On September 26th, 2009 we were married and began our lives together as husband and wife. Seth's Dad offered to move out of the old Bartlett farmhouse and allow us to move in once we were married. Once we moved in we realized it would take quite a bit to make it feel like home. We spent hours of hard work painting, patching plaster, and decorating. Joanna's parents lended us a hand which helped us out a lot. During our first year, we slowly realized the old house would need even more work if it were to make it in the long run. Seth's Grandpa Bartlett recommended we tear it down and start over with a new house. He said, "It has served its purpose and it's time for a new beginning." With that we began making plans to build a new house. On April 26th, the old place was torn down. It was a bittersweet day but we are excited to build a new home together on the Bartlett Farm!







Sunday, November 4, 2012

Late October Card Pull- Good News!

Well I have been out a few times since the doe kill and long range binocular encounter with the Mule and things are picking up.  The bucks are chasing but the biggest buck I've seen is a solid 75 inch 8 pointer.  I pulled a card from a cam I have on the edge of a plot and I got a pleasant suprise.  I got a new mature buck on camera!  That brings the grand total to 2 bucks that are of shootable age class that I have on camera which is a pretty dismal outlook as the rut kicks into gear.  He's a solid 130 class 10 point which is exciting because in my area there is a complete domination of 8 point genetics.  Hopefully he's getting after some hot does and passing on his legacy.

My camera was watching a mock scrape I had made in a spot where there is ALWAYS a scrape every year without fail.  It didn't look too hot but the card pull proved otherwise.  I did find a mega hot scrape about 50 yards away so I relocated my camera over there.  I have the 7th of November off to hunt as well as the 9th-12th.  Statistically the most bucks are killed on the 7th and the 11th however statistically the first two weeks of November suck in my areas.  Late October and the last week and a half of November seem to be the times that I have had the most opportunities to kill a mature buck.  We'll see what happens this week.  I'll leave you with some photos of the new buck working the scrape and a few paint-brush-beard-dragging limb chickens. 







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