Went out for opening day this morning........all excited and couldn't wait to get up a tree. Had scouted this area for 2 months and was VERY optimistic about my chances. Got setup with little trouble and settled in to wait for the woods to light up.

Not long after light peaked in I heard it...........the sound that goes right to my spine and instantly ruins my day.

The bell on the collar of a bird dog..........then it gets better. I would say over the next hour I heard 75 shots and some were so close I could hear the shot raining down through the leaves nearby. Since I know I have NO chance of even seeing a deer I plan to leave early........then I hear the thunder rolling in.......FAST. I don't want to but I start climbing down at 8:40.........I should have started sooner. By the time I reach the bottom of the tree it is a full monsoon........I get back to the truck and I am soaked and more then a little disappointed

I don't know what it is about opening day in NY for me......last year it rained so hard I could barely see [:@]


Gotta love public land...........2 months of scouting down the drain. Pretty hard to predict a deer's pattern in that situation.


Going back out in about an hour and the sun is shining right now.........and I am going somewhere else.


Not exactly the stuff of dreams