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 →
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 →
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 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Moose, Mooselette, and I went to the farm over the weekend. There was lots happening. When I pulled up Friday noon, there were more truck parked along the road than I’ve ever seen. It looked like an auction or something. It was the concrete contractor making maximum effort to get … Continue reading →
After I got done documenting the basement pour with the drone, I had a chance to fly it out and take pictures of all the food plots. So far, there has been no germination, but there’s more rain coming. Views: 18 Related posts: Deer Season Post-Mortem, 2017 Mr Whelen Tags … Continue reading →
Yesterday we poured the basement. It took 7 trucks and a pumper to get it done. Views: 70 Related posts: Trip to the farm Pouring Footers Yute Season, 2024 DaFarm: Week 1 Progress Return to Turkey Camp We’re topped out! Week 3 Highlights Week 6 Highlights
Continue reading →Foxtrot Charlie is back from British Columbia, this time with a stone sheep. Here’s the whole story and lots of pics: The Scoop on the Stone Sheep Views: 7 Related posts: Foxtrot Charlie Nails a Ram Deer Opener 2017 The Shaman Bags an 8-Pointer in KY Rifle Evolution of a … Continue reading →
I don’t know if y’all have caught on, but we have been seeing an overall reduction in deer numbers during the past several seasons. I was talking with my neighbor last year and blamed him fully for it– but in the nicest way possible. You see, he moved in a … Continue reading →
I found myself last Wednesday afternoon camped out on the back of the house next to this. For me, that pretty much said it all. I’d spent twenty-some year sitting up in my Thoughtful Spot, dreaming up this humongous project, and now it was time for both me and the … Continue reading →
As I left the farm yesterday, the dozer operator was a good 6 feet down at the house and well on his way to finishing the basement by dark. The contractor had just removed 2 feet of bathroom from the back of the house so everything would be flush across … Continue reading →
I thought I’d fill you in on how things are going at the farm regarding all the new construction. First off, the Garage is all but done. I’ll get some pics when it’s fully cleaned out and operational, but we now have a working bathroom and kitchen. We are on … Continue reading →
We’ve been down at the farm quite a bit recently. It’s time to get caught up with y’all. We’re chugging along getting the food plots in order. We have a target of 32 1/4-acre plots to get done. 24 are mowed. 21 are tilled. 11 are fertilized. I’ll be letting … Continue reading →
The Fall 2025 Kentucky Hunting and Trapping Guide got posted to the KYDFWR website a couple of weeks ago. Click on the image to get the whole thing. The big change this year is the Yute Season for deer in October has been extended for the whole week and into … Continue reading →
I was looking on the KDFWR site to see if the fall rules had come out and happened upon this page. Check it out. Deer Hunting Stats It has all sorts of charts and maps and such about deer hunting in KY. One chart that caught my eye: Bracken County … Continue reading →
I found a cool tool. Ever wonder which way the wind blows at your stand? No, I don’t mean sticking your finger up. I mean, statistical historical data on exactly how often the wind blows from a given direction near your hunting location. I’m talking wind roses. Here are the … Continue reading →
I’ve never fully written down the experience of acquiring the rifle from O.T. I probably should have while it was still fresh. The details fade over time. What I can say now is that the trip was easily the most poignant experience I’ve had in 40-some years of hunting. I’d … Continue reading →
Blue Grass Energy (sounds like a band, donit?) was out on Friday to hook up power to the garage. We’ve been patiently waiting since spring for this blessed occasion. They had to replace the pole with a bigger one, install a transformer and finish running the service from the garage … Continue reading →
We got to work on the ATV in order to get it ready for food plots. Moose and I got things working and tested with Blacksmith along for encouragement. First off, we needed boom sprayer: That goes on the back. For the front, I ordered an ATV Spreader: BTW: If … Continue reading →
It was a busy weekend for us on a lot of fronts. First off, Supercore decided to donate his ATV to camp. He’s still coming out for season, but he wanted to get the ATV out of his garage. It’s a 2016 Arctic Cat Alterra 450. It will become a … Continue reading →
I received the Kubota tractor Friday morning. Josh, the salesman, delivered it. He showed me briefly how to run it and then I took it on its maiden voyage, out mowing a path towards the Hollywood blind. Holy Cow! If I’d known how much fun it was, I’d have bought … Continue reading →
