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It’s the final day of gun deer season in Wisconsin. I hope everyone had the season they were hoping for, whether that means bagging a trophy buck or just spending time in the woods with family and friends. Either way, I hope you had a good one. It’s not quite over yet. You still have one more day to get out there and make it happen.

For our final day of deer season prizes we have a package including knives, hand warmers, bags, and a $50 gift card to Olive Garden donated by Industrial Bearing Service.

Today’s winner is Dusty Kleven. Dusty is a Local 434 steamfitter working in our Altoona location. Congrats to Dusty, and thanks to Industrial Bearing Service for the great prize package.

That’s it for the 2025 gun deer season. We’ll go back to our regular bow season prizes for the next few weeks. Look for a recap podcast soon as well. Congrats to all of our winners and our successful hunters.

Good morning yet again, everyone. Today’s prize is a Kohler Highline toilet donated by Mary Ann Christensen at Kohler.

Our winner is Brian Janssen. Brian is a Local 111 steamfitter journeyman working at Billerud in Quinnesec. Congrats, Brian, and thanks to Mary Ann at Kohler for the great prize.

One more day left of gun deer season in Wisconsin. One more prize tomorrow. Have a great Saturday.

Good morning, everyone. I hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving and now you’re back in the woods or the field pursuing whitetails. For today’s prize we have a Reveal cellular tactacam donated by David Platta at Fluid Handling.

Today’s winner is Kyle Resch. Kyle is a Service Technician at our Wisconsin Rapids location. Congrats Kyle, and thanks to David at Fluid Handling for the great prize.

We’ll be back tomorrow for our second Saturday prize of gun deer season. Good luck and have a great Friday.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Hope you’re all with families or in your deer stand or wherever you want to be with the people you love reflecting on whatever you’re thankful for.

Today we have a basket of maple syrup donated by Dalton Guy Isaacson from Central States Casters.

Our winner is Shaun Neubauer. Shaun is a Project Executive in our De Pere office. Congrats to Shaun and thanks again to Dalton at Central States Casters for the great prize. We’ll be back tomorrow with another one. Happy Thanksgiving and go Pack!

Happy Wednesday, everyone. I hope everyone is having a successful deer season, and if you’re not a hunter (or if you are) I hope you’re ready for your Thanksgiving. Today we have two $50 gift certificates to Bradley Gun Sales donated by Jeff Thayse at Filtration Concepts Inc. Two prizes = two winners!

Today’s winners are Greg Weinfurter and Joe Herman. Greg is our Executive Vice President of Regional Operations in Western Wisconsin. Joe is a Local 18 sheet metal foreman working in our Wrightstown manufacturing facility. Congrats to Greg and Joe, and thanks to Jeff at Filtration Concepts for the great prizes.

Back tomorrow for a Thanksgiving Day prize. Have a great Wednesday!

Hey, it’s Tuesday. I’m officially caught up. Today’s prize is a $25 Kwik Trip gift card, a bottle opener, and an insulated mug donated by Jeff Van Zeeland at Fox Valley Wood Products.

Today’s winner is Hunter Tingley. Hunter is a Local 400 plumbing foreman currently working at MJ Electric. Congrats to Hunter, and thanks to Jeff at Fox Valley Wood Products for the great prizes package.

Check in every day through Sunday to see the rest of our prize winners for deer camp week. See you Wednesday!

We’re almost caught up, but today is an awkward one. The prize is great. It’s a Muddy cellular trail cam donated by Jesse Janssen at Motion Industries.

Congrats to our winner…me?!? Hi, I’m Charlie Brawner and I’m a Project Scheduler in our De Pere office. I’m also not the person who draws the prizes. Either way, I’ll gladly accept a Muddy trail cam and I thank Jesse at Motion again for the prize. Much appreciated.

Are we up to Tuesday yet? Almost.

Opening weekend flew by, right? Man…it’s almost like I’m posting this from the future. Today’s prize is a Vortex rangefinder and Stanley thermos donated by Ryan Wettstein of Weimer Industries.

Our winner is Mark Corroy! Mark is a Local 400 steamfitter foreman working at Essity. Congrats, Mark, and thanks again to Ryan at Weimer for the great prize.

We’re not quite caught up to the present date yet, so I’ll be back in a few more minutes to announce Monday’s prize winner.

I hope everyone out there had a successful opening day. If not, there’s still plenty of time, but I know there’s nothing like opening day. For our opening day of firearm season prize we have a monocular, release, hat, and golf balls donated by Jason Peters at Temperature Systems Inc.

Today’s winner is Paige Vandenack! Paige has a new role in our De Pere office and I forgot the title, but it’s something with payroll. I apologize for not getting it right. I’m trying to find the email that told us, but I’m working off of my iPad and I don’t have access to everything here. You all know Paige. You don’t need me to tell you who she is.

Congrats to Paige and thanks again to Jason and TSI for the great prizes. Back again in a few more minutes with another one.

I owe you all an apology. Jeff and I drew the hunting week prize winners last Wednesday. Then my life went insane and I completely forgot to post them. Sorry about that. I promise/hope this will make up for it. First, I’ll catch up to today, and for the rest of the week there will be a new post every day. Let’s start with last Friday’s prize, and it’s a damn good one:

Friday’s prize is a Yeti Roadie 48 cooler donated by Chris Van Zeeland at Heat & Power Products. Our winner is Ben Aplin. Ben is an HVAC Service Technician working out of our De Pere location. Congrats, Ben, and thanks to Chris at Heat & Power for the amazing prize.

I’ll be back in about five minutes with another one…

Congrats to Jason Waligursky with his buck taken a couple weeks ago! Jason is the Shop Scheduler in our Wrightstown facility.

Shot on 11/7. Oconto County public

“I took the week of 11/3-11/7 off to hunt the rut. All week was slow for deer movement until Thursday. I missed an opportunity Thursday morning at a decent buck. Went back out on Friday to sit in Brian Mier’s stand since he was tagged out. Brian had his cell camera by his stand and was watching it live. Before light, I could hear a deer walking through grunting but couldn’t see the deer until he walked right under me walking away. I quick looked at Brian’s camera because it was shared with me and seen it was a decent buck. I thought then my hunt was over before it even started. I grabbed my grunt call and did a few soft grunts like he had just did. I heard him come back around and started thrashing a bush in a distance and the he headed back towards me. I got my eyes on the deer finally and it gave me a perfect broadside shot at 25 yards. I took my phone out to text Brian that I just shot, and before I could send, I received a text from Brian telling me to shoot. I responded by saying I just did. Deer ran 30 yards!”

Congrats to Matt Rezba with bow buck taken on Friday! Matt is a Steamfitter Foreman out of the De Pere location.

“I got my buck in Door County on 11-14-25, 9 pt. buck.”