friday morning was opening day. I had lived my entire summer in the woods. Mainly on a solid chunk of Federal NPS land enjoying some great wildlife photography opportunities. I had honed my woods skills to the max.
That first morning I found myself surrounded by deer. Some were too close, I had my eye on one buck, but deer were in between myself and a good solid range to shoot from. I ended up with some great film from the first day but no deer.
I took that knowledge home and this morning I knew exactly where to be when the sun came up. I got settled into my location which was just a deadfall next to a tree. And sure enough first light came and was followed by a parade of deer. It started with a large group of does.
I had myself set up on a funnel with a geographical pinch point. The funnel filtered down into a narrow creek bed that they were using heavily. I was less than 20 yards from the pinch spot and each deer went through this hole. When the last doe got to the pinch point I looked up where they came from to see two bucks clanking their horns together. I waited and they started drifting down towards me. I had intentions of shooting the first buck in the lineup, but when he hit the opening I had he caught my draw. He quickly bounced through the opening and I grunted the second one when he passed through the opening. He stopped I drew back annnnnnnnddddd . . . .
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