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Camping at Fort McCoy Wi.

redhawkk480
Yesterday I spent the afternoon at the camp ground on Ft. McCoy , nice place and open to the public , so
here's a quick post just in case any one is passing thru this area and wants to check it out , they have cabins to rent , spots for people that just want to use a tent and of course Rv parking

located on the western side of the state right between I90 and I94 or Sparta and Tomah Wi.., access to the camp grounds is off US Hwy 21 half way between the 2 cities , about 1/2 mile west of the Main gate

nothing like setting around a camp fire with sound of 50 cals , M16 at full auto , or maybe 105 and or 155 off in the distance



https://home.army.mil/mccoy/
https://mccoy.armymwr.com/
https://mccoy.armymwr.com/programs/pine-view-campground
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  • Mobuck
    Son-in-Law "camps" there for a couple of weeks nearly every summer. They're the ones providing the audio entertainment.
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  • Sam06
    Deployed there a few times in the 80's.

    Nice place.

    It was all but deserted when we were there but I remember seeing some huge deer. One time when we were there maybe around 1986 we had a UH-60 crash. I wasn't on it and I don't remember anyone getting hurt. We were doing Fast Rope operations and I think it had a tail rotor strike.

    If I remember they have a huge encampment left over from the VN Boat people in the 70's.
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  • SG
    I did all the ceramic tile in the public bathrooms there. :D
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  • redhawkk480
    Sam06 wrote:
    Deployed there a few times in the 80's.

    Nice place.

    It was all but deserted when we were there but I remember seeing some huge deer. One time when we were there maybe around 1986 we had a UH-60 crash. I wasn't on it and I don't remember anyone getting hurt. We were doing Fast Rope operations and I think it had a tail rotor strike.

    If I remember they have a huge encampment left over from the VN Boat people in the 70's.
    used to be some huge deer but then they got tried of the deer eating all the land scraping around the buildings and had several years with big kill offs during gun deer season , took the numbers down big time ,

    those encampments had the Cubans boat people , here's an old story on that
    https://madison.com/news/local/when-cubans-and-chaos-came-to-fort-mccoy-that-was/article_457bd8e1-8018-53cd-a28a-6ae83011c3f3.html
    that was not a good time in this area ,
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  • redhawkk480
    Mobuck wrote:
    Son-in-Law "camps" there for a couple of weeks nearly every summer. They're the ones providing the audio entertainment.
    interesting , is he still doing this ?
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  • redhawkk480
    Proceramic wrote:
    I did all the ceramic tile in the public bathrooms there. :D
    at the pine view grounds or all over the Fort?
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  • SG
    redhawkk480 wrote:
    Proceramic wrote:
    I did all the ceramic tile in the public bathrooms there. :D
    at the pine view grounds or all over the Fort?

    Both. I've done so many jobs out there,too much to remember including the Challenge Academy. Also done a lot of work at Volk Field over the past 20 years.
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  • Sig220_Ruger77
    Good to know. I will have to consider camping there in the future.

    We set up camp just a bit North of you for the weekend. In the Hixton/Alma Center area to be exact.

    Jon
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  • redhawkk480
    Good to know. I will have to consider camping there in the future.

    We set up camp just a bit North of you for the weekend. In the Hixton/Alma Center area to be exact.

    Jon
    becareful of those IST trucks hauling sand up to Humbird, those boys are always pushing it

    I'll be running thru Hixton tomorrow morning around 8:30 or so , heading for western MN
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  • redhawkk480
    Proceramic wrote:
    redhawkk480 wrote:
    Proceramic wrote:
    I did all the ceramic tile in the public bathrooms there. :D
    at the pine view grounds or all over the Fort?

    Both. I've done so many jobs out there,too much to remember including the Challenge Academy. Also done a lot of work at Volk Field over the past 20 years.

    do you still do work out there ? any chance you know Mike Rumppe ?
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  • SG
    redhawkk480 wrote:
    Proceramic wrote:
    redhawkk480 wrote:

    at the pine view grounds or all over the Fort?

    Both. I've done so many jobs out there,too much to remember including the Challenge Academy. Also done a lot of work at Volk Field over the past 20 years.

    do you still do work out there ? any chance you know Mike Rumppe ?

    Haven't been out there since last October. I try to avoid working out there if I can. Way too much BS to deal with. Rumppe Construction!Yep,I know Mike, great guy to work with. He was the contractor for the Challenge Academy when we remodeled it. He's been out there it seems forever, don't know how he keeps his sanity.
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  • redhawkk480
    Proceramic wrote:
    redhawkk480 wrote:
    Proceramic wrote:


    Both. I've done so many jobs out there,too much to remember including the Challenge Academy. Also done a lot of work at Volk Field over the past 20 years.

    do you still do work out there ? any chance you know Mike Rumppe ?

    Haven't been out there since last October. I try to avoid working out there if I can. Way too much BS to deal with. Rumppe Construction!Yep,I know Mike, great guy to work with. He was the contractor for the Challenge Academy when we remodeled it. He's been out there it seems forever, don't know how he keeps his sanity.
    yup true on all accounts , he lives maybe 6-7 miles up the road from me
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  • Mobuck
    "interesting , is he still doing this ?"

    I think he was there for something this summer. Sometimes they go to Camp Dodge but he's doing something with "headquarters staff" and may get sent either or both places. I think he spent a week in July just chauffeuring officers around .
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