Dave Brady

Dave and his wife Gail live on an 80 acre homestead near Amasa. Over the years they have kept many animals. For a while they had several goats. They got milk from a couple of them. They also had sheep and horses. Now they just have two dogs that Dave likes to take for walks in the woods.

Dave took the dogs and his row boat to Deer Lake. One dog jumped in the boat but the other, Heidi, wouldn't get in. When Dave rowed into the middle of the lake, Heidi began to howl. Several of the cabin people came out on their docks and howled back. They thought that they were hearing a wolf until Dave rowed over and told them.

One day a sharp-shinned hawk dove after a grosbeak that was at their feeder. While trying to catch the little bird, the hawk got stuck in the fence around the yard. Dave had to cut several sections out of the fence to free the hawk. As soon as it could, the hawk flew away. It didn't even say thanks for messing up your fence.

Dave likes Beetles music, but he likes White Water's folk music even better. His favorite food is spaghetti. He likes reading. His favorite books are the Lord of the Rings series. He likes John Wayne movies cause he thinks the Duke was a real hero. Dave also likes to listen to world news on his shortwave radio

Nancy Docherty

Ms. Docherty is a retired nurse who makes her home in Iron River where she has lived for seven years. She has three grown children and four grandchildren. (Her favorite hobby is being a grandmother). She is a member of the local Audubon Society and participates in the annual spring and Christmas bird counts. She is the person in charge of censussing the loon population in our area. She enjoys hiking and just being outdoors, especially if she can share the experience with a friend. Her favorite hobby is birdwatching. She has even been birdwatching in Africa. Two years ago she was able to watch a loon chick hatch on the lake near her home.

Some of her other favorite things are reading and knitting. She likes rhubarb pie, the Battlefield Band, and the movie Chariots of Fire. She likes all dogs, both wild and domestic.

John Sundquist

Mr. Sundquist lives with his wife Pat in Crystal Falls. Together they run a business from their home. When he was a boy, he would go out with his older brothers, who did a lot of hunting and trapping. He began hunting when he was about 12. Being able to know what kind of animals have been in an area is his favorite part of tracking. His favorite animal is the fisher. Some of his other favorites are: favorite movie, Local Hero; favorite food, pizza; favorite game, Balderdash; favorite music group, White Water.

Mr. Sundquist had something very unusual happen to him a few years ago. Here is how he tells it. "Three years ago, in early June, I saw my first fawn of the year. Later that day I saw a bear in the same area. After a few minutes, I heard a high-pitched bleating. Almost immediately, a doe came charging into the area of the sounds. I then heard a few snorts from the doe, and she came running back. Suspecting that the bear had killed the fawn, I ran towards the area the sounds had come from. As I came through a balsam thicket, I saw the bear running away in the opposite direction. Suspecting that it had killed the fawn, I sat down on a log to see what would happen next. After about 10 minutes, I heard rustling sounds behind me. I turned around and saw the bear approaching from behind. It apparently had circled me. When it arrived at the edge of the thicket, the bear put its head down and come up with a dead fawn in its jaws. It carried the fawn for about 50 yards. It then laid down and proceeded to eat it while I watched. After about 20 minutes, the bear walked back to where it had killed the fawn. Just then, the doe came back, snorting. The bear walked toward her in an aggressive, stiff-legged manner and the doe ran away. After the bear left the area, I went to where it had eaten the fawn. The bear had flattened about a 10-foot circle of grass and ferns. It had completely eaten the fawn, except for its hooves."