Southern Indiana Whitetail: Hunt Report December 8th

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Hunt Report December 8th

I bundled up this morning and headed to the "Sanctuary" for a half day hunt. It was going to be a full day, but I ended up getting some tickets for the UK game so I had to get home to get some work done before the game.

It was 8 degrees with a WSW wind. The "Sanctuary" had been flooded earlier this week, so there were still some ice puddles. The pylon, where I wanted to hunt, was surrounded by an ice puddle. I still got in it, but i couldn't get my safety harness over all of my clothes. Like I said, it was 8 degrees! I got down and kicked out a spot in some down timber. Had three does come from the poplars to my east at about 8 o'clock, and a decent 9 pointer followed about ten minutes later. That was really the full extent of the action. I left about 12:30.

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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.