Opening Morning

I woke up about thirty minutes before my alarm was set to go off. I attempted to fall back asleep, but with no success. I flipped out of bed and began getting ready to leave. I was in the tree and ready to hunt a good 40 minutes prior to shooting light, and much to my surprise had not left anything at the house. I was ready. The morning started off quickly as 5 deer made their way through a shooting lane at about 25 yards. It was to early to make out what they were but the fact that I was in a stand, I had my bow, and deer where within shooting range had my blood flowing. Those deer passed at approx. 6:30 AM, it would be another two hours before another deer would come by. In the mean while I was entertained by at least 5 tree rats, a rabbit, and three yotes that I hoped would come into bow range. They never did. At about 8:20 AM a parade of year and a half year old bucks made their way through the woods passing directly beneath my stand. One a five point that set surprisingly high off of his head, to four points that looked like they could be twins, and a spike that I have some pictures of in velvet. I enjoyed the show and hoped that some boss hog was walking behind them, but no such luck. about ten minutes later 2 doe came through ending my morning hunt. One deer was noticably acting crazy. Will be interesting to see if she was just feeling spunky or if something is wrong with her.

Just a few more days...

The bow is tuned up and has been shooting great for almost 3 months. The weather is getting right and almost every morning when I walk to my car I can feel and smell 'Deer Season'. I am remembering past opening days, past bucks, and past kills. I had my camaras out for 2 months, had over 400 pics, and one lone buck. A small year and half year old, with a bit of an uneven set of head gear. He is a spike, the right tine reaching up 5-6 inches and the left a mere 2 or 3. While the bucks did not show their face for the camara I am sure that they will be in the woods soon. I have been hunting these deer for two years, this season will be my third. I have let the small ones walk, I have let all the bucks walk, and hopefully this year will pay some dividends. As you can see from my pictures from last year, there are not any giants to speak of, but I have had experiences with all of those deer and look foward to the day when I can close the book on one of them. Once the season begins I will begin posting regularly about individual hunts and what I am seeing. I even plan on trying to put some deer on video this year. Maybe I can get some of those up. Good hunting, and God bless.