Well my landowner Shotgun tag went unfilled again this year, as I never had an opportunity at any shooter bucks. I did not get to go out much this 2nd season, as I have been extremely busy with work and just couldn’t get away to go. I did sneak out last night for the final […]
Author: Jay Shultz
Always On The Wrong Side
Well, as Dana stated, the bulk of the deer movement had occurred during the mid-day yesterday before we even got close to the stand. We had 15 deer standing 50 yds from our tree as we peeked over the river bank, so we had to wait until 2:30 before we could sneak into the tree. […]
Another Tough Day
Today was another rough day of bowhunting, and as Dana stated we had to change our plans because of the NW wind and stay on the north side of the river. We went in this afternoon and were feeling pretty good about the night until we got 10 steps from the stand and bumped a […]
Always One Step Behind
We finally made it out today after the 40mph winds decided to move on and were hoping to connect with a shooter buck cruising this afternoon. We had a SE wind and were headed to our stand on the other side of the river. We just got to the bank where we cross, and I […]
Scouting Mission Again….
Well, we didn’t get to go and hunt tonight because I couldn’t get out of work early enough so I decided to grab the Nikons and watch the pasture tonight. I saw 10 does and one medium buck that was chasing them pretty hard, but no big boys tonight. I was hoping to see a […]
Lots of Rutting Activity
We are seeing a good deal of rutting activity here in North Central Iowa. Dana shot a nice buck this past Saturday and we have had several others come into the taxidermy shop this weekend as well. Monday night we had a 140 class 10 point dogging 3 does along the property line and they […]