First buck in hard antler....pic is from last night. It's that time of year already.

Won't be able to check cams for a while now, heading out to the left coast of the USA to hunt Roosevelt Elk

good luck....

That's awesome, good luck on the elk!

Got some pretty good pictures in the last few days. Glad to see these bucks haven't succumbed to ehd....at least not yet lol

Captured some cool rut footage at the grapevine this morning.

That first one should be a dandy in a couple years. Cool footage!

heat is holding on for a while .... 80's to mid 80's for at least the next week ...

Got some really nice video last night. This guy is definitely on the hit list.



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Good one. Their antler tips are so sharp and pointy right now, being just out of velvet. They'll be polishing those down soon.

I'm getting pics of several still in velvet these last couple of days. But most are now in hard antler.

Pic from last night...a couple younger 8-point bucks "fighting".....probably more like just sparring a bit.

That's cool. I got some pictures of this buck working a tree over real good yesterday morning. It's ramping up!

Got some nice videos at the grapevine today. That split G2 buck sure is mad at those saplings lol

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Good stuff!

Have noticed quite a few deer this year that are "sneezing". Here's a video I took of a doe doing it. I've read that it can be an infestation of bot fly larvae inside their nasal tract that causes this.

That's interesting, I had a doe doing the same thing a few days ago.

Well I was extremely fortunate last evening. That cold front brought this guy to a scrape I was sitting over right at about sunset. My biggest buck ever, looks like he'll end up with a total gross in the high 150's.

Fantastic buck, congrats!!!

Nice critter ........... time to try for a Doe ...... or go fishin' .... ;0) ....... still havnt been out due to work/weather... will be out this Fri. ... FINALLY !! ... vac #1 starts the 25th for 9 days ....

Doe tag got filled on the morning of October 1st. I would go to Kentucky for rut-cation, but my first child is due to be born October 27th, so no traveling for me haha! Now I can just relax and maybe try to help put my brother and father on a buck. Snapped a few pictures in the daylight before we got him cut up. Life is good.

Update: Matthew Frederick Finney was born November 3rd at 1:19 am. I feel extremely blessed to have this healthy baby boy! What an amazing November prize! And so cool that he has a prime rut birthday haha!

Good luck to you guys who still have tags, next week or so should be real good for rut action. Hope to see some success stories soon!

Fine looking boy, congrats to you & mom! Nice birthday too....he'll always have a good chance of killing a biggun on his b'day.

Thank you, we just got home today, mom had to get a c-section, so we stayed an extra day at the hospital. We are very grateful for our blessings!!

Have you been having any luck on the whitetails?

No luck so far, but I'm very picky these days and there's not too much to "pick" from where I hunt this year!

I did get word today that this buck got killed by a local bow-hunter here in the county a few days ago.

Wow, what a giant! Sometimes I kind of miss living over there. My dad shot a 170+ over there at Fairbanks FWA back in 2009, that Wabash valley soil grows 'em big!! Lots of season to go, never know what might show up in November, hope you see some hogs!