TOO HOT

Mosquitos, tree spiders and sweat don't mix with hunting. Not unless your trying to survive. Good thing it goes into January. I promise I will have some good posts as soon as it cools off.

Deer cam: 2 bucks I went out just to scout on Monday evening in a blind. I just took binoculars and waited. The sun was just about gone when a deer appeared from around the bend by the bean field. Then another, and then the third. They were all bucks. One was independent, not yet ready to mess with the other two who were antler locked the entire 30 minutes I watched them. They were showing their dominance. The first buck was obviously the most dominant of the 3 but yet all of them were no more than 1 or 2 years old. Through the dark it was hard to tell how many points they all were. I think the biggest one was maybe a 6 point and the other two were little spikes.
After they romped around, fought and munched they walked with 5 yards of my deer blind.
I'll probably hold off on these guys until next year and the next year to let them get bigger. There's still the rut. I will patiently be waiting. I'll probably go out to the stand and actually hunt this weekend.

Here's some video of Hunting spot under water...

Turn up the volume, you can hear the river roar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRWvPYqpnhI

under aqua

REMEMBER THIS?

If this was taken today, he'd be underwater. It's above his head now.

Bummer!

I'm chompin' at the bit. I want to get down to my river stand NOW but I can't because everything's under water. If I'd only known we'd get 12 inches of rain in 1 night I would have kept the trail camera at home for a few days. Now the only way to get to the stands from here is a 2 mile walk. CRAPOLA. Tomorrow, I'm determined. The water will be cresting but I'm dying to see what it looks like.
I'm almost flooded in as I'm surrounded by 3 rivers, all within less than a mile of my house on all sides. I put my lake shoes on and took Riverlyn on a hike through the water-covered roads to see one of the bridges that was overtaken with water. I imagine by tomorrow it will be washed down stream. The earth is comletely washed away from all sides and the river is STILL RISING. It has to quit raining before the rivers can crest and it won't even stop raining until after tomorrow, maybe tomorrow p.m.?
Anyways, my trial camera is probably completely under water and THAT SUCKS! If it's not under water by some chance, it's going to have some amazing pictures on it at least!

SETTING UP

Deer Haven

Friday we went to Gander Mtn. and got the last few necessities to start off the season. I got new fletching put on my arrows and now they fly super fast. Might I add, they are pink and white! I also got a new quiver. I hate quivers, but you gotta have 'em! We sighted in our bows and made Saturday plans to set up our stands and scout a little. Scouting is an absolute must for a successful season. So, Saturday we printed out a satellite view of area and found the prime spots. Then we took the four-wheeler about one mile past the bean fields into the forest that follows Hickory creek and the Little Walnut River. We have 3 stands. One sits about 30 yards off the bank of the creek and looks over a clearing that leads to the 3 different paths the deer take. Scouting is helpful here because we were able to pick out the rubs and scrapes at the trees (which means a buck was there), and also deer dropping and prints. Along the deer paths we saw many areas where they bed....or as our neighbor calls it, a deer's bedroom. Our second stand is just south of the soybean field where they frequent for food. This spot will be great for a North wind day as we will be down wind from the deer coming into the field. Our third stand is right in the middle of the woods right over their path. We'll be sure to catch them coming from the river to bed down, or going from the bean field to the river. Money! Here's Jason, my hunk of husband putting up old stand (the first stand I ever climbed into with no ladder, just pegs...so hard!)

MMMMM! MMMM GOOD! I'm pretty sure my hubby has the sexiest butt in the world. (I really was helping I promise!)Here's the creek, the money spot. Also a great fishing spot. A freind just caught a 44lb. catfish out of here. Soon, I will bowfish this place! And here's what J's sexy back looks like AFTER playing Tarzan in a high, wet tree. He works so hard for me. I don't know what I'd do with out him!

No, that's not his tail and he didn't poop himself, it's his stylin' fanny pack strap. (He keeps his tail hidden.)

After getting everything set, we went out to the edge of the bean field that faces our stands, climbed a tree, broke out the binoc's and glassed the area. I knew as soon as the sun started going down, we would spot one. Scouting is just as exciting as hunting. It pays off too. Because now, I know there's a buck out there. He came out from the trails right near the stands, wondered through the beans to catch some dinner, then wondered off back toward the creek. We didn't see any does though, they probably caught our scent from setting up earlier in the day. Today we dropped some corn and set up the trail cam and from here it's just wait 'til the season starts. Next we'll set up a ground blind on our back few acres for days when we only have an hour or two to hunt. I imagine the next part of this blog will have the pictures from the trail cameras, and the part after that will be talking about the arguments J and I have about who gets to hunt first. He'll have to fight me for it. Literally.

FIRST DAY OF PRESCHOOL

What a girl!

Wednesday was the first day of preschool!!! She was excited. I can't believe she's old enough.

Here's one of the many awesome faces of River. Too cool for her own good, man!
On another note, this is why I haven't been blogging, I've been having much more fun blogging.