Opening day is finally here...

Well, it's finally upon us...opening day of bow!! Of course, the excitement of opening day has been somewhat dampened by the fact that it's raining all day today and is supposed to be raining tomorrow as well. Of course that's not going to stop me from going, but it does make it somewhat less enjoyable. I also don't feel well, which is also making me less excited about it. I am going to go to the work spot in the morning, then run home to see Daniella's second softball game, then run to Gianna's first softball game, and then I'll go up to the club for the PM post. I think that if it's raining, I'll sit in the ground blind. Well, here's hoping to a safe, successful season!!

8 days out!!

I am so excited that I'm having trouble sleeping through the night. I have a few options of where to go on opening morning and it's keeping me up at night trying to figure it all out. I can break down my options into two parts, morning hunt and evening hunt. I'm not going to go for a full day because Gianna and Dani both have softball games. I want to try and see as much of them as I can. I already know that I won't be able to watch Gianna cheer at night. So, the evening part is easier. I think I'm going to go to the club at night...primarily because it's a Saturday and it's easier to get to MP during the week. So, that's the easy part. Now for the morning...if I go to the club, it would be harder to get back for the softball games. I also don't have a whole lot of luck in the morning at the club. Unless I got the first field, and there's no guarantee on that. So, that leaves MP. I could either go to Recycle, but I know that has the most bucks...so I'm thinking that I should leave that until I get my EAB doe. That brings me to my work spot. This is an untried spot, although the feeder I have is getting hit, I don't know if it's AM or PM. I think I am going to start out there however, so I don't use up the "buck spot" before I can shoot one. So...that's the plan...guaranteed to keep me up anyway because like most things, it can change on a daily basis!

Brought Dani to the feeders

Just to pass some time yesterday, I brought Dani to the feeders. I was quite pleased that the "no plow" seeds that I planted on Thursday or Friday (don't remember when) are already sprouting!! We saw a doe and fawn at the Recycle feeder (they weren't actually at the feeder but near it and I saw some nice fresh sign behind the work feeder! 19 days and counting!!

The feeders are out!

ok...so a few things have gone on since last Saturday. First, I met with the MP cull hunt program for the annual saftey meeting. The two things of note, I met with a guy named Chris. He's the one that has the feeder on the bottom of recycling. I spoke with him and I sat next to the fat man from last year. He said that he's not going to set up in his spot again this year...I reminded him about his rope and he said "yeah, I have to get that out of the tree"...bastard! I didn't set up there purposely because of that! The other thing of note was, Chris said that he has trail cam pictures of a bear in the spot. I told him that I wish he didn't tell me that. lol. Here we go again!! So, that was Tuesday night. I ordered another feeder and it came in on Wednesday so I went behind my job and hung it up. I also put down a little of the plot seed just to see if it would grow. Then today (Thursday) in the morning, I went to the MP Recycle and moved my feeder to the fat man's stand. I also put down the rest of the seed...we'll see what happens. Oh, when I was talking to Chris he said that he's got pictures of some monster bucks back there too!! Here's to hoping...how many days left until the season? 23 days!!

Put out the blind...

I was supposed to go to the 3-D shoot this weekend but my central air took a crap...so I couldn't go. I did, however, manage to get myself to the club to put out my ground blind. It looks like the farmer was mowing the fields which is good. In addition to putting up the blind, I laid a little of the "no plow" food plot seeds. I was hoping that the area was more open than it was in front of my blind but it wasn't...I didn't bring any tools that I could use to clear out the weeds either. So, we'll see what happens. I think I'm going to take the rest of the seeds and plant them behind my job.

Hung the feeder...

I checked the Recyle area yesterday just to make sure that I'm going to hang my feeder where the guy had his last year...damn, too late...he beat me to it. Now...what to do, what to do? I decided to hang my feeder at the beginning of the piece. It's probably not the best spot as I think all the deer will have to pass the other two guys before coming to me, but there was some fresh sign there and I have seen deer go that was in the past. Again, they would have to walk past the other guys first...I also left some corn in the bag and put it behind my job. I found a neat little spot back there...there is a guy with a stand at the corner of the property, but this looks to be far enough away from him. I was also thinking about getting another feeder and putting it there....don't know though. CAN'T WAIT for the season to start!

I won!!

Well, I made my second trip to the MP Mountain today. The first time I noticed that it was really nice woods. I ended up finding some sign...a lot of poop...some that were big and clumpy, some nice trails and saw a few does too. I went back again today with the range finder and the spot is just shy of legal...I may end up going there anyway...we'll see what the season brings. I think I'm still going to go to the old place to hang the feeder, but I'll keep this one in mind to just jump in some evenings. It looks promising.

Now on to the "I won!" part of the heading...I won 9 pounds of Whitetail Institute Imperial food plot from Talk Hunting.com!! How cool is that! I don't know if I'll use it, but it sure is nice that I actually won something!! How great!!