kennym Lease Hunt 2011 (4 DEER TOTAL DOWN)

[K.S.TRAPPER]

No problem bud let me know what picks you need.  :D  

Tracy

[kennym]

"You know? The ones I put off before the hunt."

LMAO

Could we be related Charlie? Never mind.........  :D

[Slasher]

Originally posted by kennym:
"You know? The ones I put off before the hunt."

LMAO

Could we be related Charlie? Never mind.........   :D  

Gee... I have the same problem... Either that or my wife always remembers all those things and cashes in kitchen passes as soon as I get home...

[kennym]

Come'on Charlie's wife! Let him do a lil' storytellin!

Tryin to get a feller to do stuff this time of year =  

[K.S.TRAPPER]

     

Tracy

[Terry Green]

I have been very busy since my return....

This week will be much less chaotic...so I will be sharing some stories and thoughts....but for now...

Yes, I'll be back next year you bet.  I had a plan this year...but my 'must go see' nature kept me from sticking to said plan.  I did get to see more of the property....to help put the complete puzzle together, but it did cost me time and encounters on proven stands.....but that's not really what's most important.

I already have a plan for next year...I have old trees that will have stands in them the 1st mid day of the hunt....and new trees that I found as well.  Next year will not be 'must go and see'....but more of a 'must wait and see'.

I had a BLAST.....and had run ins with 3 different bucks and a few does.....more later...

   

[Terry Green]

This was definitely a 'hunt of almosts' for me.

I had a really big doe to the TX spin move on me, and she wasn't in the same place when
the arrow arrived....the o'l 'duck and roll', and she was quartering away already when I
dropped the string.  But, that was the 1st time I hunted that area and I hung a stand in
the perfect tree. She came right to me making the afternoon hunt a win in my book.

Here's a few pics of this area.....just beautiful...and VERY Bucky looking let me tell ya...

   

   

 

 

 

   

[Terry Green]

Caught Tom's arrow.....

     

Got several of Tracey....but can't catch him at full draw....he's a snapshooter like me.       :D    

       

[Terry Green]

I had what I believe were two eight pointers hanging around my stand for 20 minutes, but
I just could not see a brow tine to save my life...it was so dark where I was.  I could
see their bodies just fine and dandy for a shot, but could not see a bow tine as the
light was low and they would not hold their heads still.  A legal but must have 4 points
on one side, and I'd have taken either one let me tell ya.

I had both deer dead to rights at 12 yards....and at 8 yards over and over and over. I
even had them both under my stand.  I have no idea why they hung around me so long, they
even smelled the tree I was in and did not spook.  Those were some crazy bucks.

Here's the area....I also hunted from the ground in a really nice blowdown set up...but saw no deer that morning.

   

   

   

   

   

[Terry Green]

   

   

   

[Terry Green]

You guys stick around for Charlies story.....you wont believe the 'not so obvious but obvious' place he found to hunt....and what happened the 1st hunt there...then the 'set up' was moved from front row to center stage!!!!

I have a few more story's n pics....tomorrow...

   

[bowhunterfrompast]

[Cyclic-Rivers]

enjoyed the pictures Terry. I look forward to Charlie's but only if it doesn't take 3 weeks.  

[Guru]

[kennym]

Great pics Terry, you should see the TOAD the neighbor got a pic of 1/4 mile away! WOW !  I guessed him at 175 to 180! ( just for an idea of size)

And remember, Charlie is takin care of his chores!  :D

[Gatekeeper]

That looks like a killing tree to me!

   

Is that all thickets behind it Terry?

[Terry Green]

Yeah Tom.....that tree could use a ladder!!!

[Charlie Lamb]

Yessiree!!! I'd put a stand in that tree just because it's a cool tree!    

[Charlie Lamb]

Well, I guess I should get on with this. It seems that the older I get the longer it takes to recoup from my hunting trips.
Actually I think it's recouping from my chores when I get home that takes the time... and of course it's deer season and I go out almost everyday to hunt somewhere.

Throw into the mix problems with getting my photos ready to display and you get a delayed (much too long) story.

So here it goes....

[Charlie Lamb]

I'd been anticipating this hunt for quite a while. As a matter of fact, since I drove home from the trip last year.
It was obvious to Terry and I that we'd be coming back for this hunt as long as God let us.

All of the elements of a good hunt are there. A great place to stay at a reasonable price. Great hunting grounds with excellent trophy potential. All Tradganger's for companions.

The crew would be different this year and I suspect that will be the custom in future years.
Last year it was Terry, Joekeith, Randy Burtis and myself.
This year it was supposed to be Terry, Tracy Potter, Bob "Border Bob" Walker and me. Due to the passing of a friend Bob had to cancel at the last minute and that was a great disappointment for all of us.
Bob is a hard hunter, great cook and a fun companion in any camp and we've shared a few.

I arrived first since it's a home state hunt for me. Actually the farm is within 40 miles of another farm I hunt every year so I'm hunting similar country.

Terry had planned to show up the day after, but couldn't take the anticipation one minute longer and showed up the first evening near midnight.
I heard him come in, but with sleep filled eyes I rolled over and drifted back to la la land.