Pittsburgh boys head to Ohio!!!!!

The Pittsburgh boys headed down to Ohio for some farm hunting fun! Our host was Kenny "big hillbilly" and we would like to thank him for the hospitality and Ray Martin as well for allowing us to come on down and hunt. Day one of the hunt started off with arrows flying around the farm. I had a buck down within the first half hour of the hunt. My buck was not a bruiser, but he is my first buck ever and I was very happy with him! He was not very wide, but had some very good height to him.

The last picture shows the awesome enterance wound of the rage 2 blade. My shot got both lungs, the heart, and broke the opposite shoulder. He only ran 60-80 yards before dying.

Bryant got a whack at doe the very first morning as well, but neglected to hit any vitals. We unfortunately were unable to find the deer. That afternoon however he managed to put a good shot on her baby button buck when he came back to find his mommy! Bryant said before the hunt, "I am trophy hunting this year". His statement proved true when he drug this 17 lb 14 oz beast out of the woods on the first afternoon hunt.
In this picture if you look closely you can see the milk on the deers lips!
From this angle you can see what appears to be a rope on the deer. This was said to be the umbilical cord.The lady at the check in station said that it was not necessary to check in coyotes, but we assured her that it was indeed a deer.

Tyson "Tux" had a really nice shot on a 6-point buck but he failed to tell the deer he was supposed to die after all the blood was drained from his body. We followed an awesome blood trail that a Helen Keller could have followed for over a mile and we never found the Buck.

All in all the trip was a blast and we all had fun! Bryant is still trophy hunting until Wednesday so we will see if he can bring home a bruiser!

The Ken "Big Hillbilly" Hunting Extraviganza!!!!!!!!!

Well Boys lucky for you the weather has pushed a little cold front in. Looks like the time you will be here the temp will stay at or below 65 degrees during the day and push in to the mid-to high 30's at night. Not to mention that the sunday the 4th of oct is a full moon. The conditions look prime for the pre-rut to start. I think that we will have to take a few man trips beside the hunting. One to the Der Dutchman for a wonderful breakfast buffet. Sunday night will be a cook out wich we will make a dry run of Rays turporken turkey around a chicken around pork loin with stuffing, Baked beans, Pasta salad, Cheesse potatos and pies from the Der Dutchman. Then the Therman Cafe it made the man vs. food look at new youtube clips. But this should be a fun week of manly activities.

Opening day!!!!! Ohio

Here are two doe's that are hanging out at your food source here in Ohio Ryan. Looks like evenings will be hot in this stand. Opening day here in Ohio was a rainy and humid day. I seen two bucks one was a shooter that was out to far. The other was not a shooter and was still two far out. I also got winded by a doe. My old man seen two doe's that were 75 yards behind me but I was in a ground blind and did not see them nor did they come in range. Everyone else said the woods were dead and I have to believe with as hot as it was they beded down in a food source like the corn and didn't move much.

New York Trip!

To avoid the G-20 my wife and I went to Kent, NY to get away. We decided to go fishing at Oak Orchard Creek and I managed to land my first salmon on a fly rod. It was not exactly fair hooked, but for my first one, I don't really care. I believe it to be around 20-25 pounds. The picture unfortunately does not do it justice! It had some huge girth to it.

5 yards out side my blind!!!!!!

This is just a little of what I hope to see out of my blind Opening day. Think I'll pass on that little guy though.

Spring 2009 Turkey

Just so you guys can get a look at the turkey I bagged this year. He's got a 7-inch beard and weighed 18 lbs. I shot him out of Ken's ground blind. He came in at full strut after my decoys. He came in to about 7 yards and I whacked him with my bow. Great turkey and I look forward to doing it all over again with my bow next year!!

New Ghille Suit!

I have added a new threat to my deer hunting arsenal. This proved to be helpful when I dropped the doe on opening day from 25 yards. I was standing in the open and she never saw me!