Earlier this month I went on a very long walk to complete some spring scouting 2020 tasks. First, I wanted to walk the new main trails that were created over the last couple of years. With the strong storms we’ve had there have been a lot of trees that fell down. Those trees generally fell… Read More
The 2nd half of the 2019/2020 season was just rough. It all started with the shotgun season. If you haven’t read about that yet, click here. After that, I just couldn’t get on very many deer. When I did, they either weren’t close enough or came in after legal shooting light. I also had a… Read More
I can be honest. I never saw myself using one of these. But, over the last year or so I’ve learned about saddle hunting. That combined with me having to give my brother his climber back forced me to rethink my stance. Enter the Sit Drag. I had heard of a few people using modified… Read More
Who could have guessed that my best weekend of seeing deer was going to be during the 2019 shotgun season in Illinois. In total, I saw 29 deer over 2 days of hunting and 31 deer if you count the 2 I spooked on my way back in to look for my doe (more on… Read More
Since I had the public land to hunt on during the beginning of the season, I had high hopes that the 2019/20 Deer Hunting season would be as fruitful as last season. Boy was I wrong. This season has had a few good things and it’s fair share of struggles as well. I almost feel… Read More
When I first heard the term saddle hunting, I was confused. At first I honestly thought the person was talking about trying to find a saddle for a horse. My next thought was that they were talking about finding saddles in the terrain while scouting. Turns out, neither was correct. To boil it down, Saddle… Read More
Too Cheap to be Good? It began with me wanting to have a No Glow trail camera. When I saw the Meidase Trail Camera, I was a bit skeptical. Honestly, for no other reason than the price of it compared to the other cameras that market as a no glow camera. They were coming in… Read More
After last year, I was somewhat uneasy about applying for the public land spot. My wife Amy did not get enough hunting hours in last year to be able to join me this year. Luckily, my brother has been waiting for an opportunity. Since Amy was unable to apply with me this year, my brother… Read More
2nd Annual New Years Eve Trip After last years success, we decided to make the new years eve trip an annual thing. This year I decided to make the trip a bit longer. I did so by using my last day and a half of vacation time. The weather was not what you would consider… Read More
Lots of Hunting at the Public Land With the updated requirements of 5 hunts and 25 hours of hunting time, we had some pressure to get up there as much as possible. I have been up there several times since the season opener. Because of that, I’ve kept a pretty good pace to have no… Read More