November 04th, 2008
By Arthur

Well they aren’t really South Carolinians any longer, but they sure did put the hurting on two Michigan bucks yesterday.

My cousin Matt shot a nice little fork horn yesterday morning, and his dad followed up with a nice four point yesterday evening.  Both of these gentleman are experienced hunters, when it comes to rifle hunting, but these two deer are special because they were both bow kills.  And not just any bow kills, but their first bow kills.

After all the talk of moving back to Michigan, and then all the time and effort it took to get here, yesterday, it finally all paid off.  A double for a dad and a son, and to make it even better, their first bow kills.

It was a team effort, and my garage was turned into a slaughter house last night, but the meat is all cut up, wrapped, and ready for eating. 

And I’m sorry Matt, but your dad wins the bigger buck award.

Congrats guys.  Jeff and I couldn’t be happier for ya.

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October 30th, 2008
By Arthur

Normally I don’t do two posts in one day, but this post just could not be passed up.

My buddy Jeff, not my brother Jeff, sent me these pictures of an incredible buck he shot last night.  Jeff is always notorious for shooting big deer, but this one-I believe anyway-is his biggest to date.

We don’t get the chance to hang out as much as we used to-being dad’s can throw a monkey wrench into time management sometimes.  But what a great buck.

Congrats Jeff.  I’m jealous as hell.

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October 30th, 2008
By Arthur

After a month of waiting, a ton of great hours with Abby, and a lot of time not spent hunting, this weekend it is on!

It is only fair that I finally head out.  Marc has shot 3 deer already, and I have only been out twice.  Yep, twice.  My priorities were definitely right on, but I don’t think I’ve ever looked forward to a weekend of hunting more than this one coming up.  We have had quite a cold spell, and it is suppose to continue right through the weekend.  I just know that a few of the big boys are going to be running around after the does here real soon.  I also know, that even if the chase phase isn’t completely in full swing yet, that this cold is going to get the deer up and moving.

And I can’t wait.

Last weekend I was just as excited about getting out, but it ended up being a bust because of fatherhood and crappy weather.  This weekend, though, the weather looks perfect for hunting, and the wife is encouraging me to get out.  That sounds like a plan to me.

Right now the plan is to take a half-day off of work on Friday, and hunt from the afternoon into the evening.  Then, on Saturday and Sunday, Jeff and I are going to try and sit tight for most of the day.  With it being the time of year that it is, you just never know what you could run into….even in the middle of the day.  Our plan is to hopefully take advantage of that, and maybe catch a good deer cruising during the midday.

I cannot wait for Friday.  And I can’t wait for the weekend either.  Kill or no kill it is still going to be a great weekend to be in the woods.

Note:  Tomorrow we are going to have another Abby update.  Don’t miss it.  The picture will be worth the price of admission.

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October 29th, 2008
By Arthur

My sister’s boyfriend forwarded this awesome trailcam picture to me.  I’m not sure if this picture is making its way through forward land right now, but I still thought I would share it with all of you who maybe hadn’t seen it yet.

Can you imagine capturing your shot on camera?  That would be completely awesome.  My chances aren’t very good of having this happen, because I normally don’t hunt near my cam, but I still think that this picture is pretty cool.

I wish I could credit this to someone, but there was no information included in the email.  I also hope this photo is actually real, but until I hear otherwise, I’m going to assume its authentic.

What a great trailcam picture.  You would think this thing, if authentic, would win some huge trailcam contest somewhere.

Very cool!

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October 27th, 2008
By Arthur

Jeff, after an 0-3 start, finally connected on a doe yesterday morning.  So, after a rough start for Jeff-just like last year-he has finally redeemed himself, and in turn helped with the buck-to-doe ratio on our property.  She was at about 15yds, and she didn’t last long after Jeff’s perfect heart shot.

Of course this weekend I wasn’t able to get out.  When I woke up on Saturday morning it was pouring rain.  And Sunday morning wasn’t happening either, because we didn’t get to sleep until four in the morning.  Ahh, fatherhood….it sure can hinder your hunting plans.

So, Jeff is on the board.  It must have motivated him, because he even started working on the recipe page.

The first deer down for SimplyOutdoors.  Congrats to Jeff.

You can also see that Jeff was sporting his Michigan State Spartans gear for the picture.  We are pretty proud of our BCS ranking and victory over them pesky Wolverines last weekend.

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