Best of luck
ChuckC

Good luck Ron!  It's always fun to hunt new territory.  Take a bunch of pictures to share!

Bernie Bjorklund

NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin

Good luck!!

Good luck and safe travels.


Will be looking forward to the stories

     

Good luck Ron!

Has anyone heard from Ron and the guys?  

Well the 18 hour drive home is over, I had a few hours sleep and all is good. We had a great time. Didn't see as many deer as we thought [ to warm?] but game was seen and shots taken. I was concerned about hunting in a antler res. area but did see a legal buck and after deciding that he was legal took the shot and promptly missed him clean. Gary in our group took a nice doe. Ken and Jeff saw some game but no shots were taken. Turkeys, coyotes and tree rats were also seen. Learned a lot, what great deer habitat.

Now to the story of my miss......We found a good bit of sign in a dry creek bottom where a tractor path crossed. Good tracks in both directions and wind would be good. So Ken [KAT] and I flipped a coin and I won the sit. Got to the spot at 3:45 and trimmed a few things to give me 3 shooting lanes. I set up my Waldrop Pac seat put on my leafy suit top and face mask a got comfortable.........  

After things got calmed down the normal parade of Blue Jays and Chickadees kept me on my toes and then things got slow. At 5:15 with the wind in my face I caught a bit of movement to my left.....horns!!!! The wind was in my face and I watched the deer move into the zone. It has to have 4 on one side I tell myself....it looks like a 6 point. At 20 yards he is  behind a small willow and I see no brow tines. He steps into the center lane and can only see 6 pts.,3 on a side.

sounds like you had fun Ron  

Now the buck steps forward and then turns around. I can see he has 4 on one side, no wait he's a 4x5...Green light!! He starts to leave and I see a window to shoot thru...... I draw and center the window of opportunity I see him enter and I release. Just a nano second to soon and I whatch the arrow go right in front of his brisket and into the creek bank........I missed clean. It's been a long time since my last shot and even with a miss what a feeling!

I really was amazed at the terrain out there in Missouri. Hardwood fingers, creek bottoms, good mast crop, corn, soy beans, green fields.......Deer heaven......LOL!! I feel that I will return!

Great Stuff Ron.    

Its nice to get the old ticker going with something other than excercise.  

Sounds like you all had a good time....game was seen and shots were taken..... excellent..  

Sorry for the miss Ron. Glad that you had an opportunity. I hope you all had a fun and memorable trip

Sounds like you had a good hunting trip. Some ups and downs and all home safely, nice work.

Did Jeff see anything?  I know he didnt shoot, but did he see anything?  I would hate to wait until Late January to hear his adventure.

Sounds great! It always feels great to get some shooting!

Sound like a good trip and glad you got an opportunity Brother. Wish the end result would have been better.

Sounds like a good time was had by all, glad you got home safe.
Tom