This land is your land. This land is my land.
For many hunters like myself, the land acquisition phase of your whitetail program is quickly approaching. This year, I find myself in a real conundrum. I have lost access to two separate properties that were hunted in 2010. Both are being sold to new owners whom, either hunt themselves or are not interested in having hunters take to their woods. One property sold so quickly that we lost a buddy stand when the new owners moved in before we had a chance to remove the equipment. Quite frankly, it's like starting fresh. This coupled with the very poor corn planting
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Stumble It!
It was Saturday 23 April 2011 a couple of buddies of mine and one of my buddies daughter planned to turkey hunt together at our deer hunting club. The weather had a different plan for us as I woke up at 4:30 a.m. to a torrential rain storm. It being early in the season and with plenty of opportunities that remained I did what any fair weather turkey hunter would do and made my way back to bed.
Lets’ start with the fact that I’m a 24 year old senior college student, Spring break to someone in my shoes usually would have meant sand and beaches with plenty of cold drinks. Not to this guy, not because I couldn't go, it was because I had bigger and better plans in mind that involved leaves, trees and antlers, with the chance at unraveling a few turkey secrets.
Morgan Menke- Morgan is a young lady with a love of deer hunting. She was so excited to be in camp and I was excited to hunt with her and her father. The first evening after sighting in her gun we looked around at the ranch and all the deer. She was even more excited after that.
With the sun setting on the 2010/2011 hunting season, my thoughts of the bucks I chased all fall are as bright as ever. I am still running my trail cameras to monitor which bucks have made it and have a great chance of growing a year older.
