Its been a frustrating couple of weeks for Jeff...Limited Time to hunt...and it seemed that every chance he got.....an odd occurrence would sway the outcome of his hunts.....From leaf blowers to lawnmowers....soccer playing teens to dog walkers....cows and shed builders....bad weather....you name it.............But this morning that all changed.........

I knew this buck was in trouble when Jeff called the other day and said he saw a solid Buck near his stand at 'Wimbledon"
The deer was up to the same business that got my freak deer in trouble........cruising the gauntlet for honeys near the tennis courts.....

He figured this morning would be our best bet as the bucks seem to check this backyard every morning on the way back from their night time haunts......

This morning was no different...We saw a ton of smaller bucks cruising and chasing...3 times Jeff smashed the Ginourmous rattling antlers and 3 times bucks came running....The last time brought the two biggest of the morning with this guy being the aggressor...He paid the price for Jeff's Frustration and piled up within 45 yards......

Congrats Jeff!!! I was so pumped to film you shooting another one...

The chili dog cost us........

Way to go Bob!!! just had to stop for a hotdog....hehehe we were kinda just chillin and not in a hurry due to the notoriously late arrivals of deer at the Germans....We prob. would have busted this guy but it is just funny knowing...the buck was in front of the cam for a good ten minutes and left about five minutes before we strolled in...It took us a good fifteen to dress into our camos in the boxwood hideout and this is what we missed....Oh well....

Roger Smokes his first Md. Buck!!!

Congrats Roger on his first Md. Buck...He smoked the buck through his ticker and it piled up in nearly the same spot as Kevins Buck from a few weeks ago....I also gotta give a big shout out to Kevin...He gets the award for most improved camera man!!! He got flawless footage of the buck before the shot...captured a great shot and even panned out and got the deer running and falling!!! What an event!!! Way to go Boyz!!!

Big Ole 6

I passed him when he gave it to me the first time and just shot him with the still camera....but with all the chasin' and gruntin' and growlin' I just could not contain myself....after the freak, I am satisfied shooting 2 4 yr. old deer in one season...I guess now I will be doing alot more behind the cam but look out deer during firearms...the bow will be back out...

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The Orchard produces yet another for Doug

He drops this one right in front of his trailcam....

German Stand produces yet another...

The tree has been this seasons revolving door...I took My buddy Joe that I have worked with for 20 plus years to the Germans....We have hunted together a couple times but never tried the video thing....Had a fun evening and a little rut action to top it off.....Joe made a great shot on this little critter for his first video kill!!!

Thought these were neat pics....Spotted 3 point?

Never have I seen an antlered buck with spots.....

Hinky filmed Kevin shooting "The Big 9"
Plenty of does were around feeding in the yard and that was too much for this guy to handle....he blasted out of the cover behind the guys with his neck extended scent checking and moved in to the yard in search of love....that was a bad decision....love was sitting in Kevins shooting lane...Kevin put his signature heart shot on this big boy for his 3rd and best video buck to date!!! Hinky got some quick but fantastic footage that includes the buck wobbling and falling no more than forty yards away!!!

With one sequence on the antlers!!!

The first evening at the skins spot picks up where just as we left it last season!!!
I have been waiting to get back in to that tree and with the rut comin' on its time!!!
Clashed the antlers together at that magic time of evening and this guy came in lookin for a fight....
Congrats Doug on a sweet bow kill !!!

The Freaks come out.....In the morning?

We had some cool history with this deer..."The Freak" spent his days in a spot we call Wimbledon...(the stand is located between 3 tennis courts) Last season we were positive the deer was at least 4 years old and he was shot at by someone who shall remain nameless but rhymes with Jeff......After that miss we saw the buck repeatedly and tried to arrow him a few times....One day Jeff and I were in the stand and said we would not shoot him as we had each taken a buck and did not want to burn a tag on him.....He gave us a fantastic show and we could have smoked him a dozen times....The next time we hunted there we said he was on the list as it was gun season and we could use a tag on him.....stayed out of range the whole morning....We knew he would be a cool looking freak again and the added bonus of another big buck gave Jeff and I a reason to be in there this morning.....He came in like he owned the place like he always did and stayed in the woods behind the house....we saw quite a few bucks cross paths with him and he was his normal grumpy aggresive self fending off all the younger bucks that were feeding near him....The oldest other buck in the group was a 100 inch 7 point....he would get the closest to the freak and irritated him the most...he actually scraped and ran a few does around as the big boy fed....Finally the freak started our way and came right under us at about ten yards where I skewered his heart...The rage was devastating...I have rarely seen that much trauma with a slug wound! In behind the shoulder, through the ticker, and in to the opposite leg makes quite a noise at 10 yds. Long bloody trail and a heavy drag!!!! Jeff, I cant thank you enough....You are obviously holding the Overkill horseshoe having been behind the camera for all this years bucks so far and we all owe you in the rut!!! Andy....I have a complaint........Its really hard to see me in my pictures with your camo on?!? hehehe...

Oh What a Night!!!

I could not be more proud of Angie!!! She has practiced a ton and been prepping for this a ton....3rd trip was a charm....She got it done...then I doubled with her....and then she shot a buck too!!! She was not thrilled with her shot placement and wants to try and do it again...I say baby steps..........3rd time out and you put 2 on the ground....better than a lot of folks have ever done....but shes a competitor and I love that about her!!!
We had just finished high fivin over the doe I shot and decided to pack up and take pics....her bow just hit the ground on the pull rope...I had just finished putting away 3 cameras.....and I said....pull it back up and hook your harness....I see an 8 and hes comin!!! No video of the buck but we got it of the two does....in fact....Angie was a great camerawoman as well!!! I love ya babe!!!

Bob breaks the curse!!!

Redemption from his miss on last years DVD
He smokes a doe and an 8 from the cherry tree yard with Jeff behind the camera!!!
Way to go Bob!!! and Jeff seems to be the horseshoe cameraman this year filming the first three bucks!!!

Angies first two hunts

The first was completely uneventful with the deer on complete shutdown between storms...
The second time out she drew her bow a couple times on some young does but couldnt seal the deal on the cagey critters...
We had a riot though and she is itchin to get back out...

CJ smokes the big 6

The big six munched his last apple out of the backyard at the Cherry Tree...Jeff and Chris were sitting in the Pine stand overlooking the yard behind the Cherry Tree (That stand is no longer with us...Torn apart by some fierce winds in a summer storm)
The big six that was standing behind my 10 in last seasons DVD came in to the boys and was on the hit list...He was a 4 yr. old deer that was missing an eye....Congrats Chris on the great deer!!!

Fun Eve

Soooo Hinky and I went out to shoot some Does....we had good wind and some eager critters....the bad news is...not enough girls...the bucks were all over us...just not the ones I am lookin for...I set the trailcam on video and captured a little story in clips....

The first video is a little buck that was sniffin around where we came in....you can see Hinky and I in the ladder against the Tennis court fence.......top left

The second clip is me at full draw on A big ol' doe that I was trying to shoot while in the view of the cam but it did not work out...You can see me moving the bow to my left....I did end up shooting her but not in the view of the trailcam...

Video 3 is the best buck of the evening coming back through our trap...he had been sniffing around behind the cam where I smoked the doe...Its dark but if you look u can see the bucks rack in the top right as he walks by...

The last clip is of Hinky and I leaving the stand in the evening...


Here are some pics...

Boy Scout Demo

We did a little demo for the Boy Scouts at the Izaac Walton League in Frederick...The boys were pretty excited to see us blowing stuff up with arrows (Randy filled a bunch of balloons with baby powder) We did some short range, as well as long range shooting and showed the damage a broadhead can cause by shooting it through an apple...My Son Dawson is a great camera man and he helped with the still and video photography..

Sept 16

Hinky wrote:
"WOW, what a night....LONG night!!

Thanks JLH for taking your boy to a old honey hole. I kinda had a feeling something good was gonna happen, but the longer and longer we sat....I thought that maybe tonight wasn't THE night.

Man was I wrong. THis is my biggest buck to daye (by far)....couldn't be more excited.
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THANKS AGAIN JEFF!!!!!"

Opening Day

Roger filmed Doug taking down this doe on opening day! Good job boys!

Sept 14

ITS FINALLY TIME!!!!!

The day we have been waiting for is tomorrow!!!

I know a bunch of the boyz......and girlz will be in the trees....

Be safe yall and gimme pics!!! I wanna blow this blog up!!!

Interview about the DVD

Joe from MWC interviewed Troy last night about the new DVD....good stuff...Episode 6 is the podcast about the DVD...but check em all out!!!

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They Love the WYLD MINERAL Sweet Mix!!!

First time I have used a mineral product that I have had deer in a hole licking the stuff!!! (I did not make the hole...it appeared)