We bow hunted hard the last week before firearms w/o any success.. saw a few deer.. but not many. Saw very little chasing or rutting activity. VERY Cold and rainy during the middle of the week... That all changed towards the end of the week... after the rain we saw a couple of nice bucks chasing Fri morning... then saturday morning Firearms Opener.. I shot a nice little 10 pointer.. in Orange County near Patoka.. Iconsidered passing on this buck... for about 2 seconds.I heard 66 shots before I took this one at 9:30 AM. My largest to date!!! Killed on public land to boot!!! Field dressed 185 w/ his head still touching the ground.




A buddy that was with us took a nice 11 pointer on sunday morning... Also killed on public land!!! Field dressed 180 w/ head still touching the ground.


And a father and son got a double on 8 pointers Saturday evening... was the son's first deer.. and yes it's bigger than dad's!!!