Today was opening day of gun season for deer. I was hunting on the private land that we have that is about twenty minutes from the house. Yesterday afternoon I arrived in time to get a late evening hunt in with my bow. I climbed into my treestand around three o clock, and waited until it got later and the deer started to walk around. At 5 o'clock, I had a doe walk out into the trail I was expecting one to walk on to. I let the deer walk in, and turn broad side until I made the Shot. The deer jumped, and ran about thrity yards until it died. That was the first of 10 days I am going to spend hunting on the land.
This morning, I woke up and climbed into another stand I have set up about an hour before daylight. Around seven this morning, I had a group of does walk through the woods, and under my stand. Since i was hunting with my rifle, I decided to let them walk. Shortly after, I had a small buck walk under the stand where the ones before him had walked. I decided to let him walk, mainly because it was early and I was curious of what else would walk by me. Nothing else walked through until four this afternoon. I had just woken up from a short nap to see the nice buck walking down a trail coming out of the woods and up to a field that is planted for the deer. The deer walked past me and made it about a 100 yards before I decided to shoot him.
I waited for him to turn broadside, and then made the shot. The deer fell instantly, and never felt it coming. So far this holiday, it has been a good start to hunting season. I will be hunting for the next nine days, and hopefully shoot one more big deer for the year.