2012 DATES and RATES — and updates
Alright guys,
here is our 2012 dates and rates. We are only operating for 8 weeks out of the year next season. All PEAK weeks only in an effort to enhance our on going managing processes.
There will be 3 hunters per guide
Starting in 2012 there will be a $300.00 penelty fees for any buck shot under 125″ as well.
Several dates below are no longer available, and I would venture to say that these other dates will not last long. We are booking now!
Sept 24th – 28th bow opener $2300 Dates Available
Oct 1st – 5th $1900 Dates Available
Oct 22nd – 26th 2300$
Oct 29th – Nov 2nd 2600$ FULL
Nov 5th – 9th 2600$ FULL
Nov 12th – 16th 2300$ Dates Available
Nov 26th – 30th shotgun or muzzy $2500 Dates Available
Jan 5th – 8th Muzzy only $2000 Dates Available
SOO CAM PICS
HEY GUYS, AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A BUMPER CROP OF BIG BUCKS. I’M GOING TO BE UPDATING THE CAM PICS MORE FREQUENTLY ON THE BLOG THIS YEAR, AND ALSO THE WEBMASTER WILL BE PUTTING SOME INTO THE 2011 CAM PIC BUTTON,
THANK YOU
SOO cam pics
Guys,
this year is our absolute best year ever for big bucks, hands down. No year has even came close. Through lots of minerals being pushed their way, its definitely helped put the mass on them. There are a ton of pics, so please be patient with the webmaster and if you need a quick fix you can go the the trophy room, scroll to the bottom and click on the buckeyecam logo….some cams are sitting in the same spots, and some are being moved around to new spots. There are some giants on there though, Make sure to always click on the LIST OF CAMERAS link and always look at all of them, there’s four…..because at anytime we could update
new updates
Hey guys,
as summer fast approaches we are excited to see what our woods hold before us. We have our cams out and the growth for the most part is out by the ears and g2′s haven’t split yet. At SOO we are stepping up our qdm and trying to go the extra steps even if that means spending lots of money in this tuff economy for the benefit of our properties, where as lots of other outfits are cutting back. We are establishing tons of minerals sites even more than we have had, along with putting in lots of plots, and mini orchards this year in hard to reach areas, and off the beaten path.
this is just one of the plots we put in with a bull dozer, etc and planted it in frigid forage, monster magnet. If your interested in knowing more about frigid forage, go to their website at www.frigidforage.com
another instituted plot
one of our plots, way way way off the beaten path, going to be planted in frigid forage pure clover trophy mix along with a mini orchard of apples and peaches in the back
frigid forage minerals being established on a rotten stump, deer love that. If you notice, they are already eating the stump away
hanging cams over an established mineral site, yes, the deer have eatin away this hillside, believe it. There have only been a hand full of individuals to see this place, and no one, including myself has ever seen a mineral site this massive. Pictures do not even come close to doing it justice
using topo maps and prevailing wind in order to figure out where we wanted to hang several of our stands
KRISSA HAYNES bags a MONSTER……
Almost a year to the day, 18-year-old Krissa Haynes was given another chance at a buck she shot at and missed in 2009.
By 2010, early trail camera photos taken in August had shown the buck not only survived another season but had grown a magnificent nontypical rack.
“That’s the buck I want,” said Krissa after the first trail camera photos in 2009 revealed a big split tine buck roaming the woods where Krissa and her father like to hunt.
Krissa, the older of two daughters, has been hunting with her dad since she was 10 and said she’s been accompanying him afield since she was five. Krissa is quite the deer hunter too, having bragging rights to 10 deer in her lifetime, of which seven are bucks.
Her father, David Haynes, is an official scorer for the Buckeye Big Buck Club, Pope and Young, and Boone and Crockett and he knows a big whitetail when he sees one.
“For around here in Jackson County, that is a big buck,” said David, referring to his daughter’s bow kill.
With 2009 trail camera photos supplying all the evidence needed of a big whitetail in the woods, David set up a ground blind along a field edge. And, according to Krissa’s wishes, she was to get the first crack at him.
On opening day of Ohio’s 2009 bow season, Krissa and her dad had spent nearly three hours in a blind when just before dark two bucks entered the field.
“It was getting close to dusk but it was along a field edge so you could still see everything,” said Krissa. “I saw the buck walk out with another buck, which I think was a 10-pointer. He walked out in front me about 30 yards away and I shot and missed. At first I thought I hit him but found my arrow with no blood and that was a disappointing miss. So, I went back to the blind and cocked my crossbow and was going to wait until dark when another buck came out, an 11-pointer, which we had nicknamed “Mr. Ugly.” After I watched him for a few minutes, I decided I wanted to take this deer. So I shot “Mr. Ugly” and my dad helped me track him. He only went about 60 yards.”
That was the last the Haynes’ had seen of the big split tine buck that year. The photos plainly show the back rear tines were both forked like that of a mule deer. That unusual characteristic would not be easy to mistake another whitetail for, thus they nicknamed him “Muley.”
In August of 2010, the Haynes’ trail camera snapped the first photos of a buck they had not seen since that opening day last year. The Haynes’ soon began observing “Muley” around some field edges near a clear cut and David started planning for another possible close encounter. In all, David estimated the buck was observed and photographed over 15 times in that same area in late summer prior to opening day.
The day before bow season opened, David set a ladder stand up for his daughter near the clear cuts and field edge where the buck had been observed. Come that opening Saturday afternoon, Krissa was in that stand with her father only a few feet away in a climber he had carried in.
“All the leaves made it hard to see that evening but I heard something coming and I saw a big dark deer walking down the trail toward me and I asked my dad ‘Is that him?’” And he said ‘I think so,’” said Krissa. “Then I looked through my crosshairs and saw it was him and I about had a heart attack!”
It was 7:05 that evening, according to Krissa, when the buck walked in on the remains of a small corn pile chasing three does away that had been feeding there.
“I was looking through my scope for about a minute and a half and dad kept telling me to shoot,” said Krissa. “When he first came in, he didn’t see me but I scooted over so I could get a better shot and he looked right at me. I thought I’m going to take this shot because I was afraid he was going to take off. I shot him between the shoulder and the brisket and he ran right past my stand and down the hill.”
About 25 minutes after Krissa sent the broadhead to its target, both father and daughter got out of their stands and quickly returned home for flashlights and rope.
“We went back to the stand to see if we could find any blood and we found one drop,” said Krissa. “We couldn’t find the arrow so we knew it had to be in the deer and we tracked it about 150 yards that night.”
According to David, tracking was tough but the deer was eventually recovered much to the relief of his daughter.
“My dad called and said ‘Kris I found your deer,’” said young Krissa. “I was shocked; I didn’t know what to do. I just stood there and thought ‘oh my gosh.’ He was bigger then I ever thought he was.”
Dave green scored his daughter’s 14 point buck at 1836⁄8 gross nontypical. Krissa’s buck had a 172⁄8-inch spread, with the longest tine being 115⁄8 inches long. Both rear tines are forked. The buck had 147⁄8 total inches of abnormal points. Main beams were each 237⁄8 inches long with the bases measuring over 5 inches in circumference.
S O O updates
Hello everyone,
just want to keep everyone updated and informed. As many of you know, SOO is always continuing to grow and expand it properties. We feel this is the only way that it can be truely managed, grow and hold mature bucks, this is just something else that seperates SOO from the rest of the crowd.
Something that some of you may know, especially those who have been with us within this last year is that we completed a new lodge. This lodge is approx 1200 sq ft, and two stories, and is very very nice…..starting some this year, and indefinitely for years to come, we will be using this lodge as a secondary lodge in addition to our main lodge……by keeping 2 to 4 hunters there, fully guided that is. We also, have a third lodge, that is even a touch smaller, extremely quaint and extremely cozy…..we will be booking this smaller cabin at a slightly reduced rate, but only for about 4 weeks out of the season during our PEAK times when we have too many hot spots and not enough hunters. There will be only two hunters staying in this smaller lodge at any given time, and perferably a GROUP of two, who know each other. So, if your interested in hunting SOO with a buddy, and you would like a place all to yourself for privacy, etc then we have just the place to put you up in……
We still have one rut trophy hunt and two opening trophy hunts left, so, if anyone is interested, let us know. It is a 150 ” minimum.
SOO will be operating on around 10,000 acres this season, and we are excited for yet another year of BBD action….
thank you and good hunting
dave
Sudden Impact Outdoors
Hello everyone,
as many of you know, I’m co founder of Sudden Impact Outdoors. We are looking forward to another great year on pursuit network and couldn’t be more excited for turkey season to roll around.
We have still have some great opportunities on sudden impact for sponsors. Here are a few.
You can have your banner ran on each show for only 400$, or
you could have your banner ran at the front and end of each show along with a 15 sec commerical for 1500$, or
you can have a 30 sec commerical, banner at front and end of each show, website props, product sponsor spots on the show, for 4000$
this is a GREAT way to get your name out there to millions of people and the most efficent way as well. If you don’t have a 30 sec commerical done, we can do one for you at no additional fee….pursuit network is on channel 608 of direct tv and is also on dish network starting this season as well….again, over 40 million viewers. We would love for you to be apart of our show. If your interested, email me at
sashalusk@aol.com
Look us up on the web at suddenimpactoutdoors.com
dave
Great late Season buck
Congrats to Adam Stahl on a GREAT late season buck. Main frame 9 with 12 big scoreable points. This buck has plenty of pics under our 2010 cam pics, and we nailed him. Its definitely a great time to be out there and alot of hunters over look it. If your interested in booking a late season hunt, let me know, its only 175$ per day, without meals, but includes lodging, guide and transport. You can hunt by the day basically and don’t have to hunt a full week if that doesn’t work into your schedule. You can call me at 1-740-288-5222
