It has been a few weeks since I could post anything meaningful about the farm, and here it is, almost time to open Deer Camp. Let me get y’all caught up. Pre-Season This is the view from the stand at Hundred Acre Wood. As you know, I was feeling pretty … Continue reading →
The migration team at BlueHost seems to have cleaned up all the trouble left over from the move from FatCow. The site itself was moved two weeks ago. The problem was I could not make posts or add pics due to various problems encountered in the migration. Please take some … Continue reading →
After over a decade with FatCow as my web host, I am in the process of packing up and moving to its parent company BlueHost. The reasons for this move are better performance and fewer outages. The net result for you guys will be good, but there is going to … Continue reading →
I was preparing to write a report on this past weekend, and I looked up in the left corner and saw this post from last year. It’s not like that’s exactly what happened. Some of it, like the sighting-in of deer rifles, happened last weekend. We are planning to put … Continue reading →
Hunting Scrape Lines and Rub Lines? #18774460 09/20/23 OP tzone Campfire ‘Bwana T Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 45,943Just The Tip How many of you hunt scrapes and rub lines?I’ve not had much success seeing deer hit scrapes? I don’t get out to bow hunt much and by the time gun … Continue reading →
I have not felt much like writing for the past few weeks. There has been so much to do. However, I did finally manage to get back out to the farm and get some stuff done. I started off by building some shelves in the bedroom to take my hunting … Continue reading →
My mother died on Saturday. She was 96. She has been in Assisted Living for 12 years since Dad died. I’ve been visiting her nearly every day. When we got the farm, the original idea was that I’d be down on the weekend with the kids and she and Dad … Continue reading →
I have posted the last installment of this series. Enjoy. Views: 6 Related posts: The Sport of Not-Hunting for Deer A New Youtube — Ode to a 30-30 Part 1 Escape from Planet 4 MOA– Part 3 Escape from Planet 4 MOA– Part 5 A New Youtube — Ode to … Continue reading →
We were all down last weekend to camp for the fall Squirrel Opener. Moose managed a Hat Trick Saturday morning. I dug around and found one nearly like it from when Moose was still a teenager. Moose went on to dazzle us with some of the best meat I’ve ever … Continue reading →
I have another Youtube posted. Enjoy Views: 8 Related posts: A New Youtube — Ode to a 30-30 Part 3 The Sport of Not-Hunting for Deer The Shaman on Youtube A New Youtube — Ode to a 30-30 Part 1 Obeying the Voices Will AI Replace the Shaman? Eye Candy … Continue reading →
I just published a new installment on my Youtube Channel. Please have a look, and be sure to hit Notify and Subscribe. Views: 10 Related posts: The Savage Speaks Again The Shaman on Youtube Whitetail Deer — What is Overkill Anyway? What’s Wrong With Me? Escape from Planet 4 MOA– … Continue reading →
One of our camp’s most productive hunting venues is Jagendehütte, the hunting shed. It is the favorite haunt of our senior member, SuperCore. He spends most of rifle season in the shed and has pulled some of the camp’s biggest bucks out of there. It is also one of the … Continue reading →
This month marks the beginning of my 20th year doing the weblog. I’m starting something new, a Youtube Channel. In invite you to watch, and be sure to hit the notify and subscribe buttons. KYHillChick won’t let me buy another deer rifle unti this thing starts making money. Enjoy! Views: … Continue reading →
The weather was going to be ideal, so I took the opportunity to ride down to the farm and get some chores done. Most of the weekend was spent dealing with the water system. I ended up replacing the shallow well pump and some plumbing in the cistern, but I … Continue reading →
Now that I’m retired, I’ve been looking for something to keep me occupied. When Remnar was out a few summers ago, he brought along a drone and shot some really nice video of the farm. That idea stuck with me, so when I was asked what I wanted for my … Continue reading →
Ketucky’s 2023-2024 Hunting Guide is published Kentucky Fall Hunting Guide The big thing I see is that guys with less than 5 acres will need to start ponying up for licenses and tags. See below Views: 2 Related posts: KY Non-Resident Fees Hiked Know Thy Game, Know Thyself From the … Continue reading →
After I got my Pedersoli Brown Bess last year, I started realizing how different this was than any other firearm I owned. The ‘Bess was normally fed a diet of paper cartridges. A bore-sized roll of paper was created. The ball went down first. This was tied off on both … Continue reading →
Every year, my whole cabinet of deer rifles erupts with cries of “Take me!” One of the hardest things I have to do is come up with a final list of what’s going and what’s staying. Normally, I’m thinking about it starting 1 August as I’m pulling out rifles for … Continue reading →
Back over Memorial Day, I had the Brown Bess for an exercise to see what size ball shot the best. Last year, I was rather pressed for time and just took the conventional route and shot .69 ball using a paper cartridge. This would have been the standard load coming … Continue reading →
I dug up the head from my 2022 buck over Memorial Day Weekend and I’ve been cleaning and bleaching it. I let it dry all last week and today I mounted it on the wall. This all started back last November. As soon as I got home from deer camp, … Continue reading →
I made it down on Thursday– it’s great to be retired–and was able to spend Friday morning at the bench without interruption getting two projects figured out. 25-06 Mauser When my buddy, O.T., was about to pass, he let me buy his 25-06 custom Mauser. It is an easy rifle … Continue reading →
This is a project that really started a year and a half ago, just before I started Chemo. I had just purchased a Pedersoli Brown Bess musket and went looking for some black powder to feed it. None of my usual sources had any, and I the outlook was bleak. … Continue reading →
“Hunting 16 of 22 days and only getting one bird? Shaman, ol buddy! What went wrong?” Nothing went wrong. It all fell together. It just did not fall together in a pleasing way. Now that I’ve had a couple days in the recliner and a couple nights of 10+ hours … Continue reading →
It was a little over a year ago that I trudged out with a bird. The Cancer was back. I was starting Chemo in a few weeks. That might have been my last hunt. Here it is, a year later. The Cancer is gone. I’m still a little rocky from … Continue reading →
Things have been rough out here at the farm this season. Everything about the turkeys has been delayed. I have never hunted so many days in a season before, and I can tell you the action has generally been lousy. It was not until mid-week last week before I got … Continue reading →
