2010-2011 Hunting Season
2010-2011 Deer: Click on Deer Picture to jump to that link
January 31st (PM) Monday Madison County: Saw five. No bucks. End of Season. Hate to see it end. Was a great year hunting with Austin.
January 30th (PM) Sunday Hunting Club Jackson County: Austin and I hunted. Saw zero. Warm weather. Deer shutdown after the big snow.
January 30th (AM) Sunday Hunting Club Jackson County: Austin and I hunted. Walk around - saw zero.
January 29th (PM) Saturday Hunting Club Jackson County: Austin and I hunted. Saw five. Had three mature doe in field when we arrived. Had a large come through walking in heat. No buck with her. Bad Deal!!!
January 29th (AM) Saturday Hunting Club Jackson County: Austin and I hunted. Saw four. No bucks.
January 28th (PM) Friday Madison County: Austin and I hunted. We saw 15 deer and both harvested a Doe. Pictures posted to - Click to link: Austin Hunting 2010-11 and Rifle Hunting 2010-11.
January 27th (PM) Thursday Jackson County: Saw five. Harvested a good buck! Pictures and story to come.
January 26th (PM) Wednesday Hunting Club Jackson County: Saw zero - hard to believe.
January 26th (PM) Wednesday Hunting Club Jackson County: Saw three. Doe, small buck and 6-pt. Still wet and muddy.
January 25th (PM) Tuesday Hunting Club Jackson County: Saw six - no bucks. Raining and Nasty.
January 24th (PM) Monday Madison County: Hunted till 4:30 and left for basketball game. Saw zero.
January 23rd (PM) Sunday Hunting Club Jackson County: Austin and I hunted. Saw five. Had three mature doe in field when we arrived. Had a large come through walking in heat. No buck with her. Bad Deal!!!
January 23rd (AM) Sunday Hunting Club Jackson County: Austin and I hunted. Saw four. No bucks.
January 22nd (PM) Saturday Morgan County: Saw zero.
January 21st (PM) Friday Madison County: Had a doe at 25 yards and a herd of 15 or so came running back. Weird! Didn't see anything following them.
January 20th (PM) Thursday Madison County: Saw two - no bucks.
January 19th (PM) Wednesday Hunting Club Jackson County: Saw spike, 4-point, two button heads and a small doe. Cold.
January 19th (AM) Wednesday Hunting Club Jackson County: Saw three-no bucks. Cold.
January 18th (PM) Tuesday Hunting Club Jackson County: Saw one small buck. Raining and Nasty.
January 18th (AM) Tuesday Hunting Club Jackson County: Saw a doe and medium sized 7-point. Watched buck for 15 minutes. Not big enough to shoot. Raining and Nasty.
January 16th (PM) Sunday Madison County: Austin and I hunted. Saw zero. No deer moving with the snow on the ground. Been a tough week!
January 15th (PM) Saturday Morgan County: Sat in stand from Noon till 5:30. Saw zero.
January 14th (PM) Friday Madison County: Still lots of snow on the ground. Deer not moving. Saw zero.
January 13th (PM) Thursday Hunting Club Jackson County: Austin and I hunted. Saw zero. Very Cold.
January 13th (AM) Thursday Hunting Club Jackson County: Austin and I hunted. Saw zero. Very Cold.
January 12th (PM) Wednesday Hunting Club Jackson County: Austin and I hunted. Saw six. No bucks.
January 12th (AM) Wednesday Hunting Club Jackson County: Harvested a Buck. Pictures posted to - Click to link: Rifle Hunting 2010-11
January 11th (PM) Tuesday Hunting Club Jackson County: Austin and I hunted. Saw zero. 10" of snow on the ground. Barely made it to Skyline. Very cold and windy. Austin and I almost froze to death!
January 9th (AM) Sunday Hunting Club Jackson County: Austin and I hunted. Saw two. No bucks.
January 8th (PM) Saturday Hunting Club Jackson County: Austin and I hunted. Saw 15 deer. Four bucks. Three small bucks and one nice 8 point that had one side broke off. He would've been a shooter with both sides. The big buck chased deer all over the food plot. We watched and videoed him for 30 minutes. He made a scrape on one side. Two smaller bucks with basket racks fought 30 yards from the shooting house at dark.
January 8th (AM) Saturday Hunting Club Jackson County: Shot a monster buck and lost him. I was hunting in cutover and it was VERY thick. He was chasing a doe and stopped. I shot and he took off. I had good blood for 150 yards. According to the GPS, tracked him a total of 1400 yards by blood before losing trail. I think the bullet hit something and fragmented. It was almost like hitting him with buckshot. I spent 10 hours total looking for him. He was 150+ B&C deer. Maybe he will turn up on trail cam pics or will be found dead. I'm sick about it!
January 7th (PM) Friday Madison County: Harvested a Buck. Pictures posted to - Click to link: Rifle Hunting 2010-11
January 6th (PM) Thursday Hunting Club Madison County: Saw zero.
January 5th (PM) Wednesday Hunting Club Jackson County: Saw zero. Rain and Cold
January 5th (AM) Wednesday Hunting Club Jackson County: Saw one. Rain and Cold
January 3rd (AM) Monday Hunting Club Jackson County: Austin and I hunted. Saw zero.
January 2nd (PM) Sunday Hunting Club Jackson County: Austin and I hunted. Saw sixteen. Austin didn't shoot. Said he was waiting on a big buck.
January 1st (PM) Saturday Hunting Club Jackson County: Austin and I hunted. Saw six. Austin and I both harvested a Doe. Pictures posted to - Click to link: Austin Hunting 2010-11
December 31st (PM) Friday Madison County: Austin and hunted in the hardwoods. I climbed up and put a Loc-On beside my stand. Saw a spike and three females. Spike was 40 yards from stand. Didn't shoot.
December 26th (PM) Sunday Madison County: Austin and I hunted. Saw three. Austin harvested a doe in the snow. Pictures posted to - Click to link: Austin Hunting 2010-11
December 25th (PM) Saturday Morgan County: Austin and I hunted. Saw eight. Austin harvested a Spike. Pictures posted to - Click to link: Austin Hunting 2010-11
December 23rd (PM) Thursday Hunting Club Jackson County: Austin and I hunted. Saw seven. Austin harvested a Doe. Pictures posted to - Click to link: Austin Hunting 2010-11
December 22nd (PM) Wednesday Hunting Club Jackson County: Austin and I hunted. Saw six. Austin harvested a Doe. Pictures posted to - Click to link: Austin Hunting 2010-11
December 20th (PM) Monday Madison County: Saw one doe.
December 16th (PM) Thursday Madison County: Saw ten. No Bucks.
December 13th (PM) Monday Madison County: Austin and I hunted. Saw two. No shot.
December 11th (PM) Saturday Hunting Club Jackson County: Austin and I hunted. Saw three. No shot.
December 8th (PM) Wednesday Madison County: Saw three. No Bucks.
December 7th (PM) Tuesday Madison County: Saw four. No Bucks.
December 6th (PM) Monday Morgan County: Austin and I hunted. Saw three. Austin harvested a Spike. Pictures posted to - Click to link: Austin Hunting 2010-11
December 5th (PM) Sunday Hunting Club Jackson County: Austin and I hunted. Saw two.
November 28th (PM) Sunday Hunting Club Jackson County: Austin and I hunted. Saw three. No shot.
November 21st (PM) Sunday Hunting Club Jackson County: Austin and I hunted. Saw zero.
November 20th (PM) Saturday Hunting Club Jackson County: Austin and I hunted. Saw zero.
November 14th (PM) Sunday Hunting Club Jackson County: Austin and I hunted. Saw zero.
November 13th (PM) Saturday Hunting Club Jackson County: Austin and I hunted. Saw zero.
November 12th (PM) Friday Madison County Hancock Property: Harvested a Doe. Pictures posted to - Click to link: Archery Hunting 2010-11
November 10th (PM) Wednesday Morgan County: Saw zero.
November 8th (Mid-Day) Monday Madison County Hancock Property: Sat in the stand from noon till 4pm. Saw zero.
November 7th (PM) Sunday Madison County: Austin and I hunted at Madison County. I put another hanging treestand up and we sat together. Saw 8 deer total. Had a 7pt come by at 35 yards. I drew but it would not stop in a shooting lane.
November 6th (PM) Saturday Morgan County Property: Saw Six. Did not shoot.
November 6th (AM) Saturday Madison County Hancock Property: Saw Five. Did not shoot.
November 5th (PM) Friday Madison County Hancock Property: Saw three. Did not shoot.
November 3rd (PM) Wednesday Madison County Property: Saw three. Did not shoot. Miserable afternoon! Rained all afternoon. Not good!
November 1st (PM) Monday Madison County Property: Saw one. Did not shoot.
November 1st New Trail Camera Pictures posted - Click on link: Trail Camera Pics 2010-11
October 31st Sunday Attended Talladega Race
October 30th (PM) Saturday Morgan County Property: Saw zero.
October 29th (PM) Friday Madison County Property: Saw several deer including 4 bucks (3 small bucks and 1 medium size). Did not shoot.
October 29th Maybe I should be shooting the Crossbow :)
October 29th Amber's dog Milo
October 28th (PM) Thursday Morgan County Property: I hunted a strange schedule. Austin had a basketball game at Lacey's Spring. I hunted from 2:30 till 4:30. Had to leave at the "Good Time" to attend the game. Saw zero.
October 27th (PM) Wednesday Jackson County Property: Harvested at Doe. Pictures posted to - Click to link: Archery Hunting 2010-11
October 26th (PM) Tuesday My first day of the season to NOT hunt. Bad weather with storms and tornado warnings. I'll hunt in the rain with a rifle ... not a bow. Will not hunt in a tornado warning period. Joe Simmons and I were hunting on Wheeler Refuge one time and a huge storm blew in. We were a LONG way from the truck and lightning was striking between us and the river - NOT GOOD!
October 26th New Trail Camera Pictures posted - Quite a few bucks - Click on link: Trail Camera Pics 2010-11
October 25th (PM) Monday Giles County: Harvested at Buck. Pictures posted to - Click to link: Archery Hunting 2010-11
October 24th (PM) Sunday Hunting Club Jackson County: Hunted a draw with Mountain Oaks. Saw zero deer.
October 23rd (PM) Saturday Morgan County Property: Saw a doe and 2 fawns. They feed around me for 45 minutes on Mountain Oak acorns. The fawns were small and had spots. Had the deer within 20 yards for 30 minutes. Didn't want to shoot the doe with small fawns.
October 22nd (PM) Friday Wheeler National Refuge: Hunted a swamp off a soybean field. Saw zero deer. Lots of mosquitoes the size of small birds!
October 21st (PM) Thursday Giles County Property: Harvested at 7-point. Pictures posted to - Click to link: Archery Hunting 2010-11
October 20th (PM) Wednesday Morgan
County Property: Harvested at Doe. Pictures posted to - Click to link:
Archery Hunting 2010-11
*That's 21 straight years with at least one Bow Harvest - Cool!
October 19th (PM) Tuesday Morgan County Property: Rain and Storms! Came a down pour from 4:00 till 4:40. Got soaking wet. Had another storm coming (this one had lightning) - got down at 5:15. Something about sitting 20' up on a metal stand in lightning does not appeal to me. A few acorns dropping. Saw 0 deer before rain. Tomorrow should be a good day - always good after a front! Will post new trail cam pics soon.
October 18th (PM) Monday Madison County Property: Saw 9 deer. 4 bucks and 5 doe. None in bow range. Tough with all the acorns dropping.
October 18th Misc Hunting Pictures posted to - Click to link: Misc Hunting Pictures 2010-11
October 18th New Trail Camera Pictures posted - Click on link: Trail Camera Pics 2010-11
October 18th Friends deer pictures updated. Congrats to David Crump for his bow harvest over the weekend. Click to link: Friends Pictures
October 17th (PM) Sunday Hunting Club Jackson County: Austin and I hunted at the club. I get a new crossbow this summer. Austin has shot it a lot and ready to hunt. Saw zero deer.
October 17th Saturday Austin and I drove out to my parents at Grant. Ate some good food and watched the Alabama game. Got back to camp at 1am. Tired!
October 16th (PM) Saturday Hunting Club Jackson County: Hunted a draw with Mountain Oaks. A lot of deer sign in there. Saw a lot of squirrels, one bobcat and no deer. Thats 14 hours of sitting in a treestand and seeing one deer. I miss South Alabama!
October 15th Friday Meet Kim and Austin at Piggly Wiggly in Gurley. Picked up Austin and camp back to the camp.
October 15th (PM) Friday Hunting Club Jackson County: Hunted a group of white and red oaks dropping. Setup was perfect. Climbed a red oak with a cluster of maple trees growing in front of it. I cut the top out of a couple of smaller trees and they feel over creating great cover. The wind was perfect. Of course I saw zero deer.
October 15th (AM) Friday Hunting Club Jackson County: Wind was horrible it blew from every direction. I could only see 30 yards from the stand very thick! Heard some deer coming and wind blew scent to them. They blew and bolt at 50 yards. I had a 6 or 7 point come in at 15 yards. He was real nervous and finally bolted. He was too small to shot based on club rules. Buck was around 160-170 lbs body wise. I took a picture just before he ran.
October 14th Thursday - Spent the day scouting at the hunting club. Found one small area with a few white oaks. Deer are eating the mountain oak acorns and there are thousands of them here. I found a couple of areas the deer are eating well. Plan to hunt them tomorrow.
October 12th One of the places I hunt - Click to link: Madison County
October 10th New Trail Camera Pictures posted - Click on link: Trail Camera Pics 2010-11
October 8th Put out three cameras on the Madison County Land. Leaf River, Wild Game and Wild View cameras.
October 5th Put out a camera on the Morgan County Land. Stealth Cam camera.
October Had to shut down the Guestbook due to SPAM. I don't need a Russian Bride or money from a Nigerian Prince.
October Austin loading rifle shells.
October Last summer - had a lot of wind damage on the farm. Got loggers cutting trees. Click on picture for details.
September Loaded 200+ cartridges for 243 Winchester, 270 Winchester, 7mm Rem Mag and 300 Win Mag.
September 12th (Sunday) Austin and I dove hunted at Jim's farm. Click on picture for details.
August 29th (Sunday) Austin and I carried the Travel Trailer to the Hunting Club in Jackson County.
August 15th (Sunday) Austin and I attended a meeting at the Hunting Club in Jackson County.
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