I'm back from the hunting trip that Deb Knoff and I took down in Brown County, IL. We went to a place called Hunting Unlimited Inc.. Larry Hanold, owns the 900 acres of vineyard and hunting paradise and offers a discounted women's only bowhunt.
We had a really good time and saw several deer even though it was windy and rainy for a good portion of the trip.

As Justin posted, I did manage to take my biggest buck yet and I'm still giddy about it.

So, here's some of the story:

It was the second morning and it had been raining off and on and finally became a steady rain. I had already had a spike walk by and a doe and fawn passed by just a bit later. Then I see antlers coming up the trail. One side looked good but the left side looked to be missing two points. I grab for my little camera instead of getting ready to shoot. The buck comes up the trail and is exactly 20 yards away. I try to get a couple pictures of him but the rain prevents my camera from focusing. As he stands there, he turns and looks behind him. I look to see if there is anything else coming up the trail but I don't see anything. However, I do notice that he actually has a pretty neat rack. He starts to walk again and I almost panic as I put my camera back in my pocket, lift the bow, clip on the release, draw, aim and shoot. I almost managed to do all that in a pretty smooth manner. Go me.

These are the series of photos in my camera.
Buck on trail (sorry about the poor quality)


Next picture, buck looking behind him.


(there's one more picture but it's even crummier)

Then, this is the next picture.