Deer Season, Round 2

Firearm deer season round 2 for 2010 has been, um, completed i guess. but to probably worse results than the first season. i went out for probably 45 minutes after i got home from work on friday but thats all the hunting i did. so i can not give you too much of a good report myself. i can tell you that the few people that i did talk to told me that this season produced nothing more than a few squirrels and birds and maybe a gunshot here and there. i did a little talking around. and the people that i had talked to said they had not seen anything really. really at this point it does not surprise me with the way that first season went. second season is traditionally less successful than first, and with the way that first went, i didnt think it was possible. one theory that i have for it being worse is that people set their stands up based on what they think the deer movement patterns are. with the dry weather lately and warmer than normal temperatures (i am going based on the whole year in general and not the recent spurt of cold and rain), the deer have shifted their movement patterns. this has thrown every bit of scouting that a hunter did in the offseason out the window. i wll admit that the scouting that i did helped me very little. you did have the occasional lucky hunter who still was set up over a good spot, such as a bedding.... but for the most part no one had too much luck. well we still have two more late seasons in play, but i doubt they do any good. i guess its about time to start clearing out squirrels again. those buggers were infested around my stand.

Random hockey post

i admit that i am an adamant hockey fan. been watching it since the colorado avalanche won the stanley cup in 2001. back then i was a fan of the avs. then came the red wings the next year to win the cup. and i was a fan of them then. oh but my stl blues come first. ive been secret fans of the others. but the blues come first over the others anytime. i was with them in the days of pierre turgeon, al mcinnis, chris pronger, and pavol demitra. i can name all the goaltenders they have used since then (sore subject amongst blues fans). mcinnis was my favorite player back then. now its erik johnson. call me a sucker for the defenseman but i just love the position. i mean they are the very last line of defense if the puck gets into their zone. anyone who is a hockey fan can appreciate that. this season looks like its going to be good, but lately we  have looked bad. once t.j. oshie went down we havent looked the same. i hope they turn it around real quick and ride some momentum into the playoffs in april and may. but who knows. its a long season.

twas the day of deer season....

twas the day of deer season, and all through the woods, not a creature was stirring.... well maybe a few squirrels. like how i kept with the season there? anyway the first firearm season was DEAD. i saw six on friday (one in the morning and 5 in the afternoon), nothing saturday, and 1 sunday evening. more on that later though. i talked to a few people around and the word is the same all around: this was not a good season. everyone says that they were just not moving. if they seen some they just did not have any luck. this weekend was the worst i have seen in a while. these past few seasons have been bad. but nothing compared to this. my friend chad buch shot his share of deer this weekend while hunting on our ground. i myself was also lucky enough to get a last second shot at a 6 point buck that i took down. he literally came out at 4:53. and anyone who hunts knows that you are usually out by a little after 5. well it was about ten after when i started dressing him so it was dark.anyway long story short this past season was horrible. luckily there is another season this upcoming weekend. so i will give yall a report from the field after that.

Preparation For Deer Season

well deer season is now less than a week away and i still cant believe it. today my dad and i went out to clean up a few things around the woods to be ready for friday morning. i have been looking into buying a tripod stand for strategic purposes. you see, my wooden ladder stand is in a good place. it is tucked into the woods on the edge of a field. its facing the woods. to my back about 150 yards away is a large sinkhole surounded by about 3 acres of trees. deer love to shack up there. in between me and the sinkhole is a wheat field that is wide open. i have the option of hunting with my muzzleloader because of this. but there is one problem i am facing. there is a deer trail that comes out about 100 yards or so down the line in the woods that i hunt. it comes out to a corner connected to an alleyway that deer love to travel and are guaranteed to be every evening. i cannot see this area because i am blocked off visually from the woods. this is where my strategic tripod stand coems in. i would put it down the line pretty close to this trail so that when they come out i can be ready for them. well i will see what happens this friday.

Dove Season!!

Dove season has been here for about three weeks now. I went out just today with my grandpa and uncle. We had no luck though. They were just not flying on a count of the rain we had last night. My neighbor said they won't eat wet corn because it will just bloat their stomachs. Hmm. never knew that. Well i have already shot two this year anyway. Which is more than last year, and the year before, and the year before. haha. The one i shot wasnt even flying. It flew into the cherry tree in the yard after we had just got back from hunting. well it was a race to see who could get the gun loaded faster. And boom goes the dynamite it was me. it was a small one though. For those who do not know, the only thing you take from a dove is the breast. The average size is about 4 inches long and 3 inches wide. Therefore they do not make a very good meal unless you shoot a lot of them. Doves fly very fast too. They are one of the fastest birds in the state of Illinois. So that makes them even more of a challenge to take on. I just love hunting in general. Well if you have any questions please feel free to comment my posts..

Daniel the human tee

This is probably the funniest video on the internet right now. In it are my good friends Chad Buch and Daniel Mehring. Daniel is the dumbass on the ground sticking the tee and golfball in his crotch. Keep one thing in mind as you watch this over and over: this was all Daniel's idea. Oh and another thing. His original idea was to put it in his mouth. Yeah. All his idea again. If there is no sound i am sorry. it would have been funnier with sound but oh well. All it was is me narrating while they prepare the hit and after being struck we all laugh and you hear Daniel squealing in pain. Thats about it for this week cause i am going to bed. Long day tomorrow. Goodnight.

This is Cody

Hi my name is Cody William O'Hara. I graduated from Red Bud High School in 2009. Last year i attended the Marissa school branch of Wabash Valley College and earned a certificate in coal mining technology. Receiving my certificate led me to enroll in Southwestern Illinois College and pursue my Associates in Applied Science. I will hopefully receive an interview with the Prairie State Energy Campus mine, which is located across the road from the power plant. Currently I am employed at Red Bud Industries, and I can honestly say that I love my job. It has its ups and downs but it is something that keeps me busy and going. In my spare time I love to hunt. Since I was little it has been a big interest of mine. I wrote many papers about it when I was in high school. My blogs this semester are probably going to be about hunting and advice or tips that deal with hunting. Other than all that I am your typical nineteen year old guy. I love animals and have 3 dogs: 2 outside and 1 inside. The inside dog is an oversized chewbacca-lookalike yorkshire terrier. I say oversized because she weighs in at close to twenty five pounds. The other two dogs are a full blooded chocolate lab and plott hound. The plott hound is my baby girl. She was given to me as a birthday gift from my grandpa so we could go raccoon hunting with her during the winter. There is not much more to me so if you ever see me just ask if you want to know specifics. That is all for the week.