MUDRUNNER

God stuff right there! Congrats on a great & memorable hunt!

Let's hear what the weekend plans are. Not much going on tonight. My daughter has softball practice after school & the wife & I will probably do our grocery shopping for the next week. Tomorrow morning Emma has ball practice again ( first high school game is supposed to be Wednesday, but with a little snow left on the ground right now I can't imagine that's going to happen.) and my 5 year old is starting his second session of learn to skate so he can play hockey. Going to be a soggy mess all weekend, so as much as I want to jump on some outdoor projects that probably won't happen this weekend.

Sheesh...that things is a giant. Congrats Pinwheel. The re-introduction of elk in Kentucky really seems to be doing great.

Hey....I'm on team 3! Woot, woot! Congrats teammates.

You would never guess spring is around the corner judging by our weather. A low Sunday of -2 and a few inches of snow on the way. Not much planned for us this weekend. Vicki works tomorrow so just me & the kids. The boys don't have anything going on that I know of. Found out yesterday that Emma made the high school softball team. ( I never really had a doubt). She will know in a week or two if she will be on Varsity or JV. I need another hair cut so might work that in. The boys will probably want to go sledding Sunday if it snows.

Wow! The pictures really make that place look great. The creek is a big plus. With that topography that ground will hunt bigger than it really is. It has some great draws, ridges, and funnels.

No big plans for us tonight. Probably grill, lay around the house, and drink a cold one. Tomorrow the wife has to work so just be me and the 3 amigos. All 3 kids need haircuts so will try and get that accomplished. Sunday we have some errands to run and a little shopping to do. Going to sign Tyson up for another round of learn to skate to get him ready for hockey. Emma got her drivers permit a few weeks ago, so every weekend a little drive is in the plans so she can get her 50 hours. No softball for her this weekend, but high school tryouts are next week.

Man, that is awesome Frank! Congrats! Looks like a great piece of ground for your family to hunt on. Is that a little creek that runs through it? One of these days hopefully I can get my own little chunk of ground and do the same thing.

I flipped back & forth periodically through the day just to check in on it. I turned back on for the last 15 laps...that took a while to get through lol.

Time for another Friday check-in. We are having my cousin & his family over for dinner tonight. It's always nice to visit with them & get the kids together. It looks like a little snow is supposed move in this afternoon & tonight. Tomorrow night my sister is having the family over to her place for dinner, but not much planned during the day. Sunday Emma has ball practice as usual. I need a dry weekend with decent temps to go up to the farm & tweak some stands & pop up a blind for spring turkey season.

The seasons over & this place is slow, so thought it might be fun for everyone to post a little bit about their hunting ground. I'll start Size: 80 acres Own, lease, or permission: Permission. I've been running around this place since I was a little shaver. My Grandpa hunted here, my Dad hunted here, and now my kids are hunting there. Close friends of the family own it. I always pitch on on work days, through money in for repairs or anything else, and they let me treat it like my own. These people are really more like family. Topography: Creek bottom & ridges. A large creek runs right through the middle of the property. No tillable ground or row crops, but we do have a few clearings for food plots. We don't really have much to keep deer on the property. Most of my success has been during the rut. Hunting pressure: Pretty high pressure I would say. Since I don't own it I have no control over who goes up or what they do. I know other people hunt my stands if I'm not there, or ride 4 wheelers on the trails if nobody is hunting. Most of the other hunters on the property pay no attention to wind direction. I have a decent place to hunt & take my kids, so no complaints though.

I'm guessing at this point every bodies season is over. Champs!

Not much planned on our end this weekend.Just going to relax tonight and maybe drink a few cold ones. The wife works tomorrow, so just me & the 3 kids most of the day. Emma has high school softball practice Sunday afternoon. That's pretty much it. It looks like some snow is supposed to move in Sunday, then it temps will be near normal most of next week which is a good sign.

CWD has been found in Illinois for quite a few years. It has been illegal to feed or supplement deer here for at least 10 years to combat the spread, but not sure if that has had any impact on the disease or not. They continue to find it every year. For every case they find, there has to be several more that go unnoticed. I'm sure some infected deer get harvested & eaten every year with out anyone even knowing. I feel like CWD has been around before anybody even knew what CWD was. I think it needs monitored & controlled as best as possible, but it's probably not something that will ever go away completely so I don't worry about it a whole lot. I would be interested in seeing more studies on the matter, especially as it relates to consumption.

LOL I have to agree. I have heard 1 or 2 of the songs, but that was it. Not really my type of music. The game wasn't much better.

February is here! Everyday day gets us one day closer to spring lol. Not much planned for us tonight. Tomorrow have some things to do around the house. Were supposed to get a bit of a warm up, so may do some things outside if it's not too muddy. Tomorrow night we have a surprise 30th birthday party for one of my hunting buddies. Sunday Emma has a softball camp at Lindenwood College and high school ball practice after that. She got her drivers permit last night, so I'm sure we'll go for a drive at some point. I might watch some football at some point, but don't really care for either team in it.

Happy belated birthday Muff! Hope the recovery goes well Gator. Little update from the weekend tournament. Team did pretty good. Ended up finishing 4th with some pretty solid competition. The big news of the weekend was my daughter hit 2 dingers lol. She just tripled her lifetime total lol. Puts a smile on my face when the smallest girl on the team pokes one over the fence.

Indoor softball tournament for Emma this weekend so thought I would get a check-in thread started a day early. I took off all day tomorrow. Have to pull Emma out of school a little early to make it to Du Quoin in time for warm ups. Hope this place has a heater in it lol. It looks like a pretty good cold stretch for the next 10 days.The wife works Saturday, so she's staying home with the boys this weekend.

Sorry to hear that. It's never easy. The last dog we had was a beagle. Got him when we first got married and before kids. He made it to 13. As he got older and slower I knew what was coming, but always thought " I'm a grown man, and he's just a dog...I can handle it....not that big of a deal". I was bawling my eyes out when I left the vet that day lol. If our life weren't so busy I would love to get another one.

What's on the agenda this weekend? Not much going on tonight. Tomorrow is my wife's birthday, so we are going out to eat and have a few drinks. Sunday my daughter has ball practice. Weather looks interesting this weekend. Rain all night tonight & snow all day tomorrow in the forecast.

Boogity, boogity, boogity lol. I don't follow NASCAR like I used to. I used to be in fantasy leagues & pools, but kind of lost interest. I do plan on trying to make it to a few dirt races this year though.

Oopps. It's actually 2019 I suppose lol. Got to get used to that.

Let's hear it. We actually have a slow weekend for the most part. No plans tonight. The wife works tomorrow, so just me & the kids at home for most of the day. Sunday Emma has her first high school softball workout of the season, and her travel team has practice in the afternoon. That is all dependent on the weather. It looks like we will be smack in the middle of a pretty good snow from this afternoon to Sunday morning.....it looks like around 8" or so.

Nothing new on my end. I've been out a few times with my cousin on a "brown it's down mission" to put some meat in his freezer. We actually both had shots and missed Saturday afternoon. I hit a thumb sized limb and the arrow landed about 6 feet in front of the deer lol. Not sure if I'll be able to get out anymore this season or not, but I sure have enjoyed the season.

Nice buck...Congrats! Two nice bucks & a full freezer....can't beat that. I muzzleloader hunted a for a few years. I enjoyed hunting with it, but hated having to clean it so much lol.