4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW

WISHING YOU ALL A HAPPY, HEALTHY, AND SAFE NEW YEAR!!!!!!

I think we will be visiting the rifle range more often in 2010

A SNOWY DAY OF HUNTING

Only 3 of us headed out today. The drive to our hunting grounds was interesting and challenging. Heavy snow fell for most of the morning.

Expectations were not high when we finally arrived, but, when it comes to Whitetails, you never know.

Every drive produced deer, and more shots were fired.

The Whitetail have expanded there lead, and it is starting to look like a rout.

ARMSTRONG COUNTY WHITETAILS 15 (missed deer)

PA. FLINTLOCKERS 2 (harvested deer)

We are taking tomorrow off, and will give it another go on Saturday.

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BLAST FROM THE PAST

We all went out again today with the firesticks. The temp. starting out was a brisk 9 degrees, and finished at a balmy 23 degrees

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SLIP SLIDING AWAY

We started our regular routine of 1 man drives. All drives were successful (to an extent) with someone seeing deer and shots being fired.

Here is a pic of Butch sliding down a steep grade in which he managed to keep his feet under him, barely.

STEEP TERRAIN

Some of the areas we hunt do pose a problem. Steep grades and frozen ground make it a challenge.

CLIMBING OUT

There was plenty of deer sign and Butch ended up scoring on a doe as they fed towards him while he waited to start another drive. This is the 2nd deer we harvested this Flintlock season.

BUTCH'S DOE

DAYS END

Nothing finishes a day better than some kind of fish product in a can, soaked in hot sauce and mustard, and spread on a cracker. UMMM UMMM GOOD!

So far this season, the Deer are winning the Game.

ARMSTRONG COUNTY WHITETAILS 13 (missed shots)

PA. FLINTLOCKERS 2 (harvested deer)

FLINTLOCK SEASON

Flintlock Season has finally arrived, and we have 2 weeks to fill our unused deer tags.

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COLD AND SNOWY

Snowy, cold, and windy conditions greeted us today. 19 degrees for a high with heavy wind gusts. Pretty much a typical Flintlock Season here in Pa.

The day started out slow with only a few deer spotted, but plenty of deer sign.

DEER DRIVE

We saw no other hunters in the woods to get the deer moving so Joe and Butch took turns trying to roust them out.

END OF THE DAY

Joe M. Kurt P. Steve M.(cuz) and Butch P.

It turned out to be a very good day for the hunters and the deer. After a slow start we ended up seeing over 40 deer and 3 shots were fired. Not a deer hair was shed!!

MORE PICS OF BUTCH'S BUCK

Hi all, here are a couple more pics of Butch's archery buck.
The spread and length of tines are impressive!

CONGRATULATIONS JOE !!

Good job guys!!

Congratulations Joe on his taking of a nice 7 pt.

It took Joe and his son a 1/2 day to get the buck back to the truck.

They are a couple of jackasses!! (i mean that in a good way)

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JOE M. BUCK

JOE M. and STEVE J.

Joe and Steve sharing memories and a Labatts Blue at our meat pole.They also shared a couple V.O. golds as they skinned Joe's deer.

BROKEN HORN BUCK

conse Steve J. of Broken Horn Camp harvested an exceptional 10 pt. behind camp the 2nd day of the season. It is the 3rd consecutive buck that he has harvested from his stand. Good job Steve!

THAT'S A WALL HANGER!!!

STILL WAITING

Here I am in my tree stand while Joe and his boy were putting on a drive.

A shooter buck ran (flew) past me at 7:30 a.m. the 1st day, made a U-turn, and headed back from where he came I didn't even have time to react! During the rest of the day, I only saw 1 other deer.

BEAR SEASON

Myself, Mark H. Joe M. young Joe M. and Doug A.

(missing from pic, Eric, our photog)

Here is our Bear hunting crew before a scouting mission. Plenty of bear sign was found and a good day was anticipated by all. The weather was perfect for the opener, but we had no luck. Young Joe did catch a glimpse of a decent sized bear twice in a laurel thicket, but had no time to get off a shot. As far as we know, 3 bear were harvested in the area we were hunting.

Oh well, Better Luck Next Year!

OUR NEW FRIEND

We welcomed a new visitor to our bear hunting camp. A Lebanese friend of ours. Maarkiababada Harbabadi.

He enjoyed the time in the woods and said, " the Ticks reminded him of the Sand fleas in his homeland". He left early from camp saying he had other matters to attend to.