Prayers for TR Michels

[Dan Jackson]

Hey guys, many of you probably know of TR... he's fallen onto some hard times lately and is in need of our prayers.

He didn't ask me for any financial help, but I told him I would post here that we could possibly do a collection to help out his family.

He's lost his car, his home and is now out of money. send me a PM or email if you guys would be interested in making a donation to help him thru these times.

[Trumbull Archer]

Dan I don't recall TR, but would be willing to help
T.A.

[James Vee]

T.R. is a great guy, as well as a very well-knowledged writer.

[CJ]

T.R. MICHELS


T.R. Michels has been called,
"The most versatile hunting seminar speaker
in North America." He is nationally
recognized for his action-packed,
informative seminars, which are based on
his experience as a wildlife researcher and
professional guide.

As a speaker for seventeen years he
has appeared at the Deer and Turkey
shows in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin;
and at the Chicago Sport Show,
Chicagoland Sport Show, Denver Sportsmen's Show,
Eastern Iowa Sport Show, Gulf South Hunting
and Fishing Show, Louisiana Sportsmen's Show,
Michigan Outdoorama, Milwaukee Sentinel Sport Show,
Minneapolis Sport Show, Minnesota Game Fair
and the Quad Cities Outdoor Show,
He has also been the featured speaker
at the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association banquet,
the Iowa Bowhunters Association banquet and the
Christian Deer Hunters Association banquet.

As an outdoor writer for seventeen years,
T.R. has written articles for the National
Rifle Association's American Hunter and InSights,
the National Wild Turkey Federation's Turkey Call,
Petersen's Bowhunting, Bow & Arrow Hunting,
Buckmasters, Fur-Fish-Game; the Iowa,
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota,
New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and
Wisconsin Sportsman; and North American Whitetail.

In 2003 those magazines published ten
feature articles on whitetail, elk, turkey,
pheasant, duck and goose by T.R.
In addition, he has columns in the
Rub Lines and Whitetail Fanatic magazines;
is a regular contributor to Adventure Sports Outdoors,
Dakota Outdoors, Fish and Game Finder,
Fishing and Hunting News, Indiana Outdoor News
and Midwest Outdoors; and has written for
Bird Dog News, Dakota Country, Wildfowl,
Waterfowl USA, the Christian Bowhunters Association
Speaking Out and the Christian Deer Hunters Association
newsletter.

He also writes for several hunting
related Internet services with over Internet 100 articles
published in the last year on such we sites as:
Bowhunitng.Net, Fish and Game Finder,
HuntingNet.Com, Up North Outdoors,
North American Outdoors, Bowzone,
Wild Turkey Zone, Women Who Hunt,
T.R. Michels'Trinity Mountain Outdoors, etc.
He has also authored seventeen books,
including the Whitetail, Elk, Goose, and
Turkey Addict's Manuals; Hunting Northern
and Western Game; the seven volume
Deer Addict's Manual series;
the Scrape Hunters Manual;
and three Outdoorsman's Cookbooks.

T.R. has spent several years studying
game animal behavior, including
communication through vocalization,
scents and visual stimuli;
and ways to use this knowledge to attract game.
He conducted a seven-year study to
determine how weather and lunar factors affect
deer movement and rut related activity;
and the effectiveness of using scrape activity
to determine when and where to hunt whitetail bucks.
He conducted a four-year study to determine
how seasonal and current weather conditions and
lunar factors affect turkey movement,
gobbling, and breeding activity.

He has also conducted a study to
determine how elk activity is affected by
meteorological conditions and lunar factors;
what calls elk use and how they use them;
and how daily and seasonal bugling are
affected by age, dominance and competition
among bull elk. As a professional guide,
and owner of T.R. Michels Guide Service,
T.R. specializes in trophy whitetail,
turkey and bear hunts in Minnesota,
and has guided in the Rocky Mountains
for elk and mule deer.

His clients include former
Federal Cartridge Corporation
owner Alan Newcomb,
Trebark Camouflage designer Jim Crumley,
former Feather Flex Decoys manager Dave Berkley,
retired Minnesota Vikings coach Bud Grant,
retired professional wrestlers Vern Gagne
and Paul Ellering, and outdoor writers
Kathy Etling, Mark La Barbara, Mike Strandlund,
Norman Strung and John Zent.

As the owner of Trinity Mountain Outdoors
T.R. is also active in the design of
hunting products. He is the designer/owner
of Konifer camouflage (formerly in Cabela's),
Field "Stalker" camouflage (formerly in Herter's)
and is the designer of Total camouflage.
He devised the Daily Deer Movement Indicator,
the Moon Indicator, the Rut Phase Indicator
and the Rut Indicator, which predict
deer movement based on weather conditions,
lunar factors, and rut activity.

He also devised the Turkey Activity Indicator,
which predicts daily turkey activity based
on weather conditions; and the
Turkey Breeding Phase Indicator,
which describes the various phases of
the turkey breeding season, and when
they should occur. He is the innovator
of the Feather Flex Upwind goose decoy,
their bedded deer/elk/antelope decoys,
their rabbit decoy, and the influence
behind their strutting turkey decoy.
His research on goose behavior is
the influence behind the white crescent
found on many goose flags and goose decoys.
He has also consulted on the
design of elk, goose and turkey calls.

T.R. is also owner and webmaster of the
Trinity Mountain Outdoors web site at
TRMichels.com, which hosts his hunting articles
and tips in Trinity Mountain Outdoor News,
"T.R's Hunting Tips" and the "T.R's Tips"
message board and forum.
He is also the author of the
"T.R's Tips" forums on Hunting.Net
and WomenWhoHunt.com, and supplies
articles to more than 20 other web sites.