By Scott Bestul

I appreciate the dozens of entries into last week’s “geography quiz” post, in which I asked you to identify the location of the whitetail harvest photo, using the hunter’s camouflage as your only clue. Answers were not only (literally) all over the map, they also included some humor…Thanks to Deep Woods”who surmised that the fine buck had been “shot in the chest.” I’m still chuckling!

Several keen-eyed posters arrived at the correct camo pattern. My friend, Billy Jerowski of Winona, Minnesota, was indeed wearing Bob Fratzke’s Winona Camo System clothing in this picture. For those unfamiliar, Mr. Fratzke was killing big whitetail bucks long before most of the current wave of celebrity hunters had even been born. Bob worked at the Winona Knitting Mills, and developed a highly successful, whisper-quiet, line of acrylic/wool clothing with an open pattern that was adored by many bowhunters.

Fratzke sold the line many years ago, and for the most part, Winona Camo is nearly impossible to find these days. Jerowski had the good sense to buy up a bunch of the stuff when Fratzke sold out, which explains the like-new appearance of the clothing in this photo.

Here’s the sticking point. Billy forwarded me several pics of great bucks he’s shot, including one killed in Winona County. But Jerowski also hunts in Buffalo County, Wisconsin (just across the Mississippi River), and I inadvertently posted a photo of a buck he arrowed there. So I am torn: Do I award the prize solely to Guide365, who was the first to nail the pattern, but was more vague about the kill site? Or do I include a lesser, prize to one of the posters who correctly—though inadvertently—guessed Buffalo County?

I’ll listen to your thoughts. They might sway me…they may not. In the meantime, Guide 365 needs to contact the web editor to claim his portion of the prize, or at least a share of it! Good work, all!

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from teufelhunden wrote 3 years 1 week ago

I do not have a dog in this hunt. As an untarnished opinion; I opine that you give it to the first person to guess Buffalo County, Wisconsin.

The question was "nearest location" not "who made the camo". I believe that the camo was used only as a hint. Other people were able to use different critical thinking skills to solve the riddle. Those that identified the green tag as Wisconsin and deduced Buffalo County were closer to the exact location than those that identified the camo pattern.

just my $.02

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from 60256 wrote 3 years 1 week ago

I agree. You asked for the county. Whoever got the county first, gets the prize.

Nate

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from MB915 wrote 3 years 1 week ago

Well whoever guessed buffalo county won the contest based on the answer you were looking for, thanks to your mistake. What you should do to be fair is send everyone a prize. Ok so that is not realistic, but to be fair, if you send something to the person who go the camo correct, which is what you were going for, you also have to send something to the user who guessed buffalo county since they did win the contest since you made a mistake.

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from Big O wrote 3 years 6 days ago

You did ask for county, but you did say that the camo would help identify the county, so fair is fair.
Share the "prize" equaly if possible.

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from FloridaHunter1226 wrote 3 years 6 days ago

Either way, it did not come from Florida so I know sure as hell I'm not the winner. With all the answers, it sounded like a lot of people knew it was from Buffalo County which seems to produce some big bucks.

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from buckhunter wrote 3 years 6 days ago

State and county was the question. I'll agree with the first two post.

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from BuckTheSystem wrote 3 years 6 days ago

I think two people would deserve the prize(s). The first to say each "correct" response.

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from Jim in Mo wrote 3 years 6 days ago

It's got to be blogger who guessed the location. Just because I may know where his bow or boots were made wouldn't make me a winner. Sorry Guide365, close but no cigar, not even a share, but you do have a sharp eye.

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from shane wrote 3 years 6 days ago

My question is, how did anyone that was close get to their answer other than luck?

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from hnestle wrote 3 years 6 days ago

Go with who answered to question not who knew the pattern.

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from dave the bowhunter wrote 3 years 4 days ago

thats not a tough question your first words were who can identifi the county and state where the deer was shot,, who ever got that first won ,thats what every body said was countys and states

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from teufelhunden wrote 3 years 1 week ago

I do not have a dog in this hunt. As an untarnished opinion; I opine that you give it to the first person to guess Buffalo County, Wisconsin.

The question was "nearest location" not "who made the camo". I believe that the camo was used only as a hint. Other people were able to use different critical thinking skills to solve the riddle. Those that identified the green tag as Wisconsin and deduced Buffalo County were closer to the exact location than those that identified the camo pattern.

just my $.02

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from 60256 wrote 3 years 1 week ago

I agree. You asked for the county. Whoever got the county first, gets the prize.

Nate

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from MB915 wrote 3 years 1 week ago

Well whoever guessed buffalo county won the contest based on the answer you were looking for, thanks to your mistake. What you should do to be fair is send everyone a prize. Ok so that is not realistic, but to be fair, if you send something to the person who go the camo correct, which is what you were going for, you also have to send something to the user who guessed buffalo county since they did win the contest since you made a mistake.

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from Big O wrote 3 years 6 days ago

You did ask for county, but you did say that the camo would help identify the county, so fair is fair.
Share the "prize" equaly if possible.

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from FloridaHunter1226 wrote 3 years 6 days ago

Either way, it did not come from Florida so I know sure as hell I'm not the winner. With all the answers, it sounded like a lot of people knew it was from Buffalo County which seems to produce some big bucks.

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from buckhunter wrote 3 years 6 days ago

State and county was the question. I'll agree with the first two post.

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from BuckTheSystem wrote 3 years 6 days ago

I think two people would deserve the prize(s). The first to say each "correct" response.

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from Jim in Mo wrote 3 years 6 days ago

It's got to be blogger who guessed the location. Just because I may know where his bow or boots were made wouldn't make me a winner. Sorry Guide365, close but no cigar, not even a share, but you do have a sharp eye.

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from shane wrote 3 years 6 days ago

My question is, how did anyone that was close get to their answer other than luck?

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from hnestle wrote 3 years 6 days ago

Go with who answered to question not who knew the pattern.

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from dave the bowhunter wrote 3 years 4 days ago

thats not a tough question your first words were who can identifi the county and state where the deer was shot,, who ever got that first won ,thats what every body said was countys and states

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