Well, I took off work for a day and took my two sons out for the youth pheasant hunt. So after the all important breakfast we went and took to the fields. Hudson had the hot hand early with missing a rabbit but connecting on a flying pheasant. Missing another one in the first 10 minutes. Before the hunt I told my sons I would take my bow in case of a deer running past us on the game lands. I eventually decided not to take the bow. It would be annoying carrying it all morning. Wouldn't you know in our first field we hunted, a 8-10 point buck (I didn't count the points because I was just looking in a kinda disbelief) with around an 18 inch spread pops out and stand 25-30 yards away. Oh well just another hunting jab in my side. The rest of the pheasant hunt proved uneventful. With a recharging of the batteries, Carter and I went archery hunting in the afternoon. Walking in we did what you don't want to do and bumped a buck before we got to the stand. He actually circled right past where we walked in. Kinda strange I thought. So we nestled in for the afternoon. Behind us as the sun was going down, we heard movement but could not see anything. So I moved to get a better look and wouldn't you know it, One caught my movement, and they moved on. There was 1 button buck, 2 doe, and a small buck in the group. 5 or so minutes later behind us a deer with 10" spikes, and a nice fat body walked in. Carter moved at the wrong time and his opportunity was over. He had the safety off of the crossbow and everything, maybe next time. While we were in the tree stand, I got a text saying my hunting partner on the property shot a coyote. It was a small pup but any yote down is good and should make a nice pelt.
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