Sunday mornings in August mean its time to head to the range to have some fun with the boys.

Tex and I met up with a good hunting buddy of ours the morning for 3D archery league at the Potawatomi Bowmen course.

Shooting a challenging course is always a great way to get into shape for whitetail season. I also wore some of the gear ill be taking out west on my elk hunt including a 15 pound pack to help me prepare for a showdown with a great wapiti. Definitely added another element to the shoot.

As always we had a blast and questioned ourselves on why we don’t shoot 3D more often. And of course Tex being the deadeye that he is had to outshoot me again.

Shoot Straight,

Opie

Been working really hard over the past few weeks to get all of my mowing done on my clover plots.

The farm got hit really hard last summer with EHD and the deer population is really down. But whether it is force of habit or just plain old curiosity I decided to put out some trail cams to see what’s hanging around.

Decided to try out some Big & J minerals to see how they work at the recommendation from the boys over at Dream Chasers.

This farm is usually great at producing nice deer so it will be interesting to see who made it past the EHD.

Opie

Well it’s that time of the season when you have to start working a little harder to avoid eating a tag sandwich. Tex and I just finished brushing in two sweet ground blinds in prime late season spots. Hopefully this property still has a monster hanging around! Stay tuned…This could be good!

Opie

Pretty slow morning so far. Had a coyote at 5 yards but I couldn’t get my gun fast enough. Not hearing a lot of shots for the first Saturday of gun season. Should heat up soon….hopefully.

Well it’s november 11th and its a lot of things. Out here sitting with Tex and boy is it warm (60 degrees) and windy (blowing 25mph). Should have taken some Dramamine but the rut is on and you can’t kill them on the couch. Saw 2 bucks already so we are hoping for blood tonight!

Shoot straight!

Opie

Well it’s november 11th and its a lot of things. Out here sitting with Tex and boy is it warm (60 degrees) and windy (blowing 25mph). Should have taken some Dramamine but the rut is on and you can’t kill them on the couch. Saw 2 bucks already so we are hoping for blood tonight!

Shoot straight!

Opie

Tex and I had an awesome afternoon in the woods today. It’s November 4th and the rut is in full swing. Lots of deer chasing and lots of action in the woods.

We even managed to call in the first coyote of the year.

Tex did what he does best and smoked a nice mature doe with the Z7. The T3 broadhead did its job and she barely went 50 yards.

Always enjoy walking the red carpet with Tex. congrats buddy!

Opie

Tex and I are sitting 30 feet up in our Lone Wolf climbers tonight. Weather is about perfect and hopefully the deer are moving. Saw some runs and scrapes on our way in. Hopefully we get our eyes on the buck who made them.

Tex and I put an ambush on a monster Bellevue buck on Sunday and handed out a Dirtnap on video.

Check out the video of us piling up this stud buck at the link below.

Opie sticks a stud buck

Best of luck to all my fellow archery hunters.

Be safe and shoot straight.

Opie