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Kentucky Crossbow Changes 5 (5)

Posted on June 22, 2018 by shamanAugust 6, 2021 3

Starting in 2019, Kentucky will be liberalizing its Crossbow Season for deer. The changes were adopted last week: Major Changes to Kentucky Crossbow Season for 2019-2020 Here are the details: MAJOR CHANGES TO KENTUCKY CROSSBOW SEASON FOR 2019-2020 The KDFWR Commission met on Friday, June 15, 2019. Kentucky Crossbow Federation … Continue reading →

It’s All in the Name 0 (0)

Posted on February 5, 2018 by shamanFebruary 3, 2023

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 →

A Decade without Bow Hunting 0 (0)

Posted on September 4, 2017 by shamanJuly 29, 2021

This weekend marks the beginning of the tenth season since I stopped bowhunting. Yes, I miss it, but not as much as I thought I would. The incident that did it was actually back in July. I’d been using a DIY strength trainer for years– 3 screen door springs and … Continue reading →

A Long Time Coming 0 (0)

Posted on March 19, 2017 by shamanJuly 24, 2020 1

Back in 2013, Angus was enjoying his last deer season as a Yute. I had him positioned with his older brother, Moose in a ground blind at Lazy Boy. He was too big for the buddy stand anymore. I was at Campground, about a quarter-mile away. Angus and I both … Continue reading →

Woke up this morning (and bought myself a gun) 0 (0)

Posted on January 15, 2017 by shamanJanuary 14, 2021

It’s raining graupel this morning. It’s above freezing; the little ice balls are hitting the roof and making such a racket that it woke me up. This is not the sort of day for thinking about turkey hunting, but there it is. The switch inside my head has but two … Continue reading →

Eight weeks and Counting 0 (0)

Posted on September 17, 2016 by shamanJuly 29, 2021 1

I just watched the countdown timer cross the 8-week mark. It’s now exactly 2 months to the start of Kentucky’s Modern Weapons Season. I stayed home from the farm overnight. It was going to be hot and muggy and thunderstorms have been moving through since sundown Friday. I’ve been busy … Continue reading →

PODCAST: The Galloping Gobbler 0 (0)

Posted on March 27, 2016 by shamanAugust 5, 2021 1

Over Easter, I was finally able to make it back down to Turkey Camp. It was a quiet morning at the new Honey Hole when all of a sudden. . . Podcast — The Galloping Gobbler Click on the link. It runs about about a 1/2 hour right after I … Continue reading →

Requiem for the Honey Hole 0 (0)

Posted on January 27, 2016 by shamanJanuary 26, 2023

For the past ten years, I have spent a good deal of time out at The Honey Hole. The Honey Hole has been my goto spot for both Turkey Hunting as well as my pre-season recording sessions that end up in my podcasts. It has been a fantastic spot to … Continue reading →

Scotty’s Birthday 0 (0)

Posted on October 13, 2015 by shamanJuly 29, 2021

Scotty is turning 13 this month. Scotty’s decided that a squirrel hunting trip was a perfect birthday gift. So, he approached me to see what all it would take. No one in the family had received Hunter’s Ed, so there was an overnight trip down to a class down in … Continue reading →

Now THAT was 8lbs of Powder! 5 (1)

Posted on June 3, 2015 by shamanMay 19, 2023

I just purchased an 8 lb container of H4895. When I went looking, Brownells had the best price I could find: $210.44 delivered. Brownell’s cancelled the order right after I placed it. I guess somebody finally got around to looking on the shelf and realized they were out. Graf’s was … Continue reading →

PODCAST: Yute Season 2015 0 (0)

Posted on April 5, 2015 by shamanApril 7, 2021

This is my first Yute Season in many years where I did not have a yute to bring with me. Angus is now too old, and grandaughteer #1, Mooselette, just turned 3. She and I have been hunting turkeys in the backyard when she comes to visits. It must be … Continue reading →

Life with O.P. 5 (1)

Posted on December 17, 2014 by shamanDecember 3, 2020

Of course you know about my buddy O.T., the old turkey hunter that runs the mower shop and his brother O.D. the expert deer hunter that holds court at the store in Browningsville. The brother I met first,however, was O.P. , the baby of the bunch. O.P. has a trailer … Continue reading →

Shotgun Vs. Rifle 5 (15)

Posted on December 7, 2014 by shamanNovember 20, 2025 6

I have been getting a lot of flak over my recent article on Indiana moving to centerfire rifle for deer in 2015. Fewer, but still a few, folks have been complaining to me about Ohio’s move to Pistol Caliber Rifles (PCR). I would like to set the record straight. 1) … Continue reading →

Random Thoughts on the Opener 0 (0)

Posted on October 30, 2014 by shamanJuly 30, 2021

Now that I have been writing this weblog for a decade, it is easy for me to go back and see what I was thinking and doing in the run-up to the Rifle Openerin previous years. Even before that, I have been dealing with getting ready for Deer Camp since … Continue reading →

Asking about H4895 0 (0)

Posted on September 29, 2014 by shamanJuly 29, 2021

From 24HourCampfire.com leomort Campfire Ranger Loc: Indiana Hello shaman, I seen your post regarding H4895 on the Gunwriters section and on your website. I’m brand new to reloading. Only have two cartridges: 223rem and 308win. I’m looking to simplify my reloading by only stock one powder if … Continue reading →

Ten Year Anniversary 0 (0)

Posted on August 31, 2014 by shamanJuly 28, 2021 1

It was August 2004. My job was stagnant. The solder factory was up for sale, and all my big projects had been put on indefinite hold. I did not have much to do, but the company still needed me and the pay was good. I just had to figure out … Continue reading →

Write it down 0 (0)

Posted on July 11, 2014 by shamanAugust 1, 2024

I was talking to Moose the other day. He’s now in his late Twenties. He has a family and a job. We were trying to reminisce about the early days of hunting together. We realized how much of it was gone. We remember all the big things. We both remember … Continue reading →

Remembering the Monarch 0 (0)

Posted on June 15, 2014 by shamanNovember 23, 2020 1

The other day I was down at camp. There was not a whole lot to do. It was hot. I went in and sat in the recliner next to the air conditioner and tried to take a nap. I looked up and saw the mount of “The Monarch” and started … Continue reading →

The Last 30-06 Arrives 0 (0)

Posted on June 10, 2014 by shamanAugust 6, 2021 1

Thursday Well, the shaman’s last 30-06 arrived. They called from Hibberd’s in Cleves. The rifle was in. I went over to pick it up. John slid out the box, and then it hit hit me: Exactly when did I do this last? It’s funny, but I could not figure out … Continue reading →

The shaman and the Last 30-06 0 (0)

Posted on June 4, 2014 by shamanAugust 3, 2021 3

But … aint many troubles that a man cain’t fix with seven hundred dollars and his thirty ought six. –Lindy Cooper Wisdom Grandpa’s Wisdom I do not usually spend years making up my mind about a deer rifle. However, it was 2007 when I first began to contemplate what I … Continue reading →

PODCAST: Angus Rolls the Gob 0 (0)

We’re just in from Turkey Camp– end of Week #1 of KY Spring Gobbler Season.

In between doing battle with the gobblers, I’ve been trying to edit down the podcast of Angus’ last hunt as a yute. It was a challenge– a lot of wind noise in the original sound. Some of it may sound a little funky, and there were three setups before we finally got a shot at a gobbler.

Let me know what you think

PODCAST: Angus Rolls the Gob PT 1

PODCAST: Angus Rolls the Gob PT 2

PODCAST: Angus Rolls the Gob PT 3

NOTE: You may find that the links load slowly. If so, try right-clicking on them and downloading them to your system before playing

The Last Yute Hunt — Angus Bags a Bird 5 (1)

Posted on April 13, 2014 by shamanMarch 18, 2026

If we had given up and gone in at 0900, we would have still counted it a success. This was the last hunt Angus was going to make as a youth hunter. Around 0830 this morning, a gobbler honored one of my calls way way out. He was well off … Continue reading →

Yute Hunt 2014 0 (0)

Posted on April 7, 2014 by shamanAugust 6, 2021

This is the start of Angus’ last Spring Gobbler season as a Yute. He turns 16 in a couple of weeks. I bought him all his youth licenses and tags yesterday— they’re good until the end of the year. However, after next weekend he will be hunting on his own … Continue reading →

The Run-up to Spring 0 (0)

Posted on February 8, 2014 by shamanAugust 5, 2021

I once opined that if you took me off my 200 acre plot, I probably would not be a all that great a turkey hunter. However, I was probably the best there was on that one 200 acre patch in KY. So far, no one has come forward to dispute … Continue reading →

And So It Ends Again 0 (0)

Posted on November 26, 2013 by shamanAugust 3, 2021

If you had told me twenty years ago that I would be sitting here, the week before Thanksgiving with 5 deer taken off my property, and a 188 lb buck of my own in the freezer I would have been ecstatic. Here it is, the Monday after season, and I … Continue reading →

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