Grateful!!
Posted by Wes on 03 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: General, Whitetail
First of all I would like to thank my new found family, I call them family because that’s the way I feel here. Every one has been so supportive here it’s unreal. First QDMA for making this whole thing come true especially Mr. Marty Edwards. Wes Atkinson from Atkinson Expeditions, if there’s a deer out there he will find it. To Sean Wuller from Big n J Industries for the generosity they have shown to me and my family, his product really works. Finally to everyone’s emails your support for me is something that I will never forget. The hunt went great. We came for a certain buck and that’s exactly what we got. I had the time of my life and it was definitely something that I will never forget….. Honor the Fallen!…..Jesse Hernandez
Evening Day 2 Jesse Hernandez Whitetail Hunt.
Posted by Wes on 03 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: General, Whitetail
I’ll let Jesse tell the story but I have to say that I am overwhelmed, again I can find no good way to describe the moments that brought this hunt to a close. The first thing I saw was sun grab an antler tip as the buck moved through the woods, begging the question “is it the droptine?” He cleared the woodline and stood solid in the sunlight, camera rolled, range was called out and Jesse settled in. What a sight etched in my mind, that’s what I’ll always remember about this one. It feels good, probably the best it’s ever felt - definitely need to do more of this stuff. Jesse’s story of the hunt will be posted right above this post in a few minutes.
Morning Day 2 Jesse Hernandez Whitetail Hunt.
Posted by Wes on 03 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: General, Whitetail
So the news is we got a glimpse and then an unglimpse for the rest of the morning. Jesse saw the buck first and then tried to explain where he saw the buck, we had every wire that we owned crossed and it wasn’t until I just started looking that I saw the buck slip back into the trees. I don’t know what he was but Jesse went into a different mode than I had seen so far. We saw three other bucks none shooters and maybe ten or so propeller heads.
Attached are photos of the buck taken this morning by Mike and the buck taken by Bud yesterday
Evening day 1 Jesse Hernandez whitetail hunt.
Posted by Wes on 02 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: General
Brutal wind all evening didn’t see our first deer until 5:00 when 5 does piled out of the trees. Cold for sure but really cool to just sit in the blind and listen to stories that I would have never heard if we hadn’t done this. Jesse’s OK to tell the good and the bad so I was pretty much engrosed all afternoon just taking in all the stories. I did get to hear one this evening about the good guys chalking one up in the win column for the Grand old USA, let me tell you that’s good old fashioned story telling at it’s best. We’re going to the same spot in the morning saw 18 deer there today maybe we will see more tomorrow maybe we won’t either way it’ll be a great day.
Later
Morning Day 1 Jesse Hernandez Whitetail hunt.
Posted by Wes on 02 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: General, Whitetail
We had a good morning saw 10 does and 2 bucks the biggest a 120 8 point with a split G2. Jesse put the scope on him and nodded yes when I asked him if he was toast. We’ve got 34 degrees with 20 mile an hour winds and icy rain that bounces to snow. Deer movement shut down so we’re eating Chili and warming up. We couldn’t have better conditions things look really good here with other Big bucks spotted and one 170 inch deer on the ground. Tonight they are in trouble.
Jesse and Scott chillin before we go back out
Excitement builds on the night before opening day.
Posted by Wes on 01 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: General, Whitetail
Checking trail cameras tonight brought tiny surges of adrenaline as we clicked through the pics. Two shooter bucks are hitting our setup and one has a droptine! So now we prepare for the morning and hope that our preparation through the season will pay off. We will be hunting from a double bull in the morning on a travel corridor with a pile of BB2′d from Big and J industries to give our buck something to think about. Below are the photos of the bucks we will be hunting in the morning. Wish us luck. Jesse is over the top thankful!
