4-Time Champ

Some of you may know of Jeremy's passion for coyote calling. He likes to hunt yes, but loves to call coyotes. In 2004, Jeremy and his good friend Nick Peterson decided to enter up in the coyote calling contest in St. Francis, Kan. It's called the Midwest Coyote Calling Event, and it's run by Brent Rueb. Competitors must check in on Friday night in St. Francis, then they have all day Saturday, and part of the day Sunday to hunt. The teams must return to St. Francis to check in by 3 p.m.

Well, after placing 7th in 2004 Jeremy and Nick were hooked. Their competitive nature led them to third place in 2005, and then they won in 2006 and 2007. In fact, at the 2007 contest they set a new record for the most coyotes killed at 18. The rules state that after two consecutive wins the team has to sit out a year or split up. They chose not to split up and returned in 2009 to win again.

That brings us to this year, 2010, the contest is complete and they are again the champions out of 143 teams. This time they broke their own record and won with 19 coyotes. Their goal was 20 and they were nearly late to check-in because of their determination to get that last one that continued to elude them.

Maybe they'll make it to 20 in 2012.

2009 Deer Season complete

We ended the 2009 deer season with this nice 4x5 whitetail for Tom Bolding. Jeremy and I are looking forward to another great season next year.

Another Record-Breaker

A new ranch record was set for whitetail last night, when Stu Lilly bagged this 178" 8x5. It was only the first day of the hunt, but there was no question this monster was the one, and Stu dropped him with a single shot.

Gone Huntin'

Jeremy drew an archery tag for Colorado mule deer this year so he's been trying to find time to hunt for himself amongst guiding and scouting for customers. This past week we had some free time so we headed over to Colorado to try to find a monster buck. Find him, we did, but it turns out that getting close enough to shoot him with a bow is a lot harder than I thought. We were hunting in canyon country and it was rough. We walked about 10 miles each day and it was either straight up or straight down. Luck wasn't in our favor but we got to see some pretty country so it was worth it even without a trophy to bring home.

To the left is the view I saw most of the time as I had a hard time keeping up with Jeremy's long

stride.

Yes, the rocks were steep, but we unleashed our inner mountain goat and went right up 'em. The one below included.

Pretty Trees

Even though we live on the prairie, we have a lot of beautiful trees near our house. This time of year, each day their leaves are changing color and disappearing. I got a few pictures when they were prettiest. It's views like this that make me feel so blessed to live here. Almost makes up for all the snakes..... almost.

Another 100% Successful Antelope Season

Five trophy antelope in three days. Texas Pronghorn season opened on Saturday Oct. 3. We welcomed four members of the Texas Predator Posse on Friday and three of them shot these nice bucks the next day.

The final hunter of the group took his antelope on Sunday.

Monday we hosted another hunter from Austin, Texas, who shot this big antelope.

The five antelope ranged in scores from 72 7/8 to 82 5/8. Thanks to all our great clients for a very successful pronghorn season and to Jeremy's brother Jerad for all his help guiding.

Next up: pheasant and quail hunts in southwest Kansas.

New Record

Today we set a new record for the largest mule deer shot off the ranch. Dr. Michael Atha, from Texas, dropped this 243" 10 x 11 giant with one shot from 59 yards. It was a textbook stalk in 90-degree weather after a two-day pursuit.

This hunt concludes the early muzzleloader season for us, and we're headed back to Texas for antelope season.