Wild Wisconsin: Off The Record is bringing you inside voices on Wisconsin's outdoors.
It doesn’t matter if you live to hunt and fish, watch birds, love camping, or you're someone who
likes to get outdoors for a walk every once in a while, there's something here for everyone.
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Wild Wisconsin: Off The Record is bringing you inside voices on Wisconsin's outdoors.
It doesn’t matter if you live to hunt and fish, watch birds, love camping, or you're someone who
likes to get outdoors for a walk every once in a while, there's something here for everyone.
It's Your First Buck, Buddy! - Off The Record Podcast
Wild Wisconsin - Off the Record
25 minutes
5 years ago
It's Your First Buck, Buddy! - Off The Record Podcast
During the 2019 hunting season, we asked you to pass it on and take someone hunting with you. Justin Morrissey was already a step ahead of us and was working with his best friend, Joey Wakeen, who has Down syndrome, to get ready for the season.
The friends, who are really more like brothers, decided it was time for Joey to give hunting a try. They started, without success, with turkeys in the spring. After practicing shooting for safety and accuracy all summer and fall, they were ready for deer season. Days before Joey’s birthday they headed out into the stand and had success – Joey’s first buck!
On this episode of the Wild Wisconsin - Off The Record Podcast, we sat down with them to learn more about their friendship, what it was like for Joey to get his first buck (from both of their perspectives), and why mentoring is so important to the Wisconsin tradition of hunting and fishing.
Wild Wisconsin - Off the Record
Wild Wisconsin: Off The Record is bringing you inside voices on Wisconsin's outdoors.
It doesn’t matter if you live to hunt and fish, watch birds, love camping, or you're someone who
likes to get outdoors for a walk every once in a while, there's something here for everyone.