2020 Kansas Gun Season Day 9!
This was our last morning in Kansas!
This morning was packed with all kinds of goodies!
We saw over 61 deer this morning!
We were back on my favorite road; I now call it Shelly Road.
I have seen a majority of the deer this week on this road.
As we pulled onto this road
Many deer jumped across the road.
As we pull up to a certain area, there are deer everywhere.
I see more white tails; I mean literally the white tails, than you can imagine.
We see a real nice buck who was behind us in a corn field.
I was only able to make out a huge curved rack in my binocs.
There had to be over 40 deer in this area.
So many to count, there were probably more than I could count and missed many.
This entire trip the deer did not stick around.
They were very skittish.
I suppose it’s a combination of things, it seemed if you didn’t stop they paid no attention,
There is very little traffic on these dirt roads in Kansas, so they are not used to that, we pondered the fact that possibly the deer see cars on the road and correlate that with being shot from the road, doubt it though.
There is this story that deer are shot from road in these here parts.
A little while later I am able to see some white up on a big hill about 400 yards off the road.
2 coyotes sunning themselves in the morning hours.
We are able to catch a quick picture.
We drive down into an area very secluded and am able to see some doe way up on the ridge and of course what it is following but a big buck.
It was cool to watch thier shenanigans!
We watch as a deer jump the road ahead of us,
We look in the woods as we drive by and I see a buck, a bunch of deer know run into the open field below. 5 or 6 for sure! They run into the woods and we are not able to identify what they are.
We drove to the other side of the woods and sat at the top of the hill, in hopes they would cross through the woods and come out the other side, they did not.
As we were ending our trip, Marcus says, Big Buck!
Here 200 yards off the road, stands a beast.
He was further away, peaking his body out into an empty field.
He did not have a big rack, but it was thick and his body huge.
We figured he was an older fella!
We have really seen some nice bucks this trip, so much better than at home.
The guys took a blind down and trail camera’s down this afternoon.
We did a few duties to prepare for leaving.
This evening we did not see as much activity as we had in past days, we only saw about 16 deer.
Got to see 2 bobcats at dark.
I have really come to enjoy driving around looking at the beauty Kansas holds.
I love the uniqueness of this area, the laid back feeling, no pressure from the world, the quiet convinces me that I am in some far away land!
I will miss my morning and evening drives in the middle of nowhere, I will miss the alone time with Marcus in the jeep with nothing but the open road and being surrounded by nature! I think we will both miss the laid back feeling that nothing else matters in this world at this exact time in life. I will miss how simple no stress from the chaotic world feels. I find there in no drama out in these here part and that is hard to duplicate when I am back home. I find myself jealous of those that live here, but I am also aware it is hard work in one way or another to live in these here parts.
The time here in Kansas goes just as fast at home. The clock stops for now one! I like this phrase and I say it often. Out here you more so you live on mother nature’s clock of sunup and sundown and the time on the clock does not matter much.
It is now time to fit everything into my small jeep for the drive home. It will be a chore as we are going home with a huge deer head and a cooler full of meat. Ahhh, who needs to see for the 11 hours’ drive home. We hope to out drive the storm , but know that we will hit some weather.
Until next year Kansas…..Don’t change! Take care of my deer and grow some big racks!