Is it Bow Season yet?

I have been gearing up for what seems like 3 years for this deer season! I couldn’t tell you how many times I have worried my wife to death about getting this or I need that for the hunts this year. I’m worried she might take me out with my bow if I don’t quite HA. I am very much a person who goes full force into something and I want to be the best at it! Once a good family friend (Snuffy) gave me a bow to use for the year it was downhill from there on all the things I would start to pick up for opening day of archery season.

I have tried to shot at least 3 times a week since getting the bow making sure that I would be able to dot an i at 50 yards. I have picked up a brand new block target that I setup in our back yard. The Mrs. thinks that the neighbors either think I’m crazy or they are afraid to come outside anymore because they never are in their back yards. I am not going to lie I feel pretty confident going into my first bow season. I have also been watching a lot of the outdoor channel trying to pick up tips and see how it’s done. Honestly I'm really just worried that when I do get my first deer with a bow that I might pass out from excitement. For the first time this year I will also have my own trail cam from Wildgame Innovations, I am not 100% where to place this thing so any suggestions would definitely be welcome. I also picked up some of Wildgames attractants, hoping that I would be able to at least get some deer to my food plot and tree stand. 

Last on my list were the accessories for in the stand as you can see I got a bow hanger and an additional smaller hanger to put bags, calls, rangefinder. Not really sure what I’ll need it for but I figure better safe than sorry. I most recently got my two best purchases and from what all I can tell these two are must haves from everything that I have read and seen on shows. I was able to pick up a Bushnell rangefinder Chuck Adams edition. It was on sale and I jumped all over it. This thing has the arch technology in it that automatically calculates the difference than line of sight and the height that you are at in the tree. This way you get an accurate reading on your target, thus if you miss it’s all on you! My second purchase was a great deal that I found at a wholesaler. I found a Tree Spider speed harness and tree strap for about 75% off. As you can see in the picture I was super excited and tried it on in the middle of the aisle with everyone around. (I was not going to put it down so someone could get it before me) So needless to say every day that passes all I can say is when will bow season be here?? 

Ill be back later with all the adventures from the weekend setting up tree stand and the dove hunt. If you have any suggestions or comments about bow hunting please fill free to share. 

First Deer Season

As my first deer season approached I needed to make sure that I had all my “hunting gear” in order. I was fortunate enough to find a couple of yard sales that had some Under Armour cold gear, base layer cover!  That is a must have for those cold days in the blinds. My mother in law bought me some brand new Red Head button up shirt and pants, I'm going into my third year of hunting and they are still like new. Last I found a great deal at Bass Pro shop on Red Head boots water proof and 450 grams to keep my feet warm.  Below is a picture of me and the family I’ve got all my new camo and I’m ready to get after some Whitetails! And I cannot forget my camo and orange reversible beanie, GO VOLS! We all used rifles that first year, a couple of Browning’s and I used a Remington 7mm bolt action. This was a gun that my grandfather-in-law had used and now I was using it. Solid, solid hunting rifle being that I had never shot it before it was very easy to use and shoot straight and accurately.

I nearly drove my wife crazy that first year to get EVERYTHING that I thought I “NEEDED”. We hunted the entire week after Christmas. Mainly hunting from shooting houses and a Ameristep pop up blind. Depending on the weather I really prefer the house, it keeps a lot of the wind off you and you can move around and little bit more without the deer seeing you.  As for the first 3-4 days we really did not see much a few does and turkey’s but no shooters. Being that I had not hunted before of course I wanted my first deer to be a “MONSTER”.  So I decided to wait on my big buck to walk out to take my first shot. I figured that in a week I would have plently of time to get a nice buck and at least one doe. Boy was I wrong! In the state of Mississippi you are allowed to harvest 3 bucks and 5 does in a hunting season.  That entire week we did not even see a buck that you could legally shoot. A legal buck in MS in the county that we hunt has to have a 10” inside spread or a 13” main beam.

My cousin-in-law actually had a shooter come out in his food plot on the 5^th day and was able to get 2 shots off at him. We waited about 15 minutes and texted him to ask if he had hit the deer and if we need to come help. He let us know that it was a big buck and that he shot and the buck jumped and kicked then took off. (Usually a good sign) We had to of tracked that deer for 2-3 miles with a blood trail the entire way. After what felt like about 5 hours we decided to give up on the deer that day and head back in and come back out that next morning and pick up where we left off. Again the next day tracked and tracked and we came up with nothing. We never found that deer so, we are hoping that it was just a flesh wound and Mr. Buck ended up being ok. That first year I had set out to just try out hunting and see if I liked it. It only took one week and the “Buck fever” had me and there was no looking back after my first year.