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Welcome to our Front Porch. Here you will find talk about what is going on with WKO and any success we've had. We use only recent photos and references from our hunts. This gives our clients an up-to-date, honest report. Check back daily, because like the seasons it will change. DONATE FOR A CHANCE to WIN a Hunt in Western Kentucky February 12th-April 12th. Winner To Be Announced on April 15, 2010
TODAY's News from the Porch: Update: 3.08.10 - We've had 4 straight days of 50+ degrees and the birds were hammering. A lot of activity was seen. Birds were roost gobbling pretty heavy. We even heard several gobbles after fly down, so the spring is beginning to take shape. Hens are still in big groups with some toms trying to enter the mix, but gobblers are still grouped up themselves and sorting out their pecking order. I wanted to give an update on Big Wayne. Over the last 5 days Wayne has been fighting a high-fever caused by another infection in his stomach that was found on Saturday. They started treating the infection with antibiotics and hope that will be all that is needed. Otherwise, he is looking at doctors having to go back in for another look. Blood work is being done to make sure the infection has not entered his blood. Another MRI is also being done. We'll keep everyone posted on Wayne. Thanks to everyone who has donated to Wayne. 3.5.10 - I wanted to provide an update on Wayne and again Thank everyone that has donated to this point. The generosity of so many of you has been overwhelming. Wayne continues to be in good spirits, but seeing very little progress with recovering. Therapist continue to work with him on a daily basis. He did get to sit up once last week, but still has not walked. Sitting up was pretty rough on him. Donations will continue to be accepted until April 12th with a winner announced on April 15th. For you turkey hunters the Spring season is just 6 weeks out. Weather here has been warming. Birds are still flocked up but we're starting to see some pecking order start to take place. It won't be long before many of the gobblers will be breaking off in satellite groups. As we suspected from the number of jakes last year, the number of 2 year old birds this year looks healthy. Overall we're looking forward to another good Spring. Weather can always play a big role, but through scouting and learning our birds, we can usually overcome most foul weather and still put our hunters in a position of opportunity. Make sure you know your gun and it's range. Hunting different terrain than you are accustomed to can make judging yardages more difficult. 3.2.10 - The Rack Score contest is over. The Rack's GROSS Score is 153 1/8". The winning guess was 158 3/8" by Jason Payne. He was within 5 2/8". Jason, get me your mailing address and the hat will be on it's way. Thanks to all for participating. One of the reasons we did this, and it's something we will do more between now and deer season, is we find a lot of guys have problems judging a buck's rack. Often you only have a few seconds to even make a decision to shoot, let alone try and factor in if you think the buck is 130, 140 or even 150. Over the years we find a hunter will over judge a buck by 15-20". Often we'll view a deer from the truck and hear hunters judging the buck to be 140-150, when it truly is more like 120's. So, we're going to have some of these contests from time to time and also spend a bit more time when you arrive going over a few racks and what to look for when having to make quick decisions. Congrats to Jason. 2010 Quebec Archery Spring Bear Hunt Update: Don't pass up the chance to take this hunt at $1300. Email to find out how. If anyone thinks they may be interested in a guided Archery deer hunt in Texas (NO Fences) in 2010 drop me a line. I'm looking for 1-2 hunters to make up a group of 4 like-minded archers who want to kill a P&Y buck. I will talk to you at length about the hunt and opportunity. For a look at what to expect during your hunt ---> HOW OUR HUNTS TAKE PLACE. 3.1.10 - You have until 8am March 2nd to get in your guesses on the Gross score of the rack illustrated below. We've had a number of guesses, but no one has pegged it yet so it looks like it will come down to the closest guess within 1/8". We spent much of the last 4 days covering ground looking for sheds. To date we've not turned up one. Though some of our cam pics still show most bucks packing both antlers. Typically mid to late March is when we start finding the majority of our sheds. Thanks to everyone who has donated to Wayne. It is greatly appreciated. I myself am overwhelmed at the response from past clients, some dating back 6-7 years. As an update on Big Wayne, his condition is about the same. The doctors did have him sitting up last week but it seemed to bring on a lot of pain. Therapist continue to work with him on a limited basis. Unfortunatley this means a longer stay in the hospital. 2.25.10 - We are starting to see more and more turkey flocks starting to mingle. In some cases we're seen as many as 130-150 birds in a group. Winter continues to have a grip on the area, but hopefully we'll see normal temps next week and start getting our birds in the Spring swing of things. We also need some ground thaw to get in a couple plots. On the deer side of things our does have been yarded up for some time. We've seen doe groups number as many as 17 in one group and regularly see as many as 10-12 traveling together. We have about 5 days of supplemental feeding left before the March 1 law kicks in which makes it illegal to bait until July 1st. For those unaware, this was done to prevent disease spreading within the flocks from harmful molds found on such feed as corn, and most importantly to support the NO Baiting for turkey regulation. We'll be shifting several of our cams to mineral licks during the spring months until the Soybeans start growing and we can start throwing corn again for the cams. Thanks to everyone who has inquired about our remaining hunt availability. Each of you should have a response from us by now or a brochure in the mail. Don't forget to get your GROSS score guess on the rack shown below. We'll be contacting the winner on March 1st.
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