Stone Branch, build it, they will come.

George · Nov 20, 2021

Thanks guys.

Native Hunter said:
Awesome G. Great deer and couldn’t happen to a more worthy habitat guy.

Habitat season won't have to wait till the end of January to get started this year. Good luck with the rest of your hunt. I have deer scraps, guts in buckets, and traps to boil.

G

Merle Hawggard · Nov 20, 2021

Awesome G, congrats!

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Elkaddict · Nov 20, 2021

Way to go George! I know you have the perfect shaped custom knife to take care of it. I’m packing one of your knives today

George · Nov 23, 2021

Thanks guys.

Elkaddict said:
Way to go George! I know you have the perfect shaped custom knife to take care of it. I’m packing one of your knives today

And I see that you may have used your's, congratulations.

I knew Target 10 was 140+ gross and 140- net before I killed him, turns out 140.875 gross and 139 net. I'm going to take him to my expensive taxidermist in Michigan and start a Kentucky wall.

Nephew Grant sent me some pictures from his and my brother Gary's lease in Indiana.

Bro called me at 7:30 am Friday morning as he was coming to grips with what just happened. He finally got the monkey off his back, in a big way. They were talking 20" of non-typical points, 50" of mass, and 185" gross?

Last pictures of Young 10. I heard of a 10 going down on the ridge east of me, I may have lost him.

G

ng270 · Nov 23, 2021

Beautiful buck G. Hunting those ridges can be easy but most of the time it's not. Congrats on pulling it off on the buck you wanted!

dogghr · Nov 23, 2021

Slow getting caught up. Nice big woods buck. Congrats !!

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deer patch · Nov 23, 2021

Congrats. Is that an e-bike I see in the background? If so, how does it work in those hills?

George · Nov 24, 2021

ng270 said:
Beautiful buck G. Hunting those ridges can be easy but most of the time it's not. Congrats on pulling it off on the buck you wanted!

Thanks ng270, who is your hunt going?

dogghr said:
Slow getting caught up. Nice big woods buck. Congrats !!
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Thanks Doug, I was wondering where you were.

deer patch said:
Congrats. Is that an e-bike I see in the background? If so, how does it work in those hills?

Thanks deer patch, that is a Trek mountain bike, pedal powered.

G

ng270 · Nov 24, 2021

George said:
Thanks ng270, who is your hunt going?

G

It's been slow for us. We spent the better part of three days at it, twice. Adult bucks have been moving some at night, but only one 3 yo in the daylight on camera one afternoon. #1 buck has been a no show since a few days before firearms opened. May be dead as I don't know all of the neighbors well enough to be sure I'd hear about it right away. My daughter took a coyote, and a young feller I hosted shot a doe (his first deer) one evening so it's not been a bad year, just not much movement from the bigger boys. We'll try again a little later.
Pic from Sept, since it's what I've got handy.

George · Nov 24, 2021

That looks like a good one, good luck with the rest of your season.

G

Neahawg · Nov 25, 2021

Very nice!

Mennoniteman · Nov 27, 2021

Nice looking meat pole. No pics of loin steaks,

George said:
I got into the Amphitheater of Hunting stand last evening. At 5 pm a big girl was out feeding in the little food plot that I put in up on the ridge top.

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Then the Target 10 showed up dogging the big girls daughter. Around and around they went in the thick staging area.

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He snort wheezed and I then snort wheezed back at him and he moved to the east where I had an unobstructed view between trees.

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After the shot Momma came back over the ridge to find a dead buck and in time to watch me shoot her daughter.

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This is the morning after picture that I envisioned in my mind when I bought Stone Branch.

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G

Triple C · Dec 1, 2021

G - Just catching up on your thread. Congrats on getting it done! Beautiful buck brother. Agree with NH...Couldn't happen to a better and more dedicated habitat guy.