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November 2008

November 29 - Kimberly Crabtree

Animal: 120" 8 Point Whitetail
Location: Missouri
Weapon: Thompson Center 50 Cal

At the start of this year's deer season, it was not only our goal to have a productive season, but to get some new comers into the sport. I had been telling my Fianc� Kimberly, how bad I wanted to...

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November 28 - Korey Kirschenmann

Animal: Coyote
Location: North Dakota
Weapon: Gun

The Deer-Gun season is finally over in North Dakota. This is usually the toughest time to call in coyotes until they settle down around. During the Thanksgiving time frame, I decided to try to call...

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November 25 - Kyle Lamore

Animal: 131 1/8" 5 1/2 Year Old Whitetail
Location: Wyoming
Weapon: Thompson Center Omega

After many weeks of having some great encounters with our Illinois whitetails, they always seemed to somehow know how to stay fifty yards from the stand. I was looking forward to the opening day of...

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November 25 - Tom Ware

Animal: 135" Whitetail
Location: Illinois
Weapon: PSE X-Force

I had only one more bow hunt before Thanksgiving break and time spent with the family and friends. The wind was right for the same tree I harvested a nice buck back on November the 9th, so my...

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November 24 - Chris Propst

Animal: 151" 12 Point Whitetail
Location: Wyoming
Weapon: Thompson Center 50 Cal Muzzleloader

Dad and I headed west to Wyoming on Friday November 21st for our second group hunt for Dream Season 6 Redemtion, we were fortunate to win this hunt as part of the Dream Season show for season 6 and...

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November 22 - Randy Thome

Animal: 183" Whitetail
Location: Illinois
Weapon: Slug Gun

There�s more then one designated hitter in the Thome lineup when it comes to whitetail hunters. Brothers Chuck and Randy keep the inning going as it is now Randy�s turn and up to bat.

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November 22 - Rod Owen

Animal: 127" Whitetail
Location: Kansas
Weapon: PSE X-Force GX

On October 27th, Rod and I hopped into the stand for what, unknowingly, would be a tail-chasing adventure. It seemed as though everything to do with the fall rut had already taken place. The...

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November 21 - Jim Thome

Animal: 150" Whitetail
Location: Illinois
Weapon: Slug Gun

Being a deer hunter there is nothing better then the day the calendar reads opening day for firearms. This is the day that all hunters have looked forward to since they were little boys and girls,...

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November 21 - Justin Lurk

Animal: 140 2/8" Whitetail
Location: Illinois
Weapon: Thompson Center Omega

When I found out I was able to hunt with Hadley Creek Outfitters at the beginning of this year I was really, really excited because of all the success the Drury Team has had at Hadley. I was filled...

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November 21 - Steve "Coon Dog" Coon

Animal: 8 Point 3 1/2 Year Old Whitetail
Location: Illinois
Weapon: Thompson Center Omega

Opening day of Illinois gun season found Joe and Dog in a new set they named The Scrape Set. Even though the temps were in the low teens, the boys knew they had to sit until noon because of the...

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November 20 - Bill Gadient

Animal: 130" Whitetail
Location: Iowa
Weapon: PSE X-Force

Dave and I went into this season with pretty high hopes, much the same as any other season, but those hopes were dashed rather quickly with the delayed harvest in eastern Iowa. We had a great...

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November 18 - Roxanne Propst

Animal: 130" Whitetail
Location: Missouri
Weapon: Thompson Center Endevour .270

I am extremely fortunate to have a loving wife that really loves deer hunting, Roxanne has been anticipating the opener of Mo Firearm season all fall, and finally the wait was over. On Opening day,...

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November 17 - Jeff Lindsey

Animal: 151" Whitetail
Location: Iowa
Weapon: PSE-Dream Season X-Force

We wait and dream all year of the magical month of November, it finally gets here and the weather is extremely frustrating. Everyday it was either steady rain or a howling wind that was giving me a...

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November 17 - Matt Drury

Animal: 135 4/8" 10 Point Whitetail
Location: Missouri
Weapon: Thompson Center .308

What a whirlwind span of a month I�ve had! On October the 19th I harvested my first buck with a bow in 12 years and on November 15th I had the pleasure of filming Terry�s 150� Missouri firearm...

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November 17 - Tayna Playle

Animal: 163 7/8" Whitetail
Location: Missouri
Weapon: Thompson Center Contender .223

For the 2008 Missouri firearms season opening weekend I had the pleasure of hunting with my daughter, Tanya, and grandkids, Zach and Ashley. We hunted hard opening day with no luck. The high winds...

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November 16 - Marsha Simpson

Animal: 2 � yr old 8 Point Whitetail
Location: Kentucky
Weapon: 20 Gauge Slug Gun

With my second of three trips to Illinois now in the rear view mirror and posted to the journal it was time to head back home for a little R/R and W (Rest/Recovery and Wife Time).

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November 15 - Adam Kuehn

Animal: 174 2/8" Gross & 170 2/8" Net
Location: Missouri
Weapon: Thompson Center Contender

Fate or luck often connect a hunter and a deer in the sport of deer hunting. That was the case for my son Adam this MO gun season. Four short days earlier Adam was planning to miss opening weekend...

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November 15 - Alisha Coon

Animal: 124" 9 Point Whitetail
Location: Missouri
Weapon: Thompson Center Pro Hunter .243

Another Dream Season for Coon Dog for the second year in a row. Coon Dog�s beautiful daughter Alisha picked up the TC Pro Hunter in an attempt to harvest another whitetail. Although it was a tough...

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November 15 - Mark Drury

Animal: 146" Whitetail
Location: Missouri
Weapon: Thompson Center Contender .223

This is the largest buck I have killed in Missouri with a gun. It�s a buck that I have over 300 Reconyx pictures of. I estimate his age to be 4 � to 5 � years old. I knew going into the Missouri...

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November 15 - Terry Drury

Animal: 154" Whitetail
Location: Missouri
Weapon: Thompson Center .308

Opening day of Missouri�s firearm season is where it all began for me. Countless hours of staring out of a classroom window all through high school and particularly in college (being away from...

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November 13 - Rod Wilson

Animal: 161" 10 Point Whitetail
Location: Illinois
Weapon: PSE-Dream Season X-Force

November 13 found Keith and I back in Illinois still on cloud nine from dads giant 181 several days earlier. Little did I know as I headed out for the morning hunt I would soon experience the best...

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November 13 - Steve "Coon Dog" Coon

Animal: 128" Whitetail
Location: Missouri
Weapon: PSE X-Force

Talk about a trip around the world over 500 miles. Joe and Dog left Illinois to check out a Missouri farm that Team members Rod and Keith were kind enough to let them hunt. After checking out the...

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November 12 - Jeff Propst

Animal: 6x5 4 1/2 Year Old Whitetail
Location: Missouri
Weapon: PSE-Dream Season X-Force

After hunting hard in MO and Illinois for the last couple weeks and passing a ton of bucks, I finally connected on this old 6x5 nontypical Mo Buck. This buck showed up on one of my Reconyx cameras...

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November 12 - John Frank

Animal: 181" Whitetail
Location: Iowa
Weapon: PSE Pro Series X-Force

I found this deer one evening in September doing velvet scouting, I knew we had to take his picture. Saturating what we thought was his home range or the out skirts of it anyway. We hung several...

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November 12 - Terry Drury

Animal: 135" Whitetail
Location: Illinois
Weapon: PSE X-Force

It�s always exciting to hunt the �Land of the Giants� state of Illinois. It�s even more exciting to be hunting with good friend Jim Thome. There is never a dull moment when around Jim. He keeps...

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November 11 - John O'Dell

Animal: 135" Whitetail
Location: Iowa
Weapon: PSE-Dream Season X-Force

Well after a day of work it was time for Dave and I to hit the woods again. With the threat of rain we knew we had a limited window to hunt in morning. I was down to my last day of hunting so it...

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November 11 - Justin Lurk

Animal: 137 7/8" 10 Point Whitetail
Location: Missouri
Weapon: PSE X-Force

This story begins two years ago in November 2006. I took some vacation time to film for my brother Jared in Iowa. This was my first time bow hunting, and it didn�t take long for me to get hooked!...

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November 10 - Korey Kirschenmann

Animal: Coyote
Location: North Dakota
Weapon: Gun

My focus for the weekend was on harvesting a deer for the ND deer-gun season. With an early fill of my tag, I switched over to coyote mode for the last morning. My anticipation was running very...

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November 9 - Dave Reisner

Animal: 131" 8 Point Whitetail
Location: Iowa
Weapon: PSE X-Force

It has been a strange year so far in that I have had all of the encounters with big deer. For some reason I see a shooter about everytime I hunt but I have yet to draw my bow. I have had great...

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November 9 - Joe Shults

Animal: 130" 4 1/2 Year Old 9 Point
Location: Illinois
Weapon: PSE X-Force

The 9th of November and what a special day it was. Just a week ago Coon Dog was able to harvest his Illinois buck. And on today�s date it was Joe�s turn to put a rage in the cage. Joe and Dog...

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November 9 - Steve Mackanos

Animal: 128" Whitetail
Location: Missouri
Weapon: Bow

As a sales representative for Drury Outdoors I cherish my time in front of the camera as it does not happen often. So, not having much time to bow hunt Missouri this season; Nov the 8th and the 9th...

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November 9 - Tom Ware

Animal: 150 3/8" Whitetail
Location: Illinois
Weapon: PSE X-Force

I was having the "whitetail blues" because I hadn�t seen a shooter since October 25th. I kept telling myself it was going to happen any day, but the slump kept going and going. My cameraman and...

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November 8 - Jerry Wilson

Animal: 181" Whitetail
Location: Illinois
Weapon: Cross Bow

My dad, at age 76, continues to prove year after year that his passion for hunting whitetails will not be denied and that he only gets better with age. On November 8th, almost 3 years to the date...

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November 8 - Larry Steward

Animal: 130" Whitetail
Location: Illinois
Weapon: PSE X-Force

On the way home from this year's annual Drury Outdoors fall meeting I made it my goal to film my dad kill his first racked buck with a bow. I figured having a new PSE in his hands would increase...

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November 7 - Candice Woods

Animal: 2 1/2 Whitetail
Location: Ohio
Weapon: PSE X-Force

Two buck in two days�.Now that Ben lives two hours away I usually have to hunt the mornings by myself before heading to work. In the evenings I have friends helping out with filming, but at dawn...

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November 7 - Louie Payne

Animal: 145 1/8" 9 Point Whitetail
Location: Kentucky
Weapon: PSE-Dream Season X-Force

After getting home late on Thursday night form IL, I knew we would be busy at the store so I went to work with my wife Melissa who had been filling in for me all this week while I was out of town....

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November 6 - Louie Payne

Animal: 125" 10 Point Whitetail
Location: Illinois
Weapon: PSE-Dream Season X-Force

After getting the new 2009 PSE Dream Season bow sighted in I could not wait to get a shot with it! Even though we had unseasonably warm temperatures this year, which held true in November as...

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November 6 - Stephen Parker

Animal: 158 4/8" Whitetail
Location: Iowa
Weapon: PSE X-Force

The first ten days of November I am usually in Iowa running camera for Mark, but this year we added a twist. I finally drew a non-resident tag and Mark told me to bring my X-Force this year,...

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November 5 - Jeff Lindsey

Animal: 145 5/8" Whitetail
Location: Iowa
Weapon: PSE-Dream Season X-Force

November the 5th! I woke up this morning thinking life is good when it�s November 5th in southern Iowa and you got a buck tag in your pocket! After a week of incredibly warm temperatures, the...

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November 5 - Mark Drury

Animal: 168 6/8" Whitetail
Location: Iowa
Weapon: PSE-Dream Season X-Force

Can the season get any better? We�ve had so much luck up to this point, yet I felt the best was still to come. We�ve been dealing with unseasonably warm weather and high, high winds. But it is now...

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November 4 - Adam Frank

Animal: 144" Whitetail
Location: Iowa
Weapon: PSE X-Force

With the Frank brothers, a lot of our scouting is done with the Reconyx camera, so we can pattern the deer were hunting and we try to get it so we know the right times to sit each stand. With me...

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November 4 - Eric Bothun

Animal: 144" Whitetail
Location: Kansas
Weapon: PSE X-Force

We anticipated the trip to Kansas this year to be a good one because we had Reconyx pictures this year of nice bucks we let go last year that made good improvement. Wouldn't you know it, the deer I...

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November 2 - Dustin Shaw

Animal: 135 4/8" Whitetail
Location: Iowa
Weapon: PSE-Dream Season X-Force

This year started out tough for us. We�ve had to battle the wind and temperature all month. It seemed every time we would plan a hunt something would force us to change locations. Here in Iowa,...

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November 2 - Steve "Coon Dog" Coon

Animal: 140" 10 Point Whitetail
Location: Illinois
Weapon: PSE-Dream Season X-Force

Pics Coming Soon! What a hot day in the timber. But the weather was not the only hot thing on this day. A hot doe at day break brought in two bucks. As time went on the two young bucks decided...

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November 2 - Taylor Drury

Animal: 137 3/8" Whitetail
Location: Missouri
Weapon: Thompson Center Contender .223

With Halloween fast approaching, Taylor had a big decision to make � go to a huge Halloween party with a bunch of her friends, or go to north Missouri for youth season with her dad and best friend...

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November 1 - Chris Ogle

Animal: 140 2/8� Whitetail
Location: Illinois
Weapon: PSE X-Force

Chris and I had made several trips to my lease in west central Illinois in order to prep the battlefield for the November rut. Spending time putting out Reconyx cameras and adjusting stand...

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November 1 - Jared Lurk

Animal: 140 5/8" Whitetail
Location: Iowa
Weapon: PSE Bow Madness

On October 5th, I missed a mid 150 class 4yr old 10 point with filming partner Chad Flynn. It was the first buck I have missed on video. Not how I wanted to start of my 2008 season! About that...

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November 1 - Terry Drury

Animal: 147 2/8" Whitetail
Location: Iowa
Weapon: PSE X-Force

As the brilliant crimson foliage begins to allow string like rays of sunlight through slowly warming the moisture droplets form a light blanket of fog, the first glimpse of a doe and fawn alerted...

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November 1 - Zach Playle

Animal: 170 4/8" Whitetail
Location: Missouri
Weapon: Thompson Center Contender .223

Zach made a great kill back in September with his bow. As Missouri�s youth season rolled around we made plans to try and smoke a giant. I had been seeing a few big deer around my farm, including a...

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