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Feel better Cynthia.

Last two day I saw a few bucks and doe. Jumped a big one bedded with a doe. Shooter for sure. Cool incident yesterday morning. Biggest flock of Turkey Ive seen in a long time. A fisherCat came through and stirred up the Turkeys that were rooted or coming of of roost. He heads my way and sets up in some thick brush. The flock of Turkey start coming my way. Im saying he is going to catch one. The flock was about 25. They get to me and start scratching all around some drifting off too far. This one bird is heading right for the Fisher. Closing the distance the bird is warned by one of the older hens. I see these hens watching out for the group by jumping up on logs and looking around. She must of saw movement and sounded the alarm. The woods lit up with Turkey chatter and the Fisher took off. It was pretty cool. Turkey 1 Fisher 0!

No wind 28 degrees. Headed out in a bit. Warm temps coming in I may take a few mornings off, this hunting everyday beats the shit out of me....lol

I passed on that nice 8 pt two days ago hoping for something bigger. Had a mishap last night with a much larger buck which would of been my biggest bow buck. Ok so I head out this morning. Great morning for sure . In stand and look up to my food plots and see a giant buck. Biggest deer of my life. He starts walking through the plot and hits one of my logging roads. I see him messing with a rub but I hear another deer. It's a doe headed right for me. That is what he was following she turns and heads east 20 yards below me. I'm ready the buck starts to move and does the same thing. I'm full dram for about a half minute I need two more steps. He commits and the arrow flys right under him. I feel like my follow through sucked and I dropped the bow. She ran for a ways back to food plots and he trotted off after her. I don't think he was spooked. My brother has a 140 buck mounted at my cabin. This deer was much bigger. You probably think I was crazy but I think it might push 160. Rack has 10 perfect point that are long, has mass and spread. I'll call him the "once in a life time buck" he was that big. I hung for another 2 hrs and had two more bucks chasing does. Here is a video of a small guy chasing. BTW in the video you see a small creek. The buck I missed was on the side closest to me. I'm frustrated at myself for these screw ups. I guess it's what keeps us coming back. Be safe guys, Bucks are on their feet!

So I let that 8 pt walk last night. Go to the same stand 4:00. Put out a wick of Golden Estorous. 10 minutes later a shooter comes walking in the same way the 8 pt did last night. Stops 20 yards behind a tree I draw and my finger hits the release. Arrow flies out at 1/4 draw bangs against a tree. He stops knows something is up and drifts off. Wish video was better but he was a big one. Way outside his ears when walking away.

What a morning. Hard frost by me no wind. !!!!

Hey ended up getting 5g TMobile router. It is awesome for internet and tv. $45 bucks per month them my personal subscriptions to channels.

Had this 8 pt come by at 4:45. Real nice buck as wide as his ears just too small not enough mass. He will be awsome next year if he makes it. Also had a buck grunting and trashing some trees in the brush by me. This weekend should be good!

9WT for sure Orvis reel is nice. That was my set up years ago. Caught many Bluefish and Bonito on it. Hell of a fight. Have fun!

My corn is still standing. Around one side the adjacent road has 14 new scrapes on it. Not getting much on my trail cameras. Nice rub from today.

My corn is still standing. Around one side the adjacent road has 14 new scrapes on it. Not getting much on my trail cameras. Nice rub from today.

Thank you. I do see diagonal wood braces non the wall. I will question it for sure.

What should Iook for?

The old wood stove goes up there along with a few electrical baseboards.

Moving right along!

From Saturday to the evening hunt Sunday 9 new scrapes were opened up. Here is one of them. Glad to see this action starting even with the warm temps!

Happy Birthday!

It's a monolithic slab. Goes from a foot around the edges to 4 inches in center. Rebar all throughout.

My first deal fell through and thought it wouldn't be built until next spring. When buying the tractor the owner gave me the name of a contractor that specializes in barns/garages. Called and he had a window to build so I took it. 24 x 32 Gambrel style. Big 4 x 4 windows, 16' overhead door and 1 exterior door. Board and Baton siding. 10' walls. Green metal roof to match my house. Stairs to the loft that will be a finished room for guests. Exciting to see the walls go up today!

Nice 5 pt from yesterday. As soon as he passed me he caught my scent. It was classic.

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Just a little update on Teddi. She is thriving at WP. All her classes are going well with the exception of Russian. Why she took Russian her first year is beyond me. She likes challenges. She is a member of the Sandhurst team. ( Sandhurst was started in 1967 when RMAS presented West Point with a British Officer's sword to use as the prize for a competition to promote military excellence. It wasn't until 1975 that the competition began to resemble its current form with teams taking part in different challenges to test their military skills.) Last week she was Cadet of the week. We have been having a ball at the football games Tailgating and feeding at times 15 Cadets. It has been a wonderful experience. Go Army beat Navy!

Just got in from tracking a bear the last three hours. Neighbors granddaughter shot it around 5:00. They thought it was a good shot. Good blood in the beginning then started to peeter out. Would keep on finding blood but much further out than last. Spent 3 hours they will go back in the am. It wash scratching a tree when she shot, probably grazed the chest is my guess.

It's pretty big and has a huge tail?

Happy Birthday.