.com.

Unfortunately I haven’t spent much time  in the woods this past month as the majority of my time has been spent in the office or production studio getting the tv show ready to go, WiredOutdoors.com.  So I wanted to take this down time to give everyone an update on some very cool things we have going on.

Like the name of the show says, Wired Outdoors, we strive to bring all our friends and fans who are WIRED more than just a tv show.  So we are pleased to announce a few new features that will allow you to come along on all our hunts.  We now have a Facebook Fan page, facebook.com/wiredoutdoors.  For those of you who don’t use facebook, you may ask, what does this offer that  I don’t already have.  First of all we are able to upload photos and video to our facebook fan page directly from our cell phones.  This means instead of having to wait a year to see the show on tv, you can see it right now as it is happening.  Our goal is on all our adventures to bring you and all our fans along with us.

This next feature is very cool, and it enables us to stream live video directly from our cell phones.  At www.qik.com/wiredoutdoors you can watch all our live videos as we stream them from the field.  As long as we have cell phone reception we will bring you live streaming video.  If you have a twitter account you can follow us and get updates everytime we start streaming at www.twitter.com/wiredoutdoors.

So next month, myself, Kyle Schwabenbauer and Rob McCoy are leaving for our first ever Caribou hunt, September 8th, and we plan on taking you along during the trip and hopefully bringing you some live streaming video of some big old caribou!  So again, join us on Facebook at facebook.com/wiredoutdoors and Twitter at twitter.com/wiredoutdoors and come along on all our hunts! GET WIRED!!

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Sportsmen Portal’s 3D Archery Shoot
Benefits Hunt of a Lifetime

• When: Saturday, September 19th
• Where: Loop Sportsmen, Hollidaysburg, PA
• Registration: 7:00 am to 2:00 pm
• Price: Adults $10.00 & Kids Under 12 – $5.00

For More Information Call Rex at 814-944-3155 or email info@sportsmenportal.com

Come out and join the Sportsmen Portal crew and meet the hosts of our new show Wired Outdoors. We will be filming the event so come out and see us and you may just see yourself on tv. All proceeds go to our Hunt of A Lifetime kids.

We are proud to announce that Hunter Safety System is a new sponsor of the Sportsmen Portal team.  For all of us at the Sportsmen Portal, safety in the treestand is a top priority and it should be for you too.  We all have friends and family members who care about us and it isn’t worth falling out of a tree and ruining lives.

The new Pro Series Vest From Hunter Safety Systems

We couldn’t be happier to be working with a better group of guys and gals than those from the Hunter Safety System crew.  We will be wearing their new Pro-Series vest all year long and reporting back to you.  I have already had a chance to wear the new vest on my bear hunt and there is a reason that Hunter Safety System is number one in the market.  They produce a superior product.  The vests are streamlined with lots of pockets and by far the easiest vest to take on and off.  They have also done a great job coating the buckle system to quiet them when in the stand.

The New Pro-Series Vest

You will be able to read about the vests in our field journals this year as well as see them in action on our television show, Wired Outdoors, starting in October on the Sportsman Channel.

With all the traveling I have had to do over the past couple of months, it has been hard to spend some real quality time with my son Colin.  So since summer has rolled around and things have slowed down a little, I have really been itching to get him out fishing.

Gary Robson, Colin and Me

I have had the privilege to fish with good friend Gary Robson, RodGun from the forum board, on several occasions in one of his secret spots and I knew that this would be a great place to take Colin.  I made a call to Gary and he was more than happy to meet us for a little fishing.

Colin Reeling In His First Fish

Colin was really excited, but I don’t think he really knew what was in store.  Colin is now 7 and I think the most fish he has ever caught in an outing is 3 and I was anticipating catching more than that as well as some bigger fish.

Colin’s First Fish of The Night

It was important to explain catch and release to Colin and get these fish back in the water as soon as possible.

As I anticipated, Gary’s spot didn’t let us down, we were immediately into nice fish and Colin reeled in his first one of the evening.  As a father, there is nothing better than watching that smile as he was reeling in his first fish.

Colin insisted on holding the fish.

All in all, Colin caught about 8 trout this evening in about an hour and we had to go.  I usually only plan outings with Colin for about an hour because he has the attention span of an ant.  I was very happy to see that he didn’t want to leave, but I guess when you are catching lots of fish, who would want to leave.

Based on this smile, I would say he had a good time!

Colin has asked me everyday since then when we are going fishing again and I tell him very soon.  As many of my friends know, I am a pretty sentimental guy, so I won’t try and sound too sappy here.  I find myself, as a father, in awe and appreciation at watching Colin develop.  I know that it is important to me, just like it was important to my father, and his father, to pass down our outdoor lifestyle and traditions to my children.  This is the first year that I have really seen Colin want to hunt and fish with me and I look forward to many years in the outdoors with what I think is going to be my best fishin buddy!

Thanks again Gary for taking us fishing.  I know Colin will remember that night for a long time!