First off, I've been hunting with a compound for years and loved it. However, once rifle season opened, the bow went on the rack and the gun came out. Well this makes year two with a recurve and I didn't get to hunt much last year so I'm still looking for my first kill. I have a spike that has been showing up at my stand just after dark every evening. He finally showed up before dark yesterday but he busted me in my ladder stand. This morning is opening day of rifle and I decided to walk out in a little hardwood bottom to hunt this morning and go back this evening with my bow again. After maybe an hour this morning, I had already decided I didn't want to shoot anything so I could still kill that little spike if he shows up. I was also very preoccupied with trying to figure out how to get a shot without getting busted again as I've had deer before that would look straight at my stand every time they walked out after busting me one time. So here it is, 9:15 opening day of rifle and if I was normal, I would have been on my stand going on 3 hours now. Instead, since about 7:45, I've been back to my bow stand to see what options I've got, gone all the way across my lease to get a climber from another location, gone back to my bow stand, and am now getting ready to hang the climber. I've killed deer with my compound using this method before after they walked out and looked straight at my original stand. But the point is that I've spent all of opening morning of rifle season trying to get ready to bow hunt this evening. What have you people done to me? Somebody please tell me I'm not crazy.
Matt Toms
Topic: I blame Trad Gang for what happened this morning. (Read 644 times)
