There is a good story on the KDFWR website on the history of Kentucky Deer Management. It has some bits and pieces I had not heard before.
https://fw.ky.gov/Hunt/Pages/History-of-KY-Deer-Management.aspx
If that link doesn’t work, try here:
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2026 Fall Rules are Out
The Fall 2026 Kentucky Hunting and Trapping Guide got posted to the KYDFWR website this week. Click on the image to get the whole thing. Be sure to read the rules cover-to-cover every year. You never know what you might miss. Here’s the blue stuff (stuff that’s changed): The big … Continue reading →
Construction Update
It has been hot and muggy. I’ve been going down to check on the place, but not spending the night. They’ve been slowly plugging away at it. The garage doors are on. The hole between the existing dining room has been cut, and the new dormers have been cut and … Continue reading →
The Complete American . . . Sportsman’s Encyclopedia
I was browsing Archive.Org this morning and found this from 1913. Click on the images to go to the links: I especially got a chuckle out of the section on deer hunting. Believe it or not, I relied on a similar book when I first got into hunting. This probably … Continue reading →
Father’s Day Weekend, 2026
Moose, Mooselette and myself celebrated Father’s Day at the farm this weekend. It was my first time down since the bad storm over Wednesday night. The construction didn’t suffer all that much. Some loose building materials got sent flying, but that was about it. Darron, the stone mason, was staying … Continue reading →
Trail Cam Review
My trailcams needed updating. The old ones had started to wear out. I was looking on Amazon a while back and saw a 2-fer offer that looked too good to be true– 2 for $99. MAXDONE Solar Trail Camera 2 Pack Turkey Season came and went, and I still had … Continue reading →
Construction Update
Construction at the farm has been progressing, although it’s been on things that are less photogenic. I was down yesterday to check on the work and snapped some pics. Highlights: Views: 285 Related posts: Trip to the farm Pouring Footers Update on Construction Update on Construction Update on Construction Update … Continue reading →
KY Reports Record Gobbler Harvest
Views: 7 Related posts: A Turkey Hunter Takes a Fearless Inventory The shaman and the Old Turkey Hunter The Role of Personal Ethics in Hunting Distance: The Working Comfort Zone — Pt 1 What Happened to the Turkeys? Scouting Turkeys with Google Earth The Deer Log is Finished Report from … Continue reading →
Early Start on Food Plots
We got a late start on food plots last year. I didn’t buy the tractor until way after Turkey Season, so we started with fall plots planted in September. This year, I ordered seed early. Moose started prepping the one new plot in early April, taking advantage of the dry … Continue reading →
Turkey Post-Mortem, 2026
We wimped out. If you really want to know, we stopped turkey hunting over a week ago. We were down at camp. We were going out, but our hearts just were not in it. Moose went to work on the food plots. I ran to Maysville on errands. Angus left … Continue reading →
Shaman Finally Scores
This morning marked the eighth time out to the Honey Hole this season. I had a lot weighing on me. Earlier in the week, I missed a gimme shot at a nice gobbler. I had trouble picking the bird up in my scope and finally saw a head and went … Continue reading →
KY Turkey Record Weekend
From KYDFWR: I wish somebody would tell the turkeys on my side of the ridge! Views: 8 Related posts: Honey Holes On Learning to be an Expert Turkey Hunter I’m Done! Know Thy Game, Know Thyself Turkey Season Transitions So you want to hunt turkeys, huh? The Myth of Hunting … Continue reading →
Angus Bags a Gobbler on the Opener
Angus was out at the blind at Blackberry this AM for the Opener of the 2026 Spring Gobbler Season. Just before 0800, a gobbler started to respond to his new Quaker Boy Easy Yelper. In the minutes it took him to run down from the opposing ridge, a doe and … Continue reading →
Construction Update– The Roof is On!
We passed another milestone at the farm this week. The roof is on. Views: 32 Related posts: Trip to the farm Pouring Footers Update on Construction Update on Construction Update on Construction Update on Construction Yute Season, 2024 Catching Up on Construction
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Mooselette Gets her Turkey Gun
Mooselette finally got her turkey gun on Saturday. It was months late in coming, but she will have it for Spring Gobbler Season. It didn’t always look like that was going to happen. The shotgun is a used Mossberg 535 12 Gauge. I found it at a steeply reduced (should … Continue reading →
Kentucky Afield TV- 2026 Spring Turkey Q&A Show
Good show from KY Afield Views: 20 Related posts: KY Afield Show Q&A on Turkeys Yute Season 2021 The Role of Personal Ethics in Hunting Report from Deer Camp — 2012 Opener What’s It Going to Be Like on the Opener? Elk Jitters have me bad What’s in your vest? … Continue reading →
PODCAST: A Visit to S10
We have a blind overlooking Dead Skunk Hollow and Gobbler’s Knob. It’s the cap of my old S10 truck. It makes a great listening post for turkey hunting. I went out with the recording gear and captured a bunch of gobblers waking up on the south face of Gobbler’s knob. … Continue reading →
Update on Construction
Rodger had been trying to get this day together for a couple of months. As always, weather was the culprit. Yesterday, it all came together. He brought the crane in and set the trusses on the Great Room. Each truss is 52 feet long, enough to span the Great Room … Continue reading →
PODCAST: The Ides of March
This was my first trip out to the Honey Hole this year. The gobblers and hens are just starting to warm up. This was not a spectacular trip, but sometimes it is all about making it out and coming back with some usable material. Podcast — The Ides of March … Continue reading →
Update on Construction
When I left the farm on Monday, the windows had just arrived, and everyone was getting ready to start on the front porch. They’ll have to get the skeleton built before adding the roof trusses. The second floor of the Great Room is framed. Views: 24 Related posts: Trip to … Continue reading →
Spring Rules are Out
Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources has released the rules for the Spring Hunting Seasons. There are no big changes. This summarizes what few there are: The full list of rules including spring gobbler and spring squirrel are here: Views: 6 Related posts: KDFWR Turkey Study Underway From the … Continue reading →
Push-Pin to the Rescue
For a lot of turkey hunters, a push-pin type call is the first call they master. Once they get on something else, they leave the push-pin behind. Yeah, I get it. A push-pin is kind of limited, but it does work. I especially like it for the terminal phase– for … Continue reading →
Scouting or Just Trusting Your Spot
From OldGobbler.com Here is my response: I have been hunting the same 200 acre farm in SW Bracken County, KY for 23 seasons. What I’ve found is that the turkeys are still roosting in the same spots and hitting the same pastures every year. We have a few honey holes … Continue reading →
Update on Construction
Folks have been wondering about the status of the farmhouse. I have been kind of wondering myself. It has been wickedly cold and snowy for weeks. Work halted and stayed halted until this week. Yesterday, the temperature soared to 59F. I hustled down to the farm to see the first … Continue reading →
A New Gunsmith
The thought hit me in early December that the Mooselette could stand a full-sized grown-up turkey gun. I had not finished my first cup of coffee before I found a swinging deal on a Mossberg 535 that was receiving no bids. Bang! I had it. It was on the way … Continue reading →