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Our final prize of the week is a Weber Q1000 gas grill donated by Advanced Fastening Supply.

Our winner is Rod Dax. Rod was a Sheet Metal Labor Coordinator for Northeast Wisconsin, but as of about a month ago he’s now a retiree. Congrats to Rod and on the grill (and the retirement) and thanks to AFS for the great prize!

That wraps up our holiday week prizes. Back to our normal Buck Pool programming. The season wraps up in a matter of days. We’ll sort through everything and start announcing winners and our end-of-season banquet this month. We also have the upcoming photo contest. Look for info about that and more on this website and the Outside TG Podcast.

We hope everyone involved in the Buck Pool has a wonderful New Year Holiday and an amazing 2026!

Happy 2026, everyone! It’s a holiday, so we’re doing one more day of Holiday Week prizes. Our first of two prizes today is a package including an ammo box, electronic shooting ear muffs, scent and gear bag, field dressing gloves, and scent free wash cloths donated by our friend Andy Shilt at Midwest Sales & Marketing.

Our winner is Jeff Sippola. Jeff is a Virtual Designer on our VDC team in the De Pere office. Congrats to Jeff, and thanks to Andy for another great prize.

One more Holiday Week prize coming later today…

For our final prize of 2025 we have a pair of Vortex Diamondback binoculars and some nice Ferguson gear donated by longtime Buck Pool supporter Cole Hanson at Ferguson.

Our winner is Tim Spaeth. Tim is a Local 434 Steamfitter Foreman working out of our Wisconsin Rapids location. Congrats to Tim, and thanks to Cole at Ferguson for another great prize.

That’s it for today, and for 2025. We’ll be back tomorrow to wrap up our Holiday Week prizes. Until then, we hope you had an amazing 2025 and that stay safe tonight ringing in the new year!

Happy New Year’s Eve, everyone! Back today with a couple more prizes, the first of which is a pair of Milwaukee heated jackets donated by Jeremiah Otting at Johnstone Heartland.

Congrats to our two winners, Ben Schmidt and Evan Wood. Ben is a Supply Chain Intern at our Wrightstown facility. Evan is a Local 400 Steamfitter Apprentice working on one of the Fincantieri ships in Sturgeon Bay. Congrats to Ben and Evan, and thanks again to Jeremiah at Johnstone Heartland for the great prizes!

Back one more time today with another big prize…

For our final prize today week have FIVE (5) $25 gift cards to Gus’s Guns donated by our friends at Gus’s Guns. Five gift cards = five winners. They are:

Brad Davister. Brad is a Service Technician working out of our De Pere location.

Milt Blazer. Milt is a retired Local 400 steamfitter.

Brad Duchateau. Brad works Maintenance at our manufacturing facility in Wrightstown.

Aaron Blake. Aaron is a sheet metal foreman at our manufacturing facility in Wrightstown.

Miles Searles. Miles is an intern on our Custom Equipment Design team.

Congrats to Brad, Milt, Brad, Aaron, and Miles and thanks to Gus’s Guns for yet another generous donation to the Buck Pool!

Back tomorrow with a couple more prizes…

Next up today in our 2025 Holiday Week Prize Giveaway we have a $100 Amazon gift card donated by MacArthur Company.

Our winner is Scot Sustman. Scot is a retired Local 400 steamfitter. Congrats to Scot and thanks to MacArthur Company for the great prize!

Back one more time today with prize #6…

Congrats to Chad Heise with his doe! Chad is a Sheetmetal Journeyman from the De Pere location.

“Shot during the first t zone 180 yard shot. Oconto county.“

Happy Tuesday, everyone. We’re back with three more great prizes today. The first prize is a pair of 4th generation AirPods donated by Tyler Redling at Balfrey-Johnston.

The winner is Shawn Thomas. Shawn is a Project Planner in our De Pere office. Congrats to Shawn and thanks to Tyler for the great prize.

Back later today with more…

For our third prize today we have a mind blower. We have two (2) Winchester SXP hybrid pump 12-gauge shotguns donated by Ben Bertram at Performance Insulation.

Our winners are Jim Stanton and Scott Vannieuwenhoven. Jim is a Service Technician in our Tomahawk location. Scott is a Local 18 sheet metal journeyman currently working in our Wrightstown facility. Congrats to Jim and Scott, and thanks again to Ben at Performance Insulation for the amazing prizes!

Back again tomorrow with more…

Back again with another holiday prize. This time we have a $250 gift card to Scheels donated by Jerott Holz at Herkowski Stickler and Associates.

Our big winner is Paul Bertrand. Paul is a buyer in our Purchasing Department at our Wrightstown facility. Congrats to Paul, and thanks to Jerott at HSA for the great prize!

Back again later today with another prize…

Well, it happened again. I was supposed to post one of these every day from Christmas Eve until New Year’s Day. Apologies, once again, to everyone for dropping the ball. You know what happens over the holidays. On the run constantly. This is actually the first time I’ve looked at my computer in over a week. Actually leaving for Iowa in about 90 minutes, but gonna try to squeeze these posts in now before I leave.

Here’s how this is going to work. We’re going to post 10 prizes from now through New Year’s Day. It’ll be 2-3 a day and they’ll pop up at random times. So, keep checking in on the site for prize updates. We have a great lineup of prizes from our generous donors to give out.

In fact, for our first prize we have a Bushnell R3 scope donated by Jeff Howland at Process & Mechanical Systems. The winner of the scope is Jesse Jeanquart. Jesse is an Account Manager working out of our Wrightstown facility. Congrats to Jesse and thanks to Jeff at PMSi for the great prize!

Back again later today with another prize…

Congrats to Chad Wehmeyer with his buck taken with the bow in Shawano County! Chad is a retired Pipefitter from the De Pere location.