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Weather conditions and first time in got Husky in trouble last night! This is a new buck that showed up in October and immediately was ruling the roost with a poor attitude. He actually was running off the 8 that I posted earlier. We named him Husky because he’s a very short, but stout deer. If he were a person he would have been about a fully mature male 5’5” weighing 230lbs that likes to fight. Weather conditions were exceptional last night with high pressure, blue bird skies, 10-15mph wind and temps 20+ degrees below the average which offered me opportunities to hunt multiple mature deer. Unfortunately for Husky, he moved into an area that was in the urban zone which allowed me an extra tag. Trail camera MRI showed him extremely active in the area. This set up gives the deer the illusion that they are walking into the wind checking the food plot prior to entering. Immediately upon gettting in the stand I had 6 does within sight. About 1.5 hours later, a small 6 point came around the bend of the cut corn and filtered into the turnip and radish plot along with a button buck. The 6 ended up feeding in to about 20 yards directly in front of the stand. All the sudden his head comes up and he is keyed in on the funnel where I expect deer to come from. Almost immediately I hear a few foot steps, but cannot see anything. Next thing I know, a deer walks to the edge of the plot and stops 15 yards away. I can’t see any rack, but his body is visible and I immediately know it’s a mature deer. I grab my bow while trying to identify him. He drops his head and I realize it’s Husky. He pins his years back and begins his stiff legged walk towards the 6 displaying the dominance we believed he had. He walks the 6 off the field at 10 steps but he’s always behind tree limbs. He then decided to take issue with the button buck feeding at 34 yards in the center of the plot. After bumping him off as well, again behind brush, he finally decided it was time to snack on some greens at 45 yards quartering away. I dialed the pin to 40 yards, settled in and turned the grim reaper loose. As expected, he slightly dropped and my arrow couldn’t have been any better. He mule kicked, fell on his nose and bolted from the plot. The immediate car crash in the woods confirmed a big deer had just hit the ground! For not having an exit hole, this was the most incredible blood trail I’ve ever had. The pump station had been disconnected and it appeared he dumped all his blood in 40 yards. He ended up dressing at 190 on the nose and is a great way to start the 2018 season! I still have my statewide tag left and one out in Kansas too!

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Upgrade on the way from Indiana........

Man a lot of mature deer were on their feet when that cold front hit last week. 10 days until we start to get serious and 15 until Kansas!

Pretty big cold front hitting this week. I’m going out on a limb and saying some mature deer will hit the ground, even though mid October is historically more difficult to hunt.

I got out tonight to hunt the 10, but just had the lady parade this evening.

Here’s another mature buck from a different farm. I put him at 7.5+.

I wasn’t able to get out after him again. Possibly tomorrow night. I did laser in on a mature deer at a different farm. He’s very daylight active in a very small area over a food plot. He’s on the hit list, but I have other deer I’m more interested in for the time being.

Conditions are looking good tonight, fingers crossed that I can get out.

The buck I posted a picture of arrived just after shooting light tonight. Awesome to know I can get on him, now I need the weather to cooperate again.

Every once and awhile I find an old blind & deaf one that’s wonders by me

Earned my buck this morning.

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Nice work Martin!

daylight walker and a cold front this weekend..........looks like I might have to climb a tree!

We have both put some good ones down over the years Frank! Not to mention it usually happens when we are in the same team!! Cheers to a another great year!!!

Morning team, Kansas and Indiana open this Saturday. I likely won’t fire up until late October, but will take a doe or two between now and then. This will be the third season on my own farm. This summer We made some big changes that included reestablishing NWSG’s, adding a water control feature to a wetland, clearing invasives, timber stand improvement and several others things as well. Kansas will likely lead the charge from an opportunity standpoint this year. Right now the Indiana farms are slow, but that can all change, especially late season over standing crops. There also is a slight chance I catch a few days in an Illinois stand as well. Overall I’m excited for the season and really looking forward to seeing how our team can fare in the contest!

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No luck on Thursday night, I will be out again tomorrow and maybe one more time before the end of season.

Intent is to kill, will it be a doe or maybe an update to the score board, time will tell................

I’m sitting out in the blind right now for what might be my last hunt this year.....

Thanks guys. The turbo dog and spotlight just came in yesterday, the totes better buckle up!

Shot my first double tonight. First at 35 yards and second at 250.

We went out on Christmas Eve to hunt him with no avail, but it was beautiful sit During the snowfall. We were cozy in the elevated blind with the heater running. With about 20 minutes of light left several deer started piling into the field. We couldn’t get her comfortable with a shot, but it was nice for her to see deer and see what all the hard work was put into earlier in the year.

Still pretty slow around me. Might try to get my wife her first deer this weekend. I have a perfect 5.5+ 8 point picked out for her.