Another day of deer hunting with the bow

Hi,

My husband and I were out yesterday afternoon/evening bow hunting for deer.  It was a nice day, partly cloudy, a bit of a breeze from time to time but nothing to worry about.  Yet, there was no deer activity to speak of.  I jumped up one doe as I was walking to my stand.  She held tight before jumping.  I was about 15 yards away when she bolted out of some really thick brush.  She actually let me walk by her!

My husband went to a stand that needed some work done to it before it would be ready for the rifle season. He made his fixes then came back to an area about 200 yards from where I was.  We were hoping that when he made his moves to his hunting location that any deer he might spook would come my way.  Well that sort of worked.  I had one deer, don't know if it was a buck or doe, galloping through the woods, from my right to left on the property line. Which in this case was about 180 yards away from me. No bow shot there. Oh well.  I can take solis in the fact that I could not have made that shot with a rifle either.  To much brush and leaves on the trees, and a very fast moving deer.

I had plenty of squirrels all around me.  Eating nuts, running up and down the trees, chasing one another, just all around having fun.  But, for those of you who have had all this nonsense going on around you while deer hunting, you know just how irritating all of this was for me.

Needless to say, today was not a successful hunting day, but it was a good day to be outdoors.

Take care, good hunting and good shooting.
M.