Last weekend was the opening of gun season. Here in Arkansas, gun season is for 3 weeks verses Wisconsin which is only the week of Thanksgiving. A few weeks ago, there was a week of black powder gun season in which both Jason and I had gotten our does!! Now we were wanting to get our bucks!! Over the weekend, the weather was warm and deer move around more in the cold so we didn't see much activity. I took Jessica with me Saturday morning and afternoon in hopes of seeing a deer for her to get a chance to shoot, but we saw nothing :(
Sunday morning, I had gone hunting by myself. Let me tell ya....walking alone in the woods and in the dark can give ya the creeps!! I just wanted to hurry up and get into my spot and hope that daylight comes quickly!! It's different when Jason goes with. He may not be in the same spot as me, but at least I know he is down in the woods as well, and for some strange reason, that gives me a comforting feeling. Even if Jessica is along with me, I don't feel so frightened. Hunting alone makes me nervous!
I had gone hunting again Monday night, and nothing. Over night, the temperature changed to cooler weather! So I went again Tuesday morning...nothing. Jason and I had checked the cameras and put out some more corn in the early afternoon. We both decided to go out again that late afternoon to hunt and we both sat in different blinds. To kill time, I played Candy Crush...crazy addicting game! The four days that we had already hunted, I would pray that God would send the deer our way. That may sound silly, but I know that God cares for even the littlest of our needs :) As I sat there praying again that God would send me a buck, I glanced up and there he was walking towards the corn! My heart raced with excitement and adrenaline...a buck!! I was already in position and had my gun up and ready to shoot. I didn't waste time because he was in such a perfect position for me to shoot. And "BOOM!!" YES!! Thank you, God!! I was pumped!! I waited a whole 2 minutes before I got up to go look for the blood trail...ha! I know you should wait longer to avoid the risk of making the deer run farther in case it wasn't a good shot. As I began following the blood trail, I heard a "Thud". A few minutes later, I found him!! A 5 point buck!! AND I got a buck before Jason!!! Hehehe ;)
It's been tormenting Jason that I had gotten a buck before him, so he has been still going out in hopes of getting a BIGGER buck :) He saw one tonight, but knew it was about the same size as mine and, of course, he wants to get a bigger one :) Hopefully, he'll get his "bigger" buck this weekend.
I am hoping to take Jessica out this weekend in hopes that she will get her first deer!!
