14 Teams Arrived yesterday for the 2007 Archery Whitetail challenge here at our home facilities of Campbell Illinois Whitetails. Last night, teams were checked in and had a random draw for their areas. We are pleased to welcome Kevin Blake Weldon to the challenge this year as a challenge participant and our featured entertainer of the event. Special thanks to Archery Interactive Technohunt, our naming rights sponsor for this event for bringing their tournament shooting system to the event. Many team members (and staff) have tried their hand at this awesome simulation system. Here's the line up.....
Terry Fitzgerald Team Fitz-Park Bowmen Julie FitzgeraldJohn Arno
David Peavey Team Off The Chain Tina Peavey
Alan Lee Team Running on Empty Joey Jelenc Daniel
Jim Broberg Team Pine Ridge ArcheryBrian Bychowski
Jamie Webster Team Diamond XTSeth Stephens
Steve Saubier Team CMS RedhillCharles Smith
Derrick Dale Team Passin Time Larry DanielsCorey Wedding Team MartineGrant Wedding Lanny Lambert Team Deep WoodsRobert GoffMatthew Armstrong Team Bad Bob and JimmyKevin Weldon
Justin Zarr Team HuntingNetChristine ApplebergTolliver Thurkill Team Little BrothersTrotter Johnson
Jeff Brewbaker Team Brewbaker 24SevenEvan Brewbaker
Phil Padget Team Cajun ConnectionJason Schexnaildre
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Several teams have seen deer today, and several teams have had some good buck activity. Check back tonight for more updates.
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As day one closed, two teams have jumped onto the scoreboard. Team HuntingNet of Justin and Christine are now in 2nd place with a really good filmed doe hunt and your current leaders are Lanny Lambert and Robert Goff of Team Deep Woods also with a filmed doe hunt. Teams have had lots of action but as it is still early, several teams are holding out for a really good buck!
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At mid day Team Diamond XT has jumped on the leader board with another successful filmed doe hunt. Check back later on as the teams head in after day 2 of this 5 day event.
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Two teams had good luck this morning with a couple more filmed doe hunts. Team Diamond XT filmed a 2nd doe hunt and Team Martine filmed their first. Teams still have plenty of time to get some good filmed buck hunts. Check back tonight for the updated leader board.
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Activity was pretty slow tonight but Bad Bob and Jimmy pulled through with a doe hunt on film. Leader board will be updated soon.
Team HuntingNet came back with another filmed doe hunt yesterday but as of yet the bucks have eluded all of our challenge teams. With only a day and a half left, the pressure is really on our challenge teams. Here's the current leader board.
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Brian and Jim of Pine Ridge Archery turned up the heat today with 2 successful doe hunts and we still have a couple teams yet to check in. Check back tomorrow for the leader board!!
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Teams have until noon today to make it happen. Here is the current leader board................
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We had a lot of action on the last half day of the competition. Team HuntingNet.com filmed a nice buck hunt the evening before and based off the footage decided to wait until morning to recover it. Within 15 minutes after looking for it this morning they found their buck! Team Deep Woods came in with a 2nd doe hunt on film moving them up in the points. Team Passin Time pulled out all stops as they came in after the last morning of the challenge with a nice filmed doe hunt and a buck hunt all in the same morning!!! But it still wasn't enough to knock out Team HuntingNet as they dominated the competition with their video. Congratulations to our top placing teams and a special thanks to all our challenge participants for making this event a success!!