Jackson's Owen County Bird

It was a real challenge getting Jackson up Saturday morning.  I set my alarm for 4:00am and Jackson set his for 4:15am and when I went down to start loading the truck he was still asleep at 4:39am. He knew we were leaving at 5:00am to go to John Hunter's farm in Spencer.  The farm we were hunting was on the edge of the east fork of the White  river bordering McCormick's Creek state park.  We had 2 fields to choose from.  Myself and his papaw scouted the field 2 times prior to going over on opening youth weekend. We had aerial photos of the property and after talking to Brian Huber about the way the fields set and we had a game plan.  In between the 2 fields the was a levee and we decided to set the ground blind up on the levee and give it a try.  Once we got everything loaded in the truck we headed over and Jackson started complaining about being hungry so we had to make a stop at McDonalds so he would quit whining.  We finally made to the farm and starting walking to the field about 6:15am and made it to the levee and had everything set up at 6:30am.  The birds started gobbling around 6:45am.  This was the first time Jackson had ever heard wild birds in their environment. Sometime around 7:00am I was noticing something off in the distance and zoomed the camera and could see 2 toms in the field. About 15 minutes later we noticed 2 hens in between us and the toms making there way towards the toms.  I was beginning to think I set us up in the wrong place because nothing was heading our way.  We just kept waiting and watching.  Finally after about 20 minutes I saw one of the hens heading our way and I told Jackson not to move.  The hen came in around the decoys and started to feed around and hang out.  The toms still were in the other end of the field about 200yards away not paying any attention to us or the hens.  The hen right in front of us paced back and forth for about 15 minutes starring right in the blind at times for what seemed like an eternity. While Jackson and his papaw was watching the hen I noticed the toms were making there way closer to us.  some where along the way the toms picked up 2 jakes.  The jakes made there way in first and the toms were not happy and came running in to chase the jakes off.  Once they made it to the decoys they started strutting.  The toms were close together and I told Jackson to wait until they separated.  Once they split I told Jackson that I make a soft call and which ever tom stuck his neck out shoot.  I no more made the call and Jackson shot.  The tom dropped on the spot.   Jackson's papaw took off trying to get out of the blind and just about fell down.  When he made it the bird he grabbed it held it down.  This was papaw;s first time going turkey hunting.. I hope I can get him hooked and get him interested in turkey hunting.  Jackson's official weight was 19 lbs 4ozs had a 10 inch beard and 30 mm spurs. I would really like to thank John for the use of the farm. We are guessing that the bird was at least a 3 year old.  Now it is my turn to hunt and I'm going to try to bow hunt a bird.  Good luck to everyone this coming season.


Mack

Hannah's first longbeard!!!!!!!

  Let me start out by thanking the land owner that lets Hannah hunt his farm.This place is full of turkeys!!It's one of those places that you dream of owning yourself.The alarm kicked off at 5:00 for Hannah and myself and we were on our way.After a stop at McDonald's we were on our way to Washington county.It was a short walk to the blind but it took awhile before the birds started sounding off.Birds were gobbling all around us but there was one right behind us that seemed more interested than the others.He gobbled 3 times on the roost and once he hit the ground he gobbled 1 time and was already within 50 yards.After we finally seen him to our right,it took him forever to come to the decoys.First off the decoys we were using are the inflatable ones.What happen next was amazing.This ol longbeard come in at 20 steps,struttin the whole way and mounted the decoy and started his thing and popped the decoy!!!!Finally i told Hannah to hold steady on his neck and squeeze that trigger.She smoked him and her first longbeard was in the books.We got it all on film and needless to say i was once again a proud papa.This was her second bird.She killed a jake last year in KY.Her bird weighed 20lbs,10 inch beard,and had 32mm spurs.Yesterday the barebones crew knocked down 3 longbeards, it was a awesome day.Congrats to Kurt.and Drake on their kills yesterday.

Indiana Youth Turkey Season

Well, the season is finally here. This Saturday, (April 21st), we finally get to chase turkeys around here in Indiana. Brian and Drake are on the board with their Kentucky birds, so congratulations to them. Great job guys! Now it's time for the rest of us. I'll be taking my oldest boy Kurtis first. He didn't get one last year because of his baseball schedule. He's a great baseball player and the coaches just don't like it when he's not there. He caught a break this year and there is no baseball for the youth turkey weekend! So we're hunting from sun up til sun down! I can't wait. Kurt is a great kid and I couldn't be prouder of him. This is his last year he will be able to youth hunt here in Indiana because he is 17. I can't wait to spend some quality time hunting with him. Hopefully he gets to pull the trigger on another longbeard, and hopefully 'ol Dad hits the little red button on the camera! They're calling for rain Saturday morning, so we may be in a pop-up blind to start things out. Either way, it will be a great weekend because I get to spend it with my son. My plan is to take my youngest boy Austin during the regular season, and hopefully he gets one too. I really can't wait!

The season here may be a little weird this year. Everything is way ahead of schedule. We've had way above average temperatures since the beginning of March. All of the trees are completely leafed out, and I believe that many of the hens are already nesting. There may be poults running around when the season starts! I have never seen a year quite like this one. Were gonna hunt regardless of the conditions though. It's almost like we've missed the season and it hasn't even started yet!

My goal is to go hunting every day that I can. I've got a few days off from work, and I can hunt after work. Dave and I will be hunting and filming like always, and we believe we have some good places to hunt. Dave will be taking his daughter Hannah on the youth hunt and he will have a camera too. Some of us still film our hunts there big brother! Ha ha

Anyway, I'm sitting here getting antsy. I'm ready to be in the woods chasing them longbeards! Turkey hunting is certainly in my blood. I live for this time of year. God has blessed me with a great family, great friends, and good health. I never take for granted the time I get to spend in the turkey woods. Good luck to the BareBones crew. Stay safe out there fella's. .........and good luck to everyone else.

Remember, ........shoot straight, and let 'er eat!

2nd Kentucky Gobbler Goes Down!

 Ok, here was the plan..... Glenn and Austin were going to go with Drake and I back down to Kentucky for the opening of their regular turkey season. The boys would be the shooters with the old dads running cameras and calling. Well Glenn and Austin couldn't make it, and when I told Drake that Austin wasn't coming he really didn't want to go either. He didn't want to tell me no, but I could tell he didn't want to go without the other guys. So at around 9pm that night I talked myself in to going down alone. I thought it would be a chance to get to know some more of the land down there and maybe I might get lucky and hear some birds. I pulled in to my parking spot at around 1am and settled in for a few hours of sleep. I was up and ready just before light and before long was hiking slowly down the 4-wheeler trail. I hadn't gone 200 yards when I heard a gobbler sounding off on the ridge ahead of me. There is something magical about the sound of that first distant gobble on beautiful spring morning. I have to agree with my little brother when he says "turkey hunting is in his blood", cause its in mine too! I cant imagine my life without turkey hunting. I worked my way closer as the old tom was making the world know of his presence. I was able to get in to a really good position at about 100 yards from where he was roosted. I set the lone decoy in the middle of the trail and tucked back against a tree in some cover. I gave him a few soft clucks and yelps and I was quickly cut off by a pair of gobbles. There were two birds roosted together! I went silent as they gobbled several more times. It wasn't long and a hen pitched off roost and glided from the ridge, passing me and landing somewhere behind. Perfect. About a minute later I heard the beating of wings as the gobblers left the roost. I gave them some cuts and yelps and they cut me off with loud, close gobbles. I made one more soft yelp with my voice and they answered again. When I saw their brightly colored heads they were coming around a bend in the trail, at about 40 yards, taking turns strutting. What a show. I almost forgot I had the gun in my hands as I was enjoying what I was seeing. I let them get a little closer and a when one of them came out of strut and stretched his head up high, I squeezed the trigger. And at 730am my 1st Ky bird of the season was down! Probably one of the easiest turkey hunts I have ever been on. I'll take it, cause Ive sure had my share of tough ones. Thanks to God. For everything. After I took and sent some pictures, I was on my way back to the truck when I heard another distant gobble. Great place to hunt. I spent most of the rest of the day scouting new areas and think I found some more potentially good spots. Cant wait to try them out. I bet I wont have much trouble getting someone to go next time.  ; )

Kentucky Gobblers

  What a great hunt Drake and I had in Kentucky! One of the best hunts Ive ever been on. The 7th was the first day of a two day youth turkey season in the great state of Kentucky. We decided, kind of at the last moment, to head down there to some public land that I had some success on a few years ago. We arrived as it was getting dark and was able to get one to gobble to an owl hoot pretty close to the truck. So the next morning we waited for this one to start gobbling but he never made a sound, so we started heading back deep in the woods. It wasn't very much later we heard a distant gobble, so after him we went. We were set up good and working him in when some other hunters came in a scared him off. That happened twice to us that day. Welcome to public land.We finally got one to cooperate but had to set up in a thick area. Well when this one showed himself he was inside of 10 yards!!.. and Drake smooth missed him. It was just too close for that tight choke. Drake was a little upset with himself for missing, but I tried to let him know that was a tough shot, even for an experienced hunter. We heard one more later that didn't want to work and it was about 1:00 in the afternoon when we decided to climb the ridge, more like a mountain, and start the 2 mile hike back to the truck. I thought hopefully we could hear one on the way back. We were resting on the "mountain" and I thought I would give one last call to the valley below that we had just left. Wouldn't you know it, a lonesome gobbler answered right where we had just came from about 15 minutes earlier! We waited a little bit to see if this one was worth going back down after. I looked at Drake and said "what do you think?" and he replied with a big "sigh". The tom gobbled a couple more times on his own and that was enough for me....so back down we went. We got set up pretty good and within a few minutes we could hear him spittin n drummin as he work his way to the decoy. When he strutted out from behind a big cedar at 20 yards, Drake filled his head with # 5s! The turkey dropped like a sack of taters! Drake was fired up! He had redeemed himself for the miss from earlier. Drake stuck with me up and down hills and hollows, on a tough hunt where most men wouldn't have been able to. I am very proud of him. He learned a lot that day, not just about turkey hunting. I've learned to appreciate days like these even more as I get older. Thank God for answering our prayers. We plan on probably going back this coming weekend for the regular season to see if Drake can get his second bird of the season. Or maybe I might try to get one, either way it should be fun... and probably a little tougher. I'm tryin to talk little brother in to going with us. I bet I can make him shed a few pounds!!

First for 2012

Drake gets one down!!!! Way to go guys!

Starting in Kentucky!

Can you guess which two boys of bare bones crew are sitting in Kentucky right now? You guessed it ,Brian and Drake Huber! Just got a text from them and they made it down there just fine. Now youth season starts tomorrow, so Drake can get the first turkey kill for bare bones outdoors. Hope Brian pushes the little red button! He also said they roosted one at dark, so they have a good place to start! GOOD LUCK BOYS!!!

It's almost Turkey time!!!!!

Well, the weather has been unbelievably warm. I have never seen things happen this early in the year. Turkeys strutting and gobbling everywhere. By the time the season starts, all of the breeding will be done. I don't know if that will make the hunting better or worse, but we're sure gonna find out!

Dave and I have been working hard putting out food plots and listening for birds. I say "working", but it's all fun. I just love being in the woods this time of year. I love to deer hunt, and fish, but nothing compares to turkey hunting for me. Other than spending time with my family, there is nothing I would rather do. It's in my blood, and as long as the good Lord allows, I will continue to chases them longbeards! There is really nothing that compares to me. I appreciate more and more every single moment I get to spend in the turkey woods. I have been blessed, and all I can do is continue to thank God for all he has given me.
I would also like to thank all of the landowners that allow us to pursue our passion. You are all appreciated more than you know.

I want to second what Dave has said, the people in southern Indiana and Kentucky have endured a lot from these devestating tornados. The little town of Marysville Indiana was blown off the map..............literally! The power of mother nature is unbelievable and should never be ignored. People lost their lives, and many people lost most of their possessions. We all need to pray for these folks. And a big high five goes out to all of the meteorologists in the area. They predicted this storm a day in advance, and their warnings during the storm saved many lives I'm sure. ....................Prayers are with all of these folks.

I also had a chance to take my boy Austin fishing at Patoka lake. We fished for crappie and caught about 30. He caught one that measures over 15", which is huge for us. It was a great day for Father and Son. I won't forget it, and I'm sure he won't either.

.....well, that's all for now. Turkey season is fast approaching which makes it even harder to go to work! I can't wait! Dave and I are gonna have a lot of fun hunting, and taking our kids hunting. It can't get here soon enough!

Remember, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck,................pretend it's a turkey!

God Bless and shoot straight!

Turkeys everywhere!!!!!!

I wanna start this by asking everyone to pray for all the tornado victims in southern indiana.These people have had their lives turned upside down.Glenn texted me on sat saying it was totally unbelievable.The redcross is taking cash donations to help these people out.Hopefully we can all do something for them.Ok,on with the turkeys.All this warm weather has the turkeys fired up!!!!Been seeing turkeys strutting everywhere.Seems like it's starting early this year as well as the fishing.Was up at patoka yesterday with my dad to try out a boat and caught a couple 3 puonders in 10 minutes.Water around 50 degrees.Glenn and myself have been getting our food plots ready for spring planting the last couple weeks.We got high hopes with all these new plots.It's got to help in the long run.It looks like a good turkey season this year.All of the barebones crew i'm sure is fired up!!!!Good luck and god bless to all.

Indiana Deer, Turkey & Waterfowl Expo

Back to another expo, but this one was in my home state. Took the kids again and had a great time. So much to see I dont think I got to it all, boats, campers, fishin, huntin gotta love it! If you never been you need to go next year it is a must see event! Maybe the Bare Bones Outdoors Crew will be there, I know I'll be there. My little gril loved the Dock Dogs, she could'nt get enough !!

NWTF

NWTF show was awesome! The kids didn't want to leave. We got a early start and got down there before it opened, so we had time to ride the escalators, kids thought it was great! When we got in there we saw Will Primos and Herald Knight and David Hale. Kids got their autographs. Then we went to the Roost. Where the kids had the time of there lives. Tons of stuff for them to do and keep us busy for half of the day. We heard a lot of turkeys and seen a lot of cool people that were super nice. Don't know about the other to boys, but my daughter is still talking about it. She's HOOKED!!!!

NWTF

Hate it that all the team couldn't make it down to the NWTF show with us this weekend, but me and Hubie will make an appearance. Let you all know how it goes when we get back...looking forward to having a good time. Taking the kids with us this time, after all, that's what it's all about! Teaching our youth about hunting and the outdoors so they can carry on the tradition. I know Jaryn is ready to get down there and see what it's all about!

Has anybody ever seen a winter like this? It's been nuts! Enough talk about that. It's time to talk about turkeys gobbling, bass hitting suspending jerkbaits, bluegill on the beds, and fish frys. Hannah and myself cannot wait to get that longbeard at bout 30 yrds. Gonna plan some trips to guntersville if i can get Glenn and Austin to tag along. The big G is truley something to talk about. Can't wait! Glenn and myself have already been working on food plots, it's a never ending thing for us. We got high hopes for our little food plots. One more thing, hope the DNR doesn't put the turkey in the same shape the deer are in!

C'mon Spring!!!!

Man I hate these dreary days of late January. I don't think I've seen the sun shine since November! To say I have cabin fever would be a major understatement. I can't wait until spring. I keep telling myself that it won't be long and we'll all be chasing them longbeards around the woods. I absolutely love to deer hunt, but there is nothing quite like hearing that big boss tom gobble on a cool spring morning. It gets in your blood!

We had a good deer season, but didn't get as many on film as we would have liked. Big brother Brian took a great buck with his bow on film. Just another 150 incher for him! I took a really nice 145 inch 8-pointer on film. Dave shot a good buck on public property. Unfortunately, we weren't able to get it on film. He was 1.8 miles from the truck, and thats in a straight line! He had to work for that buck. I just wish I was there to film it. I had the camera following my boys around the woods that day. Now, as for Kent, I think he was still in shock from the 170 incher he shot last year, so he didn't shoot a buck this year. He says he passed a few, but I really think he forgot to take his guide with him. (His guide is Brian by the way)!!
It was still a great season and we'll be working on the video soon.

We have started on the turkey video from last year and hopefully we'll have it done soon too.

As Brian stated in his post, you'll notice that our website has changed a lot. It's in construction now and we hope it will be much better than before. We will be updating things weekly, (sometime daily), so check back often. We would love nothing more than to interact with everybody. Please join our conversations in the Journal section of the website. Also, if you would like to contact us directly, you can send us and e-mail anytime.

Glenn's e-mail glenn@barebonesoutdoors.com
Brian's e-mail brian@barebonesoutdoors.com
Dave's e-mail david@barebonesoutdoors.com
Kent's e-mail kent@barebonesoutdoors.com

Well, that's it for now. Things are getting busy for us. Hope you all enjoy the video's and the website.

Remember, if work was fun, they would call it fishin.

New Web Site

Hi to everyone! If you've been here before then you probably notice this site has changed. If you havent been here , then we would like to wecome you. Our new web site is on line at barebonesoutdoors.com but we are changing it daily, trying to get it the way we like it. So check back regularly to see the changes. You never know, we might scrap this one and have a totally different one tomorrow! We will be updating the "journal" more frequently, hopefully a few times a week, so check back to see what we are up to. And we welcome any comments, good or bad. Anyway, Looking forward to the NTWF convention and getting our new turkey video done soon.

Black Friday Big Buck

 The morning of November 25th I finally picked the right tree on the right morning! This season has been one of the toughest seasons for me to even get a chance at a shooter buck. More south winds than I can ever recall during bow season. And more windy days too. I know for sure that our deer population is down and still on the decline due mainly to the over harvest of does. There were several days with no deer sightings at all. Deer sign in general is mostly sparse with small concentrations in certain areas. Its in one of those areas that I shot this big buck. I have hunted the area a lot in years past and I decided to scout it a week or so prior the 25th. When I got back to the truck I had seen over 10 does and 5 bucks! I had finally found an area worth spending some more time in. Kent and I took turns as cameraman in this area a couple times with one close encounter with a good ten pointer that we almost got a shot at. It was my turn on the 25th and once again we had a south wind. I only had one stand location for a south wind so in we went. Only this time it was a calm cold morning with a good frost . I looked up at Kent after we settled in with our climbers and said " I'm gonna kill a big buck today". Little did I know about a couple hours later that statement would come true. At about 8:50 am a doe snapped me to attention as she came running toward our tree with a big buck following by 40 yards or so. She stopped 15 yards from my tree and the big boy stopped at about 35 yards....I was already at full draw as Kent gave me the OK. But  I thought the buck would come to the doe so I let down my Matthews and waited to see his next move. I didn't really want to take that long of a shot. But then he turned back to his back trail, I'm not sure if he smelled where we walked in or if he was defending his doe from the smaller bucks that were trailing. So back to full draw I came. And at 38 yards my arrow found its mark. The buck crashed off and a little later I was standing over one of the bigger bucks Ive shot. I rough scored him at around 151" gross. He is a nine pointer with over 12" G2s! He field dressed 188 lbs. Truly a trophy buck that I am very thankful to have even got a chance at. Thanks to Kent for doing a great job on the camera. It should make a great hunt for the next video.

Big Buck Down

Well, you can't imagine how glad I am to post this. Big Buck Down! I took off from work on Monday November the 7th and decided to hunt. The weather was really not very good for this time of year. The morning temperature was 52, and it was a little breezy, but what are you gonna do, it's November 7th and I needed to be in the woods. Anyway, Dave had to work, and my kids were at school so I decided to try to not only hunt, but film myself. I headed out, and on my way to my stand jumped 2 deer. Needless to say, I wasn't happy. I got to my stand and got everything strapped to the tree with plenty of time to spare. Right at first light, I had a small 6 pointer come within 10 yards in front of my stand. My spirits lifted a little, and I thought maybe this would be a good morning after all. At around 8:00 I decided to do a little rattling with some grunts thrown in. At around 8:15, I heard something in front of me and to the right. I immediately saw a deer across a little drainage ditch in front of my stand. He raised his head and right away I knew he was a shooter. He was 80 yards away but slowly quartering to me. I was trying to get the camera on him, but I was more concerned with trying to actually shoot the deer. At about 40 yards, the buck started to turn away from my stand. I frantically reached for the grunt call and gave a couple of short quick grunts. The buck stopped, and immediately turned toward me and came trotting in. I moved the camera hoping I was getting some footage, and at 15 yards I stopped him. I released the arrow and thought I hit him a little far forward. The buck ran about 40 yards and piled up, a double lung shot! I watched the footage, and there he was right in the middle of the screen. I had not only shot a great buck, but got it on film to boot! I couldn't believe what had just happened. God had answered my prayers. Moments before I saw this deer I had prayed my usual prayer, and ended my prayer with, "God, if you see fit to have a big buck walk in front of me this morning, that would be great". That's exactly what happened! Well, I got down, and after a short trailing job found the buck, and he is a beauty. A main frame 8 pointer with two stickers off of each main beam. I gross scored him at 145, (give or take a couple of inches). He's an absolutely great buck, and I got it all on film. Just an unbelieveable day that I will never forget. God continues to bless me way more than I deserve! Good luck to everyone!

Latest news from the field 10/31/11

Well, saw some bucks and many does this weekend. No shooters. Weather has been great for deer hunting. Problem we're seeing is that the overall deer numbers are way down. Everybody we've talked to are seeing less deer now than a few years ago. Not going to get into a big discussion again about regulations, but the Indiana DNR is doing an absolute horrible job managing the deer herd. Enough said about that. (If anybody wants me to go into detail, just ask, but be prepared for an ear full)!

Dave shot a doe on October 21st. He was off work, and I had to work, so he didn't have a cameraman. Said he passed a 120" eight pointer. He had a great morning.

I've got a lot of days off coming up and the weather is supposed to be good for hunting. We've been limited on our hunting spots and we plan to spend some money on some hunt leases next year. It's really a shame that hunting has become a rich mans sport. (Again, if you want me to go into detail about this, just ask)! Ha ha.

Good luck to everyone. It's October 31st, time for the rut!!!

Remember to respect the game that you hunt, and to praise God for your time afield.

Glenn

Team Huber/Nunemaker on the board

Well, I decided to hunt the evening of October 12th. Dave had to babysit, so I took the camera and went by myself. It was a very warm but calm evening, and my expectations weren't very high. About an hour before dark, I had 3 does come from a small pond and make their way to a food plot that Dave and I planted. At about 12 steps, I double lunged one of the does. She ran about 30 yards and piled up. It wasn't easy, but I got it on film. Would have preferred to have Dave there running the camera! Video is ok for filming myself.
Well, anyway, we're on the board! Can't wait for the rut to start!

Good luck, God bless, and shoot straight!

Oct 5 2011 Deer Season

And I'm sitting at home with 2 broken fingers!!!! One of them being my trigger finger. I'm just itching to get this cast off and get in the woods. So all you guys complaining that it's to hot to hunt I will gladly trade you places! That's all I got to say since I can't type left handed !!!!

Bring on Deer Season!

Just like Dave said, we've been doing a lot to get ready for the upcoming season. We really struggled last year after losing most of our hunting ground. Some of the property sold, and some of our past "friends" decided that a little money and the possibility of a little fame was more important than friendship, so we gave up our opportunity to hunt those places also. God, family and friends are whats most important to us. We don't just say it, we LIVE it! Dave and I have been hunting together for more years than I care to count. We're like brothers. Thats the sort of people you'll see in our videos. (Some of us actually ARE brothers)! We're certainly not to worried about fame and fortune. We film our hunts because we love hunting and we wanted to share our adventures with everyone. Sure, we would all like to hunt for a living, but for now, were content with what we're doing. Things are happening really fast, and I see nothing but success in our future! Our videos are getting better every year, our editing knowledge is getting better every year, and we're having a blast!
Now, lets talk about hunting ethics. If there's one thing we pride ourselves on here at BareBones Outdoors, its obeying ALL of the game laws ALL of the time! I would never break the law just to fill a tag. Unfortunately, there are some of those that break game laws every year, and let me tell ya, it's not worth it, and I couldn't do it! Now, I don't always agree with many of our game laws here in Indiana, but I assure you all of us follow those laws no matter what. (Way too many does being killed, basically no antler restrictions, and having the gun season come in during the peak of the rut, are just a few of the game laws I don't agree with)!
Dave and I are trying to make more of a commitment this year to filming. Last year was tough, but that's no excuse to split up and stop filming. For those of you who haven't tried filming, just imagine giving up at least half of your time hunting. I love filming, and I'm certainly not complaining. The more I film, the more I enjoy it. It means just as much to me to get good footage of a kill as it does to pull the trigger. It gets in your blood!
We do have a few new places to hunt this year, and we are always on the lookout for more. We are going to be doing a lot more public land hunting, which means a lot of walking, which means this fat boy needs to lose some weight! I'm more excited this year than I've been in the last 10 years. We have so many good opportunities with new places to hunt this year. Like always, God has blessed us more than we deserve.
I would like to thank Kent for inviting us up to his house. Kent has been stuck doing all of the editing because my computer is down and so is Brians. Kent has done a great job, and I think everybody is going to love the new deer video. Brother Brian was at a Chicago Cubs game, and I do believe they won, so Sharon should be happy!
Anyway, we haven't posted in a while, so I thought a little update was in order.

Keep shootin them bows, 'cause the season is just around the corner!

GETTIN READY!!!!!!!

We'll it's that time of year for bowhunters all across indiana to start gettin ready for the season.Here at barebones outdoors ,we have already started.Glenn and myself have been puttin out food plots every where there is a semi clean area.We found a couple new spots to hunt that we can do what we want on them.Were gettin some decent bucks on trail cams plus seein some late in the evenings,so its looking better than last year already.So,with that said,good luck to everybody.Hope to post some good news in coming months.Oh by the way ,Brian how was the cubs game?We had a great time editing at Kents house!!!!!lol

Its HOT!!!!

Man it's hot outside. The daytime temperature today was 100 degrees with the heat index at 115! Thats just crazy. I won't complain about being cold in my treestand ever again!

Well, the baseball season has ended for the year for Kurtis too. He's so tired of playing for some of these so-called "coaches". Many of these "coaches" at the high school level are only interested in coaching so they can make sure their kid, (who can't play a lick), gets some playing time. It's way to political. My boy is a great player, but he's just about burnt out. He found out if he's not playing baseball, he has much more time to hunt, and make money. He's all for that! His baseball career could be over, and thats fine by me. That will just mean more time I get to spend with him in the great outdoors. I've pushed him for soo many years to play sports, and I finally had to ask myself, why? He's having tons of fun now and he's not playing any sport. He's a great kid, and I can't wait until deer season so we can do a lot of hunting together.

Well, thats it for now.

Stay cool, and remember, October is only 71 days away!

Summer Time Fishin

Well Glenn your right, not much going on here either. We're done at the ballpark for the year so that gives me time to edit the new Bare Bones Outdoors Deer Video. Its coming along , its gone be Awesome!! The new computer and new software is slowing me down a little, but I'm working through it. In the meantime, Ive been fishing with the guys at work . So far its been a good year for BIG BASS!!! Hey Dave, what u say about that!! How's the BASS trail? You been wining some $$$$$$$$$? Well, I got to back to the video... good luck FISHIN.

Summer fun

Since there's not a lot of hunting going on this time of year, I figured I had better post something on the blog just to give people something to read!

My oldest boy Kurt got his drivers license, so stay off of the sidewalks. He has summer basketball, and he's playing in 2 seperate summer baseball leagues, so he has a busy schedule this summer. The kid is an athlete, and I don't know where he gets it!

My youngest boy Austin has caught 100's of bass from some of the local farm ponds. I think he wants to become a professional fisherman. He's just gonna hang out and enjoy his summer, (Man, that sounds like fun. I sure miss those days)!

I've got my hands full right now. I'm ripping out all of the carpet in the house and putting in wood floors, and my A/C went out! Not a great time to lose you A/C when the daytime temperatures are in the high 90's! We'll just have to fix things as we can afford to do so.

I've been seeing many bucks in velvet around some of the places we hunt. I'm getting ready to put out the trailcameras and see what kind of pictures I can get.
I also saw 4 toms strutting in a field this week. Kinda late to see that many strutting in a field. It was an awesome sight though.

That's about it for now. The dog days of summer are fast approaching, and that's when I start to long for those cold mornings in my treestand.

Deer season will be here before you know it. Make sure you got that bow out doing some summer practicing!

Now, back to work for me! ..............Yeeeeeeee Hawwwwwwwwww