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I never became a member since I mainly ran with some guys I knew for years. But often went up there as a guest with my Step Father and another one of the members....Really cool place....

There is a lot about our camp here in the Trans-Bluegrass that is probably different than a lot of places.

1) This is all private land. The farms are usually 20-300 acres.
2) The deer density is quite high. Deer outnumber humans. The state is trying to reduce the herd in this zone.
3) With the proximity to Indiana and Ohio, there are a lot of non-resident hunters, us among them.
4) There are few deer leases. One of the few local ones is directly behind our property. Most of the "camps" are someone's grandparent's farm with either the old farmhouse or a trailer.
5) The hunter density is quite high. There are probably 1100 hunters within earshot of us. The CO told me that he's never seen anything like our part of the county. He grew up here.


Ooops. Gotta run. More later.

OK. I'm back.

So how does this influence our hunting?

1) We tend to hunt the center of the property, especially during The Opener. I have probably the most exposed stand of any; it's 80 yards from the line. However, my back is to a large oak and you would need to be on our side of the line to get a clear shot. It's also in a place that the neighbors seldom go. In 18 seasons, I have yet to see another man's orange from my vantage.
2) There are places on the property where we just don't go. I was tracking a deer back in 2004 and managed to get behind a neighbor's backstop without knowing. They started a shooting contest, and I had a few close misses before hightailing it out. When I mentioned it to the owner, his response was, "Don't worry. If we was aiming for you, we'd have hit you."
3) Orange is our color. We can see other hunters at 1000 yards if they're wearing orange. If we're away from the front porch, we are in orange.
4) We have little contact with the other camps. When the bar over on the next ridge was still in business we used to go over frequently and have dinner and visit. Nowadays, I hardly know who is out there.
5) Until very recently, we had to worry about the processors filling up. If we had a deer down on the Opener we needed to get it out to the processor as quickly as possible. In the evening, we still have to be quick about it. The nearest processor is 30 minutes away. If we tarry, they'll be closed by the time we get there.

shaman, sounds like a walk in cooler would be a big asset. Don't you guys at least quarter the deer up and put the meat in a cooler? I can not imagine spending money for processing deer. I would go broke not to mention the satisfaction of doing your own.

Once I retire, and move down there permanently, it'll make more sense to DIY and forget the processor. As it is, we do it as a matter of time saving and convenience. Our preferred processor is about 1/2 hour away on the way out. He does a great job. All we have to do is bring him a clean carcass. If we DIY'd it , it would be a much bigger chunk out of season doing something other than hunting.

I now have pictures of NewGuy.



NewGuy is on the right, coming back from a squirrel hunt with Angus.

Here he is trailing me past one of the cameras.

Shaman, what does NewGuy get called next season ?

& is that a 'deadhead' Angus is holding ?

Good luck with your season.

That's a current topic of discussion topic. NewGuy is a working handle. We're playing around with callsigns. When we make the formal announcement of him joining the Shamanic Dream Team, we'll have it all settled.

Yes, that's a nice 8 pointer. It's a shame too-- probably ran off the neighbor's place to the east. We got an even bigger one back in November that had been bow shot and run onto our property.

LMFAO!!!!!

Shaman,

Can you and your camp find it in the goodness of your souls to invite Renegade to your camp? Bless his heart, he needs someone of your abilities to teach him bushcraft and Whitetail 101. Thanks



Bob

Is that Shaman or Ewell Gibbons?

My only hesitation is that he seems to laugh without any particular reason. That can be a dangerous sign in some folks.

WAM: While I appreciate the taste of wild hickory nuts, that's just me there. I was fresh in from my inaugural squirrel hunt.

Sham,


Thanks for the consideration. I know it would warm Renegade’s heart to be included. Maybe he will also learn to stop shooting the first little buck that wanders by and still has milk on his lips.


Bob

New Guy looks like he's enjoying his new playground and friends.

This is usually a steadfast camp bylaw. NewGuy will forever be known as NewGuy. This shall not change. Another addition to camp shall be annointed as [bleep], or FNG for short. This is Camp Law 101.

We made that mistake naming stands. In 2006, I decided Heartbreak Ridge just wasn't producing, and I moved the stand about 80 yards along the side of the ridge to a new location I dubbed NewStand. It produced deer, but they all fell down the steep slope all the way to the bottom. Pretty soon, nobody wanted to hunt NewStand. We pulled the stand out in 2016.

PapaAlpha or PapaAlphaOne has been put forward as a CallSign. I'm not in love with it yet, but I'm not going rule it out. SuperCore was easy to name. SuperCore was his nickname at NCR back in the 60's. IBM had come out with core memory, and NCR tried to match them with what they called "Super Core Memory." It was vaporware, and never quite made it to market. One of SuperCore's customers, a mutual friend, named him that; for 3 years SuperCore was announcing this fabulous new product that was just about to arrive.

The new guy has to wait until anything decent are all shot off the bait piles.

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Don’t

Just don’t

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Head to Toe orange suit with matching orange Gilligan hat

cat’s outta the bag

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Giant carrot man 👍😂