So Freaking Excited

[BRASF0311]

Anybody else as excited about this falls hunts as I am?



It's like the countdown to Christmas when you were a kid, or going with your dad to pick up your first car as a teen.



Sometimes it seems like getting there is as much fun as being there.



I was shooting my Ruger Mark IV Tactical yesterday and I had to stop shooting when a whitetail doe materialized magically just behind and left of my targets. Crazy girl paid no mind to me, so I slowly moved down range, unloaded the Mark IV, and got almost to the targets, when she turned and fed her way to right behind the targets. I could hear her breathe and chew. She came past the target stand, and was ready to walk up to me, when, like she has never done before, my wife stood at the top of the trail that leads down to my shooting range, and yelled for me. I didn't move, and the doe didn't run. Wishing my hardest for the wife to go away mad when I didn't answer her, she came down the trail and scared off the doe. I really believe that doe was going to come and check me out. Man, I love being out in the woods!



Now, if only I can get a monster buck to do that here in a few weeks.

[mar]

Yes! Last weekend up at my Dad's farm I went down in the field to check a game camera and the batteries were dead unfortunately. But....On the drive down in the truck to the camera, I got a glimpse of what looked to be an 8 pointer or better buck! Definitely getting excited! Can't wait to check the camera next time I'm up there.
Marshall

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I've had fawns walk up to me while bird hunting like a tame dog. I've tried to explain to them that this is not safe behavior in this neighborhood, and that they need to go hide somewhere. One told me his teacher told him that he had the same right to be there as anyone else and started chanting something about this being a free country, and impeaching Trump.

I borrowed a line from Clint Smith "if you look like food, you will be eaten", and fired my shotgun into the air. The little guy left quickly, threatening legal action.

[Robster]

I've been shooting my single actions, running the hounds during our training season and riding my butt off on the horses. I am FIRED up for fall and all that it brings!!!

[lange1]

Making it hard to work is what it does for me... and makes me read stuff like this when I have two seconds to spare. Thanks for sharing this.