Thanks for the comments everyone!
Our next outing was Sunday afternoon. Before leaving the house Nate got in some practice shots. I had him stand on top of my truck to practice shooting down. (The neighbors are used to it!
) He was shooting great!
It was beautiful weather… blue skies and mid-70s. We headed to the same stand as the previous morning.
We were settled into the stand by 4 and then it hit me… we were there really early! The feeder wouldn’t go off till 6:30 and shooting light would last till 7:30. Despite asking me what time it was every 10 minutes, Nathan was actually really patient. He stood every 20 minutes and pulled back his bow…
We also had a visitor in the tree with us… Nate about freeked out when he saw this guy by his elbow!
Finally about 6 pm, a doe showed up out of no where. Nate was standing pulling back his bow when he saw her. I think she may have picked up his movement as she appeared to suddenly veer behind us rather than coming in to the feeder. That was all we saw of her.
At 6:25 a group of does entered the north end of the food plot… the same place they entered the previous morning. I’m pretty sure it was the same group. They grazed on the plot and every few seconds they would snap their heads up and look in our direction. It’s as if they were waiting for that feeder to dispense the golden nuggets they love! I thought, “this is perfect… the feeder is going to go off and they are going to walk over when it does. “ Well, 6:30 came and went and the feeder never fired off. And the does walked right back in to the woods they came from.
Hum! Battery must be dead I thought. After waiting another 30 min with no action, Nate was pretty antsy to get home and eat so we climbed down. I discovered that the battery was fine…. the spinner had just gotten stuck! Oh well.
We walked out to an incredible sight as the final glow of the setting sun lit the horizon and a crescent moon hung in the clear sky. Man I love this stuff! And to be able to experience it with my son who loves it too... priceless! Thank you Lord!
Nathan is chomping at the bit to go again. Probably will be Saturday... I’ll update this thread with his future hunts.