Occasionally there is a deer that rises above the rest. Either he sports an exceptional amount of bone on his head, he has something unique about him, or he is a ghost that seems impossible...
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A two year story ended this year for a deer we called "Moose". Moose obviously got his name from his very heavily palmated antlers. He seemed to show the last couple of years in late October as...
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I'd like to say that we had watched this deer since August and made a game plan to harvest him, but that would be a lie. Like many hunters know, anything can happen during the...
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The title sounds a little backwards, doesn't it. Most people would try to escape the cold to head to the warm temperatures of Florida for vacation, but a couple of Florida boys made their way to...
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Billy of Oklahoma set a blind every evening trying to score on a big main framed 10 point that we had named "Boxer". Unfortunately as light faded the buck appeared from a timbered creek. Billy...
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It was a pleasure to host Mike Harrell with Surrender Outdoors during the opening week of muzzleloader. Mike wanted to try and harvest a mature buck with a bow and capture it all on camera...
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Often times in life something goes array and we wish we were able to relive that moment, to get it back. Many deer hunters are familiar with this feeling saying "Hindsight is 20/20". And its...
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As many deer hunters know, deer hunting doesn't always go as we plan. Weather conditions arise, winds change directions, and neighbors on neighboring properties have other things they wish to get done while you sit...
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It's that time of year again! The time that all deer hunters dream about! It's deer season and we're starting it off right here at Lil' Toledo Lodge! Splayed Eight made his appearance known early August...
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All season long we had chased after the "Split 2 Ten" only to have him evade us by disappearing or being nocturnal, but December 9th he finally slipped up! Split 2 Ten showed up very early...
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The Last Five Minutes of the Last Afternoon on the Last Day of the Hunt! Hole in the Horn Eight showed up in velvet soon after putting the cameras up in August. This picture clearly shows why...
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Twisted Ten showed up on camera in November sporting a great framed set of antlers, but with one catch. He had broken off the end of his main beam during the velvet leaving a twisted...
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Rifle season is upon us and it's time to get even with those bucks that have been giving us the slip all archery season. The ones that have circled down wind of our hunters at...
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Deidre: "I just drilled one!!!!!!!" 8:05 a.m. Trace: "What !!!!" 8:06 a.m. Deidre: "He's down 52 yards in front of me" 8:06 a.m. Trace: "Awesome!!!" 8:06 a.m. Deidre: "And I am shakin so bad I can't text and I...
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Since the later part of August, we've had pictures of the heavy nine. A beautiful, heavy framed nine point with stickers off his right G2. A deer we hoped to have an encounter with when...
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Jeff of Texas sat three days in the tree stand with little activity. After a morning sit and previous obligations to head for home the following morning it looked as though it would be Kansas...
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November 12th was a good day to be in the deer woods as things began to heat up for the hunters that were in camp at the time. The group had sat for three days...
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I'm a little late getting this post up, but better late than never! Ray of Wisconsin was in camp with us during our muzzleloader season and after camping out on a different target deer for...
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This past week turned out to be phenomenal for the first week of Muzzleloader Season! The family from Oklahoma didn't mess around with putting some great deer in the dirt! Pennie connected the first night...
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A beautiful velvet 10 point showed up on camera while our muzzleloader hunters were in camp and even though we hadn't gotten a single day time photo of the buck, Clint, of Oklahoma, decided to...
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This past weekend was the opener for our youth season here in Kansas and it went off with a bang, that is a bang from a Marlin 30-30 shouldered by 14 year old Allie, from Arkansas. Allie squeezed...
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The heat and the humidity are high, the sweat stings the irritated remains of poison ivy from last week, and spider webs make for interesting displays of emotion as one tromps through the timber! Why? Asks...
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November led to many sightings of the Sticker G3 Buck. Guide Kody Kuhn watched the buck several times from a distance, had the buck run in front of his truck while leaving the property. His bowhunter...
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As any bowhunter will tell you, deer hunting will bring you to the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. Here at Lil' Toledo, we become so involved in figuring out how to provide...
Read MoreHere's a great lil' video to give you an idea of a few of the things we offer here at Lil' Toledo! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWeVTc6NnAc Like us and follow us on our facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Lil-Toledo-Lodge-LLC-193739668699/timeline/...
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