Huntin’ Time Expo/My Lack of Posts
It's absolutely no secret that I've been neglectful of this blog lately. Some evidence: I never posted a few of the deer that Justin shot. I didn't post anything about Jeff, Barry, Erin, and Josh heading down to the ATA show in Columbus a little over a week ago. And I've never posted anything about the fact that SimplyOutdoors TV will be airing on the Pursuit Channel starting in January 2...
End of Deer Season: Maybe I Stink
Last night I cleaned my muzzleloader.  And though I usually love the feeling that comes with cleaning any firearm, last night's cleaning kind of depressed me a little, because it was a sure sign that another deer season had passed and that I had once again went through an entire season without putting any venison in the freezer. As I was cleaning and reflecting back on the last couple of seaso...
Bittersweet Hunt: The Rest of the Story
In my previous post, I eluded to the fact that my miss last Sunday morning was only the beginning of a very memorable morning.  Here is the "rest of the story". After my miss, it was still only a little after 8am, so Jeff and I decided that we might as well stick it out for a little while and see if any other deer decided they wanted to eat out of his food plot. And that is when the weirdne...
Bittersweet Hunt
Though I had only been able to hunt a handful of times, the fact remained that I hadn't laid eyes on a deer since around October 8th.  It was making it pretty difficult to head into the woods, because I honestly wasn't sure if I was ever going to see a deer again; I was starting to wonder if I had a deer whistle permanently embedded within my body that was preventing them from coming within a hal...
Another Deer for Jeff
While I don't have much to celebrate when it comes to deer hunting, after tonight I can bask in at least one thing:  that I told Jeff about Hornady SST's, and that, because of my wisdom, Jeff was able to put down this big doe without fear of his bullet coming apart. Congrats to Jeff.  Welcome to the dark side, and say goodbye to Powerbelts.    

Muzzleloader Season: Coming to a Hunting-deprived hunter near you.

Posted By: Arthur on November 28, 2011 in Deer Hunt Reports, Hunting - Comments: 3 Comments »

I suppose it’s the way life goes sometimes.

While I was hopeful that I could manage to get out and hunt a few times before the end of our firearm season, it just wasn’t meant to be.  Everything has been against my hunting season this year – from a premie baby, to unseasonably warm and rainy weather, to a sick wife and kid the last week – but, thankfully, muzzleloader season starts this Friday.

Maybe that’s the reason that I purchased a muzzleloader this season – because God knew that there wouldn’t be time to hunt during the early archery or firearm seasons.  Of course, the cold snap that we’re supposed to have this weekend could really help to get the deer moving as well.

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More SimplyOutdoors Success

Posted By: Arthur on November 22, 2011 in Deer Hunt Reports, Hunting - Comments: No Comments »

While I keep wallowing in my own pool of deer hunting self pity, the SimplyOutdoors crew continue to have success – Justin shot this nice doe on film a few days ago, and our cousin, Ron, shot his second doe of the season on Sunday night.

Jeff and I went old school Sunday evening and sat together at a base of a tree – both with guns in hand – and Jeff with his camera in hand just in case as well.  Unfortunately, though, Jeff was shown what it’s like to hunt with me:  You can have perfect conditions, great weather, and an awesome spot, and still not see a deer.

If we were squirrel hunting, however, we would’ve limited out.

I’m off for six days in a row starting today, though, so hopefully I’ll have an encounter with a Thanksgiving buck or doe.  While it’s easy to be frustrated – and to say I haven’t been frustrated would be an understatement – I’m trying to stay positive, especially since my gun season will be extended for a few weeks now that I have a muzzleloader.

Now if I could just get my family healthy, so I could actually head to the woods.

Stay tuned!

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Successful and Stale (for me): Hunting Season 2011

Posted By: Arthur on November 16, 2011 in Deer Hunt Reports, Hunting - Comments: 1 Comment »

I’ll admit it – I haven’t exactly been keeping up with my blog duties lately.  Because of a few things – our premature little girl finally coming home, my lack of deers sightings, etc. – writing a blog post wasn’t really high on my list of things to do.  After a conversation with Jeff yesterday, though, I decided that he was right, and that I should post a few pictures of some of SimplyOutdoors’ successful hunts to date.

About a week ago, Jeff scored on a decent little buck.  Jeff has been holding out for quite some time, and trying to wait for a bigun’ to walk by, but self-filming and many hours of frustration finally got the best of him, and he arrowed a decent little buck on film.  It doesn’t matter that you can only lay a pistol in its antlers, the important thing is that he has venison in the freezer – which is definitely more than I can say.

Barry headed down south to do a little hunting, and ended up shooting the nice buck you see in the picture.  I’m sure that makes the time he had off well worth it, and I’m sure that it makes going back to work just a little bit easier as well.

Our gun season kicked off yesterday, but for the majority of us – Ron and Justin not included – the opener was pretty slow.  Chalk it up to the morning fog, or whatever reason you like, but the deer just didn’t seem to be moving as much as we had hoped, and the lack of gun shots in our vicinity was proof that we weren’t the only ones having the no-deer blues.

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A Saturday Morning in the Woods

Posted By: Arthur on November 8, 2011 in Arthur's Kids, Deer Hunt Reports, Hunting, Kids - Comments: 2 Comments »

Last Saturday morning found me fifteen feet up in a treestand.  And though I wasn’t exactly sure at the time, it was the only time I would be able to hunt the entire weekend.

After a few hours in stand, my phone started to ring.  Not knowing who could be on the other end, I made the necessary movements to answer the phone, only for it to be Jeff telling me that a few does were headed my way.  As he conveyed the information to me over the phone, and as I turned to look behind the stand, two of the does already had me in view and decided it was time to head the other way.

Thanks, Jeff.  And that is pretty much the story of my hunting life lately.

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Raining on my Parade

Posted By: Arthur on November 1, 2011 in Hunting, Kids - Comments: 1 Comment »

With the new little one in the homestretch, and the buck activity picking up a notch in our neck of the woods, I did manage to sneak out hunting for a few hours on Saturday morning.

To start, the weather was perfect – low thirties, hardly any wind, and a little overcast. Soon, though, I was swearing at the weatherman from my treestand, as I could see that his prediction for a 10% chance of rain was a little off; it was getting darker and darker by the minute, and I knew that, in just a little while, I was going to be very happy that I was wearing my StormKloth II.

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