Books by John Eric Kreucher

Opening Day: Deer Tails from Blind Sucker Lodge

OPENING DAY: Deer Tails from Blind Sucker Lodge<br/><br/>Amusing and mostly true stories from a deer hunting camp in Michigan's Upper Peninsula near the shores of Lake Superior. The forests surrounding the Blind Sucker Lodge are deep and dark and abundant with wildlife, including whitetail deer. Or so they say.<br/><br/>Follow along with a number of short stories chronicling opening day of deer hunting season - the most revered day of the year for many hunters across Michigan. You will meet nine characters that are responsible husbands and fathers downstate, but transform into less dignified versions of themselves the moment they arrive in camp.<br/><br/>The stories begin with the morning alarm and the struggle to see who will go out into the cold dark air and deep snow to fire up the generator or be first in line at the outhouse. Is it better to be first on the cold seat, or last on a warm seat?<br/>They end the day with the final convoy of trucks arriving back at camp, perhaps with a deer in hand.<br/><br/>In between, the tales include a few examples of real hunting, though they are few. More often the reader will glimpse the internal struggle that each hunter goes through, often with humorous results.<br/><br/>This good natured view into one truly dysfunctional deer camp will make you smile. Disguised underneath the insults and barbs is the close bond of brotherhood that is common to every deer camp.

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