K. Katter

My hunting experience at Camp Hackett was gratifying and better than expected. The deer hunt reminded me of the type of hunts I use to go on as a young man. In other words, it was a tough hunt and definitely not for the first time hunter as the founder John McDaniel explained to me over the phone when I received his long awaited call. John gave me several choices of easier hunts where harvesting a deer was fairly simple but when John gave a description of Camp Hackett in the Northern region of Wisconsin where there was an opportunity to bow hunt a trophy buck of a lifetime, when I heard this all I said was “Hackett” that’s where I want to go. There were no bait piles or feeders on the property to attract the deer right to your tree stand. There were a few food plots on the property, but I didn’t choose to hunt over one. On this hunt I had seen only 6 does and 1 – 8pt buck . The buck was too small though and didn’t meet the criteria of a trophy, so he lives for another year for another Hero to possibly shoot. John and his guides Jake and Matt who are combat wounded vets did a great job and made every effort to make this a successful hunt for me. I can’t describe this hunt in one word, but I will say the guys are very professional, accommodating and sincere. I think I left Camp Hackett a different person than how I arrived and as a combat wounded soldier this type of experience can only help with my recovery. Thank you, John for your integrity, honesty and camaraderie, you have always taken care of soldiers as an officer and it is obvious that you will continue this mission until it’s complete.