10/5/05

After moving into the city for a short term move and having a very uneventful 2004 season we finally found a house with acreage in Bedford county. This is the first buck off the new property. I had a couple of hours to hunt and walked about 200 yards from the house to a spot where I had found a scrape the week before. This guy came by about 6:45. I grunted him in from about 75 yards. He came downwind smelled me but did not spook. He then moved just a few yards and turned broadside at 20 yards. The buck weighed 177 pounds before we dressed it out. 

4/14/03

My next door neighbor Rich and I went to our lease property in Brookneal and shot this bird about 7:15AM. He gobbled a bunch off the roost and a bunch when he hit the ground. No hens showed up so he decided he had enough waiting so he came to us. 

11/18/03

Here is the one I was waiting for. I had hunted a property in the City of Lynchburg for about 6 years. I always knew it held nice deer but all big deer are mostly nocturnal and I think they are more so in the city. The rut does strange things though. Shot this deer a 10:00 am. Has a total of nine points with an inside spread of 21 7/8 inches.

More pictures of this deer are HERE. 

11/17/03

Rebekah shot this nice 8 point out of the box blind as well. It was rifle season and she used a .243. Buck has 16 1/2 inside spread. 

11/10/03

Nice 8 point that I shot during blackpowder season. I shot this deer from my famous "box blind." That is my homemade wooden box at the back of my 7.5 acres. Just happens to be in the best funnel possible for that small acreage. 

4/24/03

This turkey should come close to the state record for this year. I had hunted this bird for 3 years and my Dad is the one who finally shot it. Scored 78 1/16. 23lbs 12 oz, 10 3/4 beard, 1 5/8 spurs on both side.  

Update - Took 1st for the Western Region 

This turkey also placed NUMBER 1 in the state for 2003.

11/27/02

The frustration deer. I shot this deer late in November after experiencing several long treestand hunts without seeing any deer. Normally I would not shoot this deer because next year he would be nice. I just could not help myself. This deer just happened to be on the receiving end of my "frustration."

11/4/02

Caleb shot this nice eight pointer while we were bowhunting in Iowa. This deer weighed 205 pounds before it was field dressed. This is Caleb's first buck with a bow. 

11/4/02

Rebekah shot this deer the first day of blackpowder season. Since Caleb and I were in Iowa she took care of it herself. Unfortunately the drag was all uphill but she handled it. 

11/21/01

Gary with his second 8 point of the 2001 season. The picture to the right is Gary and Rebekah together. Rebekah shot the doe with her bow the same evening. 

11/15/2001

Gary with his first buck of the 2001 season. Nice 8 pointer with a 15 inch inside spread. Shot at 100 yards with a muzzleloader. 

11/12/2001

Rebekah with her first buck. This deer weighed 199 pounds before it was field dressed. Beautiful 9 pointer with a 17 3/4 inch inside spread. !! She shot it with a .50 caliber muzzleloader from about 65 yards away. Pictures on the right show it mounted.

5/11/2001

Seth with his 1st turkey. It weighed 23 pounds. Was the largest bird checked in here in Lynchburg. Scored 69 points. 11.5 inch beard. Seth was 10 years old at the time. 

5/14/2001

Gary went back to the same area and shot this turkey 3 days after Seth. This one weighed 20 pounds with a 10.5 inch beard. Scored 66 points. 

6 Point Buck shot with a bow - 1998

You are correct. It is an albino!