Southern Indiana Whitetail: October 15th Hunt Report

Saturday, October 16, 2010

October 15th Hunt Report

I hunted behind my father-in-laws yesterday morning. I saw a little 4 point and three does. One doe (who was a Pope&Young doe) offered a shot from about 20 yards quartering toward me. I elected not to take the shot for lack of a good angle. Had it been a good buck I would have put the shot in there, but I want to be as close to 100% sure of a clean kill with a doe as I can be.

The latest warm front moved out about 3 days ago and we are consistantly in the low 40s for the overnight low. I wasn't able to hunt this morning, but the low was 37. If those kind of temperatures continue, the full moon on the 25th could see some really good rutting action.

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Properties

My only property in the Cincinnati area right now is a 50 acre tract on the Great Miami River that I call "The Sanctuary". 50 acres does not sound like much, but the setting of this property is what makes it great. Sitting adjacent to a park, it is protected from hunting pressure and receives deer traffic from the vast amoun of wildlife habitat in the park. The 50 acres is about 1/3 native grass field and 2/3 wooded area and thick burr patch. My first year hunting this property was 2008. Though I filled my tag on Thanksgiving morning on a different property, I saw a good amount of mature buck activity on this property that fall. Having worked hard all summer to get ready for the 2009 season, I was able to arrow a mature buck on Halloween.

The Dream 80 is an 80 acre tract in southern Orange county that is surrounded mostly by Hoosier National Forestry. We started our lease at the beginning of December, 2010. Dad had lusted after this property for many years, so it is now called The Dream 80 and referred to as TD-80. At this point (12/12/2010) we are just beginning to make plans for TD-80. We are beginning to map out sanctuaries and food plots that we will break ground on early in the spring (map seen here http://siwhitetail.blogspot.com/2010/12/preliminary-plans-for-td-80.html). The innitial goal for this property is to make it home to two mature bucks a year. That seems like a realistic goal that will push us to want more out of the property. If this property produces one mature buck (four of us will hunt it with bow only) per year, I will consider it a major success.