Well fellas, we've officially broke the all-time Huntingnet Bow Contest scoring record with 866" of antler. The previous record was held byTEAM XX (my old team)in 2005 with849". That was a record that I never thought would be broken.

Last night, I went on a full-out spotting mission (couldn't stand to watch Ohio State play for the National Title)- saw 115 deer in 3 hours, 8 bucks (all with full headgear)- 3 ofthose buckswere on properties that I can/do hunt. 2 of those 3 were at least 90"+, so that means I'll have some real quality (for this area)carry-over bucks left for next fall. Encouraging. One of the deer was hanging right near an area where I'd found about 15 beds only 2 days ago. Hopefully he drops his rack in the area where I can find it. Looks like he's shadowing a big doe family with a lot of young ones - waiting for those late estrous runs, I guess.

Most of the does were packed together, hanging in their traditional winter yarding areas, as expected. Pretty good deer numbers, considering that most of the locals insist that whitetails are going extinct in the area.

Lots of coon hunters out. I saw at least 3 separate trucks parked with the dog boxes in the back.