I woke up this morning and started to feel the rush. Things were piling up.  I started getting that caged-animal feeling at 0400. I went down to the Reloading Cave and sharpened knives, and cased up some of the deer rifles. The Opener is just a week away. The whole … Continue reading →
After a looooong delay, KYDFWR has finally got the updated 2018-2019 deer regs published. What’s in: You can now bag up to 4 deer on your KY deer tag– no more than one antlered animal. There are a bunch of zone changes– a lot of counties went up a zone. … Continue reading →
. . . and not due until mid-September. Views: 0 Related posts: Updated KY Deer Regs are Posted How Do I Know a Deer is Coming? Indiana Deer Rifle Changes Nixed 2009 Deer Goals Whitetail Deer — What is Overkill Anyway? If Somebody Gave me $6500 to go hunt … Continue reading →
Wondering why the 2018-2019 KY Fall Hunting Guides aren’t out yet? From Facebook: Views: 4 Related posts: Spring Turkey Rules are Out! Kentucky Fall Rules are Out Kentucky Fall Rules Are Out It’s Out! KDFWR Releases Spring 2020 Rules KY Spring Rules are Posted Indiana Passes New Deer … Continue reading →
I had a doe bring her fawn up into the yard at camp yesterday, and it got caught on the security cameras. It looked like the fawn was running for the meatpole. Little bugger! He’ll be swinging from there soon enough. He doesn’t need to be there yet. Views: 0 … Continue reading →
I was playing around with the camp’s deer log, and I cooked up some charts to display some of the data. Most of the concepts are not new to you. First off, let’s look at the barometer and see how it has influenced our deer harvest:Â (Click on the graphs … Continue reading →
NOTE: 10/3/2021 Well, Hoop-de-Do! I found them.   I was beginning to despair. I discovered that these Art Landers columns had disappeared when KYForward.com folded tent a while back. However, I discovered copies of them on the Wayback Machine. I snagged copies in PDF. Enjoy! Here is a great 2-part … Continue reading →
It’s over. Turkey Season still has another week to go, but it is over at our camp. Angus tagged out. He pulled 2 gobblers off the west side of Gobbler’s Knob SuperCore was benched for the season with pneumonia. I never got a shot. I’m not sure a gobbler ever … Continue reading →
I just thought y’all would like a pic of a truly beautiful day at the Thoughtful Spot. It’s on the cusp of Spring Gobbler Season. It’ll probably hit 70 today. There are gobblers gobbling like crazy. It also shows off my new panorama viewer. Views: 0 Related posts: Report from … Continue reading →
The Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission met March 23 in Frankfort and made multiple recommendations related to deer, waterfowl and migratory bird seasons. It also proposed changes to some nonresident license and permit fees. Additional information about these recommended changes is provided below. The commission recommends hunting, fishing and boating … Continue reading →
NOTE:Â The locations of the NWS long range predictions has changed I’ve written before about my love/hate relationship with long range weather forecasting. I can’t really believe it, but I can’t help watching. It goes back to my earliest days, reading the Farmer’s Almanac. It never seemed to be … Continue reading →
Back in 2001, when we got the farm, I quickly realized that 200 acres was a big place. I also realized that unless I got on top of the problem, the family was going to have trouble describing where they were, or where they intended to hunt. I set about … Continue reading →
With 6 days left of season, SuperCore ended the 2017 with a shot on a doe in The Garden of Stone. I had slept in and was just drinking my coffee as I heard the shot back at camp, and started getting dressed for the trip out when the walkie-talkie … Continue reading →
