16 Aug Seasoned Deer HuntersNo hunting story, no advice, no techniques, just hard hunters that produce nearly every year deer better in the central midwest than they can hunt back in their home state.
Thanks Larry and crew. No need to wish you good luck!
14 Aug CottontailAnnual pasture maintenance is showing an abundance of cottontail nests with good sized litters from early during the warm spring to yesterday with three nests in a small 4 acre corral. Perhaps our beagle, youth and falcon hunters could fix this problem.
Traveling Deer HunterI would also like to thank you guys for the advice over the past two years. My first year I did hunt [location deleted]. I saw great deer but had no luck. My second year, I drew an [location deleted] tag. I spent seven days hunting some great land in [location deleted]. I finally met another member by the name of Bernie (from Missouri). We spent one afternoon tracking a deer he had shot but were unable to recover the deer. He was a really nice guy and it is nice to know that this is the type of member that the staff is recruiting. Anyway, during my week in [location deleted], I saw some great deer. I saw two really nice deer and had one about 37 yards out from my stand. Unfortunately, I was never able to get a shot off on him. On the second to last day, after a few days of light snow, I had a nice buck respond to my grunt call. I took the shot at 15 yards. He was by far the biggest bodied deer I have ever seen. I am guessing in the 230-250 lb range. He had only seven points because of some rack damage to his right side. It looked like he may have injured the rack during its time in velvet, or sometime during the prior season. The left side was perfect and he had great "[location deleted]" mass. Regardless, I was happy with the trophy. I have enclosed three pictures of the Iowa buck. The "field" shot is not that great, but you can see how cold it was. The other photos have two deer. The deer on the right is the [location deleted] deer. The deer on the left is one that I harvested the week before coming to [location deleted]. It was a spectacular North Carolina deer. It is still incredible how much bigger the [location deleted] buck is than the NC buck who weighed 190 lbs. Thanks for all the help over the past two years. You guys, as well as, the club are exceptional and I hope that it continues for many years to come. I truly love hunting in the Midwest.
John
Thanks John for taking the time to set up a comparison we just do not get to see too often. The extra effort of moving mounts is well appreciated. |
