Kevin Stenberg
Well-Known Member
Yesterday was our opener. The weather was 45 to 50, not a cloud in the sky, the wind was so light it didn't even rustle the leaves that were left on the trees. My south facing ladder stand let me soak up all of that warm fall sun. I did have to replace my stocking hat with a BB hat just so I could see.
I saw my first deer (to far away and couldn't tell the gender) about an hour after first light. The squirrels, nuthatches, chicadys, downy woodpeckers kept my interest high all morning.
About 11 am I said a prayer thanking God for the beautiful day and for letting me not be skunked on atleast seeing one deer this season. I also asked him that if he let me see another that it be a fork or a 6 point. because they are easier to drag for this 64 year old.
1 pm came and I turned to scan an area I have never seen a deer in before. Sure enough about 150 yds out there is a deer I could immediately see was a buck headed my way. It was coming down a hillside and walking directly into the sun. Every time he swiveled his head his rack shined just like a mirror. Which made it imp. for me to tell how big the rack was. Which I didn't care, it was a buck. The short time it took for him to walk into a shooting lane seemed like an hour. Unfortunately he did stop in my shooting lane but he stopped so his front shoulders (my preferred shot) were in back of a tree, so I had to take the shot just in back of the shoulders.
Naturally as luck would have it he ran away from the direction that I wanted. But when running his head was down below his shoulders so I knew he wouldn't go far.
He was shot about 1pm loaded in the truck about 3pm (with 3 trips to my truck) hung, skinned, quartered, and in the freezer by 6pm
I saw my first deer (to far away and couldn't tell the gender) about an hour after first light. The squirrels, nuthatches, chicadys, downy woodpeckers kept my interest high all morning.
About 11 am I said a prayer thanking God for the beautiful day and for letting me not be skunked on atleast seeing one deer this season. I also asked him that if he let me see another that it be a fork or a 6 point. because they are easier to drag for this 64 year old.
1 pm came and I turned to scan an area I have never seen a deer in before. Sure enough about 150 yds out there is a deer I could immediately see was a buck headed my way. It was coming down a hillside and walking directly into the sun. Every time he swiveled his head his rack shined just like a mirror. Which made it imp. for me to tell how big the rack was. Which I didn't care, it was a buck. The short time it took for him to walk into a shooting lane seemed like an hour. Unfortunately he did stop in my shooting lane but he stopped so his front shoulders (my preferred shot) were in back of a tree, so I had to take the shot just in back of the shoulders.
Naturally as luck would have it he ran away from the direction that I wanted. But when running his head was down below his shoulders so I knew he wouldn't go far.
He was shot about 1pm loaded in the truck about 3pm (with 3 trips to my truck) hung, skinned, quartered, and in the freezer by 6pm