We have been in the woods since mid August ….. getting ready for the fall/winter hunting season. We placed another dozen+ of the “Big Dog” ladder stands in strategic areas across our farms. Very nice stands with plenty of wiggle room and floor space. These stands were placed in areas that have plenty of Deer movement. We have also added a half dozen ground blinds (Primo’s Ground Max), both for rainy days and those who like to be on the ground. We placed these blinds in some key areas that suit a ground blind.  Every stand or blind has been placed with alot of research and thought. Cutting shooting lanes, working on bridges, and planting fall food plots has kept the crew busy. Our bean fields have become cafeterias for the herds, with nice bucks mixed in with the does.                                                                                                                    Picking off ticks and scratching chiggers is our reward as of now. But we feel that our guest will be the ones rewarded with the harvest potential that we have developed. All there is left to do now …… plant more fall/winter foods plots.  

We had a great Deer Hunting Season, with great friendships being built, and a “outdoor experience” that can’t be replaced. There were 37 booked hunting days, with 30 harvest opportunties. Of the 30 harvest opportunties, 22 deer were harvested, 11 missed shots. We had 7 days that we got skunked for one reason or another.  There were 28 deer that made it to the skinn’n pole (22 harvested by our guest, 6 harvested by our guides). Three Bucks made it to the wall.  All the hounds surrvived the season with flying colors.

We will take a breather before Spring Gobbler season.

RT 

There has been a good mix of hunters from near and far who came to hunt with us. We have had some excellant days, and a day or two where we could not make it happen. We also have met a good number of new friends, and hunters that we hope to see again. The season has been good, with great chases, and excellant weather, and good harvest opportunties for most of our guest. We have had 20 deer come to the skin’n pole, and the last week of Deer season is just ahead of us.  

RT

Our hunts have produced harvest opportunties for all our guest. Our last five hunts have put meat on the pole four times. We have harvested 15 deer so far, with many hunts planned for the upcomming weeks. The last two hunts gave each guest a nice buck to take home. The weather has been perfect, and the hounds have been giving it their all ….. the music of the chase has been awsome!! Freezer is filling up nicely, with deer burgers, and tenderloins. Today …. we will be making and freezing deer BBQ. (receipe to follow) RT     

It’s been an action packed last couple of weeks …. we have a total of 13 deer harvested from our various farms. We have had a few “first timmers”, took a “trophy” size buck, few smaller mature bucks, and mixture of does. We will have a “doe day” this Saturday ….. a good time to remove some does from our over populated herds.  R.T. 

Nov. 17, 07 - openning day. We had two parties to guide. Both parties had 3 guest each. Each party had youths, and also hunters that have not bagged a deer. Our plan was to work the hounds like we always do … place the hunters in locations that the deer will travel when the hounds give chase, and let the rest be in the hands of the hunters. Morning hunt moved plenty of deer, all does, but our Guest enjoyed the music of beagles giving chase and seeing plenty of does. After lunch, we moved to another farm, placing our Guest on stands. Working small packs of hounds we jumped deer all afternoon. Before the day was done … we had a “trophy 8 pointer” harvested by a Guest of one party, and a mature spike buck harvested by a  young hunter who took his first deer today, from the other party. This young hunter had his 15th birthday last week, and this hunt was his birthday present.   Great hunt!!!!   -pictures to follow-

This is our first post. We have been working on the new web site to make it friendley, and informative. We have been in the woods since October 8th, 2007 guiding our Archery Hunters. We switched over last weekend to guiding both Archery and Blackpowder folks. Many opportunties for all of our guest to harvest deer. We have had five deer on the skin’n pole and one coyote for the buzzards. “General Firearm Season” starts this Saturday 11/17/07……