"Whitetail Hollow" - 90 Acres NE Oklahoma.
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Thanks lng...haven't had much time to post and reception is very spotty everywhere I hunt other than at home 10 which we haven't hunted yet even though something is wearing out the pines and cedars over there...need to take my bow and see what it is...
The ailments have good and bad days. The day my wife took her deer was so-so but she really wanted to try so I walked her to the closest stand we had to a road and on level ground and made sure she was situated before I left her...the wind was not perfect for it but as I have mentioned in other threads my wife never seems to have the "getting winded" problem like I do...
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Thank you 3C...when I saw the dates for this years ML and Rifle seasons I knew it was going to be a special time...
We hope the best of the season is yet to come!
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Naw, just have a passion for this stuff...the weather has turned off for the worse now but last weekend was the stuff dreams are made of...thank you...
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Was checking trail cam images this afternoon since it is way too hot to hunt and lady bugs and wasp and yellow jackets basically trapped us in our house because it was 83 today...the trail cam at the stand where my wife shot her deer captured this image. The camera takes a photo every 5 minutes if there is movement in front of it...what are the odds of getting this picture at the exact second the 245 grain Powerbelt Hollow Point struck!
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Mrs. Kubota
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What a great husband! Your wife is a lucky and blessed woman!
Story time...
I checked the weather last night and they were calling for a south wind which absolutely won't work here on the hollow so I decided to sleep in and visit with our youngest daughter today. I awoke early like I always do automatically and the sky was just getting a lighter tint to it when I went out and felt the NE breeze which would have been a great wind to hunt...I even contemplated rushing out there but I told our daughter I would meet her at 10 so I didn't. We went and had lunch and then she came over to see our house because she had not seen it in person yet. After she left about 2:30 I told my wife I was going to run over to the south plot and check a camera to see if anything mature has hit the plot in daylight...when I checked it I saw I had a picture of the "Bully 6" that is on the short list due to age and him bullying the other bucks...he is an old buck...
I decided I definitely needed to hunt the plot this evening so I came back and got dressed and was back out there about 4:00 pm. Everything was perfect with a nice West breeze in my face and the entire plot spread before me and acorns dropping all around. It was low 60's and overcast which was a huge cool front compared to the 83 degrees we had yesterday. I was sitting looking over the food plot contemplating how I had expanded it 3 times since we bought the place in January 2014 with a bulldozer...it is almost picture perfect...the original plot is the section of clover you see in the middle and all of the brassicas are expansion.
Around 4:30 I started heard the west neighbors arrive home and the 5 kids started playing outside hooping and hollering...then someone lays on the car horn for a bit. This went on continuously until the 25 yr old twins decided to cut wood about 5:00 straight west of me about 200 yards...they would saw some and then stop and talk loudly and the kids would run up and down the driveway hollering the whole way and then someone at the house would start up an old truck and drive it back and forth spinning and honking and hollering...All I can figure is they had been drinking or something...
I had resigned myself to another screwed up hunt about 6:25 or so when I saw a doe pop out at the western end of the plot and then another, and another until there were 5. They were very nervous and every time someone would hoop and holler they would come to full attention. They tried to come across the plot to the waterhole near me but the noise became too much for them to bear in the open so they filtered back into the edge of the woods at the west end. About that time I heard something walking in the leaves behind me coming in from the NE...it was 3 different bucks...these are some old trail photos of all 3...
The 10 point in the second picture I passed up on Monday and Tuesday this week as he is a little young but the 3rd buck is #1 on the home list this year...they walked out too far down the plot for a bow shot and went directly to where the does were and worked the limb the first buck is working in the photo and then I could faintly see them pushing the does back in the timber... my neighbors were still making a god awful racket but these bucks were locked on those does...I really feel I could have had a shot had my neighbors not been so loud this evening because those does were coming right to me and the bucks would have come straight in to them right next to my tree...
All in all it was a very memorable hunt and I look forward to the next sit here...hopefully in the morning...
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I checked the weather last night and they were calling for a south wind which absolutely won't work here on the hollow so I decided to sleep in and visit with our youngest daughter today. I awoke early like I always do automatically and the sky was just getting a lighter tint to it when I went out and felt the NE breeze which would have been a great wind to hunt...I even contemplated rushing out there but I told our daughter I would meet her at 10 so I didn't. We went and had lunch and then she came over to see our house because she had not seen it in person yet. After she left about 2:30 I told my wife I was going to run over to the south plot and check a camera to see if anything mature has hit the plot in daylight...when I checked it I saw I had a picture of the "Bully 6" that is on the short list due to age and him bullying the other bucks...he is an old buck...
I decided I definitely needed to hunt the plot this evening so I came back and got dressed and was back out there about 4:00 pm. Everything was perfect with a nice West breeze in my face and the entire plot spread before me and acorns dropping all around. It was low 60's and overcast which was a huge cool front compared to the 83 degrees we had yesterday. I was sitting looking over the food plot contemplating how I had expanded it 3 times since we bought the place in January 2014 with a bulldozer...it is almost picture perfect...the original plot is the section of clover you see in the middle and all of the brassicas are expansion.
Around 4:30 I started heard the west neighbors arrive home and the 5 kids started playing outside hooping and hollering...then someone lays on the car horn for a bit. This went on continuously until the 25 yr old twins decided to cut wood about 5:00 straight west of me about 200 yards...they would saw some and then stop and talk loudly and the kids would run up and down the driveway hollering the whole way and then someone at the house would start up an old truck and drive it back and forth spinning and honking and hollering...All I can figure is they had been drinking or something...
I had resigned myself to another screwed up hunt about 6:25 or so when I saw a doe pop out at the western end of the plot and then another, and another until there were 5. They were very nervous and every time someone would hoop and holler they would come to full attention. They tried to come across the plot to the waterhole near me but the noise became too much for them to bear in the open so they filtered back into the edge of the woods at the west end. About that time I heard something walking in the leaves behind me coming in from the NE...it was 3 different bucks...these are some old trail photos of all 3...
The 10 point in the second picture I passed up on Monday and Tuesday this week as he is a little young but the 3rd buck is #1 on the home list this year...they walked out too far down the plot for a bow shot and went directly to where the does were and worked the limb the first buck is working in the photo and then I could faintly see them pushing the does back in the timber... my neighbors were still making a god awful racket but these bucks were locked on those does...I really feel I could have had a shot had my neighbors not been so loud this evening because those does were coming right to me and the bucks would have come straight in to them right next to my tree...
All in all it was a very memorable hunt and I look forward to the next sit here...hopefully in the morning...
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On stand at west end of south plot in the woods a bit. Wind is from the east hitting me in the face...
About 20 minutes ago the young 8 point that came in with the 2 big bucks last night came through this opening
and passed me to my east between me and this dozer pile in the 2nd picture. He looked to be on a die seeking mission.
This is the location the does entered the plot last night and where the bucks disappeared into following the does. It is raining acorns everywhere including on me...
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About 20 minutes ago the young 8 point that came in with the 2 big bucks last night came through this opening
and passed me to my east between me and this dozer pile in the 2nd picture. He looked to be on a die seeking mission.
This is the location the does entered the plot last night and where the bucks disappeared into following the does. It is raining acorns everywhere including on me...
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Congratulations on the new addition! We got the news yesterday we are having grandson #4 in April!!! Youngest daughters second...
Well my much anticipated draw in hunt in the fort gibson waterfowl refuge came to an end at 6:30 am this morning when I shot this 9 point buck...
I stumbled around in the dark this morning and found a scrape and a persimmon grove so I threw my stand up in this small pecan tree...
And shot the deer with my muzzleloader at 20 yards right here...
I climbed back into the stand because I have other hunters all around me and I have heard 2 other shots within just the last few minutes. 1 to my right and the other to my left and both sounded close!
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I stumbled around in the dark this morning and found a scrape and a persimmon grove so I threw my stand up in this small pecan tree...
And shot the deer with my muzzleloader at 20 yards right here...
I climbed back into the stand because I have other hunters all around me and I have heard 2 other shots within just the last few minutes. 1 to my right and the other to my left and both sounded close!
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Great buck Johnny! You and the Mrs are having a Banner year. Congrats. You may need a bigger freezer.Well my much anticipated draw in hunt in the fort gibson waterfowl refuge came to an end at 6:30 am this morning when I shot this 9 point buck...
I stumbled around in the dark this morning and found a scrape and a persimmon grove so I threw my stand up in this small pecan tree...
And shot the deer with my muzzleloader at 20 yards right here...
I climbed back into the stand because I have other hunters all around me and I have heard 2 other shots within just the last few minutes. 1 to my right and the other to my left and both sounded close!
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Mrs. Kubota
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A bigger freezer and additional wall space!
Mrs. Kubota
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Congratulations, Babe!Well my much anticipated draw in hunt in the fort gibson waterfowl refuge came to an end at 6:30 am this morning when I shot this 9 point buck...
I stumbled around in the dark this morning and found a scrape and a persimmon grove so I threw my stand up in this small pecan tree...
And shot the deer with my muzzleloader at 20 yards right here...
I climbed back into the stand because I have other hunters all around me and I have heard 2 other shots within just the last few minutes. 1 to my right and the other to my left and both sounded close!
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Story time...
A few months ago my wife and I put in for draw in hunts here in Oklahoma. We rarely ever draw anything but got lucky on a muzzleloader hunt in the Fort Gibson water fowl refuge. When we found we had drawn we went and drove around it a couple evenings back in September to look for deer because it was open to people to scout up until the 15th of October...my plan was to come back and prepare a stand and blind site but life got in the way and I never did.
As the hunt drew near my wife was not feeling well due to her condition and told me to go alone. I awoke on the day of the hunt at 3:00 AM and got ready, packed a lunch and drive over because the gate time was 4:30 AM. I arrived at the gate at 4:25 and was behind about 10 trucks of other hunters and then a few more pulled in behind me. At 4:30 the Rangers opened the gate and got everyone parked and I headed over to check in and met dirk919 of this forum and his son in line. After checking in everyone gets there gear and meets at these 2 trailers...
You notice they have benches built on and the road is a T at the gate where we are at. 1 trailer is pointed north hooked to a truck and the other is pointed south. I knew there was more timber to the north so I got on the north facing trailer...along with about 16 others of the 25 hunters on site. The driver of the truck told us to flash our lights when we got to where we wanted let off. I had decided I wanted let off at the first road north that came off the main road...
When e got near the road everyone started flashing their light to be let off. Someone said "is everyone hunting here" and I said "yep" as I grabbed my hang on stand and rifle and started booking it north up that road...
The road looked like it ended at an E/W running power line so I planned to hunt north of the power line a little ways. I got to the line with several hunters following and I turned right and headed east along the line and a little ways down a couple guys popped out in the power line ahead of me. I immediately turned due north and busted brush until I came to a roughly 2 acre brushy opening with some tree lines and lots of scattered cover. I found a loaded persimmon tree and a large scrape so I thought this was going to be the spot. I found the triple trunked pecan tree in the dark.
As I was hanging the stand a couple guys walked by just to my north and I could hear gravel popping under their boots which meant they were walking on a road!!! What? There is no road showing there on the map! Just a power line south of my position...well crap!
I go ahead and get situated in my stand no realizing a road is just a few yards from me and guys will be walking it regularly and thinking to myself I will have to move as soon as a couple hours have passed so I don't screw other people's hunts up. I think maybe somebody will push a deer to me. The sky starts getting lighter and I start scanning around me and liking the way the point and line of trees next to me is. Perfect for a buck to use as a travel corridor and then as if by magic he appeared right where I expected off my left side. He came from toward the road the other hunters walked by on a few minutes before. I slowly raised my muzzleloader and this time it cocked. I got on his chest and fired and saw him bounding away at the shot. I listened but couldn't hear a crash. He was out of sight in an instance and I sat there wondering if I hit him or did the brush deflect it or was he just wounded. I sat for 30 more minutes after I reloaded my muzzleloader to let it get lighter for tracking and give him time to expire when I heard a shot straight in front of me and not far away. I finally got down and eased over to where he was standing and I could see him from there. He went 20 yards tops with a blown up heart. I drug him closer to my tree where I could see him and climbed back into my stand because I knew I had hunters all around me and wanted to keep from ruining it for them. I sat about another hour and got down and field dressed him and drug him the few yards to the road. As soon as I got him there another Hunter walked up and admired him, we spoke, and he eased on down the road.
I knew they said they wouldn't be driving the roads 2 hours in the morning and the last 2 hours so I headed up to the main road to meet them when they came around. Another Hunter was there at the meeting spot and said he had killed a real nice 8 pointer. A few minutes later the truck came and we jumped on and they drove us to my deer and we loaded him up. The other fellows deer was still in the woods about 250 yards from the road so we took my deer to camp and picked up a deer cart and the driver took us back out so we could go get the other fellows deer. I went and helped him and in about 30 minutes we had his deer at the road. We went back to camp when the truck got there and they weighed and checked our deer...
The Rangers put on a big lunch feed of catfish and hush puppies and fried potatoes and it was great. It was a great day...
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A few months ago my wife and I put in for draw in hunts here in Oklahoma. We rarely ever draw anything but got lucky on a muzzleloader hunt in the Fort Gibson water fowl refuge. When we found we had drawn we went and drove around it a couple evenings back in September to look for deer because it was open to people to scout up until the 15th of October...my plan was to come back and prepare a stand and blind site but life got in the way and I never did.
As the hunt drew near my wife was not feeling well due to her condition and told me to go alone. I awoke on the day of the hunt at 3:00 AM and got ready, packed a lunch and drive over because the gate time was 4:30 AM. I arrived at the gate at 4:25 and was behind about 10 trucks of other hunters and then a few more pulled in behind me. At 4:30 the Rangers opened the gate and got everyone parked and I headed over to check in and met dirk919 of this forum and his son in line. After checking in everyone gets there gear and meets at these 2 trailers...
You notice they have benches built on and the road is a T at the gate where we are at. 1 trailer is pointed north hooked to a truck and the other is pointed south. I knew there was more timber to the north so I got on the north facing trailer...along with about 16 others of the 25 hunters on site. The driver of the truck told us to flash our lights when we got to where we wanted let off. I had decided I wanted let off at the first road north that came off the main road...
When e got near the road everyone started flashing their light to be let off. Someone said "is everyone hunting here" and I said "yep" as I grabbed my hang on stand and rifle and started booking it north up that road...
The road looked like it ended at an E/W running power line so I planned to hunt north of the power line a little ways. I got to the line with several hunters following and I turned right and headed east along the line and a little ways down a couple guys popped out in the power line ahead of me. I immediately turned due north and busted brush until I came to a roughly 2 acre brushy opening with some tree lines and lots of scattered cover. I found a loaded persimmon tree and a large scrape so I thought this was going to be the spot. I found the triple trunked pecan tree in the dark.
As I was hanging the stand a couple guys walked by just to my north and I could hear gravel popping under their boots which meant they were walking on a road!!! What? There is no road showing there on the map! Just a power line south of my position...well crap!
I go ahead and get situated in my stand no realizing a road is just a few yards from me and guys will be walking it regularly and thinking to myself I will have to move as soon as a couple hours have passed so I don't screw other people's hunts up. I think maybe somebody will push a deer to me. The sky starts getting lighter and I start scanning around me and liking the way the point and line of trees next to me is. Perfect for a buck to use as a travel corridor and then as if by magic he appeared right where I expected off my left side. He came from toward the road the other hunters walked by on a few minutes before. I slowly raised my muzzleloader and this time it cocked. I got on his chest and fired and saw him bounding away at the shot. I listened but couldn't hear a crash. He was out of sight in an instance and I sat there wondering if I hit him or did the brush deflect it or was he just wounded. I sat for 30 more minutes after I reloaded my muzzleloader to let it get lighter for tracking and give him time to expire when I heard a shot straight in front of me and not far away. I finally got down and eased over to where he was standing and I could see him from there. He went 20 yards tops with a blown up heart. I drug him closer to my tree where I could see him and climbed back into my stand because I knew I had hunters all around me and wanted to keep from ruining it for them. I sat about another hour and got down and field dressed him and drug him the few yards to the road. As soon as I got him there another Hunter walked up and admired him, we spoke, and he eased on down the road.
I knew they said they wouldn't be driving the roads 2 hours in the morning and the last 2 hours so I headed up to the main road to meet them when they came around. Another Hunter was there at the meeting spot and said he had killed a real nice 8 pointer. A few minutes later the truck came and we jumped on and they drove us to my deer and we loaded him up. The other fellows deer was still in the woods about 250 yards from the road so we took my deer to camp and picked up a deer cart and the driver took us back out so we could go get the other fellows deer. I went and helped him and in about 30 minutes we had his deer at the road. We went back to camp when the truck got there and they weighed and checked our deer...
The Rangers put on a big lunch feed of catfish and hush puppies and fried potatoes and it was great. It was a great day...
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That's awesome.Was checking trail cam images this afternoon since it is way too hot to hunt and lady bugs and wasp and yellow jackets basically trapped us in our house because it was 83 today...the trail cam at the stand where my wife shot her deer captured this image. The camera takes a photo every 5 minutes if there is movement in front of it...what are the odds of getting this picture at the exact second the 245 grain Powerbelt Hollow Point struck!
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