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  • Better People, Process and Technology

    Wow, titling this post, I just had a flashback to my auditing career days. Before retiring in 2019, for over 25 years, my teams would work with the people who executed the processes and worked with the technologies to deliver business solutions. In the spirit of hunting continuous improvement, this post highlights some significant gear…

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  • No Gun Still Fun

    No Bloody Photo Typically, a picture at the ranch is included with a post. Since I was gun less this trip, there is no photo of me kneeling down behind an animal. Kirk’s son, Kolton, did get a shot at a pig, but we could not find it to take a picture. Another choice for…

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  • Better Gear – Barker Outdoors BOG Adapter

    In the photo, my left hand is touching a newly installed Barker Outdoors adapter mounted on a Bog DeathGrip tripod and I hold the BOG saddle clamp mount in my right hand. Benefits The Barker Outdoors BOG adapter ballhead will allow for full range of motion, smoother movements and better lock down capabilities when on…

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  • Naming Contest (Big 9 or Better 11)

    In early January, I shot a once in a lifetime whitetail buck. In the above photo, I use my white cane to measure the inside span of the main beam on this amazing buck, which turns out to be 23.75 inches. For more photos check out the Humbled Dead Eyes Duo Thanks Heroes Ranch post.…

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  • Humbled Dead Eyes Duo – Thanks Heroes Ranch

    On behalf of the Dead Eyes duo of Kirk Musgrove and Mike Royal, I want to extend our gratitude and thank Freeman Sawyer for having the vision to create Heroes Ranch and giving us the opportunity to harvest a once in a lifetime buck. We also want to express how much we enjoyed interacting with…

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  • Piggy Predator Patrol

    My hunting companion, Kirk Musgrove, and I started 2025 with a successful whitetail buck deer hunt and during our last buck hunt for the year we bagged the fox in the above picture. This hunt I was on predator patrol because Kirk was targeting a buck for himself. Since our first hunt together in November…

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  • Kids And Their Electronics

    Pops, there is a deer on the iPad. These are the words spoken by Gunner during the Monday evening hunt that set my hunting companion, Kirk Musgrove, and I into action resulting in us harvesting our fifth girl deer on purpose. Kirk’s 5-year-old grandson has been in the deer stand many times with his Daddy,…

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  • Silent But Deadly

    You know what really stinks…wild hogs. They eat all the feed leaving none for the deer or even worse the pigs chew up the PVC pipe allowing all the water in the cistern to run out on the ground. Therefore, Kirk always gives me the opportunity to try and rid the Musgrove Family Ranch of…

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  • Blind Buck Fever

    My hunting companion, Kirk Musgrove, and I did it again. No, we did not shoot another white tail doe. This time we killed a white tail buck. You may recognize the skinner rack in the below photo from the January 2024 Successful Whitetail Doe Hunt post or the more recent Another White Tail Doe post…

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  • Another Successful White Tail Doe Hunt

    My hunting companion, Kirk Musgrove, and I did it again. You may recognize the skinner rack in the below photo from the January 2024 Successful Whitetail Doe Hunt post. While there is only one deer hanging from the rack this time, she is much larger than the first two deer I shot. Preparing For The…

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