A buddy of mine came down tonight, he opted to hunt one of my stands, I hunted a natural ground blind. We had been on stand for 1/2 hour wind changed blowing down hill, and had 2 deer blow once each in the hollow below me. Then heard them coming up the ridge half hour later, nearly 8 oclock. I was hunting clumps of pines between 2 small hay fields. I figured they had winded me and so I eased out o my blind and up to the end of the fencerow, in the upper field, standing against a pine. Been there 5 minutes and here comes a 70# spike followed by 2 does bigger than him, just trotting down the fence line. He stops 8 feet from me and turns inside out and takes the girls with him, they were the ones I was after. I watch for a few minutes, shift my position so I can look on each side of the fencerow, and here comes a 8 point with a 12 inch spread, still in velvet walking up within 18yds of me, I might as well been invisible. I drew back, but he was a small bodied buck, not much hamburger there and we only get one buck tag, so I let down and he saw me, took off across the other field, and ran up in front of my buddy, who let him walk tool. He also had a fork horn in front of him at 15 yds and passed. Great first hunt, cant imagine how much better the season is gonna be!
Topic: First hunt of the season tonight here in KY! (Read 360 times)
