Jen, Stephen, Glen and Randy hunted both the north and south sides of the property on November 8-10th. Jen had the most action with an 8 point buck she let pass at 10 yards. The next day she managed to get a 25 foot shot off on a doe but hit it in the shoulder. After a diligent search, we abandoned the search due to insufficient blood. She also saw a nice 8 point buck lock down with a doe at 65 yards all morning. The South side of the property showed much promise with many deer seen. Despite the steers on the north side, Glen saw two bucks in the ravine stand but had already filled his tag. No shots at a doe.

Shane dropped the string on a nice 8 point in Dresden. 

The NY gun season trip included a two day bow hunt on the front end. While hunting the 3 Rivers Bowl Stand, Randy had an 8 point come into a scent strip near his stand and busted him at 10 yards under full drawl. Unfortunately the deer never exposed his vitals for a clean shot and escaped without a shot being fired. Glen dropped the string on a mature doe out of the Patio Stand at 25 yards. The remainder of the bow hunt saw no chasing or activity from Glen, Bruno or Randy. We believed the deer were in the lock down phase of the rut.

The NY gun season started with the least amount of shots heard on opening day other than Glen’s war waged on a doe from the 3 Rivers Bowl Stand. The whole battle was witnessed by Randy hunting the same deer out of the Point Stand. Glen’s war oriented the 3 Rivers Bowl Stand to everyone and we realized that it was located much closer to the point stand across the creek just below the point. A high shoulder hit resulted in a minimal blood trail and the deer was not recovered after a diligent search and recovery effort was put in by Randy and Glen. That afternoon just before sundown, Randy converted on what he thought was a doe traveling behind the pines at the point. Randy threaded a shot between trees as the deer passed through. It was later discovered that the deer was a button buck. Sunday was completely quiet with very little shooting throughout the day and few deer spotted within range or daylight hours. Monday, Glen decided to hunt the morning and converted on a spike buck with a site compensation shot to cap off the hunt. Thankfully, Bill and Kay saved the end of the trip by advising us that the ODNR provided them with permission to accept out of state deer for processing. After a minor detour towards Rochester, we managed to finish the trip with a stop to see Bill and Kay. Thankfully, Bill is now on a liver transplant list.

Nov. 28-29. Jen, Randy and Glen hunted the North and South side. The rut was clearly over and we saw nothing on the South side. The late season bow hunt was good for Glen and Jen who were in the ravine and field stand. Two young bucks were on their way into the feeder when a button buck was taken at 10 yards. The spiker buck ended up at the feeder for awhile and upon exit, went to visit the Jen sanctuary in the field stand. At 5 yards, the right hand shot did not work for her and she let another opportunity pass.