This past winter we had some new neighbors move into the home immediately next to ours. The husband is originally from the Pittsburgh area and was totally unfamiliar with theLehigh Valleyother than work related locations. He is a big hunter and was actually planning on heading back to Pittsburgh to hunt instead of hunting around here. After many hours of BSin' with him about hunting I decided to help him out by showing him the local Gamelands and helping him select a spot.
He is a big guy at 6'7" and 365 pounds (34 inch draw) so any type of portable treestand was pretty much out of the question. We opted to go the route of a blind instead. He bought one of the Ameristep Doghouse TSC blinds in Breakup camo. We set it up the night before opening day and he did see some deer but did not connect with any. He had off on Tuesday though so he decided to take the blind back up and set it up on Monday night. After he was done setting it up he decided to hunt a bit since there was only about an hour of legal hunting time left.
Twenty minutes after getting settled in he hears a loud thump sound as something brushes next to the blind. The sounds are coming from directly outside of the blind. He peeks out of one of the windows and sees a doe walking directly away from the blind into the open stand of trees he has been watching. Apparently it came from behind the blind in the thicket and didn't even pay the blind any attention. Regardless, he took his time and made a great shot. She didn't go far at all.
I thought I would share the doe pic with you folks as well as a couple pics of the area the blind was set up in. Give me a couple minutes to upload them all before responding. Thanks.
