Ok well I did know I had tags, but I did NOT think I'd be hunting.
Our Firearms season started Friday but I didn't have permission to hunt on my father in law's ground so I stayed home. Yesterday morning my wife called and said that her dad had changed his mind and would let me hunt. I think one of his friends changed his mind. Well I went looking for my gear and my hunting clothes and threw them in the washer since I hadn't bothered after I got back from Indiana. I then found out that I didn't have my son's booster seat so I had to wait until my wife got home from work.
I saw 2 deer yesterday. One nice buck that I kicked up going in and a doe about 5 minutes after legal hunting hours. Here in Illinois we are allowed to hunt only till sunset during gun seasons. Had this been Indiana I would have had that doe since they are allowed to hunt until 30 minutes after sunset.
Going in this morning I almost hit a hoss with my car. He was HUGE! He was also very close to where I was hunting. I think I kicked him up as I was going in since it sounded like a horse galloping away from me. Unfortuantely I did not see him again. I did see a big buck through a thicket but had no shot. I ended up shooting a button buck at about 50 yds from where I was sitting.
I got my deer cart from the car and hauled him out. As I neared my car I saw a big doe standing broadside 100 yds away. Since I had my gun loaded except for cap I set the cart down and emptied my pockets till I found my cap. She worked towards my left but I still had a shot so I got down and set out my bipod and still had a clear shot. As I settled the crosshairs on here she moved to where I couldn't see vitals. Then I noticed the second deer following her and as soon as I had a shot took it.
Not a bad morning. I'd have held on to my either sex tag but after first season (3 days-ends today) second season is rough. It's only 4 days too and I wasn't sure if my permission would hold then either. So I took the second shot I was offered and ended up with 2 button bucks. I used my Disc Extreme .50 with 2-7X32 3200 and 100 gr ffg 777 (80 gr. by weight) and a 260 Platinum tip.
By the way, that little cart is HANDY!
It was worth the investment.
Our Firearms season started Friday but I didn't have permission to hunt on my father in law's ground so I stayed home. Yesterday morning my wife called and said that her dad had changed his mind and would let me hunt. I think one of his friends changed his mind. Well I went looking for my gear and my hunting clothes and threw them in the washer since I hadn't bothered after I got back from Indiana. I then found out that I didn't have my son's booster seat so I had to wait until my wife got home from work.
I saw 2 deer yesterday. One nice buck that I kicked up going in and a doe about 5 minutes after legal hunting hours. Here in Illinois we are allowed to hunt only till sunset during gun seasons. Had this been Indiana I would have had that doe since they are allowed to hunt until 30 minutes after sunset.
Going in this morning I almost hit a hoss with my car. He was HUGE! He was also very close to where I was hunting. I think I kicked him up as I was going in since it sounded like a horse galloping away from me. Unfortuantely I did not see him again. I did see a big buck through a thicket but had no shot. I ended up shooting a button buck at about 50 yds from where I was sitting.
I got my deer cart from the car and hauled him out. As I neared my car I saw a big doe standing broadside 100 yds away. Since I had my gun loaded except for cap I set the cart down and emptied my pockets till I found my cap. She worked towards my left but I still had a shot so I got down and set out my bipod and still had a clear shot. As I settled the crosshairs on here she moved to where I couldn't see vitals. Then I noticed the second deer following her and as soon as I had a shot took it.
Not a bad morning. I'd have held on to my either sex tag but after first season (3 days-ends today) second season is rough. It's only 4 days too and I wasn't sure if my permission would hold then either. So I took the second shot I was offered and ended up with 2 button bucks. I used my Disc Extreme .50 with 2-7X32 3200 and 100 gr ffg 777 (80 gr. by weight) and a 260 Platinum tip.
By the way, that little cart is HANDY!
It was worth the investment.
