What a season!! Season Update

Well what can I say, but what a season this has been for Jarvis Outdoors. When this season started we all had high hopes and after the 2020 season things could only go up, and up they went. We have had a few low points throughout the season, but this year the highs defiantly outweigh the lows.

Our season kicked off in early October when Mike arrowed a giant 8 pointer in Western Kentucky. Just a few short weeks later four of us traveled to Kentucky for the early muzzleloader season. We hit Western Kentucky at the perfect time, as the first cold front of the year pushed in for our first day of hunting. Our first morning was slow but by the afternoon the bucks were on their feet and we put two great deer on the ground. J.R. started it off with a huge body 11 pointer tipping the scale at over 240 lbs. Shortly after Wes followed up by knocking down his first ever Western Kentucky buck, a heavy 9 pointer. On the last evening with light fading fast, Chris scored on a mature 8 pointer which also hit the scale at over 200 lbs. Not to be outdone with less than a half hour of legal shooting light left, Kandice let the hammer down on an old heavy weight of an 8 pointer. The buck was looked at by a biologist in camp and was aged at 5 1/2 years old and weighed over 230 lbs. To say that Western Kentucky was good to Jarvis Outdoors this year would be an understatement.

We made it back home for the start of the Whitetail Rut in Maryland and ran into one of the low points for the season. During the first week of November J.R. put an arrow in a nice mature buck on our lease property. The shot looked perfect as the buck was standing broad side at just under 40 yards. The blood trail was quickly picked up and a decision was made to back out and give the deer some time. Back at the truck we pulled up the footage from the Tactacam and agreed that the shot looked good and that the buck would be quickly recovered. Well as all bow hunters know it doesn’t always go that way. We had a good blood trail for aproxamently 200 yards, before the blood stopped. Two days of searching the woods left us puzzled as we were unable to recover the buck. They are extremely tough animals and our hope is the buck escaped with a flesh wound and will make a full recovery.

As we rolled through November we jumped into Firearms season with our boots on ready to go. We were spread across three states for the firearms season and Bill got it started with an absolute giant PA buck. Early afternoon of the first day Bill filled his PA tag with his biggest buck ever a giant old 8 pointer. It is believed this is the biggest buck ever taken off this farm. We know for sure its the biggest buck taken off the farm since the land was purchased in the mid 1970’s. A tape was put on the bucks antlers and he taped out to an unofficial 137 7/8″. That same afternoon back in Maryland Kandice was able to harvest two mature doe and put some meat in the freezer for a local hunter who was unable to hunt this season.

With just over a month of hunting left muzzleloader season just started here in Maryland. We also plan to travel back to PA for our traditional flintlock hunting. There is plenty of hunting left and plenty of deer in the woods. Follow along on Instagram for our latest updates as we close out the season. We want to wish everyone a Happy and Safe Holiday season. For now everyone get out in the woods while you still have time, and Be Safe!

Chris