I'm getting waaay too excited. This month is entirely too long. Last weekend we(me& hazcon7)hung two stands and placed a trail camera and picked out a couple of spots for a ground blind for my 10 year old's first hunt (gun hunt, oct.7 youth firearm also happens to be his birthday).
I spent the weekend before last at his hunter safety school. I can't wait for opening day, but frankly I'm more pumped about the boy's hunt. I took him on a couple of hunts last year as an observer, and it was fun, but this year he's the shooter and this location is waaaaaaay better than anywhere I took him last year.
I'm still wrestling with where to hunt opening day. Me and hazcon7 have hunted the same location on opening day for several years, and at least one of us has scored on opening day for the last 5 or so years. It's public land, and the action is only really good on opening day, and during the rut (because of the pressure). But the our other spot holds more mature bucks....like 160"+ conservatively.
Big antlers are nice, but my freezer is empty. I'll try to upload a pic of the little buck from opening day last year. Not big by anyone's book, but it was a great hunt and hazcon7 was standing in the same tree with me when I shot it.... it was an awesome thing to share with my #1 hunting buddy...OK, my #1 adult hunting buddy[&:]