Dr. A
10-10-2015, 08:46 AM
Went out the Saturday of our last weekend of muzzleloader. As I'm not desperate this time of the year, I was using a bow, though I do have cast load worked up for my muzzleloader. We hear we're going to have a cold winter, but you wouldn't know it by being in Kansas. We were suffering with 90 degree temps and tempers to boot. My son didn't make it out, but since we were out of deer meat for 3 months, I thought I'd better get busy. I had a handle on some does earlier in the day, but they picked up on my scent and disappeared before I could get them in range.
http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq322/DavidKSU88/IMG_20131017_163609_760_zps8a2560dc.jpg (http://s460.photobucket.com/user/DavidKSU88/media/IMG_20131017_163609_760_zps8a2560dc.jpg.html)
The food plot had just been planted, but this is what it looks like just after a rain (after my hunt)
http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq322/DavidKSU88/2012trailcam006.jpg (http://s460.photobucket.com/user/DavidKSU88/media/2012trailcam006.jpg.html)
The pinch I hunt is at the top of this photo. I've now got a tower stand right beside it and it serves the area from this rather large plot to the swamp beyond it where I have a transitional zone. That zone is where they'll graze and socialize till their ready to breed or eat or whatever deer are up to at the moment.
http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq322/DavidKSU88/2011-10-29_15-27-53_312.jpg (http://s460.photobucket.com/user/DavidKSU88/media/2011-10-29_15-27-53_312.jpg.html)
I got him coming out of the CRP to the left. He crossed over in front of the tower and gave me a slow walking 42 yard shot. Couldn't get him stopped, but got a decent hit and he ran far enough to jump in my 13 foot creek. Made for an intense evening, but I got him out.
5.5 years old and have been watching him for 3 years. I've got pics. He wasn't the top dog, but #2. He did come out better than I thought, and have decided to mount him because of his small drop tine. (I've never had one of those).
He is an 8 pointer with a drop tine. Measured about 155 inches.
http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq322/DavidKSU88/IMG_20150926_213656854_zpsar5npxvt.jpg (http://s460.photobucket.com/user/DavidKSU88/media/IMG_20150926_213656854_zpsar5npxvt.jpg.html)
http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq322/DavidKSU88/IMG_20131017_163609_760_zps8a2560dc.jpg (http://s460.photobucket.com/user/DavidKSU88/media/IMG_20131017_163609_760_zps8a2560dc.jpg.html)
The food plot had just been planted, but this is what it looks like just after a rain (after my hunt)
http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq322/DavidKSU88/2012trailcam006.jpg (http://s460.photobucket.com/user/DavidKSU88/media/2012trailcam006.jpg.html)
The pinch I hunt is at the top of this photo. I've now got a tower stand right beside it and it serves the area from this rather large plot to the swamp beyond it where I have a transitional zone. That zone is where they'll graze and socialize till their ready to breed or eat or whatever deer are up to at the moment.
http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq322/DavidKSU88/2011-10-29_15-27-53_312.jpg (http://s460.photobucket.com/user/DavidKSU88/media/2011-10-29_15-27-53_312.jpg.html)
I got him coming out of the CRP to the left. He crossed over in front of the tower and gave me a slow walking 42 yard shot. Couldn't get him stopped, but got a decent hit and he ran far enough to jump in my 13 foot creek. Made for an intense evening, but I got him out.
5.5 years old and have been watching him for 3 years. I've got pics. He wasn't the top dog, but #2. He did come out better than I thought, and have decided to mount him because of his small drop tine. (I've never had one of those).
He is an 8 pointer with a drop tine. Measured about 155 inches.
http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq322/DavidKSU88/IMG_20150926_213656854_zpsar5npxvt.jpg (http://s460.photobucket.com/user/DavidKSU88/media/IMG_20150926_213656854_zpsar5npxvt.jpg.html)