It looks like these two big bucks are eating good!

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It looks like a full moon! This buck is showing off for the camera!

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These are some real good shots of some mature whitetail bucks. It looks like it is going to be a good upcoming season.

Do you use trail cameras to scout your property for trophy bucks? Have you got some good shots of big bucks this summer? Aren’t trail cameras a great tool for helping us deer hunters figuring out mature whitetail bucks? I think it is so cool to see hunters get trail camera photos of big bucks and then harvest that buck by using the photos to patern the buck and figure him out. Have you ever used trail camera photos to help you patern and harvest a trophy buck? If you have some trail camera photos you would like me to put on here send them to me and I’ll glady do it.

It wont be long until deer season is here. I am already fired up about it! How about you?  

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Then on Saturday, my father and I took my two year old son fishing for the first time. He caught his first fish and he got so excited, but I don’t think he got as excited as my dad and I. I got it on video tape and we had a blast. 

We had just got on the dock and started getting a few rods out when my son got the first fish on, it was total chaos, I was trying to get the video camera to get it on film my dad had to catch the rod to keep it from going in the lake, my son dropped his sun glasses and one of the lenses popped out, and he was jumping up and down yelling I got one, he had a good fight winding in a nice bluegill, and we all were happy! We took pictures and made memories that I will always cherish. We caught a nice stringer full of bream and catfish, and my son loved it.

If you get a chance to take a child fishing do it. It is great for kids to get out in the great outdoors and be able to experience fishing and hunting at an early age, and create an interest that hopefully they will be able to learn and enjoy for a lifetime. I was fortunate to have been able to hunt and fish early in my childhood, and still love the outdoors today.   

It was a very good weekend for me. One that I will never forget.  

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If you are wondering why I am so pumped up about hunting in Illinois check out this video, and if you are a deer hunter you will understand.

I have already made my self a hunting equipment checklist and I just ordered a new bow that should be here tomorrow. The bow that I have been using for years has been a great one, but it is time for an upgrade. I have never shot a carbon arrow and I just can’t wait to start practicing with my new PSE Stinger. I bought it on-line at huntersfriend.com. They have ready to hunt bow packages that come set up and paper tuned and ready to hunt right out of the package. I just don’t have a lot of spare time, so this is a great deal for someone who doesn’t have the time to get a bow tuned and set up properly. Of course I will need to get in a lot of practice between now and hunting season, which I plan on doing. If you are looking for a good deal on a bow package you can check them out at huntersfriend.com or click here, or call 1-877-410-7811.

A while back I decided to set a deer hunting goal for my self, of harvesting a Pope and Young buck with my bow. Bow hunting in Illinois just might help me acheive that goal. They have some real trophy whitetails there and I just might get a bruiser, you never know. I have been deer hunting twenty seven years and have never been hunting outside of the great state of Georgia. I have taken some real nice bucks in Georgia, but I really hope to get the chance to go bow hunting in Illinois. I am pumped up just thinking about it.

Also I will be moving to Kentucky real soon and I here there is some great hunting there also. I am looking forward to hunting in some of these states that I have only read about and seen on tv. I here there is a lot of corn up that way. I bet those tenderloins taste real good. Not to mention those world class  racks.

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You can see the story about Uga VI here. Also you can see some great photos of him here.

Last night when I found out Uga passed away I decided to tell my son Noah and when I did he stuck his bottom lip out and got a sad look on his face. He has pictures of Uga in his room and he just loves him. Then I told him that there would be a new younger Uga to be the new mascot, and he said oh yeah, I want to go pet him. I said maybe one day we can. And he got a real big grin on his face.

I know I speak for the whole bulldog nation when I say “Hunker Down Hairy Dawg!”

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I was searching the internet and I ran across some really good articles on hunting ethics. Here is one that is really good. We all need to do our part to teach our children and others to be ethical hunters.

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Rick over at Tails and Trails had a great post that gave me chills. Please go over and check it out.

To all of the men and women who have fought and died for our way of life thank you and god bless you. I will never be able to repay you for your sacrifices. And I will forever be in debt to you great Americans who fought and died for us here in The United States Of America, The Land of the Free.

When I think about what Memorial Day means to me, I think of all the freedoms that me and my family enjoy everyday, and the men and women who paid the ultimate price for us to be able to enjoy those freedoms, all because they were courageous enough to stand up and fight and die for this country, because they believed in what they were fighting for. God bless each and every one of you. I salute you on this day and every day that I have, and I will thank god for your sacrifices until the day that I die. God Bless the USA.

And I want to thank all of the men and women serving our country today. Please know that your sacrifices are appreciated, and always will be. God bless you!

I also think about my friends that I served in the United states Army with, most of which I have lost contact with. But I have not forgotten you and never will. Rock Steady! Bravo Troop 1st/11th Armored Calvary Regiment.

Also, I think about my grandfather who served in the United States Navy during World War II. I miss you Popo.

So on this day lets all be thankful for our many heros that gave their lives so we can enjoy ours and live happy in the Land Of The Free.

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I have decided to set a deer hunting goal for myself, to harvest a Pope & Young buck with a bow. I have harvested quite a few deer with a bow and arrow, but never a real mature trophy whitetail buck. It is a challenge that I am determined to accomplish. So today I am getting my bow out and I am going to start practicing. So when deer season rolls around this year I will be prepared. I am currently in the process of looking for a new compound bow and I found a website that is really neat. You can go to it here. They have ready to hunt compound bow packages that are set up right out of the box, paper tuned and everything. They are set up to your specifications and ready. I have been working 9 hours a day 6 days a week, and I have a two year old son and a nine month old son. I just don’t have a lot of time to spare. So this is a good deal for me already being tuned and ready. I just thought some of you may be interested in checking out their site. They have some great deals on really nice bows.I had shoulder surgery a while back, and I need to get my shoulder muscles back used to shooting a bow. I enjoy shooting from different heights and distances and I try to practice with gloves on, like when I am actually deer hunting. Year before last, I had a definite Pope and Young buck at twenty five yards broadside, I didn’t realize there was another deer watching me and when I went to draw my bow back, it blew at me and the party was over. I was so close to harvesting a buck of a lifetime with my bow, but I just didn’t close the deal. Now I am more determined than ever to harvest a Pope & Young buck. And today I am going to start practicing to achieve that goal.

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I have also been doing some home improvement projects to get our house ready to sell. What a great time to be trying to sell a house. Oh well maybe it will pick up with school getting out soon.

I wanted to tell you our food plots are planted and should be coming up by now. I haven’t had a chance to get to the deer camp to check my trail camera, and see the property since some logging was done, and since the food plots were planted.

A few reminders on your summer plots to help get the best results out of your plots. Spray plots for weeds when weeds are four to twelve inches tall. Also when clover reaches 10 to 12 inches tall mow down to 4 to 6 inches. Don’t mow to low or to often though. You don’t want them to burn during the summer heat.

Also during early fall fertilize with a 0-20-20 or simalar fertilizer. Apply when it is dry.

Hopefully I will have some good trail camera photographs to share soon.

I sure hope we don’t have another drought like we did last year. That was the worst drought I can remember in my fourty years.

It is great to be posting again and hopefully much more often now.

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