Beautiful Morning

[tomsm44]

Finally got some cool weather down here.  45 this morning.  Beautiful day to be in the woods.  I've had two young does inside of 30 yards this morning.  This one's circled my stand three times picking up acorns.  Took this picture at about 4 yards.  Still watching her as I type this. I let her walk because she had spots only about two weeks ago.  Waiting on an older doe or a buck.  Still looking for my first trad kill.      

[tomsm44]

After my first post, her twin sister showed up.  

[SwampKrunk]

Oh my....looking for your first trad kill, twin sister, perfect distance, quartering away, fattened up on acorns, young and tender....you got more self control than me    

Good luck. Hope a big one comes your way next.

SwampKrunk

[TIM B]

Ya I'd go ahead and try to double on those tasty morsels!
Good luck and thanks for the share

[katman]

Sounds like a great hunt, hope mamma will come by with grand daddy in tow. Plan on hitting it this weekend in SC this weekend, looking forward to the cooler weather.

[shedhunta]

Originally posted by SwampKrunk:
Oh my....looking for your first trad kill, twin sister, perfect distance, quartering away, fattened up on acorns, young and tender....you got more self control than me        

Good luck. Hope a big one comes your way next.

SwampKrunk

Me too!!!  They would be coming home

[tomsm44]

It definitely crossed my mind, but I try to let them make at least one full year before I shoot.  Had a doe with two button buck fawns pass by a couple minutes back.  They stayed across the little stream from me though.  Closest they got was about 30 yards.  Lot of activity this morning.

[ARCHER2]

Great pics Matt. I'm in the same boat. Still waiting on my first traditional whitetail but I too have been very selective, won't shoot just anything. My buddies tell me I've been to selective, lol .....and I think they are right.

[tomsm44]

Just had another doe with two little ones come through.  Both little ones with this one were does.  Looked like maybe the same two little ones in the pictures I took this morning. It's getting pretty windy and I think momma smelled me.

[DennyK]

Good luck with the pursuit of your first buck. Me personally would have tried to put on of those young ones in the freezer. For tablefare it don't get any better then that.

Denny

[TooManyHobbies]

Good for you, for holding out. Tasty, but no challenge. I passed a 1x2 today. He'll get bigger.

[frank bullitt]

No challenge?, maybe, but shooting any live animal can be very mental challenge!

Practice,   opportunities?

Good shootin to ya!

[BRONZ]

Those are some great pics brother!

[tomsm44]

Thanks guys.  It's nothing to do with making it a challenge and I'm not holding out for a buck.  If one of the big does I saw today had given me a shot, I'd have taken it.  From when I first started hunting, my dad taught me to not shoot little ones, even if they've lost their spots.  I don't see anything wrong with it, but at rifle ranges, it's hard to see if it has spots still, or if it's a doe or button buck.  I did actually see two today that still had faint spots.  It's easy to tell all of that at trad ranges, but I still stick to how I grew up hunting.  Right or wrong, its a habit I'm not too concerned with trying to break.

[Thumper Dunker]

Great pictures. You got them with your camera.  

[Petrichor]

Seems like you had an amazing morning.