The early September velvet hunt was for about
1 week. The next Kentucky deer hunt will be the
October 3-day bow, 2-day powder combo (Oct.
14,15,16,17,18).
Opening Week of Velvet Bow
- 3 misses on approximately 130" bucks
- 1 velvet kill
- Tough full moon conditions and temps
- One hunter, Titus, that took this
10-pointer had the hunt of his life. He saw 20
bucks, 10 of which were matures, and ended up
taking this 10-pointer. It was a low gut shot.
The 9-year marine sniper trainer, Jason Mott,
tracked the animal in a jungle of saplings and
briars. The recovery of this animal was a pure
display of a trained marine.
Second Week of September Bow
Kenny - 20 years old - First Bow Kill
Info: Double lung at 27 yards, little to
no blood trail for 150 yards through 5 foot tall
grass; then 100 yards of decent blood trail
leading to no blood trail; then a speck or two
for 50 yards to the dead 250 lb., 4 1/2 year old
bruiser laying in 6ft. tall weed field.
Track time: 2 hours
Tracker: Jason Mott
Kenny's story: 2 matures came to the corn pile
at 7:00 p.m. Heads of both matures were
concealed by leaf cover, as planned by Snipe
Creek's guides. Kenny was able to make an
undetected draw and kept it together to double
lung a wiry, wise, and old mature on his
Kentucky Whitetail Hunt.

Chris - 41 years old, new to bow hunting,
first bow kill
Info: Double lung at 30 yards. This is an
example of how fast our Kentucky deer can reach
120 inches. Despite the huge body and impressive
rack, this deer is just 2 1/2 years old. A very
respectable first bow kill. Our woods/area is
literally full of this caliber deer,
representing a constant replaceable resource to
our Kentucky Big Buck Hunt.
Chris' story: 2 Bucks on the bait station.
The ample cover allowed Chris to take his first
buck without detection.
Additionally, Chris followed up with a double
lung shot to doe at 25 yards. Again undetected
by leaf and branch concealment. Good job of
"threading the needle."

Scott & Rachael (husband and wife) -
Well, Scott experienced a lifetime hunt.
Info: 3 shooters at 113 yards for 20 minutes.
Here are his notes from the hunt.
- 3 shooters at 6:45 a.m.
- 12 pt. 145+ and all bloody with large
piece of velvet hanging off
- 2 ten points, 130s
- 2 small bucks; fork horn and 6 point
- 5 does
Scott & Megan (husband and wife)
Info: Hunting together, Scott double lunged this
doe and Megan tracked it out. Lots of leaf and
branch cover allowed them to be undetectable.
Nice job with pushing an arrow through.
Scott also saw bucks - good shooter bucks
sparring, but the light was just too dim, even
at close range.
Snipe Creek's Skinning Team - Clay Doron
(11) and Cassa Doron (8) (my children)

Dinner Preparations - The vegetables are
from a neighborhood organic farm - good stuff.

This is a post velvet hunt picture from a
corn pile that we hunted 6 times during the
velvet bow. It demonstrates the effectiveness of
perimeter hunting for mature whitetails. It is
an example of how not to pressure deer.
To the hunters that sat at this site - sorry
that he didn't show up as planned!
To the October bow/powder hunters - he is all
yours!

Kentucky Bow Hunting Style/Methods at
Snipe Creek
- Shooting windows will be perfect if you
are a seasoned, mature whitetail hunter.
- If you have limited stand
hours/experience with a bow in your lap,
then you will perceive our bow hunting sets
to be a "little thick".
- Our shooting windows are perfectly
designed and will give you your best
opportunity at getting a mature within 25
yards and then the cover to slice an arrow
into his heart/lungs.
- So if you lack stand hours and
experience at hunting matures, then come and
learn.
- If you are an advanced deer/bow hunter,
come and enjoy bow sets that will give you
the confidence and ability to kill a mature
Kentucky whitetail on a free-range deer
hunt.
- If you lack stand hours and are
unwilling to learn/adapt to hunting mature
whitetails, then continue to watch those
bobbling heads elsewhere.
~Carl Doron
Hunter Experiences
Scott Siefert writes...
"Just wanted to drop a quick email to say
'thank you'. My wife and I had a wonderful time.
You have quite the remarkable whitetail hunting
operation...we had a wonderful time witnessing
the large bucks of Kentucky." ~Scott
Siefert
This is what a 65-year old, lifetime
whitetail hunter emailed me after his 3-day
early September bow hunt...
"I will say again that your hunt/camp is
one of the most professional I have seen, and
even though I could not shoot a deer, it was a
pleasure to be in camp. You will definitely see
my son and I for the last week in October."
~Neil Rapaduski
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