Bwana
11-28-2023, 10:39 PM
I know most of you forgot what those are so...look it up.
Anyway, 2 years ago EHD hit the whitetails in the western half of the state and flat out killed of MOST of the population. Because of that and due to not being able to draw a buck OR a doe tag back at the farm, I haven't even bother to rifle hunt so as to give them a chance to bounce back a bit.
There are a few more around and I had a read NEED to get afield again with a deer rifle in hand, so last Sunday afternoon I hit some public access ground to scout/hunt in preparation for a planned day off on Tuesday. Tuesday rolled around and I tried even more public access places with not a SINGLE deer sighting. I ended up at the ranch I typically hunt and was granted permission to hunt that afternoon so mid-afternoon I picked a tree to sit against to await to see if anything showed up. As usual after 10 minutes I started second-guessing where I chose to sit and decided to move 40 yards to my right. As I turned to stand up here is a doe wondering what the hell I am and why I'm hiding along the field edge. Sadly for her she waiting a wee bit too long trying to figure out what I was and she now resides in my freezer waiting to be turned into jerky and venison bacon. :-)
Anyway, 2 years ago EHD hit the whitetails in the western half of the state and flat out killed of MOST of the population. Because of that and due to not being able to draw a buck OR a doe tag back at the farm, I haven't even bother to rifle hunt so as to give them a chance to bounce back a bit.
There are a few more around and I had a read NEED to get afield again with a deer rifle in hand, so last Sunday afternoon I hit some public access ground to scout/hunt in preparation for a planned day off on Tuesday. Tuesday rolled around and I tried even more public access places with not a SINGLE deer sighting. I ended up at the ranch I typically hunt and was granted permission to hunt that afternoon so mid-afternoon I picked a tree to sit against to await to see if anything showed up. As usual after 10 minutes I started second-guessing where I chose to sit and decided to move 40 yards to my right. As I turned to stand up here is a doe wondering what the hell I am and why I'm hiding along the field edge. Sadly for her she waiting a wee bit too long trying to figure out what I was and she now resides in my freezer waiting to be turned into jerky and venison bacon. :-)