Eastforkmarine

Merry Christmas sir !!! Yes Mother Nature is a bioch..

Evening report,,,, suck , was like a day in 8r at home. 4 yotes , which obviously was our problem 6 long beards one doe .. two bald eagles.. la la la la la …. Great wind for blind where I killed Wednesday so we are headed in early for another day sit .. I Gota give perks to this 22 year old young lady ,,, she has sat all day every day on this trip .. great bonding time together couldn’t ask for a better Christmas,, well maybe a Christmas buck for My kid.. Merry Christmas all you guys much love Tommy B

Christmas Eve Morning report from Iowa warm weather has arrived it’s 0 out and only-20 wind chills.. got in bright and early hunting same blind as we hunted Monday one doe and one yote so far.. bright sunshine looks beautiful. Enjoying the hunt .

Night time pics but it all died due to Weather today we saw 11 doe one spike.. that I think yotes moved then they bedded down behind us and I kicked them out when I went to pull a camera.. not much around here at all some Mexican joint closed one night open the next and the pizza ranch that sells mostly fried chicken.. it’s like we walked back in time.. the people are wonderful here … not like home asshats

Wow that was cold af ,, sat for 5 hrs in a blind with the heat going and still cold,, got back to truck and let me tell you that -45 with that wind is dangerous. Quit for day went to show Mallory Cumberland regroup for warmer temp and less wind tomorrow. Behind farm parking in the cedars for the day .. and Gator you were right it’s the middle of no where!!!

Thanks Billy !

Thanks buddy

Yo!! We got in at 6:50 a tad late but we took our time due to -11 and 20-30 mph winds wind chill of -45 yay got in and after a flash bang from me buddy not lightning correctly, which was extremely exciting!! We saw 9 doe already… Marina For sale ,,,, moving to Iowa ,, lol mall says thank you! We will check in later

Lmfao

Never have I hunted or ice fished in anything like this …

Ok we just got back to hotel, it’s currently-13 and -45-55 wind chill.. went to farm where we hung buck last night skinned him out figuring we’d go back early and de bone him and pack him up ,,, Frozen solid glad I brought a saws all, so we quartered him up bagged him in garbage bags and snuck his dead body In pieces into a nice warm bath .. so we can get him apart and packed up for trip home . And got rid of all the rest of him in a hedge row on the farm. This has been an adventure on all ends .. regrouping for tomorrow morning going into blind again once your out of the wind you good …

Sorry for the late update , yesterday was another day of lots of deer groups of doe would move through then another hr or so and another group would move through small bucks bumping doe around, late in the afternoon Mallory noticed a group of doe had bedded down 100 yards from us on the edge of a cedar patch to our south at 3 they all got up and started moving 20 plus .. then at 4:30 we saw 3 bucks fighting all three were involved in the match nothing big all 2 year olds but great to watch , at ten minutes to dark after Mallory couldn’t get a good shot the opportunity presented itself to me , not what I came to Iowa to do but knowing that we only could have one day left to hunt I made a decision to fill a tag so I don’t have to drive back to Iowa to hunt alone . Hopefully this deer isn’t frozen solid , we skinned him and gots go debone him to bring him home .. hopefully the kid will out do me to bring a great end to a incredible journey so far.

Day 3 ,6 degrees light snow and SE breeze at 10-15 ,multiple doe at first light two small bucks sparing and one possible good one I only had in the scope for a few seconds.. we may hunker down in hotel tomorrow and Friday calling for -5-15 for highs and wind chills of -45-55 with blizzard like winds ..then hunt sat and Sunday. What better way to celebrate Christmas ,in the woods of Iowa ? I can’t think of any better.. I dare anybody reading this thread to argue that point..

Thanks Patrick !!

Wow we now know what it’s like to hunt with Rob or in Iowa.. after a slow morning with the wind in our face we only saw 4 doe so at 12:30 Made a plan to hunt another blind north of a large cedar depression, we didn’t even get to blind and had two small bucks and a few doe underneath the blind so after kneeling for about 20 minutes they made their way off and we got in .. man at 3 o’clock deer just started pouring out of the cedars 30-40 small bucks does fawns incredible they all made their way 50 and less yards from us then I noticed 3 shooter bucks all together standing 96 yards out no clean shot all you could see was horns then a leg they eventually made their way into a adjoining field that we overlooked. No shots given,, then at 4 a big 9 I have on camera came out of cedars and never presented a good shot at 86 yards was heartbreaking to watch him just walk away ,,, 4 definitely shooters and one I’m unsure.. lol what a day .. going back to same blind hoping to catch the heard again in the morning..

Good morning from Iowa! Cold and clear 6 degrees. Sitting in a box blind on south east corner. North west wind pushed us here today. 3 doe so far mile plus trek to get up here got in a touch late set up 2 minutes after legal shooting time. Tracking on onX is from summer tree stand repair.

Thank you!!!!!

Look at you learning things from me.. awe

Thanks Billy

Yes there are five , in a place for each wind we also have a **** load of tanks and two buddy heaters if needed.. and farmer has a heated ranger ..

28 deer , two of which were bucks , 6 long beards, two bald eagles, and a pack of yotes sounding off on the way out. Good first day , North wind tomorrow and cold temperatures are pushing us to other property across the road ..

Day 1 mid day report, SE wind at 10 mph, flurries and 33 degrees, pulling all day sit in box blind in small valley west of farm house that has a large cedar patch,20 ish doe and one spike and a bruiser at 300 yards gave us a quick drive by .. and 6 long beards .. hopefully big boy shows himself before dark again.

Epic COLD

This was on our way here … still hitting scrapes, sparing , chasing, it’s like a different world,