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Title: Kenny m lease hunt
Post by: rainman on September 19, 2021, 02:19:34 PM
Well the first weekend has been hot but we are seeing deer.   My son Brian is on his first deer hunt, using a bow that 4 point made for the bow trade this year and got a doe this morning.  His first deer ever.  He saw a huge buck rubbing a tree out of the same stand yesterday but it was 70 yards out.  I think he is hooked.   High double lung that hit the offside shoulder and the arrow stayed in her.  She was dead within 30 seconds but went about 150 yards.  I highly recommend Kenny's lease.

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Post by: TIM B on September 19, 2021, 02:35:41 PM
Nice job rainman - raising them right….and thanks for your service
Tim B
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Post by: doubleo on September 19, 2021, 04:29:03 PM
Congrats on your first deer young man! :thumbsup:
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Post by: glenbo on September 19, 2021, 04:51:02 PM
That is awesome.congrats
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Post by: Bisch on September 19, 2021, 05:11:40 PM
Congrats to your son on his first!!!

Bisch
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Post by: kennym on September 19, 2021, 05:32:35 PM
Awesome start to the season!!   :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

I may be wrong, but I think Dan told me that Brian is also a Marine.   

Forgive me if that is not correct!
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Post by: rastaman on September 19, 2021, 08:44:47 PM
That is awesome! Congratulations! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Post by: 1Arrow1Kill on September 19, 2021, 08:54:57 PM
Congrats to Brian!  First's are always special and stay in the memory forever!
 :thumbsup:
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Post by: Homey88 on September 19, 2021, 09:13:56 PM
Way to go!
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Post by: Possum Head on September 19, 2021, 09:30:52 PM
Fantastic congrats!!
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Post by: 4 point on September 19, 2021, 10:34:44 PM
Congrats Brian, glad the bows getting some use. 
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Post by: GCook on September 19, 2021, 11:45:05 PM
That's the way to start off.  Congratulations to him!
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Post by: Walt Francis on September 19, 2021, 11:51:09 PM
Congratations on a fine critter, you done good!
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Post by: Roy from Pa on September 20, 2021, 04:17:31 AM
That's awesome,  congrats to your son.
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Post by: Tom on September 20, 2021, 08:16:07 AM
Congrats to your son on his first-many more in his future I'm sure.
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Post by: South MS Bowhunter on September 20, 2021, 08:44:57 AM
Congrats! What camo is Brian wearing?  Looks effective.
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Post by: rainman on September 20, 2021, 11:20:07 AM
It is Marpat, issued to Marine Corps.  Brian just retired.
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Post by: South MS Bowhunter on September 20, 2021, 03:14:14 PM
Retired USAF, congrats on Brian’s retirement. I thought it looked Mil Spec, although a different pattern then when I was last in (2001).
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Post by: David Flanrey on September 21, 2021, 05:19:18 PM
Great job!  Hooked for life.
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Post by: woodchucker on September 22, 2021, 02:42:46 PM
CONGRATULATIONS on your "1st" Brian!!!! 

:clapper: :clapper: :archer: :clapper: :clapper:

Hopefully, many more to come!!
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Post by: kennym on September 22, 2021, 06:43:57 PM
Brian was a deer magnet! 20 some deer by him in 2 or 3 days.  He had to head home early because his son was sick.  :pray:
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Post by: kennym on September 23, 2021, 07:36:27 PM
Quite a day today!!! Hoping a couple stories to unfold here ...  :bigsmyl:
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Post by: rainman on September 23, 2021, 08:27:36 PM
Kenny I will get on those guys.  Another 1st deer ever and 3 out of 4 hunters successful.  I had to come home with Brian early but I had 2 missed chances.
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Post by: ALDO on September 24, 2021, 06:49:28 AM
Congrats Brian, way to start a season and your path of your traditional archery successes.   
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Post by: Terry Green on September 24, 2021, 07:25:43 AM
 :jumper: :jumper: :jumper: :jumper: :jumper:
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Post by: rainman on September 25, 2021, 02:13:01 PM
So Garrett and Tony hunted this last year and both came back.  Garrett got his first Traditional deer last year and shoots nothing else now.  He got a nice double lung on a doe Thursday morning, watched it fall.   Tony hunted deer for the first time last year and missed 3 deer due to what we figured out was equipment.  His bow was actually 35 lbs and we thought it was 50, so his arrows were not performing well.  Kenny sold Tony a bow last year and Tony was very diligent practicing and this year he got his first deer ever on Thursday evening.  Saw it fall in its tracks due to spine hit.  Everyone saw multiple deer each sit except for me as I was dealing with a bad sinus infection/cough.  I still had 2 opportunities and can only blame a branch on one miss the other was all me.
No one in this group was trophy hunting so everything was fair game and everyone had a great time.  One huge buck was spotted and several nice ones.  Tony and Garrett both had multiple ground stalks that resulted in misses or getting busted.  Kenny is a great host and I highly recommend this hunt for anyone new to traditional bowhunting or new hunters.
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Post by: kennym on September 25, 2021, 04:30:20 PM
Thanks Dan, I'm super glad to see young guys take up trad bowhunting.  :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

We have ample targets to keep their interest up here I think. :goldtooth:
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Post by: Terry Green on September 25, 2021, 08:50:24 PM
 :campfire:
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on September 25, 2021, 09:49:15 PM
Well done Brian.  Thank you for your service. 
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on September 25, 2021, 09:51:36 PM
Congrats Tony and Garrett
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Post by: GCook on September 25, 2021, 09:55:05 PM
Congrats Tony and Garrett
X2
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Post by: mosst88 on September 26, 2021, 06:14:11 PM
I had a great week hunting Kenny's lease. After getting busted a handful of times and more missed shots than I care to admit, I was able to harvest my first deer! I'm absolutely hooked, and will look forward to our annual hunt all year long. The first couple days were pretty hot, but once the cold front moved in we were seeing deer left and right. It didn't matter if I was in Kenny's stands or in my saddle, this place is crawling with deer. I recommend anyone considering this lease jump all over it.
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Post by: rainman on September 27, 2021, 08:23:45 AM
Tell the story of your deer Tony.  I think it is pretty cool.
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Post by: kennym on September 27, 2021, 12:38:25 PM
Heck all their stories are very cool!!  :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 Sorry you had the cough, Dan! Hope you are getting over that !
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Post by: rainman on September 27, 2021, 02:08:29 PM
I am only cough about once every 2 hours now. lol
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Post by: rainman on September 27, 2021, 02:10:08 PM
Heck all their stories are very cool!!  :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 Sorry you had the cough, Dan! Hope you are getting over that !


I don't want there heads getting to big.
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Post by: modr on October 10, 2021, 10:17:29 AM
Just returned from Kenny’s lease, 4th year for me and Aldo, always a pleasure to talk with Kenny and share hunting stories. As usual the cabin is great. We saw a few small bucks, that we passed on, Aldo seen a real nice buck, that didn’t precent a shot. I was able to kill a doe early in the hunt, which was donated, we saw many other does, that we passed on. Another great year at Kenny’s, we look forward to
next year. We’d like to thank Kenny for the opportunity to hunt the lease.
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Post by: Bowguy67 on October 10, 2021, 11:01:44 AM
Congrats
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Post by: kennym on October 10, 2021, 12:02:06 PM
Thanks Ray! Was great seeing you guys again. 

The temps caused Ray and Aldo some probs as the deer were mostly moving at night I think. Also food falling all over in the woods(acorns) so the deer didn't have to travel except for water.
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Post by: rainman on October 10, 2021, 12:27:14 PM
Congratulations.  It seemed hotter for you guys than it was the first week.
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Post by: ALDO on October 10, 2021, 04:47:34 PM
Made it back to Virginia from MO.  Great time as usual.  Always good to catch up with Kenny and talk archery and hunting.  Both dogs visited us which was great as well, always good to see Lucky and Zwickey.  We explored some new area and saw a good amount of does.  Can't count on the weather but it was better than the last two years for us.  Sooner or later it will be cool when we go.  Good luck to the next group, if the temps drop there will be a lot of potential.
Kenny as always, thanks for the opportunity and the camaraderie.  Already looking forward to next year.  Now time to concentrate on the rut in NJ. 
Shoot Straight!
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Post by: kennym on October 10, 2021, 04:58:54 PM
Thank you Aldo ! Great to talk with you guys again!  The dogs love to go visiting.  I think Lucky wanted to keep Ray!  :biglaugh:

Good luck with those NJ deer!
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Post by: Huntrdfk on October 12, 2021, 07:23:25 AM
Such a good experience, combine the hunting with visiting with Kenny and you don’t get much better. Looking forward to stories of the other upcoming hunts.

David
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Post by: Terry Green on October 12, 2021, 07:37:27 AM
I sure miss that place.  :campfire:
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Post by: kennym on October 17, 2021, 08:43:30 AM
Ahhh we have news. Younger guy took a good buck  :thumbsup: :thumbsup:, hope they will tell the tale soon... :bigsmyl:
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Post by: rainman on October 17, 2021, 10:18:16 AM
Great, pics or it didn't happen. :biglaugh:  Last night or this morning?
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Post by: kennym on October 17, 2021, 11:06:34 AM
Last nite...
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Post by: kennym on October 17, 2021, 11:12:36 AM
Maybe this will tide ya over til they get time to tell the tale.... :goldtooth:

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Post by: rainman on October 17, 2021, 12:17:32 PM
 :knothead: :biglaugh:
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Post by: kennym on October 17, 2021, 01:03:01 PM
Ok , made sure it was ok to post pics . Down in 40 yards ...

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Congrats Jake!!

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Post by: Charlie Lamb on October 17, 2021, 01:44:53 PM
Heart shot if I ever saw one! Congratulations Jake... beauty! :thumbsup:
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Post by: kennym on October 17, 2021, 02:00:33 PM
Charlie , he said missed the heart but it was no longer attached to anything when he field dressed it .
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Post by: rainman on October 17, 2021, 02:25:15 PM
Congratulations Jake.  Now he has 6 days to shoot some does.
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Post by: TIM B on October 17, 2021, 03:47:08 PM
A beauty!  Congrats
Tim B
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Post by: ALDO on October 17, 2021, 05:15:51 PM
Way to go Jake.  Congrats!  Nice buck for sure.  Nice shot as well. 
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Post by: Bvas on October 17, 2021, 06:10:11 PM
Nice!!!!  :clapper: :clapper: :clapper:
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Post by: David Flanrey on November 05, 2021, 05:01:53 PM
Well, the 2021 Arkansas Assassins Kennym Lease hunt is in the books.  This was our 11th hunt in a row.  Every year they seem to go by so quickly.  It doesn't seem like we have been doing this for that long.  We told out wives 11 years ago it was just going to be this once in a lifetime thing.  HaHaHa!  We talked all the way home about which tree we were going to put a stand in next year.

We didn't take many pictures this year for some reason.  I took a few and so did Noah and Darrell.  I'll try to get some posted when I figure out how.  It has been a while.

We had a great time with wonderful weather.  The only I guess complaint was that it was really heavy wind a couple days.  We killed three deer.  Two doe and one buck.  We all had some swing and misses.  Especially Luke!  I have to give him a raspberry because he got off the most shots.  But, ole lucky was not so lucky.  I don't actually know how many he missed.  I do know he missed one twice!  LOL

We saw multiple 120+ bucks.  We always do.  We saw a few even bigger.  I set up on a really nice buck I found on the first morning of scouting.  He was bedded with a doe.  I set my stand that afternoon and got on it the next morning.  I hadn't seen a thing by 9:30 except a bunch of squirrels.  About 9:45 I heard leaves rustle behind me and I kind of turned my head to look at the squirrel but guess who snuck up on me from behind.  You guessed it.  It was him.  I moved about 30 yards and hunted it two more times and never saw him again.

Sunday afternoon I missed a nice 8 pointer.  He looked a bit closer than he was and I shot under him quite a bit.  We had a lot of trouble getting the deer to stand still so we could kill them. HaHaHa.  Monday afternoon I had to stop a doe and made a real good shot on her at 10-12 yards.  She made it about 50-60 yards and I watched her pile up.  Tuesday afternoon I got into my stand and got everything situated and just knocked an arrow and sat down and a little 6 point walked by at about 15 yards.  I didn't even hesitate, just eased back my longbow and let her fly.  He made two hops and looked back in my direction.  Made two more hops and fell over.  I was amazed.  I had not been in my stand 5 minutes.  I text the boys and told them I had just killed a buck.  I looked up to admire him and he was standing!  I about swallowed my tongue.  I grabbed another arrow and as I was knocking it he fell over again for the last time.  I double lung shot him and he never had a chance.

I bought an extra doe tag so I could hunt Wednesday morning because we were all going home Wednesday afternoon.  I had a doe almost make it to shooting range but luck was not on my side.  I sure hated getting down and going home.  Back to the realities of work and other stuff.  I have so much fun with my family on this hunt every year.  I have watched my son and son-in-law grow into very skilled hunters and woodsman.  I have watched my grandson learn how to win and lose at this wonderful thing we call hunting.  In the past three years we have taken 11 deer home with us from Linneus.  But to me it is more than the deer.  It is the time spent together as a family and the memories made.  What a great place!  If God is willing I will be back again next year.
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Post by: kennym on November 05, 2021, 06:14:56 PM
A pleasure as always to have you guys up!! :bigsmyl:
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Post by: rainman on November 06, 2021, 10:00:36 AM
Great story.  But need pics. lol
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Post by: rastaman on November 08, 2021, 11:35:58 AM
Awesome buck and great shot! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Post by: rainman on December 17, 2021, 09:09:38 AM
Who is hunting this week?  No Stories since November 8th.
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Post by: kennym on December 17, 2021, 10:05:00 AM
A lone hunter from VA , he is after a really big eight point on North place .  Don't think he gets on here much...

Hunt before was some guys from GA and AL , they killed a big doe and a limb. LOL
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Post by: GCook on December 17, 2021, 10:26:07 AM
It should be required they post up. :biglaugh:
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Post by: kennym on December 17, 2021, 10:34:15 AM
 :biglaugh:
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Post by: rainman on December 17, 2021, 12:05:58 PM
Gcook I agree.
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Post by: TIM B on December 17, 2021, 05:46:34 PM
Was it a good sized limb?
Tim B
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Post by: kennym on December 17, 2021, 07:04:18 PM
Not big enough to get mounted, from what I heard...
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Post by: Roy from Pa on December 18, 2021, 09:14:48 AM
 :laughing:
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Post by: kennym on December 27, 2021, 11:54:14 AM
Guys got here yesterday at 2 pm , doe down by 4

That may be a record!
LOL
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Post by: GCook on December 27, 2021, 01:23:03 PM
That's getting right down to business.
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Post by: rainman on December 27, 2021, 02:26:30 PM
Great to hear.
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Post by: ALDO on December 27, 2021, 04:19:01 PM
Mr. Efficient.  Way to go Kenny. 
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Post by: kennym on December 27, 2021, 05:47:54 PM
Mr. Efficient.  Way to go Kenny.

The hunters got the doe Aldo, I'm not ready to shoot does yet. May eat tag soup, but I must enjoy it!  :biglaugh:
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Post by: ALDO on December 28, 2021, 07:32:54 AM
Sorry about that.  Good on them for connecting.  Congrats Guys.   :clapper:
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Post by: kennym on December 28, 2021, 01:21:19 PM
No worries Aldo!! Just wanted the credit to go where due!!

His first with a wood arrow too! :thumbsup:
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Post by: MittenTrad12 on January 03, 2022, 12:47:27 PM
Got back from Missouri on Friday, had a wonderful time in Linneus! This is a trip we look forward to all season long and we are very thankful for the opportunity to hunt Missouri and share hunting stories with Kenny!

As always, the late season hunting was great (I saw deer every sit!), and we were able to take a nice doe off the south farm on Sunday evening, the first day we hunted. There were 3 of us hunting in the group and we bounced around between both farms. I had some exciting buck encounters on the south farm throughout the week and missed a nice 8pt. Wednesday morning (2 inches right over his back)!

Kenny - Thanks for all you do in order to provide these opportunities for us as bowhunters, we truly had a blast and look forward to coming back in the future!
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Post by: MittenTrad12 on January 03, 2022, 12:49:06 PM
Adding some photos
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Post by: GCook on January 03, 2022, 01:12:23 PM
I like those photos.  Thanx and congratulations!
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Post by: ALDO on January 03, 2022, 01:28:21 PM
Thanks for adding the photos. Congrats on the doe and another successful trip to MO. 
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Post by: Roy from Pa on January 03, 2022, 01:46:45 PM
 :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Post by: kennym on January 03, 2022, 08:17:53 PM
Good to see you guys again , Aaron!!  I really enjoy visiting with you guys and all the other single string toting guys every year!!  :thumbsup: :thumbsup: