March 2009 Updates page 7
13 March
WOW
John & Jon,
Just finished up the Dream Season yesterday (09 Jan 2009) with this 152 inch typical 10 pointer taken at 4:45 P.M.... I've been after this buck since October, but I hadn't placed my eyes on him until 30 Dec when I watched him and a doe come out of a bedding area and feed for an hour at 75 yards. They eventually bedded again in the late morning sunlight, and I attempted a stalk, closing to within 40 yards before the doe caught my movement. I hunted the spot two more days without seeing him, but a little scouting revealed another bedding area 400 yards to the south. My move to that area rewarded me with sightings of 20 to 30 deer each of the last three evenings to include watching a young 8 pointer work three scrapes. With yesterday's temperature reaching into the 60s, I thought twice about heading to the woods, but decided that you can't get lucky if you're not in the stand. At 4:30 P.M., the wind picked up and the temperature started dropping. Within minutes, does started spilling off the cedar-covered ridge, and I soon recognized the monster buck trailing the same doe from a week earlier. He stopped at 25 yards and fed on the edge of the thicket for 10 minutes without offering a shot. Finally confident that the coast was clear, he stepped into one of my shooting lanes, and I drilled him through the lungs at 23 yards. He traveled 50 yards and tipped over. This is the 11th deer of the season, and the third 10 pointer (148 inch, 125 inch, 152 inch).
Thanks, Doug
Great deer, great picture, congratulations on a great season! Thanks Doug.
12 March
Spring Turkey
The turkeys have been slim the last couple of months but they are beginning to show up. They are still flocked up, but starting to show some sign of breaking up into their spring breeding patterns. A photo of a young tom with a beard worthy of bragging rights.
