Long time, no blogging. Decided to break the silence by giving a hunting update.
I have only been out into the woods on 3 different occasions this season so far, totaling about 4 hours on the stand total for the entire bow season...so, I am hoping to capitalize on these last few days before firearm opening and try and get one hanging.
In the meantime, here is the latest from the Smith's and what is going on here... in our neck of the woods.
Caleb has logged the most hours in the woods so far, even though he is now a freshman at Spring Arbor and not living here at home. He has been able to come home and hunt on at least 4 different occasions. About 2 weeks ago, he decided to harvest a doe and get things going. We decided to donate this one, knowing the season was young and hoping to bag at least a couple more between the 4 of us hunting in the family this season.
I was pleasantly surprised to find out that Zack, my youngest, who has not been our serious hunter, had honed up his bow skills with brother Caleb's help (who has been the more serious hunter) while I was gone last weekend. Zack has now been in the woods on at least 3 different occasions in the last week, and two days ago, 15 minutes before dark, he had a "wall-hanger" (buck-of-a-lifetime) 20 yards away from his ladder stand...but it never presented a good shot. Zack handled it pretty well, somewhat disappointed that he could not get a shot off, but still extremely excited to see a buck of this caliber within shooting distance...AND, the best part is that he called this big boy in by grunting and rattling...and was even able to get him to turn his direction when he was heading away by using his own vocal mouth call of a doe bleat...so all in all....Dad is pretty proud of the little guy (well, he's not so little anymore, he is actually taller than me by a half inch).
Anyway, this is the most recent hunting news from the Smith's. More to come...we hope.
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