Hunt of a Lifetime Vermont 2013 - 2021

11/28/2024

The word of day is gluttony, set a good example

08/25/2022

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08/24/2022

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04/02/2022

Hunt of a lifetime will air on The Outfitter TV Series Sunday 8 am on FOX 44. Come along and join the fun as Brycen Fuhrman and Landon Hagwood get after their Hunt Of a Lifetime.This is a 2021 hunt.

01/09/2022

For those that missed the second episode. https://vimeo.com/664002308 enjoy

Hunt of a Lifetime 2021

01/05/2022

WHAT MORE EXCITEMENT. YES!!
Come join us Sunday JAN 9 on THE OUTFITTER TV SERIES . 8 am on fox44. Come along as these 2 young men Brycen Fuhrman and Landon Hagwood embark on there Hunt of a Lifetime. You don't want to miss it.

01/02/2022

2021 Hunt of a Lifetime Vermont Hunt! Thank You The Outfitter TV Series for filming.

12/28/2021

Exciting news THE OUTFITTER TV SERIES will air THE HUNT WITH HUNTER CORNMAN. This will happen Sunday JAN 2 at 8 am on FOX 44 This is my last hunt I will guide due to health complications.I could not have imagined a better hunt under these circumstances. This young man went through a heart transplant 2 months 2 days prior to filling his dream . He is a true inspiration to what HOAL stands for NEVER GIVE UP. I guided this hunt with Art Rainville. We dedicated it to Bob Briggs Who guided with Art prior to loosing is own battle to cancer. Thanks Bob your help was deeply appreciated.

11/28/2021

Today is a sad day for me. Due to failing health conditions I will be leaving hunt of a lifetime . It has been tough with lots of ups and downs. Losing a new young friend is a horrible pain but remembering the smile you gave them helps the sting. I have done this for 19 yrs and enjoyed every hunt I was on. I have met so many caring and selfless people,people who beg to help. I thank you all and feel grateful to have met all of you.Thank you all and may HUNT OF A LIFETIME VERMONT thrive and keep those smiles coming.

10/31/2021

Landon Hagwood, Hunt of a Lifetime 2021

This year we had the pleasure of guiding Landon Hagwood for his 2021 Hunt of a Lifetime. Landon was accompanied by his parents Jason and Deesha, as well as his sister Kinley. This challenging hunt was a true testament to Landon’s drive, determination and most importantly his character. It was amazing to see all these wonderful people come together for such a great cause.
Landon's hunt started off with warm and rainy conditions which had the moose bedded up. We managed to see a few moose, but Landon made the personal decision to only take a bull. We were very impressed to see Landon stick to his decision and hold out for a bull despite multiple opportunities to harvest a cow.
On day two we came very close to connecting with a very big bull that crossed the trail ahead of us without presenting a shot. Landon saw his horns and was amazed at the size! We tried to move on him, but this old bull wasn’t having it.
The final day of the hunt is where the real story begins: The night before, we arranged to get into a less pressured area in the hope of seeing some bulls. Within the first hour of being in the woods a bull stood up about 60 yards away. Landon shouldered his rifle and got one shot off as the bull was attempting to leave. At the point of impact, we had blood and decided to give the bull 30 minutes. After searching 1.5 miles in the rain, the time had come to leave the trail and call in the dogs. We made a quick phone call to notify the game wardens, then we were on the phone with the dog trackers. Almost all of the trackers were either already on a track or were unable to directly help us. Our hopes were fading fast! Around 7:30pm, I received a call from Tim Nichols, the head of the Vermont Leashed Dog Tracking program. Word had spread about our situation and he wanted to do everything he could to help! Within the hour, I was on the phone with Jeremiah Gracie who was willing to drive 3 hours to meet us in the middle of the night to help us find the moose. We brought Jeremiah's dog “Trapper” (a Norwegian Elkhound) to the location of last blood and began to watch him work. Despite hours of rain, Trapper was able to pick up the trail and take it for another 2 miles. It was at this point we decided this bull wasn’t mortally wounded.
The next morning the hopes of everyone at camp were again lifted when we got a phone call from Will Seegers, a Vermont Game Warden. In a miraculous stroke of luck, Will informed us that the Vermont biologist had a collared bull in the area that was giving off the mortality indicator. We could not believe what we were hearing. He requested we meet him up in the woods to identify the bull. After examining the last known GPS location with a tracking device and a 400-yard grid search, our fears came true: the bull was in fact not expired and back on his feet. At this point we were all sad to realize Landon would not recover his moose, but at the same time happy to see that the bull had survived. Despite experiencing some crazy ups and downs Landon never once lost faith. With a smile on his face, he was willing to do whatever to recover his bull.
The amazing effort put into this hunt from start to finish proves how great people can be when they come together. Will Seegers not only assisted in the attempt to recover this bull, but took the time out of his day to donate moose meat to Landon so he didn’t go home empty handed. We will forever be thankful for all the wonderful people who came together to truly make this a Hunt of a Lifetime for Landon Hagwood! Landon, Jason, Deesha and Kinley thank you for allowing us to be part of your hunt. We will surely never forget it!

10/28/2021

Brycen's moose hunt

Day 1
Our hunt got started a little later than anticipated but we were still able to be sitting and set up shortly after legal shooting time. We set up on one of our favorite cuts. We had some decent sign but no animals seen. We did a bit of walking and calling but nothing seemed to be happening so we took a break and headed back to the truck for lunch. On the way back, Brycen, our young hunter informed us his heels were starting to hurt. Back at the truck we found his boots were a size to small and they were rubbing on his heels. He decided he wanted to stick it out so we applied some bandaids to his heels and off we went. We decided to set up in a different spot not as far of a walk for him. When we set up he made himself comfortable and took off his boots and socks, ( this may or may not have been the reason we didn't see anything this evening) ..... On the way back to the lodge we took a little detour and got him some bigger boots so he'd be more comfortable the rest of the week.
Day 2
We were set up about 20 mins before shooting light. Just after daybreak, Rick got a quick glimpse of a moose walking through some trees, we tried a few cow calls but got no response and no other sightings. We decided to take a walk and headed off in the direction it went. We found some excellent sign, fresh rubs and fresh saplings that had been foraged on. The weather turned out to be pretty miserable rainy, windy and cold. We did quite a bit of walking and ,decided a lunch break at the truck was needed. During lunch we decided to take a ride and check out another location. On the way we ran into a young hunter who had been successful on a nice cow moose earlier this morning and was more than happy to share his location and tell us he had seen 4 other moose in the area also. Being wet and cold it was decided to head back to camp. The guides Rick and Paul were going to head back out and do a little scouting for the following day as Paul had received a tip of a spot 5 moose had been frequenting with a few nice bulls in the group. The weather started to clear so instead of scouting we grabbed the rest of the group and headed out. We got there with only about 30 mins of legal shooting light left so just sat close and gave a few soft calls. Once again no luck.
Day 3
We headed over to the area we had looked at early afternoon on day 2. A brief morning sit and a bit of calling proved uneventful. Once again the weather is less than desirable, windy and rainy with a chance of Snow. We started doing a little still hunting checking out some cuts. Randy and Mike, ( Brycen's dad and grandpa) got a quick glimpse of a moose leaving one of the cuts so we headed in that direction. Even though numerous moose had been seen here the day prior it wasn't showing the sign the guides liked to see so it was decided to switch spots once again. We headed back over to the area where we had started the previous 2 days but try out a different cut. After a bit of a walk we got to the cut and decided to just sit and watch for a bit. Being the third day of waking up early it didn't take long for our young hunter to close his eyes and get a little nap in. We tried a bit of calling and still no response. This particular cut has a large ridge across the middle of it so while sitting we could only watch half of it at a time so we decided to get to the top and check out the other side. Up and over we went. On the back side of the cut it turned into a real swampy boggy area. Our cameraman Dave suggested we give some good loud calls into it, being as it was so windy. After trying a few with still no reply we decided it was time to do a little more walking. Sneaking down the side of the cut with Rick and Brycen in the lead, they had to step into the woods a couple feet to walk around some slash that was left in the cut. As they stepped in the woods the rest of the crew spotted a moose stepping out into the cut. They were able to get thier attention but from that angle they were unable to see it. A little careful positioning and they were able to spot it but had no shot. Dave or cameraman informed us it was a bull and there was a second coming behind it that was also a bull. Rick was able to get Brycen on the shooting sticks and ready with Paul running the scapula behind them. The first bull stepped out further into the cut offering Brycen a broadside shot at about 80-100 yards. Brycen settled in on the sticks and squeezed off a round. The moose appeared to hunch at the shot. And took a few steps further into the cut out of view of the shooter. It appeared to be a hit but the moose was still on his feet. He turned and came back into view of the shooter but only offering a rearend shot walking away. Now the second bull has walked up along side the first so we don't want to risk the potential of hitting the wrong animal. They step over a knoll and out of view. After a few minutes a few guys headed over to look for blood or hair. After a decent search with no signs of a hit we decide to check the camera footage. The small screen on the camera isn't enough to be definitive either way. We were able to get on their tracks and followed them for about 300 yards still with no signs of a hit. Getting closer to dark we decide to head back to camp and review the footage better. Back at camp we reviewed the footage on a laptop and were able to slow it down showing the shot was actually high just over the bulls back. It was a clean miss.
Day 4
We decided to to sleep in a little and wait until daylight to head to a spot where we could shoot the rifle to make sure it was still on and hadn't been bumped causing the miss. After confirming the rifle was still on. We headed back to the same spot we shot the previous afternoon. We ventured a little farther exploring some new are and found a lot of fresh sign. We knew there were moose close. We tried some calling but still no luck. We had walked a fair distance and decided we should start making our back. A short distance later following more fresh sign a nice cow moose presented herself, but only briefly and not offering a shot. We followed her for a bit until she got into some really thick cover. With all of us there was no way to pursue her through that stuff quietly. We made our way slowly back to the truck and finished out our day.
Day 5
We are without our cameraman Dave today so Paul stepped in to do the filming. Paul thought we needed a little something extra to help out so he put on his lucky "didn't go 20" shirt. We decided to start in the same cut as we had on day 1 ( it's one of our favorite spots) this time we decided to setup on the lower side and wait until daylight to get higher. We sat quietly and enjoyed some great views as daylight broke. With no moose sighted we started our walk to get to the upper side of the cut. Sneaking along Rick heard a loud stick break above us, we scanned the cut but saw nothing. We continued on and Mike and Randy spotted where the noise came from. A nice whitetail buck was standing proud high up in the cut. We continued on, as we got to the top we found a nice spot to sit and take a break and let Brycen have a drink and a snack. Rested and refueled we made our across the top of the cut when Rick spotted a moose. It was a cow, she was down below us and appeared to have spotted us at the same time. She started down the cut. We got Brycen on the shooting sticks and ready. Rick made a call to got her to stop she was quartering away at a pretty good angle for Brycen not offering a great shot then she started walking off again. Another call got her attention again and she stopped this time turning and offering a much better shot. Brycen settled in and dropped her in her tracks. With the tall grass in the cut we weren't able to keep eyes on her so we slowly made our way down. We found her lying where she dropped one clean shot did the trick. Paul's shirt held true "didn't go 20" and Brycen had his moose!!
Congratulations, smiles, hugs, high fives and tears were shared. Tate the horse and his crew came and made quick work of skidding her out for us. We loaded her on the trailer and headed to the weigh in station. As we got to the weigh in station one of the other young hunters of our crew had also been successful this morning and was getting his moose checked in as well. More congratulations and celebrating for the group. Brycen's moose weighed in at 415 pounds. That evening we enjoyed a nice dinner and everyone got to sample the heart from Brycen's moose.
Day 6
We spent the day delivering the moose to the butcher and then enjoying some fine maple creemees. Something our new friends had never had.

Each evening back at camp Brycen enjoyed playing cards and hanging out with the others. We believe Paul still owes him a rematch. Despite the weather it was a great week spent in the NEK. Many new friendships and memories were made.

10/27/2021

Our week with Hunter in Vermont's NEK hunting moose.

Our party consisted of Hunter and David Cornman , Kylee Semmel apprentice guide, Art Rainville guide. Myself (Dody Bleau) senior guide and camera man Sam McCuin.

Day 1
We woke up at 4 am it was warm out, to warm to excite me ,but it's hunting . We loaded up and went to a cut I love in hope of getting it done early. This did not work, so we had lunch and headed to a food plot they had been using but again where left with disapointment.Kylee called some at the food plot and Art told us how a coyote had responded to her call and tried to sneak in but caught movement and ran off . We had some success, I guess just not the right animal.
Day 2
Again up early and excited. The weather was cold windy and wet but off we go. We headed for a different cut hoping to change our luck.This was not to be. so we had lunch and returned to the food plot for the rest of the day. I asked Art to join me and we walked up the hill to another food plot to see how much activity there was. Not very excited we headed back to sit with the others. As we approach the truck a sudden downpour starts and we jumped in the truck. We sit talking and Art says maybe they are waiting for us. I head up to them and they are sitting looking like 4 drowned rats, Oops!I call it a day as we are using a crossbow due to hunter having a heart and liver transplant 8 weeks prior. Fearing a hit and no blood to track we head for camp.
Day 3
We get up it's windy and raining pretty hard I called off the morning hunt due to hunting with the crossbow.Nikki came up to get Kylee sad to lose her but school comes first. I managed to get the combo to another gate. The rain had slowed and Nikki brought me her rifle a r***r m77 in 7mm08 with the stock cut down to fit her. We are off to the new place we ride up the road which is 3.5 miles long with no hunters plenty of sign but still no sight of moose. We head for the food lots but to hunt a cut down the road from the food plot. With high expectations we chose a spot to sit and start calling. My hearing is not to good anymore but I hear what I think is a cow off in the distance. I call she replies then gets louder. Art says I think that is a chainsaw . Sure enough he must have gone from one side of the house to the other and it got louder. I laugh and probably blushed with embarrassment but continued to call nothing shows but an incredible sunset.
Day 4
Again up before the birds I decide on another spot but nothing. We head to a spot we had not been to yet. The sign was incredible but we saw nothing. So we went to the 3.5 mile rd fresh tracks all over the road so we head for a nice cut and hunt until dark and see nothing so head for camp feeling dejected. We are running out of time I keep thinking about all the sign we saw the day before and decide we are going in the morning.At dinner I brag and saying tomorrow we will get it done . I am confident and excited tomorrow is our day. Day 5
Up before the birds,today is our day cold and clear. Excitement running through my veins we are off. We head into the cut about 100 yards into the cut a road goes up through to the top on the left side.I see something I do not remember seeing it before I pull my binoculars up. In the early morning light I cannot tell if it's a moose or not . The others come to my side and he stands a BIG bull .The excitement starts, Hunter is having a hard time getting on him the bull turns a leaves.We watch as he walks out of sight without a second opportunity . I call but realizing he did not get that big by making many mistakes figure that it over with. We get to the spot I planned to sit at. This is the same spot I sat with Delaney and her dad Bill last year. I let things settle for awhile and start a few cow calls then rub the trees softly with my shoulder blade. Within minutes a bull is walking in like he is on a string .He locks up behind a bush I reach forward and rub the Bush in front of me and he steps forward. I have put him where he needed to be. Come on Hunter it's all you, at the report of the rifle he takes a half step and drops to the ground and the celebration begins. Hey not yet chamber another round. The bull stands and runs off. We walk over and find no blood nothing THIS IS NOT GOOD. While we are searching for something anything Art hollers, hey he is crossing the trail hunter hurry shoot him again. Hunter never got the shot .Art and I went up to where he crossed hoping to find blood ,still nothing. Art takes a trail I choose one above him. I see a birch log smashed that something had stepped on not huge but big enough a moose should step over it this has to be him. A few more steps an I see a paddle sticking up. I holler get the kid up here thinking he is dead but wanting another shot if he stands. He never stood again it is over the bull is dead.