Purpose of this Blog site

I set up this blog to capture information about the deer, turkey, and grouse sightings in my area of Adams County Ohio to share with others interested in hunting and learning more about the wildlife in this area.


I've spent hundreds of hours in the woods over many seasons, and observe more wildlife than most of our state wildlife officers. I find when I talk to to our local and state wildlife officers about specific details of animal populations, food sources, habitat issues, poaching,...they have no clue. I want to use this site to capture as much information about the game animals I hunt, size, date, weather conditions, and location.

I own 70 acres of heavily wooded and open field land and am surrounded by 10,000+ acres of public hunting areas owned by Mead paper company up on Peach Mountain (highest point in Adams County). I have several permanent deer stands located on well identified deer trials and occasionally use a climber to get better positions on roaming bucks. I can literally walk out my back door and take 10 steps and be in the woods loaded with grouse, woodcocks, bear, bobcats, and some of the largest deer in the US. We recently had a buck that was second to the world record whitetail taken by one of the Amish members of our community.

I would be interested in hearing from others who hunt in this area or would like more information about hunting in Adams County.

Today's Deer Sightings:

Today in my south side deer stand, I saw 4 deer. 1 doe approximately 200lbs with two spotted fawns about 70lbs each and a loaner doe of about 130lbs. All four came from an adjacent apple orchid between 11:30 and 12:00am and were heading to thick brushy field area to bed down for the day. The weather conditions were around 70 degrees, cloudy overcast, with 5-10 mile northest winds. I was downwind of the deer.