Who got tags?

I got mine... 2doe for Kingsbury. How about you Phil? ;-)

There are still 55 1 doe tags in Kingsbury and 362 2 doe tags in Clark. So if someone wants to pony up we can still shoot over 800 deer this year. :-) That would really turn Akkerstone/Stonewald competition up a notch!

Travel Plans

Doubtful that anything will come of this but:

Is anyone planning to drive up from Florida. I will be back and forth to Mt Dora - AT THIS Time I would not plan to drive either way, but I do know that I could have reason to drive down, and would always be willing to pay my share of the freight on a ride back from that area. And, if I end up driving down to FL it would be at Christmas time. If I end up doing that, I would gladly haul some stuff back to FL.

Is anyone planning to drive up from Texas. Why. I have a friend who I really want to see who lives in San Antonio. What would be great would be if I could possibly share a ride on half of that trip, as well. Whether or not I will end up driving back and forth to San Antonia within the near future is beyond my ability to project, but the possibility exists. He is another one of those people who was so instrumental in guiding me through a successful military career - and he is dying.

Hello everyone, sorry for the delay, not having internet at the farm is a real pain at times. Yes, the water was cold, but fortunately not all 400 feet was waist deep, actually, it was a little less that that. Can you imagine how carefully an short old, fat guy can step when the water is about 1/2 inch below crotch level? Watch out for muskrat tunnels!!. Maybe we can make it across with the pickup if we really get a good run at it. The deer stands are in good shape, no windows shot out, just a few bugs and a mouse nest. Josh even washed the windows.
I was supposed to have a couple of guys from Wisconsin pheasant hunting last weekend, but they didn't show up. Or Call! I was really relieved, as there is not really any place to hunt pheasants until some crop gets out. Terri's brothers were out hunting last Saturday,(in Clark Co) and found a few birds, and had a good time. This morning, when Josh and I walked outside, there were several roosters sitting on the board fence by the barn.
I have seen quite a few deer, considering the amount of standing crops for them to hide in, Maybe we should set up a blind in the middle of Hiway 25! No big bucks lately, but have been seeing them earlier in the summer.
Soon, the shriveled up old farmer

ATV - gear

OK - so please please look at those Cabella, Bass Pro, Rocky Tucker, etc adds for ATV add ons.
The only thing I am pretty sure of is that I do want to put on heated grips; there are some fairly inexpensive choices there. But I don't know whether to go with a hard case for carrying guns or simply get some of those hold deals that just sort of "clamps" the rifle in. I remember seeing an ATV heading in the SDGFP info I will check out as soon as I get a few minutes.

BRRRRR

Talked to dad today. He and kid from Fremont are up at the farm. Dad wanted to get the blind in the slough checked out and cleaned up so get this..... He and Josh waded through 400 ft of waist deep water to get there.... BRRRRRRR..... I didn't even want to go waterskiing in TX today. That is one tough crazy old coot. ;-)

drawing stats

Looked around when I put in for my tags. Here is what I found...

1. Kingsbury two doe tag: 108
2. Kingsbury 1 doe tag: 116
1. Clark two doe tag: 446

And I just talked to dad, he missed a deer as I was on the phone with him about 2 miles from the house.

Help me if you can

I went to Walmart to day to purchase a "digital converter receiver for the TV sets up to the farm, as I have not been able to get the Dish system to line up on the satelite. Walmart said that they were only made for a few months, and are no longer available. The salesperson said to check pawn shops, garage sales, or maybe on Google or Craigs list. Can someone check around in their area? It would be nice to have a little network tv to augment our regular viewing of nothing but porno movies.
Remember, The application deadline is coming up soon for the next drawing of deer tags.
Looking for dry weather, but expecting snow, the old farmer

MN Early antlerless - no score

Well, yeah, it was snowy. The first night the snow was blowing so hard it was freezing on the truck and it looked and felt like a January hunt in early October! It was cold, but the snow melted during the late afternoon. Unfortunately, the cows were still out in the area that we could legally hunt deer and we saw almost nothing (i didn't see a single deer there). Across the road was off-limits for this "early hunt", and of course we saw dozens of deer over there, but we'll be ready for 'em in early November when that area opens up. We spent most of out time drinking beer and preparing for our upcoming regular firearms deer season. The picture is our new Buck pole, my buddy Jason doesn't like to do anything half-way as you can see. We also put up a couple of tree stands.

I wish I could get the whole week off, but it isn't in the cards. I'll have to confer with Beerkiller on when we'll be arriving, but we'll let you know soon.

We need pictures

Topher:
Are you going to post the pictures of your Minn. hunt? Did you get to hunt in a lot of snow?
We just got back from seeing TX Boy, and the rest of the southern relatives. Weather was really great, even as far as Kansas it was in the high 70's, but we hit the Neb. border, and it dropped steadily, and was raining by the time we reached Fremont.
Do you get the entire week off?, When will you be arriving?
the old farmer

I hear that it tastes like chicken. This green turtle is going to the Vet.

Tryin to stay warm

Made a big pot of venison chili this weekend to start gettin' in the mood. It's been pretty cold here, we got down to the upper 40's one night!

Thoughts and concerns for the new season

I thought this might be a good time to address a few concerns and plan ahead for the fall season. As far as lodging, we have the 3 rooms upstairs, the 2 sofas on the main floor, and a rollaway in the junk room on the main floor. I did build a set of bunks in the basement, and hope to have a full size bed down there as well. I am working on the plumbing, so we can turn the pressure up a little to make for better showers.
I may (???) have a friend and his 16 year old son coming for 2 days, but he doesn't know for sure what days, as he works a rotating shift at a 24-7 ethonal plant. If everyone from Yankton shows up, we could be a little crowded. If the old gray hunter wants to bring his portable blind(private bar), we could set it up next to the house as in previous years. Do you still have it all set up in Yankton?
As to the potential deer supply, based on previous years experiences, I think I have it all figured out. All summer, in the trees behind the barn, there has been a doe and triplet fawns. If Roger shoots the doe, then he and deerslayer should be able to harvest the fawns, as they stand looking at their dead mommy. If not, deerslayer can follow a school bus around, pick up a roadkill, and shoot a hole in it. I have seen a one-eyed cripple that TX boy should be able to catch up to. Topher can pass on multiple good shots, and choose to look for something better. If we drink enough good whiskey, the great white hunter should be able to shoot a "tirty" point buck as it walks up the driveway. Pistol Pat should be able to shoot enough with his sidearm to make up for everyone's misses. Everyone else is more of a talker and drinker than they are actual killers, so they can sit around camp and help me haul in the meat.
Did I miss insulting anyone?
As time gets closer, if everyone could let me know for sure when they are arriving, I will have everything ready. (translation-have their deer hanging in the shed for them).
As it is still very wet, and corn is not drying well, we probably will have standing corn to provide shelter for the deer.
SOON, the old farmer

Swamp Buggy country

I Know It's a fussy picture but this is a little shot of my patrol vehicle. I think we need to build 1 for the farm. Chevy 350, bad ass trany and geared so low I could pull a barn across the county. I'll try to get a picture of the buggy with out the good looking drive so as not to take from the vehicles looks.

MN Early Antlerless

This coming weekend I get to participate in the "early antlerless" hunt in northwestern MN. We were worried when deciding whether or not to participate a few weeks ago, that it might be too warm if we got a deer to cool down the carcass. The 10 day forecast says highs will be 32-37 degrees and gray with snow showers... This ought to be interesting since there's no heat yet in the cabin. We just finished roughing in the breaker box last week when I was there. I guess that will light a fire under our asses to get the outlets wired up! Nice part is, we also witnessed a herd of 25 deer walking out into the alfalfa field from the woods as the sun was setting.

$7.50 each for up to two "early antlerless" tags (2 days only), that was hard to refuse (nice thing is that they are OTC there). I've decided to be slightly cocky and limit myself to guns with no scopes. I'm actually going to leave my trusty .270 slaughtermaster in The Cities on purpose. I'll be hunting with the .45-70 govt. and my .45/.50 muzzleloader as backup. So I'll let ya'll know whether I've been humbled or not in a week. If both guns fail, I'm stripping down to the blaze orange loin cloth and using a sharpened spruce sapling.

Wish me luck!

Tag update

Looks like there were plenty of tags left over from the first drawing. Second drawing needs to be in by Oct 13. Then us out of staters can submit (must be in by Oct 26th) . I assume that this means that Old Gray Hunter got his tags.