OUTFITTER
We are hunting with Cimarron River Outfitters owned by Kent and Clay Jarnagin. It's pretty tough to get an open slot at CRO but if you do, you will experience one incredible Kansas Bowhunt!
Kansas Whitetail Live
November 8-15
Day 5
Morning Hunt
Back to the South Pasture blind. It was cold and I was fighting the windows that kept fogging up in the blind. I had just wiped off the window when I saw a nice 8. It was the same buck from last night and he didn't get any bigger since last night. So he got a pass.
This nice 8 got a pass. He looks young.
I stayed in until noon. Only saw one small spike after the 8 at dawn.
Afternoon Hunt
For the afternoon we went to the Calvary Creek stand. Once there the wind was bad. So I headed back to Kent's South Pasture. I saw a great buck chasing does and he looked like a shooter! An hour later a doe ran into the bait and the big 10 followed her. I looked him over carefully, he had a great, perfect 10 point rack but he didn't meet what Charlie and I call the No Doubt buck test. That is, the minute you see him - you have no doubt it's a big shooter. If there's any doubt, you pass. And that's what I did. Watching the video later confirmed I made the right decision. I could have killed him easily he just needed another year. I figured he was 150" at 4.5.
I'm getting better at field judging. It can be a curse. I'm passing up bucks that I would never pass up two years ago.
This ten was really nice, not exceptional - he got a pass.
Two days left! Pressure is on.
LOCATION
Our hunt takes place in South Central Kansas in Comanche County which is down near the Oklahoma Border. The habitat is a mix of prairie, treebelts, river bottoms, and large agricultural fields. Prime Whitetail habitat.
