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Kirby Knackstedt

Kirby brought 13 bowhunters with him on this trip. His first bear hunt was in 1993, with Fred Lutger's Wilderness Bowhunts. Since then Kirby has bear hunted with Fred 7 times, bringing a group of local bowhunters every other year.

Kirby began bowhunting when he was 23. He has his own small archery shop, B & K Hunting Supplies -- a popular meeting place of local bowhunters around Alhambra, Illinois. He is on the pro staff for High Country Archery, Brunton Optics, Toxonics, Trophy Taker, Vibrachek and Trail Sense Engineering. He has bowhunted whitetail, elk, mulies, wild turkey and black bears. His favorite is whitetail.

Kirby grew up in Alhambra, Illinois. There were hardly any deer in the area when he was a kid and now there are "plenty, and lots of big bucks."

KIRBY'S COMMENTS:
"Through bear hunting I made lasting friendships with Fred, Don and Robert. I plan to continue to come up when we can get groups together. You get to see country that's still wilderness, not like everything that is developed at home. There are all kinds of different animals up here. This trip we saw a wolf, otters, bears, pine martins, deer, ravens and more. And you can't catch northern pike at home either."

"Most of the hunters that come with me are experienced whitetail bowhunters. My brother Alan has never hunted whitetails, only bears. Most have never been out of state to hunt and when they come up here they seem to always want to come back."

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