Stories From Deer Camp

Winter Canoeing Yea its a Thing

2012-02-03T07:04:00.000-08:00

The bitter sweet about Kentucky is its weather. One day it could be cold and snowing, and the next be 58* and sunny. Well being in this so called winter slump I took the first chance I got to get back on the river.

Every ones favorite rifle

2011-11-19T12:50:00.000-08:00

When I first starting hunting I bought a rifle that fit my needs. a 243 Savage light weight accurate and very flat shooting. In the past two years I have harvested 3 deer because of this gun. this season I hunted with a 7mm rifle to up my game. I let my friend Jessie borrow my 243 seeing he did not have one for opening day. Opening day came around and Jessie put a nice 11 pt buck on the ground with my gun. I was proud, and happy for him. Later this week I let Aaron another good friend borrow the gun he was having issues with his. The next day he kills a 9pt buck and the following day a good size doe. Now this was getting reticules. Aaron's little sister went out hunting with the boys this morning and at 300 yards took her first deer. This as become every ones favorite gun.

Great Start

2011-11-17T05:12:00.000-08:00

It was a beautiful morning when this big 11 pt buck walked out. Taken from his tree stand at about 300 yards through thick woods Mike dropped this bad boy where he stood.

Opening Day

2011-09-02T11:52:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow is opening day and it 95 degrees out side. this is going to be one of those get in early and out by 10:00.

2011-08-28T07:14:00.000-07:00

Here is an episode I did with Back Stage and Back Roads
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Broken Gauge

2011-07-25T12:03:00.001-07:00

Another day on the river. I was so excited when I check the online gauge for Elk Horn Creek. When we arrived at the river we quickly found out we had been mislead. The river was lower then what was posted. We figured we were already there with the boats so off we went.

Fishing Trip

2011-06-17T12:02:00.000-07:00

With every bad hunting season comes a bad fishing season. Well if you know anything about the outdoors you know its not about how you did, but about who was there to share it with. My dad, Mike, Arron and myself got away for a little Father son Fishing trip. Trying our hand at night fishing on lake Laurel.

2011-06-14T06:39:00.000-07:00

So finally got my new kayak and what do you know KY takes a 3 week break from rain.
I was never planning on buying a play boat but it was priced right and its kinda half and half.

Back To Elk Horn

2011-04-25T07:13:00.000-07:00

Matt, Aaron, Jay, and me made our way back to Frankfort to kayak Elk Horn creek.

Matt, Aaron, Jay, and me made our way back to Frankfort to kayak Elk Horn creek.
Matt and I demoed a couple of new kayaks. I now know why there $1000.

Elk Horn

2011-04-16T08:07:00.001-07:00

This was my trip to Frankfort KY Elk Horn Creek.

Elk Horn stays pretty calm, but after a good rain it can make things a little more exciting.

This is where we eddied out after turning the boat.

2010 5 PT Buck

2010-12-22T09:13:00.000-08:00

I can honestly call this the worst year of deer hunting. It was opening morning when this 5 pt buck wondered his way off the ridge down in to the same valley I had hunted the year before, following the scent of my VS1 rub I had set. I was hidden behind a makeshift blind I had set up. Once he realized he had been tricked by the Boarder Crossing VS1 stick he started back towards the woods. Not before I could get my gun up. With one shot this 5 pt basket rack buck hit the ground. This was the only deer taken off this Wolf County farm this year. The worst deer season ever.

Bird hunt

2009-12-12T11:09:00.001-08:00

Hunting with Rick and troy

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This is just a little video I did of a bird hunt in Frankfort KY.

First Turkey

2009-11-20T12:09:00.000-08:00

This was my first turkey shot in my own backyard during spring shotgun of 2009. Dad and me had heard these turkeys just about every morning. I setup on the feince line and waited. once I heard the first gobble I started calling them in. they came up behind me and crossed the feince at the top of the hill. I waited for a chance to get my gun up. I got the bead on the bigest one and shot.
Now I've been told several diffrent ways to go about this next part. You can just let them lay and die or you run out after them. I choose to run after mine. I wish dad could have been sitting on the back porch with a video camera. I could only imagine how fuuny i was running up and down this hill after this bird. As soon as I thought I had it down it would take off again.

Armadelo

2009-11-20T10:12:00.000-08:00

This was my first armadelo. It was the second time ever seeing one in real life. I was walking in towrds my ground blind when I spotted it off about 50 yards. time I got my gun ready it was about 80 yards. I shot and it grazed its back and spun it aroulnd I followed it in to a thickit and finished it off with me 380 pistol.

Wild Hog

2009-11-20T10:04:00.000-08:00

This was my first of 3 Wild hogs taken in Macon GA in March of 2009. I took this hog with my Marlin 3030. We were down on a shoot for about 4 days camping under what they in GA call a barn what I call a shelter.
The funny part about this hog is when I shot it didn't die right away. So I walked up to it puilled out my 380 pistol and shot it again. I started to walk away when that hog jumped up at me and started sqwillin. I grabbed my gun and unloaded two magazines on it befor it finaly died. Everyone that was safe in the truck though it was pretty funny.

10 PT Buck

2009-11-20T09:06:00.000-08:00

This was my first deer I took during early muzzle loader of 2008. I was hunting out of a ground blind when this buck came walking up. We stared each other down for about 1/2 a minute. I pulled my gun up and he started walking a way so I called to him. He Stopped and I shot and he died. The smoke from my muzzle loader filled the blind so I never saw the deer hit the ground. I was so afraid that I had missed because he had fell behind some thick grass. When I walked up and saw him laying there I gave out a loud WHOOTE WHO!!!

First Doe

2009-11-20T08:43:00.000-08:00

This was my third deer but my first doe. We had all gone back to granny Massey's after dropping of a couple deer at the processor's. After a good nap I had decided to walk up the ridge, I had never hunted this farm and didn't know it all that well. Just what Tuto had told me about it. I made it to the top and found an open Field where I thought this would be a great spot. Well no sooner then I found a good spot and had cleared off a place to sit, I spotted a nice doe on the other side of this wood line. So I let he walk out. She started to my side of the woods line. I call to her, she paused and I got her in my scope. she started again so I called to her again, and she stopped so I fired and she fell with her feet fling up in the air. unlike my buck I knew she was down.
Now killing this deer was the easy part. I was so far back in the woods that dragging her out by myself I knew wasn't going to happen. So I went and got my $800 4-wheeler and threw her on the back rack. Now any less of a rider may have not made it out of there. But I did and pulled right up to the front door for granny Massey could see it. She didn't believe me when I told her I had got a buck. I brought proof this time.

My 8PT Buck

2009-11-20T08:34:00.000-08:00

I shot this buck in the late hunt 11-14-09. It was opening day of modern rifle. I was hunting out of my Dark Horse Double Bull Blind. He came down the ridge across from me. I had trouble putting my scope on him, there was a branch that hung right between him and me. I finaly got him in my sights so I took a big breath and shot. He didn't drop right away. So I reloaded and followed him in my scope fired again and about 5 seconds later I heard him drop. this is my second deer and second buck.

Deer Log

2009-11-20T08:29:00.000-08:00

ZACHARY L. MORRIS 11/14/2009 Male Visible Modern firearm Wolfe Private
AARON M. TAULBEE 11/14/2009 Male Visible Modern firearm Wolfe Private
ZACHARY L. MORRIS 11/16/2009 Female N/A Modern firearm Wolfe Private
AARON M. TAULBEE 11/16/2009 Female N/A Modern firearm Wolfe Private