J. Bentley
2016
Military Branch: USMC
Event Name: Bayfield C & B
The Bayfield Cast and Blast was a great event. I love getting together with other veterans and telling stories. The fishing was great with David Brown. I caught my first muskie. Russ was my hunting guide and I were in a good spot. There were scrapes and rubs and runway’s all over where my tree stand was set up. The first day I just saw a few does and a small buck. Then on the second day I saw more does. In the last few minutes of shooting time there was a big body buck trotting through the slashings with a purpose about 60 yards in front of me. I didn’t get a good look at the rack because it blended in too well with the slashings, but he was so thick you couldn’t tell where his neck ended. And he had a head the size of a horse. That buck did not come close enough for me to get a shot off.
Everyone that hosted us and fed us were so nice and polite. Scenic Drive, Flying Eagle, Delta Diner. The people that put it on Chris and Brenda Diesing are amazing people. They change people’s lives in what they do, and we cannot thank them enough.


