Well I can see I am not really doing this thread justice. I didn't even report that I had harvested a buck on the last report (that was what was marinating). It has been a pretty tough season and I am having some treestand issues namely it seems as I get older it seems using my climber is getting harder and harder. LOL. Oh well, next year I am trying out some ladder stands. My issue is sweating (deer won't stand stinky) and when I get off from work I just need to get some elevation quickly and safely so I think ladder stands may allow me to do this. I think I am gonna get about five of em after I find one I like.
This evening, speaking of stands, I went to shoot my deer rifles (leery of my 700s after the report), but everything worked out ok. My 7 Mag just knocks out bullseyes. That gun makes me look like I can shoot. I did ok with my ultramag and the first gun I had my 6mm. Anyhow, my father in law wanted me to hunt a permanent stand that just about had the Tamer pusing up daises. Thankfully, I got out of there before it fell out of the tree and I just positioned myself behind some brush with 10 yards of a field edge. I didn't think I would see much but a 5 point (actually a pretty nice one) walked out and came to ten steps. It was so awesome I decided he perhaps ought to grow up one or two more years and then he would be trophy material. For me its not always about shooting, but about the whole experience and just practicing my families tradition and general hunting heritage we have here in the US. Speaking of experience, I saw a Great Horned Owl fly down in the field and get a field mouse and then look right at me and scream. Talk about shivers. Those birds are big if you haven't seen on in person.
Anyhow, it was a good evening in the woods. The temperature is not starting to get in the high 40s so the rut is on. I had two bucks behind my blind just grunting their heads off today and for the life of me I couldn't get one of em to walk out. Thats hunting! As I was leaving to go to camp to shoot my guns a flock of about twenty something turkeys showed up. I love where I live this time of year.