From Pennsylvania on Deer HuntingSecond Whitetail
This year I was unsure if I would be able to make my annual whitetail and upland bird hunt so I tried the early muzzleloader season. Also, I chose to make my reservations based on aerial photos of four farms in the area I stayed at instead of asking for your recommendations. The first farm proved to be a good choice, because after 2 hours of ground scouting and hunting I shot a 10 point whitetail buck in full velvet that was in a tall grass field along a bean field. The next several days I spent scouting the other farms I picked to hunt for future hunts. I spotted deer on each farm, also rubs and watched a nice 8 point work a licking branch and work on a scrape along another bean field. I also heard coyotes every morning and evening and I need to spend time hunting predators while I was here. Gary Gary sent these pictures along of the area he harvested his buck. The captions were that written on the back of each.
First Deer with MAHAJon, I have been anticipating writing this letter and the time has come.
Early Friday morning the winds picked up and at pre-dawn they were 35 MPH and gusting. Not wanting to waste a vacation day I set out at midmorning hoping for the best and receiving it after 30 minutes of walking on the property. I tried locating a sheltered area from the winds and decided the area around an old abandoned homestead had the right looking cover. Within a hour after leaving the truck I jumped two bucks by a fallen down out building and took the larger of two. Going back to the truck to get the cart I happened upon the landowner checking his cattle. I informed him of my success and [he] offered to help me and even cut down several small trees allowing me to drive right up to my buck requiring no dragging. This hunting season has been a personal achievement of mine a reality, a nice gobbler this spring, this very nice buck and the rest of my hunting vacation spent with my good friend and hunting buddy having a great time quail hunting. Thanks again, Gary
No WhitetailBelow is a letter from a hunter that has not been successful at mid-west whitetail hunting. He tells the simple truth of just what the difference is between seeing the trophy and tagging one. Jon Nee Want to let you know that my first Kansas whitetail rifle season was a good time. As a 3d year member, I have tried to hunt the game that appeals to me in both Missouri and Kansas, archery and rifle. The pre-season scouting is a bonus for finding the habitat I prefer to hunt. The first day of the season I saw the biggest rack in the field, but couldn't put it together to get a shot, and had seen two other large racks that day, one was a broken half rack. The last evening of my hunt I had 3 bucks feeding in my area and if I were hunting in my home state of Pennsylvania the 6 and 8 pointers would have been good shooter bucks there. The reason I keep coming back here to hunt is because of the photos other members send in on their successful hunts. In three years I have been able to put myself on land that has big bucks on them, without any guide taking me out and setting me in a spot to wait for the big boy to come thru. I get to hunt the way I chose which is important to me. Be back next season, Gary
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Jon,
I want to thank you for your effort thru the association,
assisting me during my whitetail hunts in [location deleted]. This year I once
again went to the farm I first hunted as a member hoping the pre-season scouting
and sightings would produce, but the bad weather the night before the season
opened started with high winds, rain and wet snow in the area of [location
deleted] that I was hunting shut down the game activity for two days I hunted
this farm. A call to the office and after our conversation about the several
good bucks the landowner told you spotting while working his fields I reserved
the property for two days.
