Good Luck to everyone hitting the woods this morning! This is the first opening morning I have missed (unless I had to work) that I can recall. Going with my daughters Junior High softball team to watch UK vs TN. Traveling from Pike County to Lexington. I’ll be chasing those Toms in the...
Where I hunt is on the KY / Virginia border. Seems like the coon population has dropped alot in the last 4-5 years. Can’t hardly find a track in a mud hole anymore in the areas we hunt. If man trees 3-4 singles a week in this mountain he is doing something ! Seems like Bear have about taken...
Happy Birthday! And Good Luck!
I’m in a stand between a ridge line and gaswell road in Pike County. Only chance I will get to hunt the doe days is this morning. Windy as can be here.
In 2019 I started using the recipe for a marinade that came from a KYAfield show. The only thing I do to it is a dash of dales seasoning and a dash of A1. I’ll post a picture of the recipe from the show. It’s a huge hit here. I have used it on beef and venison.
onX is not an accurate form of mapping. The maps for my area is very similar to our counties PVA office mapping. And a lot of the property owners are incorrect. However, where I live in the mountains of SouthEast KY it is way way off on acreage due to not taking account for the topo maps...
Up and at it in Pike County this morning. Waiting on coffee to brew to fill my small Stanley with. Walked out to start my Teryx and feed the hounds. Big frost again this morning. This will make my 5th sit of Gun Season. Current temp is 25degrees.
Depending on where it falls dead and the drag. All of my stands are uphill on ridges and knobs. My main goal has always been to avoid uphill drags. 90% of the time we will drag down to the next flat or road that we can get a Side x Side on. I usually gut them where we will load the deer...
Treed in den on a big beech Thursday night. Last 5 hunts treed 2 singles and 1 den. 2 nights never hit a track. Wish we had thicker coon like other parts of KY. I still don’t think ours have repopulated very well since the distemper hit several years ago.
“Dry Deep” as my uncle used to say here still. Took the young dogs out this evening. Watched them on the Garmin act like they was grub shucking a track silent. Then all of a sudden the male fell treed. Thought it was a big den at first but, seen the coon way out on a limb. Good quick hunt!
I didn’t seen any this morning (Pike) my buddy hunting my other stand out the ridge from me had 3 Doe come in and feed.
(For some reason when downsized the image to post its now sideways on the upload)
Checking in from Pike County (Elkhorn Creek). Sitting just below ridge line on a flat where old log roads meet. What little wind is hitting me is in the face. Beautiful morning.
I usually start hunting the mornings some toward the end of October. I have always had more luck of the evening.
Since 2005 I have hunted the same ridge. 90% of my Bucks have been taken of the evening.
Here is a link to my TikTok account if anyone on here uses the app or webpage
I have a lot of short videos cooking with cast iron and electric smoker.
https://www.tiktok.com/@kyleswiney1992?_t=8WSDwlhApWU&_r=1