Warsaw Whitetail

There are so many things you can do to get ready for the season that is upon you, for us this year, it is to get as many cameras hung up and ready to take pictures as we can, and to put some hunting plots in that will draw the deer in to range and to give them a little something different to eat other than benton county weeds.





This past week, June 3, 2010 as a matter of fact, we put out our first trail camera with a bag of some shelled corn and we look forward to watch the deer grow from now until season.

So we loaded up the four wheeler and headed to the farm to a spot we know very well.

When we got to the farm we went down a couple trails and some fence lines just maybe to see some good tracks and sign of some deer and we sure weren't dissapointed.

As we were looking for some sign and driving around fence lines, we spotted a young buck near one of our old homeade blinds. It was a great sign because they are usually always around this area and it is the same spot where two Missouri gobblers were taken down this year.

We finally got to the spot we wanted to put up a camera and we strapped it up to the tree and threw a half of bag of corn out.

The excitement that comes along with waiting to check that trail camera of yours after you've left it out in the woods for a period of time is nearly as close as a young kid waiting for Santa to come in the house and eat the cookies and milk on the kitchen table. You never know what you will find and you are always anxious to see what the memory card is full of. We are hoping this year to catch a drop tine buck that has been shot at twice and is still alive. Cameras allow you to "spy" on them, seeing them in their own habitat under relaxed conditions. You will not only learn where the biggest deer live, but you can enjoy watching the growth of certain deer as they go through stages in their life. It is always fun to compare pictures of the same buck from year to year. As a result, cameras help you pattern and find bucks faster and easier than ever before!

Our next step of our preparation for the upcoming season was to put about a 3/4 to 1 acre hunting plot in for the deer to access. We knew by NO means that this plot would be absolutely perfect in growth, fertilizer, lime, and soil. We are just clearing the plot, getting the rocks out of it, raking and dragging it, and throwing some seed down to see what happens.


We began by taking the bobcat T300 and the four wheeler deep into the woods, in the back of the property where it is thick, somewhat flat, and near a known bedding area.

Selecting the spot wasn't hard at all, clearing it all and trying to clean it up as best as possible took the longest.