LA_MERC_Wetzny
November 7th, 2006, 10:22 AM
Hey!
Well it's day 3 of my hunting trip with my brother Kevin (from La Jolla) and my good friend Mike. We are staying at my place in SE of Kingman KS. on the Ninnescah River. We are hunting 360 acres of bottom ground, loaded with big KS Whitetail, and Rio Turkey.
The Deer are pre-rut and moving like mad! The moon and the weather are working against us however. Day time temps are in the mid to upper 70's with night time temps in the mid 40's. Hardly prime rut conditions. We've seen a few border line shooters, bucks near 150 (thats inches of antler not pounds) or above, running does. I have yet to have a shooter in bow-range (40 yards or closer) but passed on a good 3 year old who might have gone 140. Hopefully he'll make it next season, because he's gonna be good one. The full moon has been a big problem, its basically broad daylight to a deer and with the cooler temps most big bucks are chasing at night. The temps are to drop starting friday, so we shall see if that helps our cause a little.
Kevin did shoot a nice sized Gobbler yesterday morning, they had roosted right near a favorite stand and he quietly slipped into it 40 minutes prior to first light, with the help of alot of fog cover and damp conditions on the ground. As soon as the big Tom hit the ground Kevin zipped a 100 grain Diamond Sharpe Montec into his heart from forty yards, the bird was dead in about 10 seconds. He weighed in at about 25 pounds with a 7 inch beard and 1 inch spurs, not a bad bird.
Talk to you all soon and hopefully have a few pictures later in the week!
Remember to go vote, show our troops we don't take our freedoms for granted.
Wetz
Well it's day 3 of my hunting trip with my brother Kevin (from La Jolla) and my good friend Mike. We are staying at my place in SE of Kingman KS. on the Ninnescah River. We are hunting 360 acres of bottom ground, loaded with big KS Whitetail, and Rio Turkey.
The Deer are pre-rut and moving like mad! The moon and the weather are working against us however. Day time temps are in the mid to upper 70's with night time temps in the mid 40's. Hardly prime rut conditions. We've seen a few border line shooters, bucks near 150 (thats inches of antler not pounds) or above, running does. I have yet to have a shooter in bow-range (40 yards or closer) but passed on a good 3 year old who might have gone 140. Hopefully he'll make it next season, because he's gonna be good one. The full moon has been a big problem, its basically broad daylight to a deer and with the cooler temps most big bucks are chasing at night. The temps are to drop starting friday, so we shall see if that helps our cause a little.
Kevin did shoot a nice sized Gobbler yesterday morning, they had roosted right near a favorite stand and he quietly slipped into it 40 minutes prior to first light, with the help of alot of fog cover and damp conditions on the ground. As soon as the big Tom hit the ground Kevin zipped a 100 grain Diamond Sharpe Montec into his heart from forty yards, the bird was dead in about 10 seconds. He weighed in at about 25 pounds with a 7 inch beard and 1 inch spurs, not a bad bird.
Talk to you all soon and hopefully have a few pictures later in the week!
Remember to go vote, show our troops we don't take our freedoms for granted.
Wetz