The Wisconsin Speleological Society ‘s
The 43rd Annual Mad-City Hodag Hunt
September 14-16, 2007
The 2007 Hodag Hunt was held at Governor Dodge State Park, north of Dodgeville, Wisconsin. The park featured 5,200 scenic acres of steep hills, bluffs, and deep valleys plus two lakes, a waterfall and small caves. Over 100 cavers attended from the around the Midwest. The guest speaker was Dr. Richard Slaughter from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Rich is the director of the Geology Museum at UW-Madison and gave an interesting talk on Pleistocene vertebrate deposits in Midwest caves. Thank you to Rich and everyone who attended and contributed to the event.
Viroqua City Cave
White-footed mouse near Viroqua Cave
Rich, Elizabeth and Koren at Castle Rock Cave
Eastern Pipistrelle found at Castle Rock Cave
Bob Bultman dancing in Dance Hall Cave
Dance Hall Cavers
Henry and Letha Welch above Dance Hall Cave
Gary, Nuke and JD visit the park's spring house
Welch kids above spring house
Atkinson Mine entrance
Conner and Jennifer hug champion white oak
Gary K. Soule sports his bat tie
Cave of the Mounds
Dr. Rich Slaughter