"Whitetail Hollow" - 90 Acres NE Oklahoma.
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Thank you dogghr. Don't think I am going to be praying for drought because I like it when we have big acorn production years because lots of great deer make it into the following year. I am afraid that this year with the acorn bust up on our place due to drought a bunch of nice up and comer type deer aren't going to make it...On figuring spots out I have a knack if I have had boots on the ground in the area. I put that stand up in August 2014 and just knew it was going to be a great producer and it has produced 3 of the 4 bucks we have taken so far. It sits geographically dead center between our North Plot and our south plot and is a good White Oak grove but it didn't produce acorns this year. Sitting on the couch sure sounded good but I chose to do something else instead
I was going "Hello, Hello, Todd, Hello" LOL
Thanks!
I have been talking and posting about that deer for a couple of years now. The thing about him was not his rack because we have others with bigger racks. It was all about age with this deer! Thank You
I knew it was just a matter of time Don. I think the acorn bust brought him back around because he did leave for more than 2 weeks in September and really just started coming back around looking for food. Thank You
Thank You...
I kicked myself in the butt because I didn't try to get on him quick last October before he left but we never had a good enough wind to try. This time with an northerly wind that switched to East while I was sitting I was able to take advantage of the situation and get in there. The drought is still a huge problem and now many of our mature trees are going dormant. Will be interesting to see if they come back next year. The pines are just flat out dying! Thank you and good luck to you this fall!
"seriously" is an interesting forum handle - did I know you over on the QDMA board?
The recovery was great the morning following the shot. I was so fortunate a coyote I got a picture of a mere 75 yards from him that night never located him and it was just cool enough to save the meat! Thank you for reading and posting...
Actually I think there are allot more than people realize...I have pictures of some real dandies on our deer lease. I got a picture of a great one on Home 10 the other night and friends share pictures from all around the county with me of deer that make the deer we have look like dinks... What county are you hunting?
Absolutely- I felt like I was following a soap opera for men with the history you had with him and other deer. The patience, perseverance and hard work you put into that moment makes it more than just "a deer" and "a deer hunt." And considering all that along with the fact the coyotes didn't get to him-- I'd say you must be living right!
I'm just sitting here hoping my insane work schedule lets me and the kids hunt when the rut starts, since I haven't been out yet and won't have a chance for at least another week and a half. Oh the joys of self-employment!
Dennis Duffy
Active Member
Nice buck! Congrats! Loved seeing the history on him leading up to the kill!
Oklabucks
New Member
We have a lease down in Atoka county about 7 miles east of Stringtown. I also hunt some family land in Pott county in between Prague and Shawnee. My oldest deer have come from our lease. My avatar is the oldest deer that I have gotten so far. I think it aged out at 6.5 years. At our Atoka county lease we have a traditional deer camp and just hanging out around the fire has become as fun to me as the actual hunt. My kids are starting to become old enough to be able to enjoy it too.
Thank you - I love having a history with a deer. That never really happened Pre-trailcam because I would just go and never really see the best the places had to offer because I would kill something with less age than I wanted to because I figured that was the best the place had to offer. Now I can get a real good feel for what is available and if something I have never gotten a picture of that is more mature than what I have pics of I know in an instant and can get the shot. Trail cameras are saving a bunch of younger deer allowing them to get age...I was just talking to someone at work and he said he used to just kill the first buck he saw but now he has a trail cam and he is seeing all these good bucks so he is a lot more picky. The age structure of bucks in Oklahoma is certainly increasing whether because of that or some other reason I don't know... Good luck when you start getting to go hunting! I have 2 jobs and one of them is Self employment but I make it a point since it is seasonal type work to be done before October 1st...Absolutely- I felt like I was following a soap opera for men with the history you had with him and other deer. The patience, perseverance and hard work you put into that moment makes it more than just "a deer" and "a deer hunt." And considering all that along with the fact the coyotes didn't get to him-- I'd say you must be living right!
It was certainly a "git r done" type situation. I knew he was going to leave pretty quickly from the area like usual so had to get after him when the getting was good... Thank you...
Thank you Dennis. Makes for great memories!
Have you ever been stopped by the po po in Stringtown? I certainly have but luckily have avoided a ticket...
What you described is exactly why we keep our deer lease. We have all the amenities down there with the electricity. Have to haul water but I fill our tank on our camper so we have nice hot showers and running water. We have a nice fire pit and we bought and had a tin shelter installed out there with our long picnic table under it so we can all eat together even in the rain. We have our scales and skinning area, archery and firearm target ranges and a creek that runs right beside and behind camp. Everyone gets along and we take the grandkids down to camp and deer hunt and we have some really nice deer to pursue down there with plenty of land to roam on. We will keep it as long as we are allowed to...
That's a real nice deer in your Avatar. Congrats!
Oklabucks
New Member
Thankfully I never was stopped but had the car in front and behind me pulled over there. Your camp sounds like us but we don't have electricity. We love it there. I don't plan on getting off the lease until forced to. We have an outhouse there which includes a shower that heats the water using propane and deep cycle batteries to run the pump that pumps out of a tote.
That sounds great!
The man who owns our deer lease owns over 16000 acres right there and he has it all broken up into different leases. Our lease was billed as about 1300 acres but now that we have been able to use Measure my land tools we have found it is closer to 1500 acres which is better for us. Of the 6 different leases we are second smallest but our lease has a separate entrance than all the others because you have to drive past the owners house to get to all the other leases on his 7 mile long driveway but we come in across an easement south of him. We also had an old house place on our lease that had electricity and we were able to make a deal with the electric company to move the electric for us at a cost to where we wanted our deer camp which was about 1/4 mile from where it was. All the other camps are solar, battery, and generator camps...
Drought at Home 10...
Clover patch...
Sawtooth
Depressions right next to pond edge are fish spawning beds...
Silver maple
Planted red oak near pond...this is the wet ground area...
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Clover patch...
Sawtooth
Depressions right next to pond edge are fish spawning beds...
Silver maple
Planted red oak near pond...this is the wet ground area...
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Loblollys
Bayou
Less than 1/2" rain in over 2 months and then Kansas shared a little overnight...hope it was soon enough to save some trees...
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Bayou
Less than 1/2" rain in over 2 months and then Kansas shared a little overnight...hope it was soon enough to save some trees...
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G3 Ranch
Well-Known Member
Decent rainfall for you, good deal. I managed just under an inch...we still need quite a bit more though.
