Late Season Doe

Harvested this nice young tasty doe and had 5 doe and 2 small bucks under my stand today. Allot of hunters don't get out during the late season but some of my best hunting days are during the late bow season. If your prepared for the cold and hunt hard good things can happen.

Sika Stag Down

Well hunted both days of the late firearms season and Friday was a great day in the stand at my eastern shore lease in Dorchester county. Met up with my buddy Andy (Big Fox) early in the am and after a long discussion on stand choices ( I offered him the choice of what stand he wanted to hunt to include my choice) we got into the stand at 5:45 am and waited for first light. Well at exactly 6:45 I hear shooting from directly in front of me on the adjacent property so hoping a few deer might be pushed my way I'm ready with gun in hand. 5 minutes later I hear animals running through the woods directly toward's me and I see it's two sika stags and the first one is a huge 6 point stag and another stag behind him. They run past my stand and I try to mouth grunt them to stop but not a chance. On a dead run the big six point stag crosses the road at 75 yards from my stand with the other stag coming up behind him. I have nothing to loose at this point so I yell as loud as I can at the second stag and he stops just on the road 75 yards from me. I already have the scope on him and see he is at least a three point stag so the safety goes off quick and I fire and he drops right there on the road. That .243 round put a serious hurt on him and double lunged him, two kicks and he was finished. I was pumped as this is the first deer of any kind with horns I have harvested this year, talk about an exciting hunt. Well I call Big Fox with the good news and get down to check out my stag. Much to my good fortune he is a really good 4 point stag and I drag him to the stand and get back to hunting as it's still early. Well at 11:00 me and Big Fox take a break and after some great field pics he is gutted and hanging from the meat pole (thanks for the help Andy). We hunt to the afternoon with no more sightings but for me this was a great day in the stand and one hard earned stag.

Doe In The Snow

Killed this nice size doe today with my crossbow. Had to shoot her between the shoulder blades as she was directly under my stand. Made a great shot, double lunged her and she went 50 yards and piled up.

Big Stag Down

Well all I can say is what a AWESOME!! day of hunting this past Friday was. Took my friends son Joey (14 years old) down to the eastern shore to do some Sika hunting and well to make a crazy and long story short Joey puts the smackdown on a great big mature 6 point Sika Stag. Talk about a great hunt and one excited kid, man you should have been there for the high 5's and congratulations. When I explained to Joey he just shot a trophy Sika of a lifetime I think he really just appreciated the moment and really was humbled by the experience and this kid was genuine as can be in his thanks to me and I really appreciated that, especially coming from a teenager. His is getting the Stag mounted and since they don't have a ton of money I am splitting the cost with his dad so this kid can always look at that stag with pride on a job well done and a great animal. Just had too make sure this Stag gets mounted as this is a great kid and he truly loves hunting.

Nice Doe

Hunted all day today and had a great hunt. Harvested this nice doe with my crossbow and had 3 bucks walk by my stand but no shot opportunity. Gun season has started so I am hoping to seal the deal on a big mature buck with my muzzleloader.

Doe Down

Been seeing a ton of deer here in southern Maryland and the rut will be in full swing here in the next few days. I'm hunting hard and putting a ton of time in the stand. I have had allot of bucks in bow range but nothing that meets my standards of a shooter. It takes allot of discipline and patience to pass on these smaller bucks but I'm willing to go the entire deer season without shooting a buck, just to have a chance to kill a big mature buck. I did harvest a nice doe for the freezer and she will be some good eats on my grill.

Hunting With Friends

Did some bow hunting over the weekend at my Charles County property with my buddy Andy, Brandon and his wife Corinne and we had a great morning in the stand. Andy got a great 8 pointer and Corinne put the smackdown!! on a nice doe with her pink Hoyt Bow. Had a great time in the field with some true hunting friends.