Live From Ohio

We are loaded up and headed to SE Ohio to Wayne National Forest for a public land bow hunt. We will arrive at camp around 1pm today and scout hard tomorrow. Not much of a signal in the area, but I will do my best to update daily. We have a small boat loaded to help us get across a creek to the back side of private land and away from most pressure. We should be hitting pre rut and the beginning of the rut. We look like the damn Clampets heading North on 65!

Good luck JD!

Good Luck, Can't wait to hear the updates!!

Good luck! Sounds like a great time.

NOTE: Lee Lakosky (IOWA) and Ben Risen (OHIO) Both killed monster bucks last night. Ben a near 170 class eight pt. in Illinois and Lee a 200" plus Non typical..... Red Moon , falling temps, pre rut have the mature bucks on the move..... Get in a tree.....

Get em!

Good luck

Good luck

Best of luck!

I'm headed to Illinois next week, hopefully the weather will be cold and big bucks will be moving.

Good luck. Update when you can

Good luck

Good luck JD! Sounds like an awesome trip!! Shoot...I love your setup!

Are you going to the same place as last year?

Yes same place so I got a little bit of a head start.

So far we have lost two straps and almost lost the metal siding vent that covers the back of the refrigerator hole. With a little bit of rigging hopefully we can roll on a little further.

Safe travels and best of luck in the woods. We know you'll put in the effort and hopefully it will pay off with a stud.

Dear Mods,
Please change the title of this thread to Griswalds family hunt vacation. LOL
Yall be careful brother and dont mess up our camper we still need it for the rut in the mountains. Keep me posted I want pics of a big one. Let the air out of one. I will let you know when we get to MT.

I loved your thread last year. I'll be following along and rooting for you.

Good luck!!

Y'all center pinch 'em.

Good luck

Good luck!!

U from Lawrence county!! I know u know how to rig up junk!!

Best of luck!

Be safe and take tons of pics.

The Clampetts going north

Good luck, I’ll be in Kentucky next week.

Good luck

Well I finally got a signal. We scouted yesterday all day and started hunting today. We have seen a ton of deer scouting and seen several this morning while hunting. Just no shooters yet. This morning we was bumping deer all the way into the trees we climbed then 30 minutes later we started seeing deer. Biggest from a tree was a 105” eight point. These bucks are scent checking the the edge of these ridges about 20 yards from the top walking with the ridges. Hunters started rolling in yesterday and they all say this is the week. From everything I have seen and gathered, the small bucks 1 1/2 year olds are starting to chase. I haven’t seen a buck take a bite of anything yet. All noses to the ground. This afternoon I’m hunting a trail coming around a bluff in the hardwoods. The thick stuff is behind me 15 yards. This is some rough hunting with all these hills. I got to go, time to hit this grunt call........

This mornings spot.

This afternoons spot.

Snow in the forecast for Thursday night here.

Good luck

Good Luck !!! Hunt Safe !!!@@!@

I didn't think that boat would make it to Ohio strapped on top of the Shasta. Good luck to the both of you. Shoot straight.

No good this afternoon. Went based on deer sign last year and that was a mistake. It was no acorns last year and this year it is. Totally different.

My son was up there this weekend and hunted Friday-Sunday. Somewhere around Jackson, OH. Saw a lot of small bucks chasing but this evening 20 minutes before dark two 140 class came out chasing a doe and fighting. Got within 15 yards of his tree but he couldn’t get a shot on either. I think he will be back next year.

Hunting out of boat for the first time. Hunting a ridge top this morning. I had a 120” at 20 yards. He was scent checking and eat a couple of red oaks and continued on his journey. Bumped deer all the way to the top of this ridge. These hills and hollows are dang right rough. I can see standing corn about a mile away. Got to get back to hunting........

My view this morning.

Huge 10 pt. No shot. 4 bucks following one doe. She smelled me and took a couple hops opposite direction and they followed. I had him walking straight away at 32 yards and just couldn't make myself pull the trigger. Two more steps and he would have been broad sided at 28 yards. Damn damn damn.

Sit tight dude. Sounds like they're moving. You'll get your shot.

I’m back in same spot as this morning, but I moved on the down wind side of were the deer was walking this morning. If they will do the same thing they did this morning I will have a 10 yard shot. I Went all the way to the truck after crossing the creek in the boat just for two bologna sandwiches and a nutter butter. Well before I could hit post reply, I busted a pretty big 8 point. Damn this is awesome. I got to sit tight, because I got a buddy hunting with me. Looked like a good shot, but it straight down, so no pass through. He was burning the woods up with his tail tucked and belly to the ground. It’s going to be a hell of a drag if we find him, because he went straight over the ridge and straight away from the boat. Hot damn I’m excited and got to sit tight for 4 more hours.

Hahaha I TOLD YOU!!!!! Man that is awesome. Way to go on the shot and waiting! Hope you find him.

Congrats JD, hope to see pics later this evening.

Toting it out in a backpack will be alot easier.

Congrats

Good luck and hope you find him..

If I find him it will be about 2am before I get back to camp. I about flipped our little boat this morning, so it’s going to be tricky to get him across. Boat barely floats with 410 pounds in it. Deer was big bodied and thats why I haven’t said how big he was, hard to tell how big rack is with these big deer. I will put it this way, there was no second guessing on being a shooter for me, but then again I’m no trophy hunter.

Please video boat ride. 😁

Looking forward to seeing him

Congrats. Hope you can find him quickly

Nice! Hope you have a short track and have to make 2 trips hauling 2 deer.

Heck yeah!! Congrats!!!

Tuned in for “the rest of the story”

I’m no outlaw, but what if I had a 200” deer walk by at 20 yards now? Could you handle it? Could you stay a legal hunter? I just wish it would hurry up and get dark..........

Congrats

Lol

I hit him high, but I’m high also. No pass through and 12” of arrow sticking out. I could see blood coming out as he whirled, but I don’t figure it will be much blood on the ground with that kind of hit. He was hauling ass in the death run. I will just have to stumble up on him probably. I know it’s in his pumping station and he can’t live. Just finding him without blood will be hard, but I’m in wide open hardwoods. Lot of thinking going on in this tree. It’s probably that 120” I let walk this morning. I can’t see as it is and had a straight down view instead of a side view like earlier. I hope my buddy kills that huge 10pt. That would be great!

I guess I could buy a fall turkey tag. Just had 7 huge black gobblers come by.

I don’t turkey hunt, but they was very big compared to our turkey at home.

Hope you can find him real quick like. Everything is bigger up north. Dang near will ruin a feller hunting the public ground down south.

PM me your contact info, so I can get the location of those turkeys for this Spring. Thanks

After replaying that shot thru my head several times I've determined I over shot that 8pt 🤣

Hope you find him. Waiting on pictures.

Just had a doe walk through but nothing behind her...... she was nervous.

Small 8 pt just came through on that does trail. I was trying to call him off of her but he is having none of it.

Sun is finally gone.

Topo map shows I’m 200 + feet above the boat in elevation. So I know 350 yards atleast will be straight down hill. Almost truth time. I will check back in soon.......

Good luck!

Ready to see him. Congrats man

Good luck JD. Waiting like everyone else on here. LOL

Heck, I'm not even there but feel like I am the way I'm rooting for you.

Been tuned in for hours now

Good luck Joey!

Waiting

The suspense is killing me Joey

Good luck JD!

Id imagine from what he described they some draggin mofo’s right now

May be an interesting boat ride

If the creek is not to wide you might can tie 1 rope to the front and another to the back, let one man cross then the second pull the boat back. Put the deer in and man #1 pulls it across. Man #2 pulls the boat back then crosses. Just a though but wish I would have put it out there while you had 4 hrs to spare.

Lol yup between that and not capsizing a boat they’ve likely got plenty to keep them busy right now.

Anybody heard from him?

Hope the titanic didn’t sink again

Welp

Or the SS Minnow !!

Hoping he’s asleep from the exhaustion of dragging that buck out of there...

Deer float pretty good too. I've floated 2 outta duck ponds. Don't know if i wouldn't just tie the buck to the side of the boat and float it out?

Waiting for the pics.....

Dadgum it JD!!!! Killing us man!!!

HAIL YEAH! Nice one!!!! Worth waiting for that big sucker.

Very nice

Finally! Congrats on a fine deer!!

sweet...congrats

Nice!!! Congrats brother!!!

Nice,congrats

Nice one! Congrats JD!!!

Congrats!

I woke up 3 times last night checking this thread.

Awesome deer congrats

Congratulations and knew you would make it happen.

Nice

Congratulations on a mighty fine buck JD!

Any age guesses?

Awesome buck, congrats!

Congrats!!!

Hot Dang!! Congrats JD !!

Congrats, great buck!

Bring those back straps to the cabin Saturday for the ballgame!!!!! I’ll have the beer on ice and the smoker ready son!!!

Congrats JD! Dang fine buck!

Good un.....congrats!

Congrats

Great deer man! Congrats

JD, up there he’s 5 all day. Great buck.

Congrats on a fine buck

Congrats!

Great buck. Congrats

How much did that joker weigh?

Congrats

Score maybe 133 B&C weight maybe 205?

Oh yeah!!!!

Congrats JD!

Yes sir. Nice buck

Congrats on a fine buck! Sounds like you earned him.

Fine deer. I really enjoyed following this

Really a fine buck Joey, you Sir are a killer!

Nice buck congrats

This is hard to do! I’m tagged out on bucks but might shoot a doe. This deer was about 140” ten point.

🥳👍

Awesome buck! Congratulations sir!!

Congrats!

ATTA BOY J.DEEE!!!....BOOOM!!! CONGRATS MAN..... Well deserved

I agree... I done said congrats but I honestly appreciate your passion...i was like that before I had 4 lil ones but I still go every chance I get which is more than most cuz i hunt my home town..I love to see your post after u get off a long night shift at work...makes me wanna hunt harder

Congrats killa!

Awesome JD, just flat out Awesome!! You're living the dream!! Maybe I can one day! Congrats to you!

Awesome job. Congrats.

Congrats!

Slept in this morning, so I could dig out that stupid CWD brain!

The picture above is my view for this afternoons hunt. I’m more or less just hanging out in the tree. The rut is on! We are seeing bucks every climb, but my buddy just hasn’t had luck on his side. The 140” 10 point I took a picture of yesterday was just out of my friends shooting range 1 hour before I seen him. He is back after him today. Hopefully he will tag out. I’m on the same ridge but 500 yards away from him, so he has it to himself. I’m hunting deep, way deep...... I would love to see one of these Ohio giants while up a tree. This is some of the best hunting I have ever did, but you must be mad at them to hunt up here. The drag the other night was just damn right terrible. The boat has went a little under water twice, once in the front and once in the back. It creates a huge pucker factor, when it’s 8’ deep and very strong current. Especially with our equipment in the boat.

Hmm.... our direct tv must be out or something. Some guy named Jody text and wanted to know if anyone was home. Damn just damn.....

Nice little campsite

I like how that campsite looks

Rain coming, so we decided to load up and leave tonight. 8 hour drive to get home.

I believe I'd stayed and slept tonight 😃be safe...did ya buddy get one?

No, he hasn’t been able to get any good ones in bow range, but actually seen more deer than I did.

Great trip. Be safe

Awesome!! Congrats on a fine deer

Ol Jody..... always looking out for his buddies

Awesome JD! Curious. We're y'all seeing a lot of other hunters? Local or OOS?

Dr. B

Great deer and pictures

Jody - hahahahaha- im sometimes surprised how many people don't know who Jody is...............had a buddy whose wife was cheating on him - dang if his name wasn't Jody.

Are you talking about my ex?
I use to live in Troy and my ex was having an affair with my so called friend Jody. to bad he didn’t leave his wife for her like he promised 😂😂😂

It’s a ton of land, so not crowded at all during bow season. Now there gun season they say is ridiculously overcrowded.

Seems like an awesome trip! Congrats on a good buck!

Congrats. Beautiful Buck