Hunting with Mike

My nephew Derek is having a deer hunting year like no other! He filled his Michigan licenses harvesting a 6-pointer and a great 10-pointer, with his bow, and now check out this gorgeous Ohio buck he “laid to rest” this past Tuesday with his shotgun! What are you going to do for an encore son?

Derek works, as a manager, at Cabala’s in Dundee Michigan, and can’t break away for hunting, like he would like! He has only sat on stand for five days this year, but has put three nice bucks in the freezer. His recent hunt, to Hocking Hills in Ohio, was a two day deal that paid off big time.

My brother Darryl and his friend Dan Graham arrived at camp on Friday, and were going to meet up with Derek for gun opener. Darryl’s friend Jason has approximately 1000 acres that he and his Ohio buddies hunt. They sit till 9:00 A.M. on opening day, and then start driving for deer. The area they drive is very hilly, and this type of hunting is not for the faint of heart. Well Jason asked Derek if he wanted to get in on the drives, and Derek jumped at the chance. Darryl and Dan opted to hunt a farm where they had been seeing some monster bucks.

Opening morning Jason placed Derek on a ridge about 300 yards up the side of a hill. The plan was to meet at 9:00 o’clock and start driving. Derek said at around 8:30 he decided to move down into the valley and watch a small funnel, just in case the other guys ran a deer his way. Don’t you just love it when a plan comes together? Sure enough; the other hunters ran this beautiful, symetrical 10-point within 60 yards of Derek’s position, and he anchored it with a heart shot! The buck will score somewhere between 140-150, with hardly any deductions. After Derek took care of his deer he helped the other hunters drive the hills and woodlots. Before the day was over two young bucks and two nice 8-points were added to the game pole. Not bad for one day of hunting! Congratulations again Derek you’ve had quite a year!

Brother Darryl and Dan are still in Ohio, so I don’t know the status of their success as of yet. Darryl did make sure to get in some of the pictures with these 2″bad boys!”

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