Early Season Success in Kansas

We kicked off our '09-'10 hunting season with a trip to Kansas for the season opener. The season opened Monday, Sept. 21 and we were met with thunderstorms about an hour after daylight. The morning was pretty slow, but almost everyone in our group of five hunters saw some good action that afternoon. The next two days proved to be a little slow as well, but one of our guests connected with a really cool 12pt buck with split brow tines on Thursday afternoon... pics of his deer will follow this week.

Johnny and I had to leave on Thursday, but Bobby and Jeff decided to stay on through the weekend and that turned out to be a great call. I got the call Friday afternoon from Jeff... he had stuck a good buck and his arrow indicated he had made a good hit. Jeff said he was pretty sure he saw the buck go down, but he decided to go meet Bobby before searching for the deer. They decided to play it safe and give the deer some time, so Jeff got to sit on pins and needles during dinner. They went back to Jeff's stand site about 10:00pm and the search was on. Luckily, it wasn't much of a search. The buck was down a mere 60 yards from the stand. Jeff made a well-placed shot through the heart and left lung and his 100 grain G5 Tekan broadhead did the rest. Congrats to Jeff on a great Kansas whitetail! The deer has long tines and some great mass, turning in a green score of 161" P&Y. Here is a lo-res photo for the time being, but we'll post more photos this week.

CW