Fortunately I get five weeks vacation so it wasn't too painful to burn one for opening week.

Morning lady and gentlemen, and you too Fraley.Hope everyone on team chaos survived the crazy weather we had last night. We had some rain and pretty good wind but no problems here. We could still use some more rain.

Might have to make a run to Cabelas today. I don't really need anything, but they are having their fall hunting sale and I might just run across something that I have left off of the list. Have a good day and keep us of of the back pages. We have a reputation to keep up ya know.

We got hit by the storms very hard over here in Indiana. Not much damage here at my place, but the town got hit pretty hard. Uprooted trees stuff like that. We didnt have any power until later in the night. I think everyone has power now.

mornin JM and PUMPKIN.

As you probably seen on the news here in Wi and Il border its nuts with flooding. I went and checked out hunting spot and the creek is way back down but this water will help now. It was getting pretty dry but now will hold the bucks even better.

Hey since I am over here so much also do I get free rent?

No it's gonna cost you 2" per post.


Oh yeah, pumpkin is on a family outing. Gotta pay his dues before bow season starts. Us common folk are holding the team together in his absence.

I am waiting for all that water to get down here and push the deer out of the bottoms and up onto the land that I hunt. In 1993 we had the worst floodsin historyand I saw more deer that year than ever. They all got pushed off the islands and lowlands. I only live a mile or so from the Missouri River.

7 more days

I went out to the bean fields in IL tonight. I didn't find my bachelor group. But I did find a stud bucks bedroom. The problem is, it is in the middle of a 100 acre bean field. I was walking thru the field to whereI was going to sit and glass the field. I caught some movement out of the corner of my eye and glanced over that way. I see a true monster bounding towards the woods. He is at least a 10 pointer with a couple of forked tines or stickers. Didn't get a good enough look. But he is tall and wide. I went over to where I first saw him and found 5 beds in the beans about 70 yards from the woods. I never even knew he was there until he got up. He would be really hard to sneak up on out in the beans, and when he is laying down he is totally concealed. I don't think he is one of those I saw on my last trip out there. This guy is much bigger.

Well lets hope you stick him jm...

Pumpkin swing looks great but it is missing deer hanger.