Sportsmen & Women

Evan (Salty) Holt's buck was a 7 pointer and weighed 108 pounds.  He shot it on the second day of the 2008 Youth Gun hunt.  He had scouted a few days earlier in the area he shot the buck and seen him.  This is Salty's second year of deer hunting and it looks like has deer hunting in his blood now.  I am very proud of this young man.  He was with us when he shot his first cottontail rabbit and is pretty "salty" with that pump 20 gauge shotgun. I just bet in a few days he will bring over another nice buck when our modern gun season starts the 22nd of November.

This little buck came by my deer stand on opening morning about 8:20 a.m.  From the distance he looked like a basket head 6 pointer.  I decided to let him walk and maybe a larger one would come by sooner or later.  I didn't hunt the evening hunt because this area is mostly a morning hunt.  I hunted the same stand for three mornings and all I saw was a few doe and a button head buck.  On the 4th morning into the season this fellow came back into my sight and I decided to go ahead and try for him.  I shot a little high, but knew I had him.  He stumbled out of his trail into some tall horse weeds and fell down.  Every once in awhile I could see him raise his head and then lay it back down.  I re-loaded the 50 caliber Thompson Center Diamond and waited a few minutes, climbed down from the 21' Cabella buddie deer stand and walked to where he was lying.  I counted the points and to my suprise he had 9.  I walked to the Honda 300 and rode home asked B.J. to go back and help me load him.  We brought him back to the nearest stock pond we call # 1.  I field dressed him and we loaded him back onto the 4 wheeler.  The buck was fat and really in good shape.  I figure him to be about 18 months old. (I am almost ashamed to show this buck with with the ones James, Lynn and Stan scored on)!  Oh well, this season isn't over with yet and I am very proud they have been successful.  If anyone deserved a good buck James did.  The deer stand he was shooting out of was made by him and out of solid steel material. It took three men and a kabota tractor to hoist it up in the tree.  I have used it a couple of times and its great.  I shot a 6 pointer during muzzle season 2006 from it.  (Got turned around going in before daylight finding it, but found it when daylight came)!

Stan W. Redford & son Nathan "Bo" Redford are from Pleasant Hill, Missouri.  They shot this nice buck on November 15, 2008 somewhere in Missouri.  Little Bo is a dedicated hunter and loves it.  Stan shot this buck at 220 yards with his old faithful 30.6 Rifle.  Looks like he has a real future deer hunting partner.  Stan goes to the T&C hunting lodge in Kansas once in awhile and has invited James, Kirby and I up this December to hunt whitetail, but I doubt if I can go.  Thanks for the invitation Stan...kill a trophy for me! 

Aunt Gertie