| ParaPower finally became a REAL website in 2005...whew! Watch this space for new additions and updates. There will be errors and omissions until I can get this thing settled down, so bear with me. Note that I have added an Internet website/e-mail rumor checker to validate submissions first (Thanks, BJ!), You might as well know that the "Huntin' Fishin'" & "Sika" pages (accessible from the ABOUT ME page) contain shots of animals harvested during various hunting seasons. As such, if you are squeamish, DON'T GO THERE! Bear with me, settle back, and enjoy the browsing. Make sure to leave a note in our guestbook too, and thanks. Tom Reese Jr. |
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| THE GLORIOUS LITTLE SIKA... |
| This page has en extra dedication due to brother-in-laws Mike (1990) & Steve (1991, 92, 93), & Larry (2008) my son Tom III (1993, 2007, 2008), nephew Zack (2009) as well as my past and current assistant (and best wife one could ask for...) Elsie (1992-present). It was they who have made and are making this hunt physically possible for me! Thanks so much! |
| This page is dedicated to everyone who has been associated with my Sika hunting since I started in November 1990 (19 years as of this year). I owe Elsie a tremendous debt for making this hunt possible and plausible. Special mention to Ola Russell and her late husband Curtis, who showed me how to take Sika off the "Loop" with an electric scooter and a shotgun, to the late Ray Preston, who showed me how to "stick it out", and to George Markland who taught me to have fun hunting from a wheelchair…period! We miss John Schroer of CNWR. He is retired as refuge manager in early 2005… Special mention to Eva Savage, Mark Magee, and all the others of CNWR who make the hunt possible and as great as it is. They are true dedicated public servants with a lot of heart who make me proud to be an American! Kimberly Mills, a very special person, arranged the hunts there for years. She has taken a special assignment at CNWR and no longer coordinates the hunts. Believe me, she will be greatly missed, but you can still say hello to her when at CNWR. We'll miss you at the orientations young lady!!! Aubrey Hall replaced Rebecca Wolff as Hunt Coordinator. I can't express enough gratitude to Rebecca for her assistance over the 2006-2007 seasons. It went far above and beyond. Aubrey Hall tries hard to make the accessible hunt all it can be. And yes, everyone always asks me what the license plate on my van means (see above). Well, read on! |
| I started hunting Sika at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge on November 26, 1990, Above, you see my good friend George M and I with a 6 and 5 pointer respectively. It took me until 01/10/2003 to get the 6-pointer seen above...12 years! Sheesh! And to top it off, I got another 6-pointer the NEXT year... Anyway, watch for more... |
| OK, here's me again with my friend George M. We hunted with two others folks for the first time that year; Jason and Paul. Jason is a para, and Paul is 100% blind (hunting accident at age 14). Paul had all these cool guns modified for Jason to sight through. Paul pulled the trigger. Talk about trust... Anyway, the red dot sight on Paul's modified rifle covered those little Sika, and Paul was distraught. Note Jason's fix; a pop bottle duck taped to the stock of Jason's 243. This gave a normal crosshairs view on the Sika and POW...it worked. Elsie assisted Paul with his first offhand shot ever since his accident, and boy did they work for it! Paul is the neatest field dresser and one of the safest hunters I have ever experienced.. Click the pics below to see a more varied experience at the wonderful CNWR! |
| What's this? Probably the only Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge Sika antler pen ever made (as far as I know...). The dark areas? Most probably fighting damage while chasing Sika females... |
2008
| See Doug Wigfield's exciting new SIKA website at: http://www.dougwigfield.com/ |
| SIKAteer... |
| 2009 |
| Pre-Season August 2010 fun with a Doug Wigfield call...at campground near CNWR |
| 2010 |
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| 2011 Well, you're not seeing anything here from 2011 because although I was at SNWR, we came home empty of deer but loving being there regardless. We tried hard, but no deer this year. |
| 2012 OK, things were definately better this year! Click HERE to see more... |
