Well I didn't get any hunting in as I was doing some yard work, but I did finally manage to get my new feeder up and running. I finally just decided to make it myself. I bought a fifty five gallon barrell, cut a hole in the bottom of it, attached a feeder and some large legs and I wish I had done this years ago. I was able to get everything set up for under fifty bucks too while in the stores the same type of feeder would have cost me over two hundred bucks. It really seems to work twice as nice as my old one which I thankfully retired yesterday. I was also able to get the venison done up and boy that jerky is good.
I was also able to get some time in this morning shooting my muzzleloader. My first shot was horrible for some reason, but was able to hit the bull three times after that so I felt pretty good. My hunting partner, who is always the better shot, had a horrible time with his smokepole and he started messing with the scope. He finally after repeated shots had me shoot and I was able to hit the bull with it too. Oh, all these shots were a hundred or more yards with muzzleloaders. It is amazing what range those guns have now. I remember starting off with the traditional one and if you could group within a few inches at fifty yards you thought you were doing good. I am also glad to be taking a few days off from work at the end of the week for the early MD muzzleloader season. It is one of the few times my friend and I get a chance to go out and chase the whitetails. I am must hoping he has enough confidence in his gun now to be able to shoot ok. It was sure funny, I have seen this guy make 1000 yard shots, no lie, and hit what he aims at. I feel shooting is like driving meaning never drive or shoot angry. I think he got made with this first shot and then it went downhill from there. Anyhow, I will be in the woods the later part of this week trying to fill up the freezer a bit more. I did see some great sign coming out of the area I generally hunt.
