January 2012 Updates Page 3
11 January
After getting settled in my stand on a nice frosty morning…a nice doe worked by the stand at 8 yards right after first daylight…harvested her quickly…five minutes later…this guy cut her trail and came in presenting yet another 8 yard shot…he flehmened twice….very neat close-up experience…after getting down from the stand I found both arrows on the ground and they were exactly parallel 4 inches apart…thanks so much for all of your support this season and may the MAHA staff enjoy a blessed Holiday Season!!! Steve
Congratulations Steve you put the time in and deserve your success. Thank you.
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I shot this buck at noon the second day of the season...sorry I only had my cell phone so the picture does not do it justice. The buck grosses in the 150s...
I was a little concerned about getting him out of the woods alone, and this is where the story gets good...
Jon had suggested the day before to call a fellow member that was hunting the same county to see if he wanted to work together to try and get a buck. I got a call back from Jerad just after I killed my buck. He was nice enough to offer a hand and cut his afternoon hunt short...we got the deer out by 3ish and I mentioned that he would have good karma for this years hunt. Jerad laughed and said he normally did not have "good karma" but he could hope. I left him, wished him well.... I also mentioned that I had seen at least one better deer on the farm I was hunting and he might want to give it a try...the next day Jerad hunted the afternoon on the farm I was hunting and just at dusk a 164 inch split brow buck showed up, and he made a great 150 yard shot to drop the buck 100 yards from where we dragged my buck out...
You have a great company that provides a truly needed service. No hassles going door to door and with a little work the opportunity to kill quality bucks over 150 inches are as good here as anywhere. I look forward to next year, learned a lot this first year and I want to say Thank You to all of you for making suggestions and help making my first year in the association a great one!
Doug
Congratulations Jerad and Doug. Great to hear from great hunters.
