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Here's some pics I took from the field! Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

This is a picture of a buck that was on the "hit list" that was a frequent visitor to my foodplot/ mineral site. Note the stump in the picture is the mineral site and it is in the middle of a small kill plot.

Sorry it has taken me so long to post but I haven’t had the time since I got home. So as you know by now, no luck in Ohio. This trip is my first out of state paid hunt I have ever been on and I certainly had no idea what to expect. I had a bunch of places suggested but I picked Ohio because of their late muzzleloader season. LOU member MeanMachine recommended Southern Ohio Outfitters and after Facebook stalking their page for a month I decided to book with them. FYI MeanMachine’s daughter shot a buck there during the youth season in 2019 and is headed back again in 2020! http://southernohiooutfitters.com/ https://www.facebook.com/southernohiooutfitters/ Ill break down the experience a bit for you guys… Muzzleloader season is four days (Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday) and “check in” was on Friday afternoon. The lodge is a nice “Amish built” log cabin. 12 hunters stayed there 4 days and 5 nights with 3 guys per room. It was a bit crowded but I got over my lack of personal space fairly quick. The hunters there were from NY, PA, MS, and MI and were all great guys. 3 of us had never been there and the 9 others were all returning customers. All but 1 of them had shot a deer there before. All meals were provided and we had a cook on site for both lunch and dinner. Breakfast we were on our own but there was plenty in the kitchen to eat. As I said there were 12 hunters there. There were also 4 guides and we were each assigned to a guide. Our guides literally drove us to the property we were hunting and direct us on where stands and blinds were. All the blinds and stands are flagged with orange tape so a look on the huntstand app and some quick directions and we were sent on our way. In the four days there I hunted three different sets. One was a tower blind with a hell of a view. A new black plastic blind stuck on a pressure treated platform 12’ off the ground. You can see a lot farther then you could ever shoot in this thing. Although in the middle of a field it was a travel corridor from the lower woods to the upper woods with numerous draws leading up to the bottom. Added bonus was a mineral site and corn feeder directly next to the upper woods. The only tree stand I hunted was a 22’ millennium ladder stand (wow are they comfortable)! It was on the very top of a hickory and oak ridge leading from bedding to food (food plot, mineral site, corn pile). The third set was another blind. Wooden, handmade, and on the ground. It sat on a food plot forty yards from the mineral site and corn pile. I hunted every day from 6 to about 11 or 12 took a lunch break and was back in the woods from 2 or so until dark. If conditions would have been different I would have chosen to hunt all day. In the end I saw close to 30 deer from stand including 5 bucks. Every morning on the road we seem to see bucks and of course it was in the dark, in the fields. Cameras in hind sight really showed deer we wanted to see were on their feet and hour before sunrise and an hour after sunset. The bucks are there but they just weren’t showing themselves in daylight. I really didn’t expect too much from morning sits and literally I bumped deer walking in every morning. Afternoons are certainly the bet for the time of year and provided more sightings than the mornings. I think in total 7 or 8 possible shooters were seen and only one buck was killed (11pt= 140s). Keep in mind there is a 130”+ rule in affect. Weather certainly didn’t help the hunting. Day one was warm and raining but gave us the most sightings for mature deer. The next three days were high 20S at sunrise and mid 40s at dusk, high pressure, and sunny. There of course were things that I thought I would do different but what the hell do I know. The last sit I was planning/directed on hunting the tower blind. I had seen 20+ deer already from there but nothing worth shooting. I asked the guide... one last sit... where do YOU go? One last opportunity… for the year… where do you place your bet? He said “I would go to the food plot”. So I hunted the food plot instead and that would be the only influence I had on choosing hunting spots. Love the hunting ground. It was all pretty impressive. Add that with agriculture, food plots, corn feeders, mineral sites and it makes it incredible. Everything I hunt is dead flat so its great to see land contour come into plays with draws, benches, ridges, ect. That area of Ohio reminds me of the area around the 9H area that I spent a lot of time hunting in the past. It was fun. Expensive for sure but fun. I can see myself going back. Dave Lusk is the owner and I think he really does a great job. There is always room for improvement on the non hunting side of things. Like I said this was my first out of state hunt so I really didn’t know what to expect. Im already looking to book something somewhere in 2020. Im not sure if it will be there or I have some buddies looking to book a bear hunt in Maine. We will have to see.

Ill take these. Not sure how well they work for planer board motors but its worth giving it a shot. Where, when, and how?

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Big buck was shot at dusk by one of the guys... 11 pt?...Pic coming. Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Ohio day 4 January 7 pm 45 degrees W wind 5 mph Sunny skies Back on the foot plot/ mineral site for my last sit. Two doe fawns about 3 or so and that would be it. Cameras are showing all nighttime activity. Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Ohio day 4 January 7 am 27 degrees Cloudy skies Back on overwatch in the tower blind this morning. Lots of doe action this morning in all of the surrounding fields but no antlers. Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Ohio day 3 January 6 pm 40 degrees WSW wind 5 -10 mph Sunny Lots of critter activity this afternoon but no big boys. 14+ deer total including one small buck. Turkeys. Coyote. No big boys from the stand by anyone today. Only big one seen was from the road at 530 this morning. One more day to go. Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

It is southern Ohio.... . Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Today's spot- tower blind Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

We'll talk at some point. I'll give you the whole run down of the place. Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Weather here has been right around average. Love to see some snow here though! Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Ohio day 3 January 6 am 34 degrees NW wind 5-10 mph Mostly sunny Cool and crisp start this morning. Changed up spots and sat in a tower blind this morning. You could see a whole lot farther then you could ever should. Had a doe and a fawn come through early and that was it. Slow morning for everyone. Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Good morning from Ohio! Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Ohio Day 2 January 5 pm W wind 10 mph Mostly sunny Quiet sit this afternoon. Back on the food plot for the pm but zero deer seen. Changes gears tomorrow. Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Apparently there is a good 10 that has spent a lot of time this year in the plot. Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Same set this afternoon Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Ohio Day 2 January 5 am 27 degrees W wind calm becoming 10 mph Cloudy becoming party sunny Cold front finally settled in bring some colder temps. Which was great to see. Hunted the same set as yesterday afternoon. Had two 2.5 year old bucks visit the plot early this morning. Word around camp is that the morning was slow for everyone. Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Day 1 January 4 pm 36 degrees NW wind 5-15 Cloudy Occasional shower Sat in a ground blind on a food it this afternoon. No action until dusk. Two small bucks made an appearance. Four possible shooters seen this afternoon by the guys in camp but no shots. Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Headed back in now. I wouldn't be surprised if someone from camp kills one this afternoon. Conditions just seem too good not to. Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Yes, no doubt afternoons are the time to be out Sent from my moto z4 using Lake Ontario United mobile app