| There is a world-renowned maker of hunting bows in Sparta, WI. The Green Bay trio had ordered custom bows from there & they called the bow-maker to go hunting there. They flew into Sparta on a private plane and told the bow-maker that if there was any press hoopla, they would fly away. They hunted on a farm near Sparta and apparently spent some time with the family there. When they were in the barn and Favre got a kick out of having the names of the cows posted above their stalls. I guess it was quite a funny-big surprise. This was just a few weeks ago. Here is the article...
Any true Packer fan dreams about meeting quarterback Brett Favre. It would even be more extraordinary to have Brett Favre come into your home. Al and Nancy McCoy can proudly say they were hosts to three Green Bay Packer players. Brett Favre, Doug Pederson and Wesley Walls made a trip to the McCoy woodlands to attempt to bag a buck on Oct. 17. While there, the Packer players stopped for a visit inside the McCoy house. The McCoys knew someone was coming to hunt deer on their property that day, but they had no idea who they might be.
About four weeks prior, McCoy was asked if it was alright to bring in some celebrities to hunt on his property. He said it would be fine as long as I can meet them. McCoy was called and told that he might want to be around this evening.
McCoy had just finished milking cows when a truck drove up to the house. Al and Nancy were shocked to see Favre, Pederson and Walls walking into their kitchen. They seemed like ordinary guys, and did not talke about football at all and McCoy treated them as hunters.
The three Packers flew into Angelo Airport on Fort McCoy that day, then toured the Mathew hunting bow plant in Sparta before driving out to the McCoy farm. Several weeks prior to their arrival tree stands had been made ready for the celebrity visitors. The icing on the cake is that Pederson got an eight pointer. The pilot took this picture of Favre, Pederson, Walls, Al and Nancy McCoy in their kitchen.
The picture is not the only keepsake to remember the chance meeting, as all three players autographed the kitchen table. |