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October 2010

October 31 - Jared Lurk

Animal: 158 5/8" Iowa Whitetail
Location: Iowa
Weapon: PSE Dream Season X-Force

Trick or Treat, give me something good to eat...and by that, I mean venison; not sweets!! As luck would have it, 2010 was the year I would finally kill a deer in October. I hadn�t ever done that...

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October 30 - Andrew Dent (John William's Grandson)

Animal: 8 Point Whitetail
Location: Missouri
Weapon: Thompson Center Contender .223

A new deer hunter was born on October 30, 2010. Andrew Dent, my six year old grandson, harvested his first deer. Andrew had been going with us deer hunting for the past couple of years. He usually...

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October 30 - Sergeant First Class (ret) Joe Haynes

Animal: 150 2/8" Whitetail
Location: Illinois
Weapon: PSE Axe 6

Joe and I packed up the truck and loaded up the Hunt-Ve and headed north to our home state of Illinois with high hopes. Crossing over state lines then into Pike County, Illinois are spirits flew...

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October 30 - Taylor Drury

Animal: 167 4/8" Missouri Buck
Location: Missouri
Weapon: Thompson Center .223

As I get older, I have grown out of Trick-Or-Treating and always look forward to gettiing in the woods around Halloween time! Dressing up as a hunter is perfectly fine with me :) Plus, this year...

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October 29 - Doug Hampton

Animal: 143 5/8" Whitetail
Location: Arkansas
Weapon: PSE Bow Madness

I could not believe what I was seeing. A doe came trotting up to the natural funnel of recently cut tree tops that some loggers had left. She raised her tail and snapped her head backwards, as...

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October 29 - Matt Bullins

Animal: 134" Whitetail
Location: Illinois
Weapon: PSE Dream Season EVO

If you have been following the Drury journal this season, then you are probably aware that my partner Jason Bowers and I were selected to be a part of the new Dream Season 8: Workin� Man television...

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October 28 - Blair Goins

Animal: 141 3/8" Whitetail
Location: Illinois
Weapon: PSE Dream Season EVO

For those of you who follow Dream Season Television, you know that every year the first group hunt is located at Hadley Creek Outfitters in Pike County, Illinois. October was starting to wind down...

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October 28 - Mike Klemmensen

Animal: 147" Whitetail
Location: Iowa
Weapon: PSE Dream Season X-Force

The story of the Rodeo Buck goes back a few years with Reconyx photos and video. He got his name last year when my huntin� partner Tom Ware passed him as a four year old. The buck had stood just a...

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October 27 - Jon Dittmer

Animal: 165" Whitetail
Location: Illinois
Weapon: PSE Dream Season EVO

A Dream come true� that�s what this season has been. Roscoe and I got the call on June 4th, notifying us that we were selected to be a part of Dream Season 8: Workin Man.� We had spent endless...

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October 27 - Mark Drury

Animal: 195 1/8" Whitetail
Location: Iowa
Weapon: PSE Omen

�Great day to be a bow hunter!� � �I�m so lucky to be a bow hunter!� � I can�t tell you how many times I�ve mumbled those sayings over the last few weeks. But for whatever reason, as I get...

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October 26 - Raven Durbin

Animal: 155" 16 Point Whitetail
Location: Missouri
Weapon: Rifle

This story began about a month or so ago when I got a phone call concerning a young lady named Raven Durbin. A friend of her family had seen a Catch A Dream hunt on TV and wanted to know if I could...

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October 25 - Chuck Weldon

Animal: 143" Whitetail
Location: Illinois
Weapon: PSE Dream Season EVO

Well it's finally here! It's our first group hunt for Dream Season 8: Workin� Man at the all famous Hadley Creek Outfitters! As we drove up the hill to the Castle, the only thing we knew for sure...

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October 23 - Jeff Lindsey

Animal: 175" Whitetail
Location: Illinois
Weapon: PSE AXE

If I could imagine my dream hunt, it would be killing a big rut crazed buck in the middle of some mature hardwoods. It wouldn�t involve my cameraman�s stand accidentally shifting 6 inches to get...

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October 23 - Steve Filley

Animal: 8 Point Whitetail
Location: Illinois
Weapon: PSE Bow Madness

I suppose everyone has a story to tell or even a list of things they would like to do before they die. I too, am one of those people who have what we call a "bucket list". That�s why when Chuck and...

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October 16 - Amy Reisner

Animal: 133 2/8" Whitetail
Location: Iowa
Weapon: Thompson Center Encore

Dave told me this summer that I was going to get to hunt the magical bean field this year for early season muzzleloader, so I was stoked! I made sure to buy my tag within a few days of them going...

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October 15 - Blair Goins

Animal: 130 1/8" Whitetail
Location: Alabama
Weapon: PSE Bow Madness

Well for Bart and I, our Dreams came true on June the 4th when we found out we were going to get the opportunity to be a part of Dream Season Workin� Man. With that in mind we aggressively started...

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October 13 - Jason Edney

Animal: 176" Whitetail
Location: Nebraska
Weapon: PSE Vendetta XL

This hunt started back in September from a visual sighting of this deer from a public road. The funny thing was his estimated score was 140�! We hung a set for him and placed a hunter in it on the...

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October 12 - Chuck Weldon

Animal: 137" Whitetail
Location: Missouri
Weapon: PSE Bow Madness

Overwhelmed with stress to overjoyed with emotions!. That's how I describe Oct 12, 2010 in my tree stand in North Missouri. This story starts back in the winter when Steve and I found out we could...

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October 9 - Jessica Ware, Jordan Gizdic

Animal: 2 Mature Whitetail Doe
Location: Illinois
Weapon: TC Contender and 20 gauge shotgun

All I can say about this past weekend is I�m blessed with family and friends! I cannot describe how much fun Jessica and I had during youth season. We were asked to come share camp with great...

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October 5 - Mark Drury

Animal: 176 3/8" Whitetail
Location: Iowa
Weapon: PSE Omen

When I shot Pretty Boy it marked the first time I ever laid eyes on this buck. He was one of those bucks who were always on the farm, but for whatever reason, he eluded me many, many times. It was...

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October 4 - David Lindsey

Animal: 166 7/8" Whitetail
Location: Iowa
Weapon: PSE Dream Season GX

I couldn�t wait to get in a tree as soon as season opened and hopefully be greeted by some cooler weather. With fall in the air, I was ready for a change. I have had all the hot weather I wanted...

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October 3 - Taylor Drury

Animal: 143 2/8" Missouri Whitetail 10 point
Location: Missouri
Weapon: PSE Chaos

I finally had an open weekend to hunt Northern Missouri and I couldn�t wait to get to the farm after school on Friday! It is Missouri archery season so I was even more excited to be hunting with my...

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October 1 - John O'Dell & Dave Reisner

Animal: Caribou Bull
Location: Quebec w/ Jack Hume Adventures
Weapon: Rifle

This story started a couple of years ago when we began planning for our first Canadian Caribou adventure. It has been a lifelong dream of mine to go Caribou hunting in Canada. Dave and I were...

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