Is 2008 Beatable? Season of firsts...LOTS of Pics.
 

2008 was a great year for me in all aspects of life....hunting especially. My life is lining up to play out just the way I want it to, which excites me. Bowhunting wise, it was a fun journey and am glad for all my success. So here is a LONG photo journal of my 2008 season.

January

starts with Duck hunting, a great time to goof off and kill some ducks at the same time. Get out with the friends and have some fun.





March

Started witha 4 day trip to Alabama mid March turkey hunting with Jarrod and my Dad. No birds fell, but great times were had camping in a shack on a 1000 acre pine plantation. The following weekend we 3 went to spend a 3 day trip in west TN turkey hunting....or watching the rain rather. Fun camping trips basically.:D

Home Sweet Home in Alabama. Should be making a return trip for 2009.



April-May

Turkey season back here in KY. Shot a gobbler third day with the scattergun, spent next 3 weeks trying with the bow. Missed a jake on day 5, no more shots with 10000000 close calls until season closed in May. Still a good success.



Brutal sun in eyes squint.[8D]



May- August

Summer found a LOT of bowfishing action, both day and night. Fixed my boat up right, and spent quite a deal of time on the water.



Fish Disposal Service in My Buddies truck.



July the family went to Gulf Shores Alabama for a vacation, and I drug my boat along to do some saltwater bowfishing while others were beaching it. Got into a few stingrays and sheephead, inbetween the constant rain. Terrible weather the whole week. Caught coolers full of crabs and sand trout, shot a few rays, and spent some time on the ocean...great memories.

The Biggest Ray.


Headin out 4-5 miles down the coast to check the crab pots.



2 of Hundreds....good eating.:)



August

Dad took me ona graduation trip to South Dakota so I could try my hand bowhunting Pronghorn with Routier's Outfitting. Great people great times. We spent 2 days just driving around and seeing all the things out there, Black Hills, Badlands, Mt Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Devils Tower...beautiful country. Plan was to sit waterholes but a windy day or two had me stalking which is how I took mine. The mount should arrive on my porch monday or tuesday, I'll post pics when I get it in.
Story and photo journal can be had here.
http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=2993740&mpage=1&key=success& #2993740






September-November

Deer season starts back here in KY. Didn't touch the gun this year just to prove to myself that I could do it, and it worked out nicely for me.

9-30-08 Doe Kill (first archery deer)



Then on the last day of a 16 day rifle season, killed my first archery buck on 11/23/08. Removed the Orange for the hero shots.



December

Tried to kill a turkey with the bow to cap off an amazing year, but no dice. One miss and one lost bird after a day of searching. Started back in Coyote and Duck hunting again to finish the year.







A lot of firsts, a lot of learned lessons, and a LOT of great memories. Not sure if it is possible, but I am hoping to top it with 2009. Best of luck for the upcoming year fellas. It is a cycle, you should enjoy every step of it.:)

RE: Is 2008 Beatable? Season of firsts...LOTS of Pics.
 

Thats my kind of journal! When you get older lets hope you can keep the same schedule.....

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Congrats on a great year! Hope '09 is just as good to you.

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Man that is awesome, keep it up. Lets put a shed or 2 in "09"s journal.:)

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Great pics and story, here's to a great 2009. COngrats on what seems like a dream year.

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Very cool!!! You are smart to carry a camera on these adventures...wish I had of all of my hunting career. I just got into it this year and regret not getting into photography until now.

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Awesome job Trev! You're the bomb.

Pm sent!

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What a year! Congrats! I was out west in June. I hit a deer with my car real near devils tower[:'(]. Some crazy guy was climbing the tower the day we were there. It was nasty windy and sleeting out! You could see him getting spun around by the wind.

Nice story and pics !

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That is truly awesome!!!

Congrats on an AWESOME season!!

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Here's to an awesome '08 season, and an even better '09

Congrats on an excellent season.

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Sounds like a great year Trev! Hopefully 09 can compare.:D

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Congrats on a great season. Good to see you're getting a lot of traveling in as well.

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Trev, great year ;)

As another fairly young hunter (17), I had a great year as well. I had a blast. :)

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Looks like a great year of hunting and traveling.

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u had a great year.. way to put of good number for us kentucky boys haha :D

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Great job and great post. Truly is a joy to read and look at the photos. I too wish I would have taken photos of my hunting and fishing trips growing up. I guess its never to late to start. Im getting a camera this year and wil use to document my days in the field. Thanks for sharing.

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Awesome journal Trev ;)The only thing missing would have been a pic of me with the mits around your neck at Ky deer camp [8D]:DI kid i kid :D
Gri22ly The avatar has got to go dude [:o]

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That is a great year man, congrats. My year has not been that good, missed a beautiful gobbler, didnt take a buck with the bow, next year cant get that much worse :D. Duck hunting has been great this year though, we just dont get the mallards yall do around here, but woodies everywhere as usual. Got 2 bands from the mallards i have shot though. :DHope your 09 is just as good for ya,
Brent

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She's B&C Dan, I have to keep her.:D

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I feel sorry for the scoring panel :D

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Congrats on a great year. Charish the experience and do these things now while you can. When you get older time is at a premium...... Great journal.

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You aint had a bad year at all trev.....maybe we can start out 09 right in the morning.


Now that "carp removal service" is gonna start costing.......lol

RE: Is 2008 Beatable? Season of firsts...LOTS of Pics.
 

Great year for vacations, hunting and fishing. What are planning in the future? With the experience you have at a young age and seemingly very mature maybe a future in the outdoors business?

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Yep, that's a mighty fine year you had TE. Heres hopeing you do top it this year, good hunting.

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What a season bro! Congrats!
From the looks of that second picture, you guys got into the mergansers that day:D

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Thanks for the kind words everyone, each and every single one of you. Why I like this site. Seems like this is beginning to be the slow time of year again, this post is still on page one.:D

2009 is off to the right start it seems, first called in and disposed coyote. I have decided that before the season is over I am going to use the bow, they are coming in well within range for it, just need to carefully choose setups instead of plopping down just anywhere. Before turkey season kicks in, I will have one down with the bow.;)

1/4/09

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Good Luck in 09 Trevor!! I'm sure there will be many seasons you accomplish some amazing things.

Just learn to enjoy them all.

I have hunted 40 plus seasons, and it's always Nice to have a year when you are really on a roll.

Good Job in 08!!

Dan

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Keep up the good work! You are really bagging some game, bow and gun. Instead of trying to beat last season, I'd take each season as they came and hope for the best. That way you won't put too much pressure on yourself.

What kind of rifle did you get the coyote with?

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Good year T-rev.

I enjoyed the calls after the kills, even though I didn't understand a lick of them[:-]

Nice Yote...Female?

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Savage 12bvss .22-250 throwing Hornady 55 grn Vmax. Sucker weighs like10 lbs, but has bench-shooting worthy accuracy, just not soo much in my hands. lol 50-60 yards....never in my life seen something drop as dead as that. not a twitch, hit the dirt hard. Frontal shot right dead center chest.

31# female Kyle. And the calls are just fine[:@], dang northerners.[8D]

Good advice Greg, sounds like possibly a learned experience?:);) I will certainly just take em as they come and enjoy the ride, just like having goals set in stone to have something to shoot for.


On a side note, has anyone tried calling predators with bow with much success? I am going to give it a serious go here in a week or two. Just set up in thicker areas I guess so when the shot is presented, it will be close. Not sure how to approach it exactly...[&:]

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That's a great journal. Congrat's on a great season.

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I believe that BHF (bowhuntingfool) has. Maybe give him a shout.

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Trev, have you ever played around with those little furry decoys for calling in predators?

I picked one up a few months ago and have used it a few times. It seems like when it works...it really works. Or they just aren't interested. Shoot me a PM if you wanna dicuss. I am going out in the morning to try and smoke a yote.

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I think the only way you are going to beat 2008 is if they added a few more days onto the year. You own your own jet or what?

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Great yr for you. Awesome pics. I might have to do the same next yr....... more pics. I was hunting hard but waiting on Mr Big

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Awesome Trev, Just awesome!!

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Awesome man! I wish i had that much time!!! Not to say your success is b/c of anything... Im not trying to burst a bubble or anything is what i meant. I would love to be able to do that much hunting. I hope you can match it in 09!

Derek

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Not at all. I realize that most of my success comes from shear amount of time available to do these things rather than actual skill of getting it done. LOL I'll be the first to tell you that. Im just enjoying all the freetime before it dries up here soon. I'll have two more years of alot of time during my "easy" years of college. But from then on my time will be 1/10 of what it is now. Just trying to enjoy it while I can.

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I here ya there on that man!!! I still have another year before i get into the hard side of engineering:D Im ready for it, but its gonna beruff for sure...

hows theweather? Rainy and crappy here. Went from about 60* this morning to 40something now.
Derek