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.
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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: 4 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 →
ENSO-NADA, The Turkey Dead Zone
I do a yearly shamanic weather prediction for another forum– what’s it going to be like on the Turkey Opener? I don’t claim to be a major expert. All I’m doing is going on https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/ and reading the tea leaves. I do it, more than anything to piss off the … Continue reading →
Deer Vanishing
From 24hourcampfire.com My answer: I don’t know if this applies, but here is what I’m experiencing in SW Bracken County, KY. First off, investigate the harvest numbers published by the state. I started tracking KY’s deer harvest numbers for my county and the surrounding area 25 years ago. What I … Continue reading →
KY Deer Hunting Totals 2025
From Facebook Views: 4 Related posts: The Savage Speaks Again Whitetail Deer — What is Overkill Anyway? On Hunting Pressure and Going Nocturnal Deer Camp 2015 — Ineff is Ineff What’s Wrong With Me? What makes a good deer rifle? Playing the Wind or J-Lo and Steve find each other? … Continue reading →
PA Considering Moving Deer Opener
The Pennsylvania Game Commission is considering moving the Deer Opener back to before Thanksgiving. Here’s the press release. I expect there will be a furor over this almost as big as when they moved the Deer Opener to Saturday from Monday. The believe was that this was such an ingrained … Continue reading →
Update on Construction
I just got the latest pics of what’s happening down at the farm. As you can see, the bunkhouse is now roofed over and the firebox of the masonry furnace is nearing completion. It’s great news. The mild weather we’ve been experiencing since Christmas. I can’t wait to get back … Continue reading →
Where’s the Shaman?
I got up this morning and realized I had not posted since Christmas. Y’all are probably wondering what’s up. The answer is that I’m fine. Life’s great. I just needed some surgery. Life will be back to normal about 2/1. I’m having myself surgically altered to fit a deer rifle. … Continue reading →
Christmas, 2025
The tribe assembled for Christmas yesterday. I roasted a prime rib– a major pile of moo. KYHillChick did all the rest. It was obvious that folks had done a lot of shopping from their butts. I know I sure did. For about a decade now, I’ve been hitting the websites … Continue reading →
Bunk House Trusses Erected
Rodger, the contractor, rose from his sickbed, rallied the crew, and worked through the weekend to raise the trusses on the bunkhouse. He’d had a hip replacement over Thanksgiving, but that did not seem to stop him much. Darron, the mason, was out as well. He worked on the floor … Continue reading →
KYDFWR Announces November Deer Results
Kentucky Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources post the following on Facebook Views: 5 Related posts: From the KDFWR: Outstanding outlook for the hunt KDFWR Turkey Study Underway KY Non-Resident Fees Hiked KY: Record Harvest for Modern Gun Deer Season KY Expands Crossbow Season What makes a Deer Rifle? Deer … Continue reading →
Deer Season Post-Mortem, 2025
Overall, I’d say this was not such a bad deer season– not great by any stretch. Moose and Foxtrot Charlie both had no luck. We missed out on a truly great day. Monday of Opening Week, we had snow at the farm. Everyone had their excuses for not being there. … Continue reading →
Walls are Up!
I had to go back down yesterday to pick up my deer from the processor. Roger and his crew were braving the wind and dropping temperatures, making a start on the interior walls on the first floor. Views: 39 Related posts: Trip to the farm Pouring Footers Yute Season, 2024 … Continue reading →
Report from Deer Camp — The End
If I had to give you the ideal Rifle Season. It would include a buck on Opening Weekend, two weeks of enjoying a prolonged autumn, and a doe taken on the last Saturday, sized just right to fit in the freezer. The rest of the camp has mostly the same … Continue reading →
SuperCore Bags a Buck
Sometimes, deer hunting is not about getting the biggest rack. Sometimes it isn’t about anything more than making it out and making it back. If you can buy that, then SuperCore was my hero yesterday. I was hunting Midway. The food plots out there have finally filled out a bit. … Continue reading →
Angus Scores Buck Opening Weekend
When I committed to building the additions to deer camp, I knew there would be at least one Deer Opener that would deeply impacted. This was the one. This was the Thoughtful Spot just before we convened on Opening Eve, 2024: Here is what The Thoughtful Spot looked like coming … Continue reading →
The Turkey’s Back
The big ol’ Gobbler that I took last spring is back from the taxidermist and I’m very impressed. I picked him up Sunday on the way home from muzzleloader hunting. The taxi is named David Noem of Noem’s Wildlife Artistry. If you look on his right leg you can see … Continue reading →
Early Muzzleloader Season, 2025
This is the obligatory KY ML Season post. I notice that there are several already on this date over the years. I won’t bore you with anything but the essentials. First off, per usual, no wildlife was harmed. That nearly goes without saying. I can’t tell you the exact year … Continue reading →
The Steel Goes On
Here’s an update from the construction. Last Friday, they installed the steel beams in the basement. These will hold up the Great Room. Views: 11 Related posts: Trip to the farm Pouring Footers Yute Season, 2024 DaFarm: Week 1 Progress Return to Turkey Camp The Basement Pour We’re topped out! … Continue reading →
Mooselette Bags Her 1st Deer
A guy like me has passed some milestones in his life: marriages, births, your son’s first deer. Mooselette and I passed a big one yesterday together. She killed her first deer. Yesterday was the Yute Opener in KY. They’ve extended the early season so it runs for a whole week, … Continue reading →
Announcement: I think I’ve fixed email
I’ve been having trouble sending out emails announcing new posts from Genesis9:2-4 Ministries. I’m not sure when it stopped working. However, this is a test post to see if y’all are getting the announcement. If you receive this: 1) Visit genesis9.angzva.com and catch up on prior posts2) Send an email … Continue reading →