Congrats on your first deer! I felt a little sad the first time I shot a deer too. I didn't start hunting until I was 35 and I realized that there were just too many deer around here. Any deer shot for food is worth shooting!
I only carry my climber and what fits in my pockets:
tags/license
grunt call
binoculars
bow rope
granola bars
trigger release
toilet paper
clippers for cleaning up shooting lanes
My 7 year old daughter seems to have a much bigger interest in hunting than my 9 year old son. She's only been in the woods with me mushroom hunting a few times but she always asks about my hunt and she watched me dress out the last deer. I hope she can come out with me some day. Thanks for...
I'm a little long winded...
This afternoon I made a promise I was hoping I could keep. I told my three year old son that if he took a nap I would shoot a deer just for him today. Big talk for a guy who had been out 10 times already this year without bagging a deer. I'd seen plenty, could have...
Thanks for the advice. I went out for 2 1/2 hours this morning. I saw a forker, a basket 8 and I passed on a 10 yd shot on a decent 8. No sign of the monster buck. There were also 11 does but none of them seemed to be in estrus yet because the bucks were leaving them alone. The woods were...
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