On Sunday, March 2nd, the Rooster Ranch in Ubly, MI is holding a European Pheasant Hunt to help benefit Susie with the cost of her medical treatment for cancer and time off work. There will  be 42 spots available and as of today 15 remain to fill up the hunt. If you have never done a European hunt the shooting is fast and furious and is a lot of fun. The cost is $210.00 per hunter and 10 birds per gun will be released. The hunt includes 21 different stations, Country breakfast, clay target warm-up, walk-up hunt, birds cleaned and packaged and a super lunch. Breakfast is at 8 AM and the hunt starts at 9 AM. Lunch is a BBQ hog and starts directly following the tower shoot around 1 PM. After Lunch the walk-up hunt starts at around 2 PM.It's a whole day of fun and challenging pheasant hunting. Come join Rob & Susie and at the same time help cover some of her medical expenses. To join this hunt please call Kim Anthony at the Rooster Ranch at 989-658-2332. A $50.00 deposit holds your hunt for you. Susie and I hope to see you there!!

We all know how devastating cancer can be, not only physically but also emotionally and financially. Many of you have seen the effect with your own family and friends. Susie Sherrill-Trott was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma back in August of 2006. Susie underwent intensive chemo and radiation treatments and in February of 2007 the cancer was in remission. Unfortunately, on September 11th , 2007 Susie's cancer showed back up. Susie had a bone marrow transplant on November 28, 2007 and although weak she is back home. Her own stem cells were harvested from her blood which which were then frozen and used to complete the bone marrow transplant. Susie's recovery will be from 6-12 months. She is a strong lady who is determined to beat this nasty disease, To help ease the financial strain we are planning a "Hugs For Susie" Benefit Dinner on Saturday January 19th at the Western Wayne County Conservation Association located at  6700 Napier Road, Plymouth, MI. This will be a buffet dinner, with lots of raffles and card drawings as well as a live auction. Many great outdoor items including rifles, bows, fishing and hunting trips and taxidermy will be up for grabs! All proceeds go to Susie Sherrill-Trott. Tickets are $30.00 per person with a cash bar. Doors open at 6 PM and  dinner starts at 6:30 PM.  To order tickets or make a donation please make checks out to Susie Sherrill-Trott and send to: Rob Trott, 425 White Road, Columbiaville, MI 48421. You can also call me at 810-793-6369 or email at rob@greatlakesoutdoorstv.com.  This event will be a complete sell out with 275 people. Currently less than 100 seats remain, so act fast. Hope to see you all there.

Susie arrived home from the hospital where she recently underwent a bone marrow transplant for her Hodgkin's Lymphoma. We spent nearly 20 days at the U of M in Ann Arbor. They indeed have some of the best doctors and health care in the world there. Although  she is very weak yet and has a long way to go ,she is home and that is the first step. It will be awhile yet before we see her shining face and bubbly personality back on the screen but, as they say the show will go on. I will keep you updated as often as I can. Please continue all of your many prayers for her complete cure of cancer. You may send your cards and letters to Susie Sherrill- Trott, 425 White Road, Columbiaville, MI 48421. In the meantime have a safe and glorious holiday. Please keep in mind the real reason for the season, the birth of  baby Jesus in a manger so very long ago. Happy holidays all!

I would like to update everyone on Susie's battle with Cancer. Back in August Susie's cancer showed back up. You may remember she had a year long battle with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. The same lymphoma showed back up in her chest, only this time much smaller than the first time. She has been through another two regiments of chemotherapy and it has shrunk even more. However, because it came back again to be safe and have the best chance of getting rid of it totally she  has decided to go through a bone marrow transplant at the U of M hospital in  Ann Arbor. For the past three days the nurses and doctors in Ann Arbor have been harvesting stem cells out of Susie's blood which they will freeze now and later after more treatment put back into Susie to complete the transplant with her own cells. Today we found out that they had collected and harvested 4.16 million stem cells from Susie! Their goal was to harvest 3 million so as you can see she did spectacular! Susie came home today all fired up about a short reprieve for the first four days of rifle season at our yearly camp in Curran, MI. On November 21, Susie will be admitted into the U of M hospital for more treatment and the bone marrow transplant. This process will take 21-30 days in which time Susie and I will both be at the hospital. She should be out before Christmas and on her way to a total recovery. Susie's recovery time will take approximately 6 months to a year. We will have a laptop there so I can keep up on our emails. Many prayers have been said  for Susie over the last months and we ask that everyone keep praying for her. We all know that prayer cures all and has no barriers. With God's powerful healing hands and all of you wonderful friends and loyal viewers WE WILL BEAT THIS NASTY DISEASE!! Please be patient with us during this time. We have  chosen some of our favorite adventures from the past to entertain you on Great Lakes Outdoors while we are going through our latest bump in the road. You can expect to see caribou hunts, hunting in Africa and more of our favorite hunts. We have also decided with all this going on that we must CANCEL this year's BIG BUCK NITE which was scheduled for Saturday December 8th. So we ask for your understanding on this. However, in all fairness we could not concentrate on all the work it takes to put this production on and make it the fun event that it has become. Rest assured that next year we will have our Big Buck Nite once again. Great Lakes Outdoors will be back taping new shows again in the blink of an eye and promise that we have no intentions of going anywhere. So please keep praying for Susie and her family. I will keep you all updated as much as I can. By the way for all of you that have been asking, YES, Susie and I got married in a pond side wedding at our house on August 4th. It was a most beautiful wedding with many family and friends present. And of course outside amongst nature. Is there any other way?

This week show week of October 16th is "Kings&Kids". Hot action for late season salmon from the port of Frankfort with Captain Steve Martin. Also Rob visits with the Kindergarten class of Mayfield Elementary in Lapeer. It's a cute segment. Next week, the week of October 22nd, Kids In Chemo 2007 airs. This annual shoot to benefit the Kids In Chemo program turned out to be the best ever with a record number of teams and shooters participating. If you would like to donate to the Kids In Chemo, check out their website at www.kidsinchemo.org .

GLO is proud to have Orchard Buggies aboard as a new sponsor of the show. Orchard Buggies is the Michigan distributor of Bad Boy Buggies, offering All Electric 4 WD. Orchard Buggies is located in Romeo, MI and has a fantastic stock of Bad Boys in stock. The new 2008 models are now in. Check them out today, by calling John Riggs at 866-336-0200 for your free test drive or check them out on the web at www.orchardbuggies.com.

Come join Rob and Susie and the founders of Kids and Chemo, Cathy & Denny McKim in Mayville MI for a fun day of quarter scale modified motorcycle Tractor pulling provided by the M/T Pocket Pullers, Inc. of Mayville MI. We here at GLO were contacted by this great group of folks about having a tractor pull to raise funds for our Kids In Chemo charity and of course we said Fantastic!!!! We will be at the Ohmer Park in Mayville on September 1st, from noon until 5pm to enjoy a great day of family fun with the excitement of roaring engines and good times for all. Come join us to help the Kids In Chemo with gate admission of $5.00 per adult, $2.00 for kids, 5 years and under free. All gate admissions will be going to our kids so make sure and come out for a Saturday afternoon of fun and help a cancer child too! For more information contact Ron Gavord at 989-684-7128 or call us at 810-793-6369. Hope to see you there

If you are looking to get your new hunting buddy a little training for the upcoming fall bird season than Preston H. Mann's Dog Training Classes are just what you've been looking for. New Summer classes begin on Saturday June 2, at the Brown City Location. Preston has a few openings in his Saturday AM Classes as well as Saturday PM classes and Tuesday evening spots. Preston's classes run six consecutive weeks at the same time and place. The classes include all live game birds used for training,  six weeks of instruction and a one year membership in Farmland Pheasant Hunters. This is an excellent course and one that I've put each one of my Brittany's through. They all have been outstanding bird dogs and I credit Preston's classes for pointing them all in the right direction. You can call Preston or Pat at 810-346-3672 for all the information on how to sign up.

Something new this Summer is Hunting & Shooting Classes for Ladies. Beginning on Sunday June 17 and continuing on June 24 and July 1 at 10 AM Preston will offer a class to help Ladies becoming more proficient shooters as well as hunters. So if you want to get out this year and outshoot the old man get a hold of Preston for all the details at 810-346-3672. Price is only $200.00 for all three sessions!

 Farmland's Clubhouse is as always for  rent for Banquets and parties. It comes complete with tables, chairs, fieldstone fireplace, kitchen equipment, pool table, and plasma TV. The rates are very reasonable.

Finally, Farmland has a great new farm in Holly which will open on September 1. It is 600 acres of prime bird hunting cover. It should be an exciting hunt ! Be sure and renew your membership as you won't want to miss out on all the fine hunting this year! See you in the fields at Farmland Pheasant Hunters.

We are currently looking for several new sponsors for the television show. Like most small companies in Michigan we have been struggling to keep our heads above water. With the rising costs of production and the recent loss of long time sponsor, Ameristep due to a slumping economy, we need the support of 2 or 3 new sponsors ASAP. If you are interested or know a company who may be please get a hold of either Rob or Susie at 810-793-6369. Great Lakes Outdoors has been on the air for 19 years and we would like to continue for many more. You can also email me at rob@greatlakesoutdoorstv.com Thank you for your continued support. 

The 2007 Ice Fishing Tournament at the Fowler Center's Harmon Lake, located in Mayville will take place on Saturday, February 10th. The 12th Annual event will as always have two sessions; the first runs from 8 AM until Noon, the second from 1 PM until 5 PM. Each session has a $15.00 cost per fisherman. You can fish both for $30.00. There will be an excellent lunch served at the center from 12-1. Cost is $6.00. There also will be a concession stand  on site. This year there will be a tagged pike worth $7,000 if someone catches it!!! There also will be a number of other tagged pike worth lesser fees. Cash prizes will also be awarded in many different categories as well as raffle prizes. All money goes to the Fowler Center to help run the camp. This is one of their top fundraisers of the year and it is always well attended. Be sure and come early. Registration starts at 6:30 AM and the rules will be gone over at 7:30 AM sharp. For more information contact Tom Hussmann or the Fowler Center at 989-673-2050. Susie and I will again be their taping a segment for our show. Hope to see you there!!

Susie and I along with the rest of the staff here at Great Lakes Outdoors want to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous and Happy New Year. Susie has responded very well to her Chemo treatments and as I write this she has two treatments left!! Her lymphoma has all but disappeared. Her last chemo is January 2nd. From there she will get Radiation treatments. As of yet we do not know how many or for what length of time. However, she is doing great and that's  what the power of prayer can do. We thank the literally thousands of you that have been praying for Susie. If you think prayer doesn't work, think again! God bless you all. Our Christmas and New Year is bright. Take a moment this Christmas to remember what the season is all about, the birth of baby Jesus in a manger far, far away. Merry Christmas to all !

The 2006 Big Buck Nite has already been taped and we are in the process of putting all three of those shows together. Some of you have been calling to enter your buck in the show. The deadline was December 4th. We had many very nice bucks again this year including a whole show of young people between the ages of 12-17. That was my highlight of this year's shows. Our young hunters are the future of our great sport of hunting! Anyway, the shows will air the first three weeks of January, times and day depending on which PBS station you watch. Be sure and catch them to see alot of nice bucks and some good stories as well.

To avoid any confusion, Susie and I will not be attending the Northeast Michigan Sportsman's Show at the Onaway High School on December 1-3. Due to Susie's recent and on going treatments for cancer the board of directors of the Presque Isle County Tourism Council felt it necessary to relieve us of any obligation's for the 2006 show. This decision was made on October 30th and sent to us via email by Executive Director Kammie Dennis. Up until that time we were hoping to have been able to be there and were basically playing it by ear with Susie. However, I personally had planned on attending with a 90 percent chance of that happening. We have noticed and been made aware of the fact that we are still listed in some of the recent advertising  (after October 30)and as late as November 26, as being there as the MC's. I have no idea why this advertising has continued. We have always enjoyed this show and hope that this clears up any questions as to why we weren't there. Happy Holidays to all!

Many viewers have been asking how to get a hold of The Kids In Chemo group. They can be reached at 248-887-1013. Cathy Mckim is the person to talk to. Susie is half way through her Chemo and doing alright. She has her good days and bad ones. But, that is to be expected with the chemo treatments. She is planning on going deer hunting. Let's hope she can make it! It's a time that all hunters look forward to all season. Susie and I both thank all of you who have sent cards and e-mails to Susie. It has helped cheer her up on many different occasions. I have always said that Sportspeople are a special group who really stick together and help each other through anything. Once again that has held true. It has been hectic around here as you can imagine. However, we have been able to keep everything going along here at GLO and expect no interruptions in our schedule of taping shows. May you all have a wonderful deer season and enjoy each others company.

Many hunters are calling on how to enter a big buck for Big Buck Nite. Send a picture along with a story on how you got the buck with all information, County taken, number of points and score if you had it scored. Also any other information that was unique. Send it to Great Lakes Outdoors, 425 White Road, Columbiaville, MI 48421. DO NOT E-Mail Pictures. We need a hard copy. We will pick the top 30 bucks to be on Big Buck Nite which will be taped on December 9th at the Lapeer County Sportsmen's Club. You can also email us at rob@greatlakesoutdoorstv.com. with your information only. But then you would still have to send us a picture by mail. The final date to get a hold of us is December 4th. Be sure to enter your big buck today!! Hope to see you there!!

Although we didn't win an Emmy at the June 17th Awards Presentation we were still nominated and were in the final three. We were beat by a piece that Gary Ewell, my co-writer of a "Tribute to Katie" wrote and Susie edited. The piece was "Wright's Little Gem" and was seen on WFUM in Flint. So  in a sense we beat ourselves. However we found out on June 19 that the same story, " A Tribute To Katie" was awarded Third Place in an International Competition. The show earned a prestigious Excellence In Craft award from the Outdoor Writers Association of America at OWAA's annual conference in Lake Charles, Louisiana, June 18. The Third place finish came in the Outdoor Related Essays, TV category, recognizing excellence in essay writing. Headquartered in Missoula, Montana, OWAA is an international outdoor communicators' association with 1,200 members who are professional writers, editors, photographers, artists, video and TV producers, book authors and lecturers. The organization was founded in 1927 and counts among its members some of the best outdoor communicators in the world. It's been a lot of fun being first nominated for an Emmy and then winning this coveted award. Lets hope it just keeps on rolling for me and the staff here at GLO.

On May 17th Rob Trott and co-writer Gary Ewell both from Columbiaville, MI were nominated for a prestigious Emmy Award for their writing of, "A Tribute To Katie", a production of Great Lakes Outdoors Television that aired in September of 2005 on the PBS Network. For the complete story check it out on the "Behind The Scenes" sidebar located on this page!

This weeks show (week of June 5) is Frankfort Salmon. Hot Salmon action from the Lake Michigan Port of Frankfort. For more information on chartering with Captain Steve Martin aboard MI-Hi Charters contact him at 248-763-2769.

This weeks show (week of May 22) is a very special Spring turkey hunt we recently taped with an energized group of hunters that go by the name of Wheelin' Team 457 from North Branch, MI. These wheelchair bound sportsmen let nothing stand in the way of them enjoying the great outdoors. For more information on joining Team 457 contact John Stockdale at 810-346-4009. 

Please welcome our newest sponsor to our family, Fan-Tastic Vent of Imlay City, MI. They manufacturer a complete line of roof vents and fans for all RV's and Travel Trailers. They also make a really nifty 12 volt, 14" portable fan that can be used for hundreds of different applications. The owners and managers of this fine Company are all avid outdoorsmen and are doing their part to help keep the outdoors programming on the air at PBS. For a free brochure or more information contact them at 800-521-0298 or on the internet at www.FantasticVent.com. Thank you for becoming a part of the GLO family!

On this weeks show (week of May 15) we'll show you our annual spring trip to the port of St. Joseph for King Salmon. We had a phenomenal morning and one you won't want to miss! This trip was taped May 2nd and the fishing is still hot today for these nice kings. Again joining us this year were our guests Jim and Jeff Gaver. You can reach Charter Captain Jerry Lee on his cell at 734-516-7417. 

On this weeks show (week of April 24) we will take you to Windy Lake Lodge in Northern Ontario where Susie and I fished last May on a fly-in trip. The area was beautiful and we caught lots of Walleyes, Small mouths and Pike. This is Part One of Two parts. Next week we finish the trip off with more fishing and a gorgeous montage at the end highlighting the trip. Although we taped these last year this is the first time they have aired. For more information on the lodge you can call Great White North Wilderness Resorts toll free at 888-244-7453 or check their website out at www.greatwhitenorthlodges.com .

On this weeks show (week of April 10) we take you back to Key Largo, Florida where we'll be fishing for Yellowtail Snapper. We had a great day of fishing for and catching this delicious eating fish. Lots of fun action. For more information on this trip and who we fished with and where we stayed : www.keylargoresorts.net .

Great Lakes Outdoors and Rob Trott won the Flint Regional Chapter of Safari Club International's ," Media Person of the Year Award", at the chapter's annual fundraiser banquet on March 25 held at Perani's in Flint. It was a great honor for GLO and the team of Rob & Susie. Rob was quick to mention that Susie does most of the work while he gets to fish & hunt. "It wouldn't have been possible without all of Susie's diligent work." Thank you SCI for this award. It's a real honor and one that we are very proud of.

 This week's Great Lakes Outdoors TV show (week of April 3)) is called, "Fishing The Back Country." Join us as we fish the flats of the Florida Keys during our annual trip to Key Largo. Lots of action with many different species as is typical while fishing the Back Country. For more information: www.keylargoresorts.net .

 This week's Great Lakes Outdoors TV show (week of March 27) is called, "Fowler Center Ice Fishing Tournament". It's the  Eleventh Annual Ice Fishing Tournament with all proceeds going to the Fowler Center, a year-round  camp providing outdoor recreational and educational experiences for people of all ages with special needs! Susie and I were the special co- chair people for this wonderful event. Check out the camp's website at www.thefowlercenter.org to learn how you can become a part of this fine organization. We will be taping another segment this summer when the camp is in full operation. Watch for it then.

This week's Great Lakes Outdoors TV show (week of March 20) is called," Brittany's & Ringnecks". It's fast moving Winter pheasant hunt was taped at Farmland Pheasant Hunters in Brown City. It contains alot of great dog work with my two britts, Holly and Gypsy along with Andy Powell's Brittany Daisy. The three of them put on quite a show with multiple triple points and loads of backing each other. According to Preston, "It was a dog trainers dream" especially if you happened to train all three as Preston did! If you like pheasant hunting try some of this late winter, early spring hunting. The preserves are open until April 30th. You can reach Farmland Pheasant Hunters at 810-346-3672.  By the way, Spring has finally sprung!! It's been a long Winter. But, today is the first day of Spring and right on cue my pond opened up yesterday. It won't be long now before the Spring fishing really starts heating up. 

On Friday, March 24th  from 1-9 PM, the Flint Regional Chapter of SCI will be putting on its Outfitters Hunting Expo at the Davison Country Club in Davison. There will be over 40 Hunting Outfitters as well as gun raffles, taxidermy, youth activities, Sensory Safari, Dart Interactive Shooting Gallery, and much more. If you're looking to book a hunt anywhere in the world this event gives you the chance to talk to the outfitters face to face! Also featured will be Alice Poluchova, President of CZ-USA Gun Company. This event is open to the public and admission is only $5.00 for adults and children under 12 are admitted free. Davison County Club is located at 9512 Lipincott, a 1/4 mile South of I-69, West of M-15 in Davison. For more information email: marc@midstatesbolt.com or scott@veng.com. Hope to see you there!!

Also their 24th Annual Fundraiser Wild Game Dinner is set for the next day, Saturday March 25th at Perani's Arena & Event Center in Flint. This is a fabulous event that draws 1,200 people every year. The doors open at 3:00 PM with dinner starting at 5:30 PM and the live auction at 7:00 PM. Tickets are getting very scarce. Call ASAP if you are looking for a ticket. Contact Marc Somers at; 810-744-0123. If you're looking to buy a hunting trip this year, this is the place to get a great deal!

As of January 1, 2006 Great Lakes Outdoors is now Close-Captioned for all of our hearing impaired viewers! This FCC mandate is very costly and one you can help out on. We have a new underwriting spot open for someone to pick up. At the beginning and end of each show we will offer a spot that says, "Close Captioning provided by with a company name and logo" on each spot. We need help to cover the cost of the captioning. If you or someone you know is interested please have them contact me. We are also looking for a couple of new full underwriters for our show. Production costs keep climbing. As an independent producer our only income is through our underwriters. Quite frankly to keep this show going we need your help now. Please give Rob a call at 810-793-6369.

There is a new time slot for Great Lakes Outdoors on Channel 56 in Detroit. We are still on Saturdays, but the show has been moved to 12:00 noon from  it's previous 17 year spot of 12:30 PM. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused our very faithful viewers. Please let your family and friends know of the new time. 

From all the staff of Great Lakes Outdoors we wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous and Happy New Year! With all the hustle and last minute shopping and gift buying  our hope is that each of us keeps in mind the true meaning of Christmas; the birth of Jesus! Happy Holidays everyone.

The 2005 Big Buck Nite three part series will air the first three weeks in January at their normal times on your PBS network. This year as always we had some real monsters taken from Michigan. So be sure and watch for it starting in two weeks. We would like to thank all of the hunters who made this years Big Buck Nite special!

For all the rules and how to enter your big buck for the 17th Annual Big Buck Nite, please see the sidebar, Big Buck Nite. Please follow them completely as we need all the information. We will be taping Big Buck Nite on Saturday December 10th at the Lapeer County Sportsman's Club. Good luck to all of you! Hope to see you there.

As of last week our new show time on Thursday's will be 8:00 PM instead of 8:30 PM on WFUM, Channel 28 in Flint. Please make note of it. Our Saturday time is still 4:00 PM. in Flint. Presently, our time slots are the same as they have been at all the other stations. We will keep you updated of any other changes. 

This Saturday March 5th, Great Lakes Outdoors will have an hour slot during pledge drive. WFUM in Flint will be repeating our two part Northern Pike shows from Golden Eagle Lodge in Manitoba. If you already saw the first part, part two will follow so be sure and stay with us. The shows will air from 4-5 PM. We would appreciate your support during this pledge time slot as this is the only time you will have a chance to support GLO during this drive. Your pledge is your support for our show. Your pledges show your support for all the outdoors shows. It's your chance to show the stations that you still want to see the outdoors shows on prime time. It's more important than ever to pledge during these shows on Saturday. Susie and I thank you for your past support and ask for your continued support! THANK YOU.

The monster non-typical 20 point buck taken with a bow by Aaron Davis, in Hillsdale County on November 14, officially became the new state record non-typical bow kill . It was officially panel scored at the Hunting Time Expo in Grand Rapids on February 19th. The final score was 225.7 N/T!!! It surpasses Bruce Haslett's 23 pointer taken in 2000 by 6.1 inches!! Haslett's buck scored 219.6 N/T. Also it becomes the 4th biggest N/T ever taken in the state by any weapon, surpassed only by Paul Mickey's buck which scored 238.2, Jon West's 231.1 and Carl Runyan's 227.6.These three were all taken with a gun in 1976, 1984, and 1942 . Many of you saw Aaron's buck on Great Lakes Outdoors Big Buck Nite back in December. We here at GLO congratulate Aaron for a fabulous buck and wish him nothing but the best in the future.

Susie and I had the chance to fish in Alaska this past summer with Alaska Legends Lodge in Soldotna. Those two shows will air the weeks of January 24th and January 31st at their normal times and stations. 

The three part Big Buck Nite series for 2004 runs the first three weeks in January at the shows normal times and stations. This year again, we had 30 of the biggest and best bucks taken in the state. We thank all of you who participated in making this another fabulous Big Buck Nite. If you ordered VHS copies of the shows the last of those will go in the mail on January 3rd.

Susie and I and the rest of the GLO staff wish you all a very Merry Christmas and safe holiday season. As you spend time this season with family and friends please don't lose sight of what this season is all about: the birth of Jesus !! We wish you all the best Christmas ever and a prosperous New Year.

Great Lakes Outdoors will no longer be selling Caribou trips at Kiskimaastakin in Quebec for the 2005 winter season. If you want to go on this hunt contact the camp directly. Please do not call or e-mail us for the info. Contact the camp. There website is www.clik.to/kiskim. Thanks!

Here are the rules to enter your buck for our Big Buck Nite taping; Send us your story of how you took your buck. A good story with some humor adds a few points. Include County taken, weapon used, date taken, number of points, inside spread and score if you had it scored. Also include a good picture with your story. DO NOT send it to me over the internet. Especially pictures. Mail your package to: Great Lakes Outdoors, 425 White Rd., Columbiaville, MI 48421 We will pick the best bucks and stories by December 6th. we will be taping Big Buck Nite On Saturday, December 11th. So far we do not have very many entries. So get your buck entered today! Good hunting.

Preston H. Mann's dog training classes as seen on the show will start a new set of 6 week classes beginning July 21. These classes are excellent for young dogs as well as older ones who need some further help to make them the dog you always wanted to hunt with. Preston will hold classes on Wednesday and Thursday nights starting at 6 PM and Saturdays starting at 9 AM beginning with the Wednesday classes on July 21. You can pick a night or Saturday that will fit your schedule and then continue on for 6 weeks on that day and time. If you want to check the classes out we will be repeating a part of the classes on the week of June 21st and June 28th at their normal PBS stations and times. All of my Brittany's have went through these classes and I highly recommend them. The classes will be held at Farmland Pheasant Hunters in Brown City, Michigan. For all the information on the classes you can contact Preston at 810-346-3672. I would call right away as the classes always fill up fast!!

The next two weeks on the show we will repeat our 2003 caribou hunt at Camp Kiskimaastakin in Northern Quebec. If you missed it the first time make sure and see it this time. What a hunt! We still have a few openings left for this year. As of today we have four spots available from November 26-30th, which is the week we are going. There are also 9 spots available from December 4-8th and 26 spots available from December 8-12th. They will go fast after the shows air. So if you are interested e-mail me at rob@greatlakesoutdoorstv.com or call M-F 8am until 6pm at our offices, 810-793-6369. The cost is $1,100 US funds  per hunt which includes food and lodging plus about $200.00 US funds for your two licenses. To hold you hunt send a check for $1,100.00 made out to Rob Trott at 425 White Road, Columbiaville, MI 48421. Join us today on a caribou hunt you won't soon forget!

This weeks show is an exciting winter pheasant hunt at Farmland Pheasant Hunters in Brown City. We had a great time working our new Brittany Gypsy on some real nice ringnecks.The season is open until April 30th on Michigan's preserves. So give it a try. You're bird dog will love you for it! Next week we'll be showing you a kids ice fishing tournament from Lake Nepessing where around 90 youngsters had a ball catching a few fish. On the second part of the show we'll take you to the N.E. Michigan Sportsman's Show in Onaway and take a look at some of the many events at this yearly ritual for the Great Lakes Outdoors staff.

As of today we have another 50 hunts to sell on the 2004 caribou hunt in Northern Quebec at Camp Kiskimaastakin. We have three different dates during the prime season. So if you are interested in going this year give us a call right away. These hunts won't last long. The number to reach us at is 810-793-6369. The hunt goes for $1,100.00 plus about $200.00 for the two licenses. CALL TODAY!

Don't forget to enter your buck for the Great Lakes Outdoors Big Buck Nite, which will be taped on December 13th at the Lapeer County Sportsmen's Club. Deadline for entry is December 7th. The rules have changed this year. The event is now called the Jack Eddy Memorial Big Buck Nite named after one of Michigan's top trophy deer hunters who passed away in March. This year to enter send us a picture and your story of how you took your buck, along with any other information you may have such as number of points, spread, score, ect. We will pick the best stories and bucks to be on Big Buck Nite. Send your information to Great Lakes Outdoors, 425 White Road, Columbiaville, MI 48421. You can also reach us by phone at 810-793-6369 or e-mail at rob@greatlakesoutdoorstv.com . So far the entries have been coming in rather slow. So if you want to have a chance to be on Big Buck Nite, get a hold of us ASAP. Be patient if you are trying to reach us as we will be hunting as well.Good luck to all of you during the upcoming firearms deer season. Have a safe and fun hunt!

Our new fall season kicks off this week with our annual Kids In Chemo Trap Shoot. This was our 4th year of being involved with the Kids program and Susie and I both really enjoy being a part of it. However, sadly, each year we lose a couple of youngsters to the deadly disease called cancer. We have a special close to this show that Susie worked long and hard on. If it doesn't touch your soul than you don't have one. Please help out by giving to this very worthy charity. You can donate by contacting Cathy Mckim at 248-887-1013 or by e-mail at pknmc5@hotmail.com . Each year we sportsmen have very much helped out. Please continue to help this non-profit organization. Susie and I thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Preston H. Mann's fine dog training classes start on Saturday, May 10th, and Sunday, May 11th. There will be morning and afternoon classes available on both days. The classes run for six weeks and then a new set will start, for others that are interested.   Our new Brittany, Gypsy will be there and we hope to see you and your dog as well. Preston has trained all our Brittany's though the years, and in our humble opinion is one of the top dog trainers in the state! If you're interested or need more information, contact Preston at 810-346-3672. Hope to see you there!

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