Drury Outdoors - December 2011

December 30 - Ashley Lindsey

Animal: 156 4/8" Whitetail
Location: Iowa
Weapon: Thompson Center Dream Season Omega

I have been so excited to finally get a chance to hunt after graduating college in December. So when Jeff took me the first night, I was ready to see some deer move! However, we were missing a...

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December 29 - Jacob O'Dell

Animal: Spike Buck (1st VA buck)
Location: Virginia
Weapon: PSE Foxfire Crossbow

In the beginning of December Jacob decided that he wanted to try and shoot a buck here in our home state of Virginia. I tried to explain to him that after the archery season, early muzzleloader...

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December 28 - Mark Drury

Video Journal Animal: 167" Whitetail
Location: Iowa
Weapon: Thompson Center Encore

With 7 cameras rolling on 160 acres I was only able to capture pictures of this brute a few times with just 1 shot during daylight hours! In fact the last image I captured was on October 12th!!!!...

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December 23 - Ashley Playle

Animal: 120" Whitetail
Location: Missouri
Weapon: Thompson Center Dream Season Omega

Christmas came early for Grampa John this year. Ashley harvested her first deer while hunting with me the evening of December 23, 2011. We were hunting in the same area that my other grandchildren...

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December 22 - Chris Propst

Animal: 132" Whitetail
Location: Iowa
Weapon: PSE Axe7

If I could some up this season in just a few words, I would have to say that it has been one of the toughest of my life!! I was very fortunate to draw an Iowa archery tag this year, after putting...

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December 22 - Matt Drury

Video Journal Animal: 130 Class 4 1/2 Year Old Whitetail
Location: Missouri
Weapon: Thompson Center Dream Season Omega

The story of this deer started last year for dad and Ryan. They had encounter after encounter with this deer...which at the time they called Whacky Rack. Upon seeing him this summer with the...

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December 21 - Jasper Manifold

Animal: 130 4/8" Whitetail
Location: Iowa
Weapon: Thompson Center

What a great time with great friends! My friend Scott and I had planned this trip over a year ago when we noticed there were quite a few big ole bruiser 8 points on my farm. We talked about his son...

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December 20 - Jeff Lindsey

Video Journal Animal: 144 1/8" 6 1/2 Year Old Whitetail
Location: Missouri
Weapon: Thompson Center

Story Coming Soon!

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December 19 - Bart Goins

Animal: 143 7/8" Whitetail
Location: Mississippi
Weapon: Thompson Center Dream Season Omega

One word to describe our first season as official Drury Outdoors Prostaff: HUMBLING. When the season first started back in September, Blair and I had some very promising hunts ahead for this fall....

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December 19 - Tom Ware

Animal: 168 2/8" Whitetail
Location: Iowa
Weapon: Thompson Center Muzzleloader

Believe it or not I almost forgot to buy my Muzzleloader tag today...the opener of the Iowa late muzzleloader season!!! You see, my close friend Scott Manifold and his 16 year old boy Jasper were...

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December 17 - Dave Reisner

Animal: 162 5/8" 5 1/2 Year Old Whitetail
Location: Iowa
Weapon: Thompson Center Pro Hunter Muzzleloader

Well this story actually started back in October when Dave started getting Reconyx pics of this big mature 11 pointer. We knew right away that he was on the hit list of deer that we wanted to take....

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December 17 - Eric Bothun

Animal: 7 1/2 Year Old 7 point with 5 Stickers
Location: Iowa
Weapon: Thompson Center

Story Coming Soon!

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December 17 - Gary LeVox

Video Journal Animal: 138" Whitetail
Location: Missouri
Weapon: TC Encore

I was so happy to see this mature MO 8 point step out onto the field. This was one of those bucks that seemingly had a very small home core area. I took several pictures of him this year on one...

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December 16 - Doug Hampton

Video Journal Animal: 160 5/8" 6 1/2 Year Old Whitetail
Location: Arkansas
Weapon: Thompson Center .308

Most who will take a minute to just look at the photo's of this journal entry will never know why this buck is special.... But if you live in southeast Arkansas, you'd definitely look at him with a...

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December 16 - Terry Drury

Video Journal Animal: 153" Whitetail
Location: Iowa
Weapon: Thompson Center 12 Gauge

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December 15 - Doug Hampton

Animal: 6 1/2 Year Old Whitetail
Location: Mississippi
Weapon: PSE Dream Season EVO

"When you're hot, you're hot!"..... The song was blasting on the radio while we were on our way home from Kansas. We had a huge 163" buck that my wife had just harvested in the back of the truck....

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December 11 - Jessica Ware

Animal: 154 3/8" Whitetail
Location: Iowa
Weapon: Thompson Center Pro Hunter

As a father I cannot describe the feeling I have when my 11 year old daughter shoots a deer....let alone a monster deer! This is exactly what happened tonight.

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December 11 - Jordan Gizdic

Animal: 146 2/8" Whitetail (First Buck)
Location: Illinois
Weapon: Thomspon Center Impact muzzleloader

One of the biggest disadvantages to running an outfitting business is the limited time you get to hunt for yourself or with family. Luckily my 11 year old daughter, Jordan, has been patient with me...

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December 9 - Jim Thome

Video Journal Animal: 165" Whitetail
Location: Illinois
Weapon: Thompson Center

After being fortunate enough to film Jim harvest his largest bow buck to date on December 7 we set out to try and lay eyes on another mid west monster for muzzleloader season which came in on...

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December 7 - Jim Thome

Video Journal Animal: 175" Whitetail
Location: Illinois
Weapon: PSE

This story begins on December 6 when I received a call from Jim saying that there was snow in the forecast and that the following day was high pressure with extremely cold temperatures. With that...

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December 6 - Katherine Eugster

Animal: 8 Point Whitetail & Doe
Location: Wisconsin
Weapon: Thompson Center Pro Hunter

On October 6th, my daughter, Kat turned 10. This was a pretty exciting day for both Kat and I because now she could hunt! Wisconsin started a mentor program allowing kids that were 10 to hunt with...

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December 6 - Mike Klemmensen

Animal: 157 1/8" Whitetail
Location: Iowa
Weapon: Thompson Center Pro Hunter

Have you ever heard the expression, �I found it in the last place I looked!�?; to which many reply, �of course you did, once you found it, why would you keep looking?� Well, December 6th really was...

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December 4 - Brandy Hampton

Video Journal Animal: 163" Whitetail
Location: Kansas
Weapon: Thompson Center Encore .50 Caliber Muzzleloader

I'd love to tell you I was holding it together..... However I was not. My wife had just squeezed the trigger on the oldest and largest framed buck that I had ever layed eyes on. My right leg was...

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December 3 - Alisha Coon

Video Journal Animal: 10 Point Whitetail
Location: Illinois
Weapon: Thompson Center Dream Season Omega Muzzleloader

It was my second year hunting in Illinois and I couldn�t wait to get back. Unfortunately I was not able to harvest a buck last year, so I was hoping that this would be the year I would get my first...

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December 3 - Bridget McClellan

Animal: 138 2/8" Whitetail (First Buck!)
Location: Illinois
Weapon: Thompson Center Encore .50 Caliber Muzzleloader

What a 2nd gun season I had. I went to Hadley creek for the first Gun season in Illinois trying to harvest my first buck ever. This was the first time I have ever hunted. I guess you could say I...

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December 3 - Jeff Lindsey

Video Journal Animal: 153" Whitetail
Location: Iowa
Weapon: Thompson Center Pro Hunter

The Iowa bucks had flat kicked my tail the first 2 months of the season thanks to a lot of bad luck, so when I got back from Kansas I couldn�t wait to see what was going to happen in the late...

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December 2 - Pam Shults

Video Journal Animal: 10 Point Whitetail
Location: Illinois
Weapon: Thompson Center Omega Muzzleloader

On December the 2nd Pam and I were sitting in a blind over-looking winter wheat. The morning set was very slow. We saw a 1 1/2 year old 5 point and 2 spikes. It was tough going to a blind on the...

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December 1 - Doug Hampton

Animal: Mature 8 Point Whitetail
Location: Arkansas
Weapon: Thompson Center .308

With a few days left before leaving for Kansas to take my wife for the firearms season, I decided I'd go try my luck at my deer-camp on the Mississippi River. I was in a pickle for a camera man...

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December 1 - Gregg Day

Video Journal Animal: 130" Whitetail
Location: Ohio
Weapon: Thompson Center Pro Hunter

It's been three years since my last whitetail journal entry! Rick Malik and I have worked so hard to kill whitetails for the past few years, and finally, we both tagged out in 2011. Rick was able...

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