Okay, I'm finally back. Flying standby can be a real "trip" and when I tell Ronny that it took me two days to get to Corpus and finally made it here about 9:30 tonight, he'll be laughing his *** off. I was the 51st flier on the last flight out from Omaha Saturday afternoon. Unfortunately those small jets only hold 50 so I got bumped (darn). Sunday was so full I wasn't even sure I'd get out at all, but after being bumped on four flights, I finally got the last available seat on the fifth and next to last flight.
OK, final report. Deer won this one hands down. Part of it might have been the full moon, but more than anything I think it was the warm weather. They had cut most of the corn this year, which was good, but with lows around 40 and highs in the 70s, the bucks didn't seem to move as much. We all saw deer including one shooter with over a 20 inch wide spread (seen by Ronny and he also saw another that good or better); a 150class by Jeff Strickland and Jonathan Actkinson, and I saw an 8 pt that might have booked and that I would have taken a shot at, but it didn't come into range. I also had a 10 pt come under my stand, but he wasn't what I'd gone up there to shoot (maybe next year). Ronny also had the high count with 37 doe and one spike seen one evening on the alfalfa field.
I could have taken several doe, including one that was huge, but didn't really need the meat this year, and I was drawn and centered on two turkey gobblers at 12 yards from inside the blockhouse stand on the powerline (that's for Brad and Michael). Yessirree, drawn and centered on those suckers, kind of makes you wish you'd bought a turkey tag... So basically we struck out, but great hunting with my son and Ronny and Jeff Strickland. Already thinking ahead to next years hunt.
Michael and Brad, you both were missed, but it was quieter without Brad and only we silent types along. Can't wait till 2011.
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