Opening day was incredible! The weather could not have been better,37 degrees, N wind 7mph, very little moon & the previous 3 days we had rain or high winds. That setup what I thought would be the perfect conditions for the morning hunt. I awoke at 3:30am & jumped in the shower, loaded my gear in the truck & started the 1 1/2hr drive to the farm. 40min down the road & I had a vision of my boots setting outside by the back door of the house & I'm wearing a pair of Crocs! I pull over & check the bed of the truck & sure enough no boots! I look in the cab, no boots but I do have an old pair of running shoes that I use work. These things are nasty, they've been sweated in, worked in the rain & mud & just flat out stink! I'm not turning around! So I decide I'm just going to soak them with scent killer & go for it. I get to the farm get dressed, spray my shoes down & begin the 400yd walk to my stand. The grass is knee high & I immediately begin to feel the dew soaking into my shoes. I'm in the stand by 5:50am. The stand I'm hunting is in a small patch of over growth in the middle of a cow pasture & I can only get my stand 8' off the ground. It has several trails passing it when the deer move from a hay field north of me about 60yds & going to some bedding which is south of my stand. As soon as I could see into the hay field I can see a doe with 2 fawns & a small 7pt buck. The doe & fawns go into the woods on the other property & the buck is slowly heading my way. I look to the east of the hay field & I see a doe & a yearling jumping the fence & heading my way. The yearling begins to browse around at 30 yds & the doe is on a path that will give me a 15yd shot. The buck comes over & is checking out the yearling. The doe slowly is making her way to my opening & I come to full draw & she decides to browse around right where I have a limb in the way. She's so close I can't let down so I held what seemed like forever but probably was only a minute. She finally stepped out & I released the arrow & watched it disappear behind her shoulder. She ran out to 30yds & fell over. The buck & yearling hung around for another 10min & both offered me within 25yds. I now have a doe down & only 10min into the 2011 hunting season. As I'm heading up to the cabin to take some pics with the doe I see 2 turkeys moving through the woods so I decided to try & catch them where i thought they would cross a trail & offer me a shot. I park the truck grab my bow & run around to where I would have a 30yd shot. I come to full draw & the first turkey passed through the opening too fast for a shot but the second one stopped perfect I release & watched the arrow fly over his back. I then see a third turkey step out that I didn't know was in the group. I knock another arrow tipped with a G5 striker draw back & release & watch it make a perfect hit at the base of the neck. He flipped over & died giving me my first turkey after many years of buying a turkey tag it finally paid off. It was a great day!! My "new" hunting shoes 7pt standing in the spot I shot the doe 5min earlier. Doe & turkey.
Congratz. I'm glad someone else had a wonderfull day like mine. however, I shot and missed both of my turkeys. Great read. Now we can begin our journey of taking down some bone.
