John always found us even if we were not in the right spot,and he always had another drive in mind after the one justcompleted. We did not operate from cars those days, for therewere not many roads in northern Wisconsin back in 1930.The walk to get into position seldom took as much as 30 min-utes, and we usually welcomed the walk in order to get warmagain. Most of the drives were dry (no deer), but he put deerthrough enough so that we were keyed up and only dis-appointed when darkness ended the hunt.
The first thing John drilled into us was the necessity forquiet. No talking by the posters on the way into position, and