Opening Day Has Come and Gone
WOW! What a great opening day. No, I didn't get a buck, I didn't even get a doe but I did get to enjoy the great outdoors and it was peaceful and exciting.
Okay, here's how my opening day of archery season went in Pa. I got up and got ready to go in my full camo gear. I hunt behind my house so it's about a 5 minute walk to my hunting area. Really nice and convenient, everyone should be so lucky. Anyways, as I approach the field I am going to enter where I have a ground blind set up, I get snorted at by a deer. It snorted a couple of times and then it was out of there. Nice, I thought. The deer are here. So, I make my way to my blind and I sit down to get comfortable. As I am sitting there, within minutes, I get snorted at again from behind me. Okay, I turn to see what it was and because it is still 6:20am it is dark and all I see is a black outline of a deer. I was seeing deer early, good sign. This snorting and stomping routine went on for awhile. I was betweeen where the deer wanted to go and they couldn't by me. The deer wasn't sure what I was it only knew I shouldn't be there. I guess it couldn't get a good smell on me because it must have snorted at me about 50 times. No lie! After a while, I saw 2 other deer appear to join this one and begin to try and figure out what I was. I thought, this is it, I am going to get a shot a deer so early. Great!
We'll I was wrong. I still couldn't see because it was dark and I wanted to make certain that I was shooting at a doe and not a spike or something illegal so I had to wait for it to get light. While I was waiting the 3 deer made there way past me and down into another part of the field and then into the woods. Okay, so I didn't get a shot at those deer but I did see deer and it was only 7:00am. Keep in mind they were probably 20-25 yards from me a couple of times. So, I sit and wait.
About 8:15 I see movement in the woods, more deer. I saw about 4 deer and received a couple more snorts but nothing would come close enough to me so I could get a shot. Off they went. So, I ended my morning and returned to the house.
I will leave you with that for now. Come back tomorrow as I finish my first day of archery story, it gets interesting and heart pounding, that's for sure.
One Happy Hunter,
http://www.howtoagedeer.com
Okay, here's how my opening day of archery season went in Pa. I got up and got ready to go in my full camo gear. I hunt behind my house so it's about a 5 minute walk to my hunting area. Really nice and convenient, everyone should be so lucky. Anyways, as I approach the field I am going to enter where I have a ground blind set up, I get snorted at by a deer. It snorted a couple of times and then it was out of there. Nice, I thought. The deer are here. So, I make my way to my blind and I sit down to get comfortable. As I am sitting there, within minutes, I get snorted at again from behind me. Okay, I turn to see what it was and because it is still 6:20am it is dark and all I see is a black outline of a deer. I was seeing deer early, good sign. This snorting and stomping routine went on for awhile. I was betweeen where the deer wanted to go and they couldn't by me. The deer wasn't sure what I was it only knew I shouldn't be there. I guess it couldn't get a good smell on me because it must have snorted at me about 50 times. No lie! After a while, I saw 2 other deer appear to join this one and begin to try and figure out what I was. I thought, this is it, I am going to get a shot a deer so early. Great!
We'll I was wrong. I still couldn't see because it was dark and I wanted to make certain that I was shooting at a doe and not a spike or something illegal so I had to wait for it to get light. While I was waiting the 3 deer made there way past me and down into another part of the field and then into the woods. Okay, so I didn't get a shot at those deer but I did see deer and it was only 7:00am. Keep in mind they were probably 20-25 yards from me a couple of times. So, I sit and wait.
About 8:15 I see movement in the woods, more deer. I saw about 4 deer and received a couple more snorts but nothing would come close enough to me so I could get a shot. Off they went. So, I ended my morning and returned to the house.
I will leave you with that for now. Come back tomorrow as I finish my first day of archery story, it gets interesting and heart pounding, that's for sure.
One Happy Hunter,
http://www.howtoagedeer.com
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