jodaviess1
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Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Jodaviess Co. N.W. IL.
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HOWDY TERRY
I HEAR YA BUDDY. I WAS LOOKIN BACK AT THE THREAD FROM LAST YEARS HIDE SEASON. HAD 85 KILLED BY THE 8TH OF DEC AND OVER A HUNDRED BY CHRISTMAS. THAT FIRST WEEK THIS YEAR TOOK THE WIND OUTA MY SAILS A BIT. FIRST NITE THEY WERE LOOSE TEN MINUTES AND SPENT THE REST OF THE NIGHT DIGGIN AND CUTTIN MY LIL GYP OUT OF A TILE. THEN THE FORTH NIGHT MY GOOD YOUNG FEMALE STUCK HER HEAD IN A CONIBEAR AND WAS KILLED GRAVEYARD DEAD 10 YARDS FROM MY TRUCK. SHE HAD TREED A COON WITH MY OTHER FEMALE AND THEN THEY SPLIT LIKE 5 YARDS APART AND BOTH HAD THEIR COON. I LET HER LOOSE AND KEPT THE OTHER GYP ON THE LEAD GOIN BACK TO THE TRUCK AS I HAD SEEN A COON OUT IN THE CUT CORN. SHE DISAPPEARED, GARMIN SAID BACK TOWARDS THE TRUCK. AS I'M WALKIN DOWN THE ROAD, I CAN SEE MY TRUCK AND AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME TEN OR SO YARDS THIS WAY OF IT I CAN SEE THE RED BLINKER ON THE GARMIN COLLAR THROUGH SOME GRASS. AS I GET CLOSER IT ALL GOT SICKENING REAL QUICK. I KNOW IT HAPPENS, BUT IT SURE DON'T MAKE A GUY FEEL ANY BETTER ABOUT IT. THEN THE NEXT WEEK IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE THE COONS WERE MOVIN MUCH IN THE WARM WEATHER. FEW TO NO TRACKS AND THEY HAD TO COVER ALOT OF GROUND TO FIND A COON. THOUGHT I WAS HUNT A BUNCH OF SILENT DOGS. I HAVE ONLY HUNTED A COUPLE NITES SINCE THE NITE BEFORE THANKSGIVING UNTIL TONITE. THE OLD DOG WAS DRIVIN MY WIFE NUTS IN THE HOUSE SO I COLLARED HIM UP AND HE WENT THREE FOR 3 AND DID IT RIGHT. CAME HOME AND GRABBED TUFF AND TREED 2 FOR 2 AND EVERY SINGLE ONE HAD LAID A TRACK. THINGS ARE LOOKIN UP. KINDA DOWN ON DOGS TO HUNT ONE DEAD, ONE IN HEAT AND DIDN'T END UP TAKING ANY OUTSIDE DOGS THIS YEAR. I HATE IT WHEN A PLAN DOESN'T COME TOGETHER. ANYTIME YOU CAN GET AWAY YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME FOR A HUNT AND STAY AS LONG AS YOU LIKE. GOT A PLACE FOR YOU AND ANYONE YOU'D LIKE TO BRING. I HAVE TOLD ED AND LARRY THE SAME SO MAYBE WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN. I ALWAYS ENJOY OUR VISITS. IT'S 1:30 AM AND I'M HEADED BACK TO THE BRUSH CAUSE I'M SLAP OUT OF EXCUSES. <v> P.S. I LIKE AUNT BEE


OPPY WITH HIS 3RD COON OF THE NITE

TUFF WITH HIS LAST COON OF THE NITE. YOU HAVE NITES LIKE THESE WHEN THINGS GO RIGHT AND YOU GET DOWN TO NO NONSENSE COON TREEIN. BUCK AND I WENT THE NEXT NIGHT AND IT WAS AS BAD AS THIS NIGHT WAS GOOD. COONS NOT MOVIN, HALF MILE COLD TRACKS TO DENS AND 2 HUGE CEDARS, ONE SLICK AND ONE COULDN'T SEE UP IN IT. <v>
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