All of Stormrunner's Journals

22 pointer

The combination of 100s of hours in a tree stand and a majority effort of luck being in the right place at the right time paid off. On the Monday November 26th Ohio gun opener I went to the produce farm in Ashtabula I've been hunting the last couple years during gun week. It is a nice break from archery and I kind of like the excitement that comes with deer getting pushed around, guns going off each gun shot you hear a reminder of the potential
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2012 Tom Turkey
After a few years of chasing ol' Tom I finally caught up to him this spring. I was hunting within a few miles of the original restocking program for ...

Fall Turkey 2010
The duck and goose opener weather was bright and sunny so I thought I'd get out for a little deer and turkey. Plus, the family was in town to see the...

It's a boy!
Christopher Rocco Stormann was born 10:24 Sept 22nd at 7.2 lbs and 19.25 inches! I heard it was a full moon, maybe a good sign for celebrating his bi...

New Land to Learn
One of the great things about getting older and increasing your network of hunting buddies (especially with sites like PHJ!) is that you find more and...

The Big Gig: Part 1
My wife is mostly Italian and she is a huge fan of the Feast of the Assumption and celebration in Little Italy that happens every year in August. It ...

Surf, Sand, Sun and Sharks
For whatever reason I can't look over a forest, field or a body of water for any length of time without wondering about the wild game it might be hold...

It's a Sausage Party!
Each year a group of 3-5 us deer hunters get together and we each contribute 40 lbs of deer to make sausage. It amounts to about a small doe or 5 one...

2009-10 Deer Season
The big late season buck I was chasing kept coming to the corn but must have realized he was being hunted and went nocturnal. He was a huge ten point...

Hunting a White-out and Bird Dog Ramblings
Now I've been told there is nothing better than spending a fall day in the field behind some fine pointing dogs shooting a limit of roosters. I see i...

The Legend of Old Grey Beard
I'm not sure who exactly coined the name Old Grey Beard (or OGB for short) but I know he is one of a few regular posters on here and had been to deer ...

Sleepy-Time Turkey Hunt
For years I'd been watching turkey hunting on Saturday morning tv during that magical 6-7am time slot when I'm the only one up with the remote. It's ...