Intro

First I want to thank Brian for allowing me to be a part of Poor Boys Outdoors. I am a 43 year old traditional nut. Like many bowhunters who choose to carry a recurve or longbow I did start out with a compound before switching. I reside in central Ky and hunt mainly a family farm and a couple of WMA's.

I look forward to contributing to this site on a regular basis and encourage everyone to share your success stories and any other bowhunting news you may have. Spring turkey season is just around the corner followed by bowfishing. If you have not done so before I encourage you to attend the Carporee held in May. More info can be found at the United Bowhunters of Ky website. That's all for now. Keep em sharp!

Derby City Game Calls

Poor Boys Outdoors would like to announce a partnership with Derby City Game Calls as the exclusive Turkey call of Poor Boys Outdoors. Derby City is new to the game of turkey calls, but the wood they use is not. Derby City prides itself in using instrument quality, old growth hardwoods to construct the finest sounding calls on the market today. Much of the wood they use is 250 to 500 years old and it absolutely makes a difference in the sound quality. Look for them at the NWTF Convention in Nashville. You can visit thier website @ http://www.derbycitycalls.com/

Here is a clip from Kentucky Afield where Tim Farmer makes a visit to First Quality Music Supplies, the parent company of Derby City Game Calls.

Reward Offered for Information on Kentucky Elk Poachers : The Outdoor Wire

Reward Offered for Information on Kentucky Elk Poachers : The Outdoor Wire

The youth season brings success for Team Poor Boys

After a long and stressful week of no hunting, I finally got to get out Saturday evening with my son Dakota. We were hunting the north farm with Cory and his daughter Lauren and Billie and his daughter Bailee. I set up on the food plot where Cory killed his doe early in the bow season. There was a ton of sign and it finally looked like the deer were starting to work on the rape that we planted back in August. They've been hitting the clover all along, but I guess it has taken them a while to figure out the rape is good stuff, too.

We set the blind up in the same spot that Cory and I had for his deer - in a tall patch of weeds on the end of the food plot - and I brushed the blind in as good as I could with the surrounding weeds. Deer were moving early, as we had already seen a few on the drive in. We hadn't been there long when Dakota and I heard a loud shot ring from close by. Turned out that Lauren had popped a doe before they even got settled in (I'll let Cory tell the whole story on that one). By 4:45pm, we saw our first doe at the back corner of the field. She looked the situation over and decided to head back into the woods. About an hour later, another doe came into the back of the field and started feeding. She only ate for a minute or so and then quickly turned and headed back into the cover, never offering a broadside shot. At around 6:40pm, another doe showed up in the back corner of the field again and this time she was determined to come out and feed. She eased her way out into the middle of the field and turned broadside, presenting a perfect shot opportunity. I made sure I had the camera all zoomed in, in focus, etc and gave Dakota the go-ahead to take a shot when he was ready. He quickly squeezed the trigger and the doe jumped and bolted back into the cover. I was so focused on the camera, that I really didn't know if or where he had hit her. He felt good about the shot, so we rewound the tape and watched the footage. You could see the bullet's impact right on the deer's shoulder, and I was certain that the deer wouldn't be far.

After getting some additional footage, we headed down to where the deer was standing to start looking for blood before we lost daylight. It took forever to find blood (just finding where the deer had been standing), but once we did, it wasn't any trouble to trail her the 50 or so yards that she ran before expiring. I was one proud dad at the shot he had made. It was great to have another good kill on video, and even better that Dakota and Lauren got a double. I just wish Cory had a camera with him to capture Lauren's hunt.

We went back out this evening to the 30-acre woods here by my house, but didn't have any luck. Hopefully Cory and I will get back out a day or two for some bowhunting this week. These days of being able to slip out after work for an evening hunt will soon be coming to an end when that clock rolls back. Got to get them while you can!

Footage from Cory's early season doe

Here is the video from Poor Boys Outdoors prostaffer Cory McBride's doe harvest on 9/8/2009. Hope you enjoy!

First Deer Down

After another dismal morning hunt, Cory and I headed to the North farm to try our first hunt over the new food plot. We really didn't anticipate getting a shot at anything, but we wanted to see if deer were using the plot in daylight hours. The trail camera that we hung on the food plot this past Sunday had five pictures on it - not too impressive, but we at least had some proof that deer were feeding in the plot.

We set up the Rhino ground blind in some tall weeds at the head of the field and used more of the weeds to brush in the blind. Overall, it blended in pretty well. After a few hours of nothing, Cory caught movement off of the left side of the food plot. We watched as two doe and one fawn worked out into the field. You could tell that both doe were unsure of the blind and after a short feed, the lead doe headed out the back of the field with the other two deer in tow. That second doe, though, just couldn't stand not being able to feed in the food plot. It would come into the edge of the field, feed for a second, then head back out to cover. I was just excited to see some deer in the plot, and really wasn't expecting Cory to get a shot, as they just seemed a little too spooky of the new "blob" that was setting on the edge of the field. Our luck finally changed, however, when the doe started easing up the right side of the field, staying in the tall grass on the outskirts of the food plot. Then, just 30 yards away, she entered the plot again. By this point my heart was pounding like I was getting ready to draw back on a Pope & Young buck, and I didn't even have a bow in my hands! After several tense minutes of the deer standing at a bad angle, she finally turned to a quartering away position. Cory pulled the trigger on the release and we watched the Easton Tracer nock hit right behind the doe's shoulder. She ran less than 40 yards and piled up. The total drag to the truck was less than 100 yards

It was an awesome hunt for so many reasons - the lack of deer sightings the previous three days, the fact that we were hunting from the Rhino blind, the fact that we were hunting our first food plot, and because it was our first bowkill deer on video. It was just one of those hunts you will never forget. Now it's my turn! I can't wait to get on the board myself.

Keep at it guys and let us all know what is going on. I will try to have some of the footage available on YouTube to check out soon.

The Final Preparations

It's hard to believe we are just a few days away from Kentucky's archery deer season. What seemed to be taking forever to get here is now right on top of us and I'm glad to say that I feel better prepared than ever before! We have been running feeders and trail cameras all summer, shooting 3D tournaments, hanging stands, and even got our first two food plots in the ground a few weeks back.

All that is left is the final preparations - washing my hunting clothes in scent free detergent, getting my hunting pack in order, and making sure the video camera is charges and ready to roll.

What makes this year even more exciting than usual is the fact that we will be collecting footage for our "Poor Boys Outdoors" TV show, which should debut in the Louisville area next July. We are still working out the details on the channel and time slot. The goal is to do the local show for a season or two, then move up to one of the national channels, such as the Pursuit Channel or perhaps the Sportsmans Channel. It's not going to be easy, but I think I have surrounded myself with a top-notch group of guys and I know I have the determination to make it happen - so stick around! It's gonna be good!

For those of you who are heading out this weekend in pursuit of whitetail deer - good luck! Hunt safe and most importantly, thank God for the opportunity to spend another beautiful day in His creation!