Team 17 -
jono23
Claims Rep
AUwrestler
claybird
Clark8907
jdfarm23

Well boys here we go. I'll be hunting ga, ok, and la. Just moved back to Louisiana with a new job so not sure how much I'll get to hunt here. Got a week planned in Georgia during the rut on family land and hunting my stepdad buddies land in oklahoma.

Well, at least we know Claims Rep will kill a big buck for us

I got on a new club this year, hopefully it will pay off!

Idc what team name is picked.

Claybird checking in.

Haha, yeah right. Only way it'll happen is if the good Lord keeps sending 'em my way. Jon, where's your new club located? Closer to B'ham? Hope it's close, but it can't be as short of a drive as you had last year.

I'll be hunting Fort Campbell, KY - Fort Knox, KY - Redstone Arsenal, AL - and possibly a couple of private clubs here in Bama as a guest. This year will be my first time to be on Fort Campbell, so I'm not real sure what to expect there. Hopes are high though.

Definitely not as close as last year, but I do have a spot close to my house where I got permission to bow hunt. Can’t wait for Saturday!

Let's all throw in a name and whittle........

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On a different note, knock on wood, but I think this is a going to be a good season. I've already seen more than half of the deer numbers I saw last year, in the first 2 days of season.

I've yet to get in a tree. In nebraska now on a busdiness trip.

Checking in, Im hunting north alabam and I vote "Meat Sweats" as team name.

Haha, I'm good with Meat Sweats.

Checking in.

My place is in Russell County. Probably hunt with some buddies in Montgomery and Macon Co a few times as well. Good luck to everyone!

Meat Sweats is good with me too

Jdfarm, I graduated from Auburn University back in 2009, and I go down ever couple of months to see family. Might set up.a Tuskegee trip whem I come down for Thanksgiving.

Well I had planned to be on Fort Campbell tomorrow morning, but they decided to close the whole place down for hunting for the next week... So much for that. Hopefully I'll get up there next weekend.

Regarding a team name... "Tied off" - not sure I understand the meaning behind Meat Sweats. Please explain, since deer don't sweat.

When you eat so much meat that your body doesn't know what to do with all the protein, you get the meat sweats. I believe your daughter was on the choir tour where it was a running joke because we ate at one of those brazilian steak house places where you get unlimited meat.

Yep, meat overdose causing profuse sweating and overall discomfort.

Well in that case let's go with it.

It's been too long since I've been at a Brazilian steakhouse.....

AUwrestler, I started undergrad at Auburn in 2009 so I’m just a little bit behind you. Give me a shout when you come down and if we can make it happen I’ll take you to my place. I just had my first kid about a month ago so I’m not sure how much I’ll get to hunt this year, but I’m hoping to get out there a decent bit.

First hunt of the year this afternoon. It’s hot but I’ve seen 4 already. We are buck only so I’m hoping something good shows up.

sounds good, thanks for the invite. And congrats on the baby.

I’ll be headed to a hardwood flat in the morning. Hope I might catch an old, blind buck with a head cold coming through in the morning!

Good luck to all of y’all if you go tomorrow.

Have we figured a name. Bout time to let the world know about us. And Claims rep. Does the quote in your tag say, "if you want peace, prepare for war"?

Yes sir, that’s what it says. I work for and support the U.S. Army on a daily basis. Proud of them too!

I agree.....we need a name. Headed to my place this weekend. Looking forward to getting out and maybe some luck.

Jdfarm23, where in Russell county?

very good. I work at the VA in huntsville, so I get to serve the veterans daily too.
Can we message Yekrut and tell him a name? Meat sweats has most votes so far.

Meat sweats it is. I posted it in the name thread.

Saw on LFTT, Jono got him one today. Good job, first points for Meat sweats.

Just outside of hurtsboro, not too far from hwy 80

Good job Jono!

Congrats Jon! Rage in the cage!!!

Fella’s, I was supposed to be on Fort Campbell in the morning, hunting there Th-Sat. But the powers-that-be decided to close the base to hunting (it is after all an active military base and not a hunting preserve! ). Anyway, I’ll be on Redstone Arsenal instead. Hope I’ll catch a buck with his guard down around 0715 tomorrow!

Congrats Jono! It was a good day. I got on the board this afternoon as well! Big ol nanny. I’ll post a pic as soon as I figure out how.

Congrats jdfarm!

I just got my permit to hunt Redstone. I'm going to try and go Friday after I get off mids at 7am... hopefully be in a tree no later then 8. Wasn't able to scout so I'm going to just pick a spot a run with it.

Also, I'm new to this forum so I'm trying to find people who are hunting similar land.

Anyways, Good luck today!

Here she is. 101 lb doe. Shot her yesterday afternoon and had 3 racked bucks come out a few minutes later. Wish I could have got a shot at either of the bigger two, but unfortunately they were a little too far. One of em whipped up on the other one and then chased him out of the field. Still a fun afternoon

Thanks guys, and congrats jd

Congrats JD! Hope to hunt saturday morning before the rain.

I'll be headed to Georgia the 5th-12th and will be in the stand everyday pretty much all day. Then the day after thanksgiving heading to Oklahoma to hunt with my stepdad buddy who owns 2300 acres and has superbly managed his place for over 30 years. Chances of killing a stud there are very high.

I just arrived at Fort Campbell - hunting this afternoon and sat-sun. Hope to report back here real soon with some pics, the good Lord willing!

Good luck Clark and Claims. Hope y’all get to send a few meat missiles flying. Im Gonna sit this weekend out. Gonna Rain on Saturday and I probably need to spend some time hanging out with the wife and helping take care of our new little guy. Hope y’all do some good!

Next sun I leave for Georgia and I know I can at least kill a doe there. We got a few deer on cam there but nothing I would put on the wall. Had a freaking giant but he broke of all of one side except about 5in coming out the top of his head.

I got a father daughter campout this eeekend. Gonna be cold. But Im raising her right, cause she asked me if we could hunt at the camp site.

No deer movement today. Rain is supposed to stop at 0500 tomorrow, and it’ll be 36°. Deer should move. Good luck to y’all who are hunting tomorrow.

Saw a doe on the church campout with my daughter. Counting it as the first deer sighting this year cause it was in the woods, and i was in camo.

I ended up seeing four deer total Saturday. At 0840 I had a buck spot me (had no idea he was there until he blew), then he took off. Big-bodied buck, looked like a 135” or so 8 pt. No shot. Then saw a doe at 1000 and she was in a hurry, but no male courters were following. I moved stands at lunch, and had two non-shooter bucks move thru at 1pm. And of course one of the non-shooters loitered right in front of me for about 10 minutes. No deer after that.

Then last night I didn’t get an area assignment before they all filled up, so I was done hunting. I drove home late last night - got home around 12:30am or so.

I hope to head back up to Fort Campbell around Vet. Day weekend.

Jd, congrats on that doe!

Thanks, hate you couldn't get a shot at that 8 pt. Maybe next time.

Alright fella's, I'm headed to Fort Knox tomorrow and will be bow hunting Wednesday thru Monday of next week. I know the bucks have been cruising, chasing does, and responding to calling. That said, the weather is going the wrong direction but there's nothing I can do about that. Rain is in the forecast too... Here's to hoping the good Lord has mercy on me and sends an old senile buck my way that is blind and has a head cold!

I'll do my best to post updates when I can. Cell service is spotty up there, and the campground also has bad service. Good luck to all of y'all who hunt this week!

Good luck Claims! I'll be in the woods this weekend.

Good luck claims. Im going saturday morning. Having a hard time figuring out where to go. Might go either wheeler of skyline. Any suggestions.

Woke up to rain here in KY this morning. I’m at my spot, and am waiting on a big rain cell to pass thru before I head to the ridge I’ve got mapped out. Looks like by mid-morning the rain will be through here for most of today. Tomorrow the rain chances are low, but Friday is a wash out (according to forecast). I’ll be posting in the LFTT thread if I have coverage up on the ridge.

Wish I could help, but it’s been a long time since I’ve hunted either place. Both hold deer though.

Apparently skyline hasnt planted green fields yet. They are all just tilled dirt

That’s a bummer but I’ve seen a pile of deer walking through freshly tilled dirt before. Checking it for new growth and tender shoots coming up. Good luck

Will be in the stand in Georgia for the first time Monday am. Hopefully a big one hits the dirt.

Good luck Clark

Got doe #2 this afternoon. She walked by me right as I was about to get down so I let it fly. Glad to be gettin some does out of the way early so I can focus on bucks the rest of the season

Well guys I came home from Fort Knox with an empty truck bed. My best opportunity was Wednesday morning (my first sit on Knox).

Here’s a text I sent to a buddy telling him happened Wednesday morning : “Almost closed the deal yesterday morning at 1050 right after the rain stopped. I had a stud chocolate rack 10 Point at 22 yards and had no shot. He started to walk away and I stopped him with a grunt. He wouldn’t come in, so I snort-wheezed at him. He finally did turn, but went right back in the thick stuff where he came from. I needed 2-3 more steps and he’d have gotten a ride to Alabama.”

So Wed. morning was my best chance. Th. I didn’t see any deer at all. Fr. I saw a small 8 pt. that was a non-shooter. Saturday I walked in almost 600 yards to a new spot. On the walk out I jumped a bunch of deer, had no shot, etc. Learned from that that I walked in way too far. Lesson learned for next time. Sunday morning I had a big buck come right under my stand, but he was totally missing his left beam (his pic is below). If he’d matched he would’ve been a shooter for sure.



The weather up there was terrible for deer hunting. Low temps were in the upper 50’s, and highs were upper 70’s. Just terrible deer hunting weather. Given the temps, I guess I should just be glad I saw deer at all.

Bummer about the weather! Good you still saw deer though!


I checked my camera for the first time on a small piece of property I got permission to hunt. I have some pretty nice bucks coming in, making me excited for the rut. Going to be hard to stay out of there but I'm going to make myself do it.

Good job jdfarms, and congrats on the deer sightings claims. I have yet to see a deer from the stand. Going veterans day for my first all day hunt at the new club. Will shoot anything legal.

Well I shot an 8pt yesterday morning. Killed by mistake. 3.5 yr old 15in wide deer. I was hunting a cutover and only caught glimpses of him running a doe. Left phone at house so didn't get any pics. Was pretty disgusted with myself. Saw 19 yesterday pm all does and yearlings and 8 so far this am. Two small bucks an 8 and a 6 and rest does and yearlings.

Still up here but since last post saw another 6 pt running a doe. They went down in a big bottom and when they come back out it was the 6 pt doe and the target buck. Target buck ran 6 pt off and he never checked up chasing doe. He stopped twice and was behind trees both times so I never got a shot. Gone sit til 10 then get down. Got to go run some errands. Supposed to be mid 80s today so doubtful about this evening hunt.

Congrats on the buck and the sightings. Any buck with a bow is a good buck. So no pics at all?

It wasn't a now. It was gun. Didn't get a single one. I dropped it off a processor but will get pics of horns.

Hey JDfarms, im headed to auburn for Thanksgiving and will be able to hunt Wed the 22nd afternoon. But my wife doesnt trust you. She thinks you are a 16 year old girl pretending to be a man on a hunting site, in order to lure older men to your trap. I showed her your pic and post and she thinks you arr just committed to the lie. Ill update closer to time.

Back in the same spot where I been seeing all the deer. Didn't move great yesterday pm but still manages to see 7. 6 does and a pretty decent buck right at dark.

Good luck guys. Looks I won't be able to hunt for a while, unless I get a free morning to sneak up to a small place I have to hunt close to the house. Some bozo youth minister scheduled a fall retreat in the middle of deer season....oops.....

Next time get us some pics Clark, we need the points! Congrats on the buck, even if it wasn’t what you were hoping for.

Auwrestler, that’s pretty funny. Tell her if you’re real lucky I’ll be an 18 year old girl who loves to hunt b/c she loves meat.. And it’s fine if you can’t go, definitely understand. We might already be gone to my inlaws by the 22nd anyways, but I will do my best to take you if we can work it out.

Hopefully this cooler weather coming in Will get them moving and we can knock a few down these next few weeks. Picking up the gun next weekend should help our chances too

Had my first all day hunt and nothing. Didnt even see one. A bit frustrated, but nothing a mexican dinner cant fix.

Well Campbell kicked my butt this trip/season. I got on some deer yesterday afternoon and thought I’d slip back in there and slay one of em this morning. I never even saw a deer today. The crazy thing about it is i heard shooting literally all around me all morning. Yesterday a buddy of mine and his son were in the same area that i was in, and his boy killed a stud 9 pt (for sure wallhanger). This morning (in a different area) another guy i know killed a GIANT 8 pt - it had 12”+ G2’s. Just a massive buck. So they are there, but i just missed out on em.

Next weekend I’m back up on Fort Knox for their quota gun hunts. I’ll be hunting an area that has been closed since last season, so hopefully there’ll be a big un waiting on me in there.

Well I'm in hospital with fractured skull

Dang man, what’d you do? Sure hope you didn’t fall out of a tree....

No didn't fall put of tree. Was wrestling with little brother and slipped and fell. Fractured skull right behind ear which is causing lots of problems with ear and chewing

Will be out of hunting for several weeks from what I've been told.

Dang Clark, get better soon.

Man that sucks. Praying you heal up soon and everything is good.


Hunted some new land on Keel Mountain today, saw 8 deer but no shots, then they winded me. Of course came from a place I never would have expected. This is going to be my new "when I'm visiting family" hunting place, so I'll really only hunt it a couple of more times.

Dang Clark. I hate to read that. Get well man

Tough luck Clark, hope you get healed up and back out there soon.

I hunted this last weekend, but was trying to get my brother in law his first buck instead of shooting one myself. We saw 14 Friday afternoon and he killed a big cowhorn spike. Saturday morning we got skunked from the stand, but saw 5 bucks on the way out and a couple of them were pretty good. Got an idea where I’m gonna be the next time I get out there

Just called redstone arsenal, with my new job at the VA, i should be able to hunt. I know Claims hunts there. What do I need to know, how much huntable land is there?

PM sent

Fort Knox or bust! I’m headed out tonight after my daughters basketball game. This’ll be my best (and probably last) chancecto kill a good buck in KY this season. Tomorrow the weather will be terrible - no other way to put it. Sunday it’ll be just the opposite. Here’s to hoping the good Lord sends one my way!

Good luck to all of you this weekend. Sure would be nice if 3-5 of us were to kill some racked bucks in the next couple days.

Good luck claims

Good luck Claims. It’s looking like I may get to go a time or two this weekend or early next week. Haven’t had the time to do much scouting, maybe I’ll get lucky. Plenty of season left. I should be good for a nice buck at some point this year.

I am back in louisiana and hit two Dr. Appts tomorrow. Hopefully I'll get cleared to go back to work and everything. My stepdad and I are supposed to leave thanksgiving day to head to his buddies place in Oklahoma but unless something changes or I make a 180 i may not be going.

Fort Knox was a bust for me. I saw a bunch of deer, including one 150"+ stud, but he was wide open after a doe, 125 yards away through the woods, and across a big creek in a different hunting area than what I was in. I may head back up there in December, and again I may be done with KY for the year. Just have to wait and see on that.

I got another doe but that doesn’t help us. I have pictures of some STUDS, hoping I get a chance at them this year. Trying to hunt that area smart

Another morning hunt and no deer sighted. That brings my total to 0 for deer seen while hunting. Did see 4 does on the road side, closest ive ever come to getting out the truck and shooting one.

Haha dang auwrestler, keep paying your dues and it’ll pay off. Time in the stand beats time at work or school any day. I saw 3 this past Sunday morning, nothing good enough to shoot, and haven’t been yet this week. Hoping to get out there soon, I’ve killed most of my bucks the first two weeks of gun season or either in January. And i don’t feel like waiting til January!

Got on board today with a doe. She weighed exactly 100 lbs. field dressed.

Congrats claims. I am in Oklahoma and will be here hunting through sun. Hopefully I'm lucky enough to put one on the ground. We were looking at some trailcam pics tonight and all I can say is wow. This friend of my stepdad has been on his a game for managing deer. He s got several deer 170+ and a few truck loads of 130+ deer. Bad thing is, unless it's a cull, bucks have to be 150 or better and 5.5 yrs old. He s got a few culls that are in the upper 140s that I would love to shoot. He told us to shoot whatever made us happy within his guidelines but it seems he has definitely been pushing culls. I'm just thankful I'm here and able to hunt. If it's meant for me to kill one I will and if not I won't. He does have a 10 that I would die to kill. It's a 5.5 yr old deer thst is probably mid 170s and perfectly symmetrical with 12-13in g2s, 10-11in g3s, prolly 8in g4s, and 7-8in browtines. Bucks prolly close to 20in wide and has 24-26in main beams. Decently heavy but not super massive. All in all a deer I would love to kill.

Congrats Claims.

Good job claims! Cool pic

Congrats Claims. I took a doe out Saturday afternoon. Anyone post a pic for me in the points thread? If so, PM me your number.

Saw Claybird got a doe, congrats

Thanks AUwrestler. Special thanks to Claims for posting for me.

Well fella’s, I totally struck out in Kentucky this season. Five trips up there, only saw one racked buck (he was a good one for sure) but he didn’t give me the extra three steps I needed to let the Matthews eat... After that I never had a racked buck in my sights. Sucks, but that’s hunting. I don’t really expect much between now and MLK day, but who knows - that’s why it’s called hunting, right?!?

Sorry to hear Claims, ill deer hunt if i get an afternoon, but my mornings wull be 9n the water. Gotta get more retrieves for my pup.

Bummer claims!

I'm still seeing more deer than ever. Have plenty of great bucks on camera, just gotta see them in the daylight now.

My season is pretty much over. Unless ingst an invite from a buddy here in Louisiana I'm done. The place I hunted in Oklahoma had some nice deer just wouldn't cooperate in daylight. Did see a 140ish in 10pt thst was 2.5 and couldn't shoot him. Only other shooter I saw was the art am I hunted and I just caught glimpses of him running a doe.

Hopefully better luck for everyone coming next month. Our place starts to heat up around MLK.

Im going hunting in bankhead at least saturday afternoon and Sunday. Hoping to have some luck. Trying to decide if its worth missing a duck hunt to hunt saturday morning for deer.

I’d duck hunt man. Plenty of time left to chase deer and the best is yet to come.

I’ve taken the past few weeks off from hunting and been working instead now that I’m out of school til January. After shooting those 2 does in bow season, I’m buck hunting from here on out unless somebody asks me to shoot a doe for them. I’m getting back out there for a few hunts this weekend since it’s gonna be cold. Let’s hope something good steps out. I’ve got a few spots I’ve been keeping in my back pocket for weekends like this,

I’ve also taken some time off - my last hunt was 11/26. I’ll be back out there in the morning. Maybe I’ll catch one cruising through. Good luck fellas!

Due to the cold, ill be headed to skyline saturday afternoon and all day sunday.looking at a map an looking at the steepest place that other hunters might not want to go, but the deer will. Heres to not skipping leg day.

Another hunt, and my record of zero deer seen is still rolling. I did find a matching set of sheds.

I've seen deer before in Skyline, but never a good buck. Killed one doe out there after that new tract opened up, and have never been back.

I struck out this weekend on RSA, and got a head cold to boot. I hate being sick. This is gonna be a long week at work.

Well, i didn’t pull the trigger this weekend either. Saw the most deer I’ve seen all year Saturday afternoon, 22 total and one was a real nice 3 yr old 12 point. Sunday morning was a bust, only saw one doe. Hoping to get back out there soon. Good luck to y’all!

My deer sightings have come to a halt, but still have some nice ones on camera so I'm not worried. I really haven't been hunting much. My semester ends Wednesday and am off work next week for most of the week, should be seeing some rutting activity.

Saw 6 more on Tuesday afternoon, 3 bucks. Nothing to shoot. Still seeing plenty of deer but the mature bucks i was seeing in bow season have disappeared. Gonna change strategies and hunt the thick stuff on the back 40 until they start cruising/chasing in January.

Well fella's I’m having a tough stretch of hunting. Last Saturday I had a guy shoot an 8 pt about 200 yards from me before the deer got to me. I got to watch from my stand while he finished it off, field dress if, and then drag it off. Saw three more, but no shooters.

I hunted again this morning, but didn’t see any deer at all today. I’m slightly burned out from the five trips to KY, which all resulted in a big goose egg. But I did get the one doe Thanksgiving morning - she was 100 lbs. field dressed.

I’ll be hunting again next Friday and Saturday. Hope all of y’all are doing well, and have plans for some good family time during Christmas.

God bless!

Im done till january, im in process of buying some land and should close by january 1, just in time. Some big deer have been killed off of it in the past. But noone has been on the property since thanksgiving when I walked it. Should be covered up from all the surrounding pressure. I have painted the bathroom and trimmed the bush, and participated in all holiday events for several days of hunting the rut.

I'm pretty much done till January too. We had to put in our vacation requests two months ago, and I had taken yesterday and today off and its been super high winds and heavy rain, so I haven't actually hunted. Maybe this afternoon, but it's going to be 70 degrees. I'm off work the week after Christmas, but I'll be up in Huntsville, the opposite direction of my hunting club.

I’m thankful to the good Lord above for a great day in the woods. I shot a coyote at 1:30pm this afternoon, then had this 8 pt. come thru at 3:20pm. He weighed 140 lbs. field dressed. Glad to get them both. I’m off next Th. and Fr., so I’ll prob be back in the woods then. Definitely next Saturday too.

Congrats Claims

Congrats Claims!