Our archery season opened today. I sat for a couple of hours this morning before the heat and the skeeters drove me back into the AC.
Had a good rain storm come through this afternoon and as soon as it cleared, I was back in the stand.
About 7 pm I had a funky horned, 3 on one side, spike on the other buck come in from the exact opposite direction I was expecting them to come from! Dead downwind. He stomped and snorted and left only to return 5 minutes later. He stopped broadside at about 11 yards. I shot UNDER him! GRRRRR! First shot of the season and I blow it. He left with a quickness and I got down to retrieve my arrow and double check for blood. Clean miss and I climb my disgruntled butt back in the tree.
Not 5 minutes later a little button buck comes in and blows out when he hit where I was standing just a few minutes prior.
I look out into the pasture to the south of our property and danged if there isn't a parade of young bucks wandering through! 5 all together. Everything from a pretty decent 6 point down to a one horned spike.
They all jump the fence and head my way. This 4 point wasn't the biggest by any means. He was just the first one to stand still in the right spot! With the wind swirling like it was. I figured I better shoot while the shooting was good!
He ducked and I shot high this time. Spined him and he dropped on the spot. I put another through his lungs and it was over quickly.
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You know its hot out when the air in your backpack is cool enough from being in the house that when you take the camera out, it fogs up!
Love the dark horns on the bucks around here.
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Now I can settle down and be a little picky about what I shoot.
Congrats! Awesome way to start the season.
Congrats!
Congrats! You guys are lucky to have deer season open in July. I have to wait till around Oct 1st!
Bisch
Congrats. :thumbsup:
Congrats on a fine opener!
Sounds like you're in a good spot!!
Congratulations!
Congrats, Drummer! Great critter. :thumbsup:
Congrats! That's a fine deer. :thumbsup:
Cool....you still shooting the Kanati?? :thumbsup:
Congratulations..... we have another month and a half to go here in Missouri.
Congrats!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Good job!
Congradulations-Hap
Cool! Well done, brother.
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Congrats! I can't wait until Sept,p when our deer season opens. Threads like these gets me wound up and ready to go.
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Congrats thanks for sharing .
Great way to start your season! Can't wait until NC season starts in early September!
Congratulations!
Congrats! Man, you must be hunting with shorts, Tshirt and sun screen that time of year. Lol.
Congratulations..about 63 days to go around here.
Congrats!
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Awsome! :clapper:
Congrats!
Nice job!
Good job. What is the average weight of your deer down in Florida?
Well done,still waiting on the September here in Ky.
congrats! thats so cool your season opens so early! any ideas why it opens so early?
Good job!
Awesome! Cool looking little deer.
Thanks guys! Feels pretty good to be wrapping up meat on the second day of the season. Going to go back out tonight and see if I can do it again.
Ron, Same Kanati. Little bow is starting to get some mojo!
Steve, Average weight. I just read a paper by the university of Florida and it says average buck weighs 125 and does average 90. I think thats pretty high myself. I measure them by time in the freezer. 2 deer a year will feed me and the wife for the year without any leftover. 3 deer and we have extra to give away.
Redshaft, The state moved the season up a month last year in the South region to coincide with the rut down here. The bucks are just starting to chase and in another couple of weeks they will start getting stupid. Its hotter than all get out and the skeeters are unreal but I'm liking the new season dates.
Congratulations! Enjoyed your story and pictures! Good luck with the rest of your hunting. :clapper:
Bernie Bjorklund
NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
Good job! I've got 62 days before I can get out.
That be wild for it to be the rut rite now! thats so different from up here. i figured it would be similar to other southers being around january. very neat. thanks for sharing
congrats...ours opens 15 Aug.
Glad you still have that Kanati.......I remember you thought about selling it.......good thing you didn't........LOL!
Congrats! I feel like we FOREVER before our opener. :banghead:
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Congrats Brad.
Nice job Brad!
Way to go!!! Like Bisch said we have 2 more months to go here in Texas:-(
Congrats!
WTG. Nice deer.
Nice!
seems as if you get the first one eery year.
Congrats!