I will be up in my climber an hour before first light on the back side of a swamp on the back side of a pond on a 4000+acre peice of state land. I saw 11 deer here opening day last year and let 9 does pass because no doe tag and two small bucks because they were too young. This year I have a doe tag.

I will most likely be toting my scoped Ithica DeerslayerII 20 gauge shooting lightfields. I have been thinking about just maybe bringing my new TC Triumph muzzleloader in stead who knows. A couple of years ago I took a ten point and a doe out of this watch opening morning about 30 seconds apart. That would not have happened with the muzzleloader. And then again I would not have spent the next 6 hours dragging deer!!