We are excited to announce that our show Life’s Highway is now on the CORNERSTONE Network on Saturdays at 3 pm!  CORNERSTONE Network features wonderful Christian programming that encourages the Christian and brings hope to the non-Christian.  We are very proud to be a part of CORNERSTONE!

Go to their website for a listing of their stations and affiliates around the US and/or watch Life’s Highway on your computer at www.ctvn.org!

Pictured here is Wade Spencer in West Virginia two weeks ago filming an episode for the Life’s Highway 2011 season.

The 2009 Ohio Bow season was cut short for me when I saw this buck on the morning of November 11.  He walked 35 yards around me without presenting an opportunity for a clear bow shot.  I did capture him on video since I video all my hunts now, now that I have a weekly TV show, “LIFE’S HIGHWAY”.

The next morning, I was trying to call in another nice 8 point so I could get better video footage of him.  To my surprise, from the other direction, the buck that I had seen the morning before shows up on the opposite side and was 15 yards from me when I saw him.  He was just turning to walk away.  I decided I didn’t have time to turn the video camera around so I grabbed my bow and prepared for the shot.  I made a perfect hit on the buck. He rough scored 151.

Do any of you bow or gun hunters out there have some pics of your deer this fall?  Email them to me at wadespencer@bright.net!

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My good friend Leonard Dolce brought me a real nice load of firewood, and my neighbor, Steve Ayers started combining the soybeans around my house today.  Just reminders that Autumn is here!  My boys, Joel and Thomas and I split and stacked firewood while Theresa baked 3 Lemon Meringue pies.  One for her dad, one for our Pastors birthday, and one for us.  I love days like this.

Tomorrow, Theresa and I go back on the road.  I will be in concerts in Indiana all weekend.

For you hunters out there, I have been out 2 times with my bow so far.  I could have taken 3 different 8 points one evening while hunting on the ground but passed on all of them.  I’m trying to stay out of the woods and get all my fall work done first, so, when the hunting gets really good, I’ll be free to go. How about you? Any of you taken deer yet?  I did take a 4 X 5 Bull Elk with my bow on August 30 in Colorado. My friend Ric Browning also took a 5 X 5 the first day.  We had a great trip.

The horse in the picture with me is my new paint, named Scobee.  I just had her broke and trained by Tyler Lyon at Lyon’s Ranch in Marysville, Ohio.  I didn’t take her with us to Colorado this year, but next year she will go with us.

April 18, 2009 found me on Green River Lake near Columbia, Kentucky for a great day of Crappie fishing.  My friend, Terry Partin set this trip up with highly acclaimed Crappie guide David Jones.  We fished less than 4 hours and caught 28 “keepers”.  Davids “Keepers” are monsters to someone like me that fishes for these “Gentle” fish in the lakes around my home in Ohio.  This lake holds some great fish. I really enjoyed spending time with Terry and David, fishing, telling stories from past experiences, and just enjoying God’s creation.  I look forward to going with them again in the future.  If you like Crappie fishing, contact David Jones for a First Class trip.  You won’t be disappointed, as you can see Terry and I in this picture! Check out his site at www.greeenriverlakecrappietrips.com

It’s that time again and after an extra long and cold winter, we welcome Spring here in Ohio and the annual Wild Turkey Season.  My good friend, Mike Dean came up from West Virginia again to hunt with me.  As usual, he wants me to give him some “tips” on calling these awesome birds.  I usually let him in on some of my secrets.  As you can see, we were successful once again.  We always have a good time.  How many of you have taken your Turkeys so far?  Send in some photos!  Are the Turkeys gobbling on the roosts in your area?  Some mornings they are here, and some times they are not.  Good Luck to all of you!

I’ve been home for over two weeks from our trip to New Mexico.  I have been so busy I am behind on getting this blog posted.  A lot of people are wanting to know how we did in New Mexico.  We had a great trip.  We took two bulls and one cow.  As you can see in the picture that I was successful as was Rick Browning on his 5X5 bull, and Mike Dean took a real nice cow elk.  Joe Nemecek had opportunities at some cows but chose to wait for a bull.  We all really liked New Mexico.  I plan to return there one of the years I can’t draw Colorado.  You hunters out there that are returning from your western hunts, send me some photos and stories about your experiences!  

And so we will.  My good friends Rick Browning and Mike Dean from West Virginia, and good friend Joe Nemecek from Oklahoma and I head west for our annual adventure.  Horses in tow and more “stuff” than you need as we make this 1700 mile trek to New Mexico.  Rick and I have made this trip together for the last five years.  Last year was Mike’s first time with us, and Joe will make his Maiden Voyage on an all out bow hunting, horse back riding, sleeping on the ground, eating spam for 10 days, drinking creek water, freezing all night, muscle cramping Elk hunt.  And we think this is fun. We love it.  I’ll bring back plenty of pics for future posts.  A couple “notes” about these guys.  Rick and Mike have to use my Ohio address when they apply for the license as New Mexico won’t allow people from West Virginia in their state.  And Joe Nemecek never does anything but sit behind a desk, so, I am anxious to see how he gets along climbing those mountains.  We’ll see.

It was in 1985 when my great uncle Elmer Lamb began to talk once again about his favorite place and time on earth.  I had heard all of this before, but I was always ready to hear it again.  The “place” was Colorado and the “time” was Elk season.  That day, after the stories were told,  I asked Elmer and his son Herbert, When can we go?  We decided right then that the next year we would all go to Colorado.  And we did. Long story short, we didn’t get any Elk on that trip.  Some never even saw an Elk.   But, it has always been and I suppose  always will be great memories for me.  Colorado was everything that Elmer had described….and more.  Uncle Elmer and Herbert are both gone now but I always think of them as I gather my things together for another trip to hunt Elk in Colorado.  I think this year will make about 15 times I have went to the Rocky Mountains in pursuit of Elk.  This year I am going to New Mexico.  After the long drive with my friends Rick, Mike, and Joe, when I mount my horse “Flicka” and start up the trail into the basin ahead of me, I will remember how these adventures got started, and those who took the time to show me some of God’s most beautiful creation.

How do you succeed in Life?  One key word is preparation.  I’ve thought about this a lot in the last few days as I “prepare” for my upcoming Elk hunting trip to New Mexico with my friends.  Actually, I am far less prepared this year than I have ever been before.  There are different reasons for this.  The first one is I am just being lazy about it.  Second, I have been pre-occupied.  I have been so busy with recording, traveling, making videos, ect. that I have neglected my preparation for this trip.  Pictured here I am finishing a 4 mile ride on my horse “Tucker.”  If I fail to get an Elk on this trip it will probably be due to my lack of preparation.  It will be my fault.  

Be sure to not fail to “prepare” for eternity.  We can get too busy in everyday life to look ahead and realize we won’t live forever on this earth.  By excepting Jesus as our Savior we can make our preparation to go to Heaven.  When we do this, we have really begun to succeed.

From time to time I want to tell you all about true friends that I have.  The Bible says if you want to have friends, show yourself friendly!  It works!  Bill Stone and his wife Ramona, from Winchester, Ohio are true friends.  He has went with me as far as Winnepeg, Manitoba to help me get to my concerts when Theresa wasn’t able to go, We’ve fished together in the Bahamas twice, Bear hunted in Minnesota, deer hunted many times, and I’ve even went golfing with him in Florida although I don’t golf.  I took this picture of Bill a couple years ago.  They have always supported my ministry here at home and my work over seas.  I appreciate them.  Many of my best days hunting have been with Bill and other friends on his farm, not to mention I took my best buck there too!