The day before opening day I prepared all my gear and loaded the car. My alarm was set for 5:00 am so I could be in my stand well before sun up at 6:30.
Well my alarm for some reason was set to silent
and I didn't wake up until 6am. I rushed out of the house and luckily my hunting spot was only a 10 minute drive from my front door.
I pulled in and I expected the deer to already be near my stand so I took off my shoes and quietly crept toward where the deer feed in the morning.
There is a steep hill just ahead of me and the deer should be just below the crest of the ridge, I inched forward ready to draw back as I peered over the top of the hill to the valley below,
The woods were empty. I must have missed them or spooked them as I approached.
And as they say that's when the work began. Remember that steep hill I had to drag him across it and straight up a hill so steep it felt like I was sheep hunting, I was sweating buckets and physically spent but happy as can be,
Topic: Opening Day in CT (Read 1097 times)
