SCTP Banquet Live Auction Item Turns Into Successful Hunt

Courtesy of an extremely generous donation from Wilderness Whitetails, America’s premier whitetail outfitter located in central Wisconsin near Stevens Point, a young hunter by the name of Sam Novak bagged his very first trophy buck. He made a great 125-yard shot on a 202-inch-class whitetail, a buck that would make the most seasoned deer hunter green with envy. “Great experience!” said Novak, a 16-year-old from Bethesda, Maryland. “Great people, really nice lodge…I would love to do it again, this was better than I thought it could ever be!” Novak, of course, was talking about the hunt, the facility and the guides that helped him with this opportunity of a lifetime.

The hunt, donated by Shorty and Greg Flees, owners of Wilderness Whitetails, was auctioned off and won last March at a SCTP Fund Raising Banquet held in southeastern Wisconsin. The banquet is set up to raise funds for the SCTP’s Scholarship program providing much needed funding to SCTP athletes graduating from high school and continuing their education. More than $60,000 was given away to qualified SCTP senior athletes last year alone as a result of these banquets. The “high bidder” of the hunt happened to be Denis Karnosky, Novak’s grandfather and a member of the SSSF’s board of directors and executive committee. Denis had every intention of bringing his grandson on the hunt when he won it and had been looking forward to it since last March. “What a great time, I’m definitely coming back,” Karnosky said after the hunt and pictures were taken. Denis himself had also partaken in the hunting experience taking a fantastic 220-inch+ Wisconsin whitetail.

“Patronizing our sponsors is a good thing,” Tom Wondrash, the SCTP’s national director, said. “This is one of the most sought-after hunts at this banquet, and I want to sincerely thank Wilderness Whitetails for making it possible.” Wondrash booked the hunt along with Karnosky and Novak during Wisconsin’s peak rut season of early November and also took a beautiful 195-inch class trophy whitetail with a drop tine. Anyone interested in donating items for SCTP Fundraising banquets can contact Wondrash at twondrash@sssfonline.com or call him at 262-939-6664. Funds raised go toward the SCTP’s scholarship program for graduating seniors. If you are interested in a 5 star Whitetail “Hunt of a lifetime” at one of the best facilities in the country and hunting the biggest bucks in the world, please contact Shorty Flees or Greg Flees at 715-572-5334 or visit their website at http://www.wildernesswhitetails.com/ I’m sure they will get you in…….You will be happy you did!