Latest Success
 Hey
Jon I just wanted to let you know how my hunt went. I had a great
hunt. It is very easy to sum up. On the days when the weather was
cool, deer activity was high. I passed on 5-10 bucks on some days. I
ended up shooting this 3 yo old 8 pointer during a snow storm at the
end of my hunt. "Well 4" of snow qualifies as a storm for a
Louisiana Boy." I have also included a couple of nice trail cam pics.
The 10 pt. is the deer that we talked about. I can't wait until next
year. I only hope that it can equal this great trip. Thanks for all
the help. Jacob F
Previous Deer Harvest
Jon and John,
We arrived 2 days early so we could do a little looking around.
Scouting day one:
-woke up to 4inches of snow "we thought that was pretty cool"
-rode in the truck for a while (saw 3 possible shooters and some
doe)
-took dad to a stand site I had scouted 2 months prior. Saw 9 deer
(2 small bucks) in 5 minutes at this set up," dad thought that was
pretty cool also." beautiful site to see them against snowy
backdrop.
-secured that stand and one other on a nearby farm.
-rode the roads at dark and saw 0 deer
Scouting day two:
-rode roads at daylight and didn't see much.
-scouted a couple of "new to me properties." found a lost bird dog,
"Spot" on one of these brought Spot to the motel and feed him. "Spot
was hungry!!!" later I was able to contact his owner. Spot's
real name was Duke. he had been lost for 6 days and was 8 miles from
where he was lost. Duke's daddy came all the way from Kentucky to
retrieve him. I even got invited to a 2005 Kent. bow hunt. "Pretty
good deal for a good deed!!"
-rode roads again at dark- saw lots of deer and a true Mid-west
Giant.
 Hunt
day 1
-12 degrees "cold for a Cajun" but beautiful morning.
-little deer activity did see a nice shooter being chased by local
drivers, he ran right
through one of our properties.
Hunt day 2
-16 degrees "still cold for a Cajun"
-saw a few doe early but still no buck activity
-1:30pm things changed in a hurry. I was able to shoot a buck that I
had seen on my scouting trip 2 months earlier. He was in the little
grassy draw that I thought he would be in. We est. live weight at
275lbs. We have no experience with this deer this
size but I think the est. is short if anything. he is an 8 point
that will gross right at 150.
A dream come true.
Hunt day 3
-20 degrees "still cold"
-Dad and I hunted together
-It took 10 minutes to finally see the deer that was walking in the
bottom below us. In the extremely low light of early morning I made
the
suggestion that he was a shooter. That was all dad needed to hear,
and he was down. What I didn't see in the low light, was the broken
main beam. Again est. weight 230 using the intact side as a guide he
would have scored in the mid 130's. Another very nice deer, even
better because I was able to share the experience with Dad.
Sorry I wasn't able to keep this letter as short and to the point as
usual. Too much drama, when big bucks are involved.
Thanks MAHA for another great hunting adventure. My check for next
year is already in the mail.
Sincerely, Jacob
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