Accepting New Challenges

BARABOO, Wis. (MCT) - Ken Berg of Greenfield, Wis., raised his bow and pointed it out the window of his ground blind. A white-tailed deer was moving toward him as the early evening light began to soften across the Sauk County landscape.

Berg barely breathed and tried not to even blink. Hunting deer with archery equipment is challenging enough; to do it from the ground requires special stealth and patience.

The deer, a doe, grazed slowly forward, approaching Berg's shooting range of about 25 yards. He waited ...

In the foreground, mixed brown grasses and some sumac brushed with early October red. In the background, a dozen buildings and a storage tank...