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Title: Good night tonight
Post by: KentuckyTJ on November 01, 2012, 09:04:00 PM
Had this young stud come through. He was more interested in the locust pods than lovin. Still haven't witnessed any rut activity personally. Have had a few buds talk about some rut happenings with the bucks starting to feel it though.

  (http://i49.tinypic.com/2h6ztdg.jpg)

  (http://i48.tinypic.com/2itpmb7.jpg)

  (http://i46.tinypic.com/r7lpn8.jpg)

Sorry for the crappy cell phone picts, my camera batteries were dead.
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Post by: longrifle on November 01, 2012, 09:21:00 PM
I'm surprised you haven't killed a buck yet,last year it was in Sept.
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Post by: Jwilliam on November 01, 2012, 09:33:00 PM
Cool pictures Tom  :thumbsup:  


Bill
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on November 01, 2012, 09:36:00 PM
Thanks for sharing TJ   :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
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Post by: rastaman on November 01, 2012, 09:37:00 PM
It's just a matter of time Tom!  They are really getting fired up down here!
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Post by: centaur on November 01, 2012, 09:41:00 PM
Your time is coming. They are beginning to chase the ladies here.
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Post by: riverrat 2 on November 01, 2012, 10:44:00 PM
TJ,I gotta tell ya'...That monster in your avatar is going to be hard to top. I have to ask..What did that deer score man. It really is awesome.
Title: Re: Good night tonight
Post by: jonsimoneau on November 01, 2012, 10:46:00 PM
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Post by: stykbow67 on November 01, 2012, 10:49:00 PM
The way things are going for me this year I would have probably dropped the string on that one!! Good luck!

Steve
Title: Re: Good night tonight
Post by: Keefer on November 02, 2012, 05:28:00 AM
T.J.,
 I've been waiting to see what you drag out of the woods this year! Ever since the before and after pic of last years buck I have been checking to see what you have your eye on...Hey didn't you walk up and take a pic of a bedded buck lastyear that was "BIG" If memory serves me correctly I thought it was you and I'm wondering if you are trying to connect with him? Good Luck brother and hope you tag him...          Keefers<><
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Post by: A.S. on November 02, 2012, 07:42:00 AM
So you decided to hold on to your buck tag and hunt the rut this year?!

Good luck, tag a big 'un!
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Post by: SheltonCreeker on November 02, 2012, 08:17:00 AM
Nice pics! Thanks for sharing. Good luck with the rut!
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Post by: ti-guy on November 02, 2012, 08:21:00 AM
:thumbsup:
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Post by: NoCams on November 02, 2012, 08:25:00 AM
Your time is soon TJ. Those were Honey locust he was eating, correct ?

Don't know if you remember it or not but I started a thread last year about Locust Pods..... Mason and I found a "deer graveyard" in a grove of black locust and wondered if the deer had eaten them and poisoned themselves ??? we found at least 25 dead deer in a 300yd area in this black locust grove. I am 99% sure it was a reclaimed strip mine from 40 years ago ? My daughter is pre-med and she seemed to think that black locust was very poisonious ???

Looking forward to one of those KY giants and your hero pic soon bud !   :archer2:
Title: Re: Good night tonight
Post by: KentuckyTJ on November 02, 2012, 09:06:00 AM
Nah, no need to take out the 2015 harvest crop today. This one is somewhere in the vicinity anyhow and there are three others on this farm I know about lurking around I would be happy to take as well.

(http://i45.tinypic.com/27y0ay8.jpg)

NoCams, Im not a tree person so don't really know. All I know is they are Locust trees.
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Post by: daniel boon on November 02, 2012, 09:09:00 AM
TJ, nice pics
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Post by: Got2strum on November 02, 2012, 09:10:00 AM
Now that is a beauty! Sounds like a great area and just a matter of time for you    :thumbsup:
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Post by: TJK68 on November 02, 2012, 09:19:00 AM
Great pics TJ, and that is a beauty of a Buck.
Tom
Title: Re: Good night tonight
Post by: KentuckyTJ on November 02, 2012, 09:25:00 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by Keefer:
T.J.,
 I've been waiting to see what you drag out of the woods this year! Ever since the before and after pic of last years buck I have been checking to see what you have your eye on...Hey didn't you walk up and take a pic of a bedded buck lastyear that was "BIG" If memory serves me correctly I thought it was you and I'm wondering if you are trying to connect with him? Good Luck brother and hope you tag him...          Keefers<><
Keefer, yeah found him alive and well this summer and he was targeted for sure, but the neighbor killed him the first week of October. Here is the picture you are talking about from last year. A shame for sure. For those that didn't read my thread. I was walking to the stand last year with only a doe tag in my pocket and he was laying 15 yards off the path.

  (http://i50.tinypic.com/1zlw1n5.jpg)

  (http://i50.tinypic.com/ve0upv.jpg)
Title: Re: Good night tonight
Post by: ti-guy on November 02, 2012, 09:46:00 AM
Nice one! Wish we had better management here.  :(  Thanks for sharing TJ   :thumbsup:    :)
Title: Re: Good night tonight
Post by: KentuckyTJ on November 02, 2012, 09:53:00 AM
Here is another one on this farm I'd like to let the air out of. He walked under me last year and knew he would be a winner. He made a great jump this year. I think he is a four year old now.

Last year
 (http://i49.tinypic.com/21e0t5f.jpg)

This season
 (http://i46.tinypic.com/2rwur0k.jpg)
Title: Re: Good night tonight
Post by: Over&Under on November 02, 2012, 05:25:00 PM
Go get em' Tom!
I am confident you will drag another bruiser out of them KY woods.

Best of luck!
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Post by: cacciatore on November 02, 2012, 05:32:00 PM
Good luck Tom,you know your place and what to do.
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Post by: SAM E. STEPHENS on November 02, 2012, 05:34:00 PM
Just a matter of time.....
,,Sam,,
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Post by: Rob W. on November 02, 2012, 05:45:00 PM
Good stuff bud!  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Good night tonight
Post by: KentuckyTJ on November 02, 2012, 10:06:00 PM
Thanks guys. I'll be after them this weekend. Good luck to all of you also and be safe in those trees.
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Post by: BrownA5 on November 02, 2012, 10:19:00 PM
Good luck to you Tom.  Looks like you have some fine prospects to pick from this year!!
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Post by: Thumper Dunker on November 02, 2012, 10:27:00 PM
Sick em. Waiting for the rest of the story . Real nice deer.
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Post by: kennym on November 02, 2012, 10:35:00 PM
Man, he has JUNK!! Hope you get him Tom!!  :goldtooth:
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Post by: twitchstick on November 03, 2012, 09:48:00 AM
:campfire:    :coffee:
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Post by: T Folts on November 03, 2012, 07:36:00 PM
Good luck Tom wishing you great sucess from Michigan.
Terry
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Post by: wooddamon1 on November 03, 2012, 07:42:00 PM
Nice bucks, good luck! Great photos.
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Post by: Keefer on November 03, 2012, 08:06:00 PM
T.J.
Yep that was the pic I remember and very sorry someone else got him and not you...I always enjoy your posts and hope to read a story soon with some pics  :readit:    :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Good night tonight
Post by: doubleo on November 03, 2012, 08:25:00 PM
Good luck TJ! Those are some really awesome looking bucks. The rut kicked in here on Oct.26 with a cold snap that hasn't let up. Some real hogs have been shot in my county.
Title: Re: Good night tonight
Post by: KentuckyTJ on November 03, 2012, 08:33:00 PM
Man, I tell ya guys I just got in from a spot that is a funnel and have yet to see or hear any rut activity. It's very strange. All my local buddies are telling me their deer are going crazy. I saw a 140 buck this afternoon behind the house birddoging a doe for over an hour. But still yet to see any action at the farm. This place has a ton of thicket area so I am sure I have just not found the right spot yet.

Had two does tonight walk down the fence 10 yards in front of me. The second one was a horse and my trigger finger was sure itching. Didn't want to mess up a shot on a buck though if he was behind her. No buck!

Hope you all are having better luck.
Title: Re: Good night tonight
Post by: Biggie Hoffman on November 04, 2012, 07:12:00 AM
TJ just stop it will ya....
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Post by: Nathan Killen on November 04, 2012, 08:14:00 AM
Wow Tom ! You guys sure have some brutes on your place !
Title: Re: Good night tonight
Post by: on November 04, 2012, 09:49:00 AM
Nice pics. It is so bad where I hunt I have not shot any deer yet. I usually have at least two deer in the freezer by the end of Oct. I'm gonna keep after it because I know the deer are there; they just need to go to a class on cooperation!

Good luck to you TJ!

Bisch
Title: Re: Good night tonight
Post by: Montanawidower on November 04, 2012, 11:23:00 AM
TJ.... Use to watch the old videos the double bull guys put out.   I forget the trad archers name but he use to call it " harvesting tomorrows trophies today".   :)    That always cracked my up.   Good job holding back.   Its only going to get better.  

Jeff